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This is the last of my Sydney Harbor scenes for a while as I need to focus on getting some more beach, and people scenes. Keith.

Music "Pontiac Firebird 82" by Sonido Lasser Drakar. Original Knightrider Soundtrack composed by Stu Phillips.

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  • robertanderson plus 1 year ago
    love it, it's strange how it looks like scale models
  • Keith Loutit plus 1 year ago
    Cheers Robert.
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  • Hasan Ismail 1 year ago
    You found the lilliputians!!
  • Keith Loutit plus 1 year ago
    yes, they're everywhere in sydney.
  • Hasan Ismail 1 year ago
    Ah thats why I avoid going there. Might trample on little people. : ) So this was shot with a lens baby? On what camera?
  • Zsolt Vajda 1 year ago
    It's only a guess, (I'm not familiar with video editing stuff) but with Photoshop's Lens Blur filter could get you a similiar result.

    Unless it's made with a real tilt-shift camera/lens/whatever.

    :)
  • Hasan Ismail 1 year ago
    Zsolt, I know that process using Gradient + Lens Blur filter on photoshop ;) But unless there's a video filter that can get the process done - then its a much delightful process. Either wise its quite a bit of work processing each frame of picture even with History Automation. That'd be thousands of pictures for this length of video. 25 f x 183 sec for this case = 4575 photos.. hehehe...

    But what I'm sure he might have done is raise the Saturation level and tweaked the RGB Curves in post to get the model paint look. But definitely shot with tilt-shift lens as answered in his first video.
  • Jackie Wu 1 year ago
    this movie was a real tilt and shift one, but you know after effects does have lens blur...
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  • Sneaker Peet plus 1 year ago
    That is just awesome! @robertanderson: good point .. what makes us feel like it is? I only noticed it at the point when the interaction between the boats got very 'real'.
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  • john marchan 1 year ago
    Awesome! Looks like a miniature w/the DOF effect!
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  • Oman Mirzaie 1 year ago
    thats unreal. love the music too. nice work.
  • Keith Loutit plus 1 year ago
    Thanks Oman.
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  • AndreasF 1 year ago
    looks like toy ;-)
  • Keith Loutit plus 1 year ago
    Thanks apunktf.
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  • Richard Huntington 1 year ago
    Wow, cool! I like it!
  • Keith Loutit plus 1 year ago
    Thanks Richard.
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  • NeverOffside 1 year ago
    Sweet. Could watch this stuff all day :)
  • Keith Loutit plus 1 year ago
    Thanks Rob.
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  • Chad Richard plus 1 year ago
    reat work - Very - very cool.
  • Keith Loutit plus 1 year ago
    Cheers Chat - Loved your HDR timelapse BTW.
  • Chad Richard plus 1 year ago
    thanks - - i keep exploring with it. Just posted a Vancouver compilation a couple days ago...
    vimeo.com/1909256
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  • MILapse 1 year ago
    killer! nice processing...
  • Keith Loutit plus 1 year ago
    Thanks MIlapse.
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  • Ethan T plus 1 year ago
    Oh, so good. I've always liked the miniature focus effect, but to apply it to video is novel.

    May I suggest a video in which your focus shifts in "real time" (after the timelapse has been applied), as if the cameraman watching decides to focus on a different part of the miniature world? I imagine that would really challenge your post-production work :)
  • Keith Loutit plus 1 year ago
    Hi Ethan,

    Thanks for the suggestion - I focus with lenses, not in post which poses some challenges but you've got me thinking. thanks again.
  • Ethan T plus 1 year ago
    Ah, wow. Very cool, then.
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  • Dave A 1 year ago
    heh, it's great how many people think these vids are CGI or accomplished in post. A good sign of the effectiveness of the technique to mess with people's heads :-)
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  • Christoph Wick plus 1 year ago
    how impressive, you might just reach out and pick one out of the scenery - incredible work!
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  • Adam Craig 1 year ago
    awesome work!! Love the miniature look
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  • MMascheri 1 year ago
    Wow Keith, that looked very cool. It's like watching the SIMS or something like that.

