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"Five Days On Paradise" - a video by Mike Senese, filmed on location in Las Vegas.

Soundtrack: "The Tenderloin" by Meanest Man Contest , available through RCRD LBL under a Creative Commons BY-NC license.

- rcrdlbl.com/2008/01/02/exclusive_download_meanest_man_contest_the_tenderloin
- meanest.net
- rcrdlbl.com/
- creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/us/
  • Lucasberg (Joey) plus 2 years ago
    Wow.

    What's your set up?
  • Mike Senese 2 years ago
    Thanks.

    Did this with a Nikon D80, 10.5mm lens, and five days holed up on the 26th floor of the Sahara hotel.

    I compiled the shots with Quicktime.
    For some angles I ran a photoshop script to crop a tighter shot from the large frame.
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  • I love the wide angle look on these shots.

    There's also something about the shots with the cranes in the background that resemble insects working. Weird....but cool. :) Nice job
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  • loonachic plus 2 years ago
    effing awesome.
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  • Peter 2 years ago
    this is just brilliant....i like the wide angle look...thanks for sharing
  • Mike Senese 2 years ago
    Thanks Peter--your comments are very much appreciated.
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  • Miles 2 years ago
    Great video. Did you use any software for saving the images onto a PC after they're captured like Nikon Camera Control?
  • Mike Senese 2 years ago
    Thanks Miles. The Camera Control software actually lets you specify a folder on your computer to have it saved to automatically as each shot is taken.
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  • Tom @ Timescapes plus 2 years ago
    Some great shots in there. Very interesting. Looks like you might need to lock down your lens to manual focus, though?
  • Mike Senese 2 years ago
    Thanks Tom--appreciate the comment. The start of a few shots show some jumpiness and focus issues as I got the settings dialed in. Initially I planned on cropping them out but when I previewed it with the song I liked the asthetic-it reminded me of old 8mm film stock. So I decided to keep it...
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  • kruzer 2 years ago
    5 Days?
    Long time for a few minutes of movie.. but it's worth it.
  • Mike Senese 2 years ago
    Thanks Kruzer--I took the best parts to make the video. I had to be there anyways, so yeah, it was worth it to me too!
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  • TV_MA 2 years ago
    Your lens is great and the quality is amazing. I bet that took alot of tape, and u did this with just a camera not camcorder?
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  • so how much hard drive space did you go through shooting this. been trying to get an idea on what all i should buy to do a several day shoot.
  • Mike Senese 2 years ago
    I think I burned through 35gb of space. At one poing I made an adjustment so the photo size wouldn't be so large, but later on I regretted that because it gave me less flexibility. Since then I've bought a 1TB firewire drive. You'd want something big to do a multi-day shot. I primarily was just shooting sunrises and the moon...
  • thats not bad at all. i think my HV20 is like 20gigs an hour. or maybe thats at the native size. good to know though thanks.
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  • myself 2 years ago
    omg man this shit is amazing
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  • E to the M 1 year ago
    I love this! I'll be back at the Sahara Nov 8 and I am itching to leave.
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  • Adam Machowiak 8 months ago
    WOW, love it! I would be sweating a DSLR camera to do such a huge thing lol

    The wide angle footage looks really awesome. Man, this is stunning! So many details.
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