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Video of the Day: Tilt-shift Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro
Feb 27th, 2012 at 6:00PM:
Carnaval (or, as we like to write it, Carnival) was last week, but we're just not done celebrating here at Gadling HQ. This video is from Carnaval 2011 in Rio de Janeiro, but we can't stop watching it. Of course, we love tilt-shift and this video uses the technique perfectly. Though, we'd like some explanation about why it opens with someone getting rescued from the ocean by a helicopter. ...
Detroit to Seattle by highway in five minutes
Feb 11th, 2012 at 4:00PM:
When I was in high school and college, some of my fondest experiences were the road trips that I used to take with my friend Chris. On one, we drove from Ann Arbor into Ontario to see the Weakerthans at the Trasheteria in Guelph and then moved onward to Toronto and our favorite hostel in Kensington Market.
Trips like this are the foundation on which I built my travel career, and now that ...
Video: Portland nights time-lapse
Jan 4th, 2012 at 3:30PM:
I love Portland and I love time-lapse videos and so, suffice it to say, I really love this Portland nights time-lapse video. This was the first time-lapse video made by Lance Page. Aside from the footage at the beginning of the video, this video was shot entirely at night. Page says on his blog that this was an excellent way for him to learn the relationship between shutter-speed and ...
Video of the day: Season's Greetings from New York City
Dec 22nd, 2011 at 6:00PM:
We at Gadling love a good time-lapse video. Whether it's at a busy airport in Moldova or the many personalities on the streets of Laos, there's something about seeing life pass by at fast (or slow) speeds that's entrancing. With Christmas a few days away and Hanukkah in full swing, we especially love feeling festive without the crowds, the cold, and the hassle. Today's Video of the Day is ...
Video of the Day: Airport time lapse
Sep 12th, 2011 at 6:00PM:
We're always fascinated by the happenings at airports that we don't always get to see. That's why we're captivated by this time lapse video (with bonus tilt shift effect) shot at Aeroportul Internaţional Chişinău in Chişinău, Moldova. Myriad trucks and buses roll by, passengers board planes, luggage is loaded and people go about their day in this video that makes mundane airport life ...
Time lapse video reveals very slow man
Jul 24th, 2011 at 3:30PM: Time lapse videos are all of the rage in the travelsphere these days (bonus points if the camera moves at the same time!) so there's no surprise that the genre has made its way to subjects as bland as intersections.
Youtube user DENJCA29 had his camera trained on the corners of 5th and Spring in Los Angeles when he noticed a strange anomaly. When played at 8 times the normal speed, cars and ...
A miniature city from up on high
Jul 19th, 2011 at 11:30AM:
From high above the city, jusojin captured this time-lapse AND tilt-shift video that miniaturizes the bustling city of Osaka, Japan. Trivializing every aspect of the Osaka hustle provides a toyish cityscape where people are reduced to ants and cars look like turbocharged micro machines in a lavish play-set.
Jusojin shot the video from the roof of the Umeda Sky Building - a two towered ...
Video: Milky Way from the plains
Jul 1st, 2011 at 3:00PM:
Plains Milky Way from Randy Halverson on Vimeo, dakotalapse.com
I'm a sucker for a beautiful time-lapse video. Advancing technology has made the time-lapse approach to film-making accessible to more people. And as these visually-minded people try to hone their skills with the camera, Randy Halverson might as well consider his skills honed--as far as I'm concerned. This time-lapse video by ...
A Day of Rebuilding at New York's Ground Zero
Jun 26th, 2011 at 11:00AM:
While in New York, I was thrilled to check out the High Line, a newly expanded elevated park that's captivated city-dwellers. But there's bigger and more meaningful construction happening downtown, at the site of the former World Trade Center-and the soon-to-be home of the new World Trade Center.
With my videographer, Stephen Greenwood, I booked a 17th-floor room at the Millenium Hilton ...Time lapse video: Queen Mary 2 sails the Atlantic
Jun 19th, 2011 at 11:00AM:
Queen Mary 2: Atlantic Timelapse from Adonis Pulatus on Vimeo.
