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Steaming City

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San Francisco, CA, shot from Yerba Buena Island over the course of 4 hours; picture every 7-15sec.

I decided to do another time lapse of the city from Yerba Buena Island. Last Tuesday a storm was passing over the city and I thought this might be the perfect setting.

I found a great vantage point right above a cliff in an opening in vegetation after pushing through some trees and underbrush. Since it was a rainy day I brought all my rain gear with me. My rain pants and jacket kept me dry while the camera was wrapped in a transparent vegetable plastic bag from Berkeley Bowl... All in all it was a pretty wet experience...

As the sun set, I was a bit disappointed as I was hoping for some more color in the clouds.. I was just about to pack up as the city lights slowly became strong enough to illuminate the clouds. I decided to wait a little longer and see what was going to happen. Slowly the clouds started glowing and it almost looked like the city was ablaze. I am no arsonist but the bright orange against the dark blue sky looked beautiful. It got darker and the glowing city with the moving clouds gave the impression of a steaming city. Then the fog started to roll in and the view across the bay got a little blurry. The mist started to form droplets on the lens and kept me busy cleaning it after every shot. I did this for a while but then grew tiered of it and it also got cold... So I packed up and headed home.

I am really glad I decided to stay longer. I think nightfall saved this time lapse....

I hope you enjoy watching it and please let me know what you think.

thanks
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Andrzej Olesiak    October 12, 2009 04:02 PM

Steaming City

nice, music is well-matched.
edoardo cicchetti    October 25, 2009 04:40 AM

love it! thanks
David Knight    December 10, 2009 05:38 PM

Quite nice, dramatic! Excellent choice of music.
George Gunnell    January 03, 2010 11:46 PM

Very cool! I tried uploading some time lapse and realized two things. I don't know how to properly prepare a video in Premiere Pro CS4, and 400 frames is not enough "footage".

This video is really quite nice. Off to see your other goodies now. Please view my one upload. It's somewhat related to this one. If you have any recommendations for a complete novice who'd like to use Premiere Pro CS4 efficiently to upload here, I'd sure appreciate it!

Take care.


EDIT: btw, I'm guessing you used auto exposure. The transition from daylight exposure to night is really smooth. I've been warned that the exposure settings tend to "step" noticeably, but your video came out really nice and smooth.
Alfredo Tacas    December 23, 2010 02:09 AM

buen video excelente angulo

el video es de buenisima calidad en HD sube mas videos estan muy buenos.. Saludos desde Peru


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Updated: 32 months ago
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Simon Christen
Oakland, California,
United States
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My name is Simon Christen, I am a professional animator and an aspiring photographer. I was born and grew up in Bern, Switzerland. During high school I was introduced to computer graphics (CG) and started playing around with programs such as Photoshop and 3D Studio Max. I quickly became fascinated with CG and threw myself into learning as much as I could. Eventually I decided to pursue an

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