    Matt
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  • Shaun Tollerton 1 year ago
    Nice work. I like what Ethan T said earlier about the real time focus shift, I think that could be really interesting and panning or zooming around too perhaps?
  • Keith Loutit plus 1 year ago
    thanks Shaun. I have some ideas about this after reading ethans feedback.hopefully soon.
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  • patricio ruiz 1 year ago
    Unusual....great work. Love it.
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  • Terje Nesthus 1 year ago
    This has to be one of the coolest timelapses i've ever seen. Wow. Great work :)
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  • Dan Huston plus 1 year ago
    Wowie!!

    I'm blown away - it doesn't even look real - like robertanderson said - scale models.

    Wowie again!!

    It's like watching a Sims movie.
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  • Aubrey Hesselgren 1 year ago
    I've got a sudden urge to make a micromachines game...
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  • Awesome I love this. The music goes so well with this. Can't wait to see more.
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  • Clintus McGintus plus 1 year ago
    Nicely done. Totally looks like a scale model. Love it.
  • Keith Loutit plus 1 year ago
    thanks clintus!
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  • eric 1 year ago
    AWESOME, its my favor!!
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  • monstr 1 year ago
    this looks amazing!

    what's that song called? i like it a lot..
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  • Márton Sári 1 year ago
    Excellent effect, timescale and perhaps mainly focus depth simulating.
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  • Russ McClay 1 year ago
    Great work. Inspirational indeed.

    Also: always good to give the music artists credit.

    Cheers from Taipei.
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  • Keith Loutit plus 1 year ago
    Hi Greyhound - I'd love to see the work - Do you have a link?
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  • kramerklaymation 1 year ago
    Awesome stuff. I may try this in the future, only digitally. At what increments of time did you take your photos?
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  • Firestarters 1 year ago
    sooo darn cool
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  • Fernando Mainardi 1 year ago
    Nice! Wonderful work! Congrats!
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  • david teague 1 year ago
    fantastic! everything, choice of music, composition..beautiful
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  • herself 1 year ago
    I love this so hard. I was planning to try this technique for the live action portions of a stop motion art film but wasn't certain it would work.

    You've done a fantastic thing! Well done! These clips are incredible! Wow!
  • Keith Loutit plus 1 year ago
    Hi Herself - please post some work if you do. Keith.
  • herself 1 year ago
    Will do! I love all three of your series so far. Can't wait to see more. As another commenter said on another clip, this is art is the highest sense.
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  • Holger Eilhard 1 year ago
    I love these videos. I did some tilt-shift photography myself but never got the idea of actually creating a video of it. Awesome production! Love it.
  • Keith Loutit plus 1 year ago
    Thanks Holger.
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  • Navarro Parker 1 year ago
    What a fascinating technique! Love it!
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  • Sean Hind 1 year ago
    man i love your tilt lenses or whatever its such a fantastic effect cannot get enough of this. some nature shots would be unreal like at the zoo or something.
  • Keith Loutit plus 1 year ago
    Thanks Sean - I'm working on a set of scenes in country australia so hopefully that will hit the mark.
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  • Liam 1 year ago
    wow, thats pretty awesome
    i first saw something like this in CSI and wondered how they accomplished the trick with the city of vegas
    giving me alot of ideas to toy with
    just a quick question if i may
    was this shot video or timelapse photos made video

    the motion also reminds me a bit of the sims :P

    /me runs off to figure out how to do this with his dvx
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  • Andre Li Pan 1 year ago
    WOW, great work, Keith, DSLR with telephoto lenses? Reminding me of those preview videos of NIKON D90 with variable lenses producing interesting effects other than what the general DV cams can do. Nice job! Can't wait to see you next episode :)
  • Keith Loutit plus 1 year ago
    Thanks Andre - I hope to have something by the end of this weekend.
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  • Michael Rissi plus 1 year ago
    This is such a cool effect!
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  • Прикол!
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  • proxorov 1 year ago
    Super!
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  • Keith Loutit plus 1 year ago
    Rich - Thanks for letting me know.
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  • Wizdom 1 year ago
    Congrats on being showcased on the Laughing Squid!
    :']
  • Keith Loutit plus 1 year ago
    Wizdom - Thanks also for letting me know.
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  • Lau Ardelean 1 year ago
    are you for hire?
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  • Peter Chylewski 1 year ago
    A true piece of art. Absolutely love it. Wow!
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  • Gigawatt 1 year ago
    I love your videos. Very intersting!
    They make me wanna get a TS lens too...
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  • Martin Whipp 1 year ago
    That is incredible.

