Time-Lapse Gets Trippy in 'Mirror City'

Today's must-see time-lapse comes courtesy of Michael Shainblum and it's a real eye opener.

"Mirror City" turns San Diego, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, San Francisco and Chicago into beautiful, abstract kaleidoscopes. Shainblum tells Planet 5D, "I have been mirroring images and video for a really long time, it has always been a certain stylistic choice in some of my abstract work. This project, however, has taken about 4-5 months to conceptualize and complete. The idea has been floating around for a long time in my head, it wasn’t until about 4 months ago when I made the idea an actual project.

Read more here and watch "Mirror City" below.

How to Shoot Day to Night Time-lapses

Time-lapse expert Preston Kanak walks you through how to shoot day to night time-lapses.
He writes, "As many people have proclaimed, day to night or night to day time-lapses are the ‘holy grail’ of time-lapse shooting. They tend to draw the attention of viewers because of their assumed complexity. At the same time, what people don’t understand is that they aren’t as tough to achieve as they appear. In this blog post, I will quickly walk you through a few different ways of capturing these types of shots."
Watch the tutorial video below and read more here on Kessler University.

Amazing time lapse

Time lapse from Mike Olbinski with Canon EOS 5D Mark II and Rokinon (Samyang) 14mm 2.8

Watch a Fish-Eye Time-Lapse of the Leonid Meteor Shower

Photographer Stephane Vetter caught the Leonid meteor shower with his Nikon D3 and Sigma 8mm fisheye lens. Watch the incredible time-lapse of the night sky below. (via Huffington Post)