My Kind of Town in HD
November 25, 2013 9:31 PM Subscribe
Chicago Timelapse Project - Windy City Nights [6:06] - chock full of stunning HD scenes around Chi-town.
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This is absolutely beautiful. I wish there was such a video for all countries across the world!
posted by postertext at 1:41 AM on November 26, 2013
posted by postertext at 1:41 AM on November 26, 2013
Nice, really, especially the boats at Navy Pier, but it never gets out of downtown (except for shots of the expressway?), which, frankly, is a shame.
Also, anyone know what the building at 0:55 is?
posted by crush-onastick at 7:05 AM on November 26, 2013
Also, anyone know what the building at 0:55 is?
posted by crush-onastick at 7:05 AM on November 26, 2013
I live in one of the world's great cities, but goddamn, Chicago is one of the world's great cities as well. Such a great place to be from. The older I get, the more of a sad case hometown pride salesman I've become for it.
posted by C.A.S. at 8:51 AM on November 26, 2013
posted by C.A.S. at 8:51 AM on November 26, 2013
That's pretty snazzy! Great post. Just confirms why I would like to plunk down my little tent there eventually.
posted by neitherly at 8:54 AM on November 26, 2013
posted by neitherly at 8:54 AM on November 26, 2013
Nice idea, but the lens filters ruin it. The whole thing looks too unreal, like a gatefold postcard
posted by MrMerlot at 2:28 PM on November 26, 2013
posted by MrMerlot at 2:28 PM on November 26, 2013
There's a reason why so many people love Chicago, even though the weather suuuuuuuuuuucks.
And yeah, shame they never left downtown. Just to be random, I'd love to see (say) a panorama of Superdawg on the north side, or a worn-down Polish-speaking ("Mowimy Po Polsku!") used car lot.
posted by davejay at 3:01 PM on November 26, 2013
And yeah, shame they never left downtown. Just to be random, I'd love to see (say) a panorama of Superdawg on the north side, or a worn-down Polish-speaking ("Mowimy Po Polsku!") used car lot.
posted by davejay at 3:01 PM on November 26, 2013
While the tourists sites are definitely part of the city (and seeing them again still makes me miss home), it'd be nice if they spent time in other parts of the city.
posted by NoRelationToLea at 5:54 PM on November 26, 2013
posted by NoRelationToLea at 5:54 PM on November 26, 2013
In his project notes, the photographer makes (in my opinion too much of) a point that he was a suburbanite who was intimidated by the city and kind of got over this through completing the project. So, he's not really an ideal tour guide for the neighborhoods of Chicago, but maybe he'll grow into that now. Or maybe we could offer to guide him around; he obviously has the technical chops to photograph about anything we might throw at him.
posted by JimInLoganSquare at 7:26 PM on November 26, 2013
posted by JimInLoganSquare at 7:26 PM on November 26, 2013
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And here I am watching and admiring this idea. I'm enjoying it. This is a great video, exhibiting far more technical skill than I could ever dream of. This is a great synopsis of the city. It's exciting to watch.
As much of a fanboy as I can be of this, drop the needle at 4:30. 10 seconds of timelapse, just beautiful Chicago buildings. With Chicago's wealth of structures, I think there's a similar, architecture-focused, Chicago-specific version of this waiting to be created that doesn't shoulder the same 'commerical for a mid-sized car' vibe that this has.
I wish I was driven (no pun intended!!) enough to create such a sequel to this.
posted by Theophrastus Johnson at 11:27 PM on November 25, 2013 [1 favorite]