    I wanna try!
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  • Philip Greenwood 1 year ago
    Love your work and we featured it this week on podcast 70 at photogeek.tv
  • Keith Loutit plus 1 year ago
    Thanks Philip - I had a laugh when you mentioned this was a style of photography you could do while having a beer... and that I had probably done that.

    confirmed :)
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  • Obar 1 year ago
    this is SO awesome
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  • Bleeper 1 year ago
    Really great work! Thanks for the fun!
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  • Roxy 1 year ago
    these are rad!
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  • Richie C 1 year ago
    Loved it!
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  • Bill 1 year ago
    This is very cool and impressive! I honestly have never seen stuff like this done before. Good work.
  • Keith Loutit plus 1 year ago
    thanks bill.
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  • dj leekee 1 year ago
    well what can i add that hasnt already been said!

    totally amazing!!!!! i might have to go out and try something similar myself! just gotta choose the location!
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  • FS Dreamscapes 1 year ago
    Man Sydney airport would look cool with something like that...
  • Keith Loutit plus 1 year ago
    couldn't agree more - Access is possible, but vantage points are not good unfortunately. I'm heading back to Singapore in December so hope to do this then. cheers, Keith.
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  • basara 1 year ago
    amazing!!!!
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  • tony prower 1 year ago
    Very sweet, I love all your movies, the tilt and shift really gives it the edge though.
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  • theo kuechel 1 year ago
    Brilliant, Keith, Tracey Island in Thunderbirds, immediately springs to mind.
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  • americanvirus plus 1 year ago
    Amazing!! Truly inspiring stuff. Thanks for posting these... and I can't wait to see more.
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  • Pete N 1 year ago
    This is fantastic! Very clever. Everything looks miniture because the selective blurring replicates how we view objects up close. A high angle, as well as strong lighting (as if the scene was lit by a lamp) and saturated colours (to give a plastic-y look) also help to create the illusion of a model set.

    Can I ask how long the interval is between shots? Seems to be about 1/2 sec.
  • Keith Loutit plus 1 year ago
    hi pete. The interval varies between 1 and 6 seconds depending on the subject. Regards
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  • dan z 1 year ago
    hi keith, sorry if you've already answered this, but is this with an HD video camera? and is it possible to get the same part-blur effect without the image seeming miniature? thanks
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  • dan z 1 year ago
    oh, its a stills camera yeah? possible to use the lens on an HD vid cam do you know?
  • Keith Loutit plus 1 year ago
    Hi Dan, You should be able to do this with a 35mm adapter and TS lenses. I use timelapse with DSLR as the speed helps me get the look I'm after and I archive high quality stills to print frames. Keith.
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  • Terry Tolleson 1 year ago
    Wow! This one is even better than Beached! The boats in the harbor is just fantastic.
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  • Dan Meth 1 year ago
    This is astounding!
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  • two seconds away 1 year ago
    saw the plug on geekbrief.tv... killer footage, love the look of it
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  • Faye 1 year ago
    This makes me smile uncontrollably and it has the same effect on everyone that I show it to.
    I love how these videos of yours makes it seem like being a human is so much fun. lol I don't know if that will make sense... It just presents such an interesting perspective on humanity and civilization. Your style makes everything seem minute, but it makes me think so big.
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  • dan z 1 year ago
    thanks keith. best with it all, a fresh way of seeing sydney is always a good thing ; ill post the result if i end up shooting with the lenses.
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  • JD Andrews 1 year ago
    Very cool and original!
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  • ktx 1 year ago
    funny how the boats wiggle :))
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  • James Spratt 1 year ago
    Great stuff. Love tiltshift work. Thanks
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  • Todd Smith plus 1 year ago
    Cool man, you just made my day. I've been wanting to do this for 2 years!
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  • Pablo Revenga 1 year ago
    Incredible! great life portrait with great music. You appeared on Spanish Tv LA 2 with this video as recommended to see. Regards
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