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If I had to divide the world into two equal parts, it would not be men vs. women. It would also not be Canon vs. Nikon. The most accurate division would probably be between the people that say that Velcro rules and those who say that Gaff tape rules. (we have featured them both plenty on the blog).

Here is a quick and not so dirty idea from Simon Anderson that you will probably find useful if you are doing extended timelapse photography with an intervalometer.

This thing is always dangling without a proper place to put it, so Simon placed a stretch of Velcro on the intervalometer and another stretch on the tripod. Now it has a good place to stay till the shooting is done.

I guess Simon is a Velcro person.

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While traveling to Namibia is long and expensive it pays off in glorious nightscapes. The dry air and atmosphere conditions in Namibia earned it one of the dark sky reserve in 2012.

So it is not surprising that Namibia can produce some of the most beautiful night-time time lapses.

Namibian Nights is the work of Marsel van Oosten - a photographer and a tour guide from Amsterdam. It showcase some of the most popular sites in Namibia, like the quiver trees and the misty trees in Deadvlei. Click to continue ›

Sometimes the best timelapse movies are not time lapse at all. This amazing moon rising footage was taken by photographer Mark Gee.

What seems to be a part of the ET bicycle sequence is really a shot of the moon taken with a Canon ID MkIV stacked with a 500mm f/4L lens and a 2x extender, giving the equivalent focal length of 1300mm. (this is about $14,429 worth of gear). The hill in the shot is 2.1km from the Mount Victoria Lookout in Wellington, New Zealand, and is practically across the other side of the city. Click to continue ›

This blog has seen its share of time lapse movies. But this time lapse caught us completely unprepared.

Dustin Farrell skipped his work here and there as VP/DP at Crew West to shoot a collection of time lapse videos all over the world. With trips to the entire desert southwest and two trips to Iceland (summer and winter) he really captured some amazing footage.

As far as gear goes, Dustin used a Canon 5D Mk3 for camera (check 2:34 for some 3200ISO porn), Dynamic Perception timelapse rails, and a motorized TB3 pan/tilt head from eMotimo.

Kinda makes me feel bad about the things that I do when I skip job. Click to continue ›

Photographer Katka Pruskova spent countless hours (over 730) to piece together an amazing timelapse showing how flowers bloom.

The movie features a variety of flowers from his mother's garden (Amaryllis, Lilies, Zygocactus, Rose, Gladiolus, Gardenia) going from buds to full blossom.

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If you've ever been to Paris, you know that it a beautiful city. Director Benjamin Trancart of Trak created a beautiful timelapse of Paris, that really catches the essence of the city.

It was shot using a Canon 7D using only two lenses: 18-135mm and 16-35mm. While it shows more conventional timelapse footage, it also shows star streaks that were taken by sequencing long exposures, and sunsets that were created by merging 3 bracketed exposures. Click to continue ›

Photographer Colin Mika was hired to shoot a sequence of time lapses for McCarthy Tétrault LLP. Instead of going the usual route of shooting different locations, he used a snow globe to encapsulate the timelapse while using the narrow depth of field to "play" shaped bokeh around the snow globe.

In this post, Colin is breaking down the process of making the movie. (Which you can see right after the jump) Click to continue ›

Sean Goebel shot Epochs, a spectacular time lapse piece over 11 months and 4 states. Interestingly enough, a lot of the tracking gear he used was home made and lots of the "pro" gear borrowed. Just goes to show that talent and dedication trumps budget anytime. Sean was king enough to share the complete super-detailed making of Epochs, including gear lists, locations, challanges and a lost-in-a-desert with a dying flash light story. So sit back, go to full screen crank up the volume and enjoy. Click to continue ›

Noctornal is a beautiful time lapse by Colin Legg. With scenes captured over two years it features marvelous locations from the Southern Night, Western Australia and Chile.

Aside from being overall breathtakingly beautiful, Noctornal has a few interesting moments that Collin is highlighting in particular.

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Would it be weird if we lived in a world without people? Ross Ching is exploring this questions exactly in a series of time-lapses called The Empty America.

The series is made out of time lapse movies taken in major cities in the us, with people magically removed from them.

So far movies have been taken in San Francisco, Seattle, New York City and Washington D.C. Click to continue ›