This is the second part of my New York City tilt shift adventure from last Friday. I went to Times Square and Central Park to shoot some timelapses after some of the earlier shots from the World Trade Center, Washington Square Park, and Grand Central Terminal.
I was hoping to have a good shot from the bleachers in Times Square overlooking the block and people walking around. When I got there I realized the sun was directly in front of the bleachers and any shot would be right into the sunlight. I decided to try anyways since the shot might turn out ok and I was shooting at 2 second intervals for 120 photos (5 seconds of video). I also closed the aperture at f/27 and ISO 100 to prevent as much light from hitting the sensor as possible. I think the video turned out ok since the colors are pretty cool. The angle on my lens wasn’t big enough to get a lot Times Square and the cars but overall I’m pretty happy with the results. The tilt shift didn’t turn out as great with this video considering I couldn’t get high enough and I was shooting at f/27.
Camera Settings: f/27, ISO 100, 1/20 second shutter speed, 2 second interval, 24 mm Nikon Tilt-Shift Lens.
The second video turned out much better. I went to Central Park and set-up over the main fountain and lake. There were a lot of people and activity in the scene and I also was high enough to have the tilt-shift look pretty neat with the crowd of people moving. The aperture was f/11 with ISO 100, 1/100 second and 2 second intervals in-between shots for a ten second video (240 shots at 24 fps). I think this ended up being my best tilt-shift video of the day considering the scene and composition plus activity with tiltshift being apparent in the final result.
Camera Settings: f/11, ISO 100, 1/100 second shutter speed, 2 second interval, 24 mm Nikon Tilt-Shift Lens.
Let me know if you have any comments or questions. Stay tuned later this week for the final (Part 3) post from my New York City Tilt-Shift adventure!
