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Evening on the Seine

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The story behind this video

Standing on the Pont de la Tournelle in the gloom of a damp Paris evening, looking out over one of the most famous views in the world.

In front of me is the Ile de la Cite with the huge catherdral of Notre Dame dominating the skyline, but for this timelapse video sequence I'm more interested in the numerous brightly lit pleasure boats that ply their trade on this stretch of the Seine.

That's one good thing about shooting timelapse as opposed to still photography, you don't need a good sky for timelapse to work in a city, which was just as well as the monotonous grey overtone just didn't inspire me to take 'normal' images of this scene.

Video data


Filename - paris seine timelapse_01.mp4

Camera - Canon EOS 5D

Lens - 24-105mm zoom @ 40mm

Exposure - 4 secs @ f16, ISO100

Location - River Seine, Paris

This clip - HD 720p

Clip duration - 10 seconds at 25 frames per second.

Shooting interval - 4 seconds