Adonis Pulatus took these time lapse shots while aboard the Queen Mary 2 as it sailed from New York to the Caribbean last December. The luxury ocean liner appears to stay perfectly static as waves crash all around, making the boat almost appear to be photoshopped over a video of the deep blue. But Cunard's ship isn't really ...
Video: South Dakota winter time-lapse
May 30th, 2011 at 4:00PM:
Sub Zero - winter night timelapse from Randy Halverson on Vimeo.
I've been hypnotized by many a nature time-lapse video this year, but this film capturing South Dakota winter is one of my new favorites. Shot back in February, the artist behind the piece says that most nights were subzero with a -25F wind chill. Using the Dynamic Perception Stage Zero dolly and the Milapse mount on most ...
Video of the day: The Mountain, El Teide, Spain
Apr 20th, 2011 at 5:00PM:
The Mountain from Terje Sorgjerd on Vimeo.
This video by Terje Sorgjerd, called "The Mountain", came into my Tumblr feed yesterday. I've watched it several times since that first breathtaking viewing and I'm still in awe. This time lapse video was filmed on El Teide--Spain's highest mountain. The mountain is reportedly one of the best places in the world to view the stars and the Teide ...
A time lapse video journey through Japan
Jun 14th, 2010 at 9:30AM:
I have fond memories of my visit to Japan two years ago. From the mind-boggling delights of Tokyo to the placid preserves of Kyoto and the no-holds-barred fun fest of Osaka, it's a country that provided some of my greatest travel moments. That's why the video above, created by Vimeo user Brad Kremer, is bringing back strong memories for me today. Brad has made use a photographic technique ...
Video of the Week (4.23.10)
Apr 23rd, 2010 at 6:00PM:
Today's video of the week is a time lapse of a flight from Dallas to New York on an MD-80 from Andrew Wonder. Andrew created it using an iPhone and the $3 iTimeLapsePro application. You may have to be discreet about it, and you'll definitely want the phone in airplane mode, but the results are well worth the effort.
Nice work, Andrew.
Do you have a great travel related suggestion for our ...
Photo of the Day (4.18.2010)
Apr 18th, 2010 at 8:30PM:
San Francisco is a particularly photogenic city, between the Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz and the city's iconic cable cars. But these "same old" San Francisco shots get old after awhile - that's why I'm loving today's image from Flickr user evilninjam0nky, who captured this unique nighttime street scene. A frenzy of activity catches your eye in the foreground, as a blur of pedestrians and ...Video of the week (4.2.10)
Apr 2nd, 2010 at 6:00PM: Today's video of the week comes from TheAlohaRobert on YouTube. Called simply Hawaii Time Lapse in HD, it's a mesmerizing look at the beautiful Hawaiian landscape. But I was most impressed with the active cloud formations that often travel in different directions in the same scene. It's proof of the changing winds aloft at different altitudes that pilots try to take advantage of.
Do you have ...
A year in the life of a Norwegian forest (time lapse video)
Jan 9th, 2010 at 9:00AM: In 2005, Eirik Solheim shot a still picture of his back yard in Norway every day for an entire year. He aligned the pictures together and created a beautiful time lapse. Since his 2005 version, he's managed to do a higher resolution movie in 2008 and finally, during all of last year, he put together time lapse that uses video clips.
Eirik chose the amazing Canon 5D Mark II for this experiment ...Photo of the Day (11.21.09)
Nov 21st, 2009 at 5:00PM:
Seeing as the Leonids meteor shower gave some of us a show earlier this week, it seems fitting to pay homage to the night sky this weekend. I love this photo in particular because it proves that the world still turns and time passes ever so consistently from one second, moment, hour, day, month, year to the next.
This lovely shot entitled "Tunnel View" comes to us from ohad*, who writes, ...The spread of Wal-Marts over time
Mar 25th, 2008 at 9:40AM:
For those of you that aren't from the United States, and haven't had a chance to visit yet, it might be hard to visualize just how many Wal-Marts we have. In 2005, there were roughly 3,800 stores in the United States, which honestly doesn't sound like a lot until you realize just how big the stores are. To put it into a better prospective, the company employs roughly 1.9-million people -- enough ...
