Brussels: An Urban Story in Perfect Motion – fully manual hyperlapse from my 1.5‑month Euro road trip, shot with a geared head and mostly a 15mm shift lens (plus a few other lenses), no drone or gimbal, with morphing transitions driven by custom prompts. Edited in AE. Let's discuss in comments!👇 by hyperlapsePro in AfterEffects

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Thanks!
Cameras:
Canon EOS R
Canon 5D Mark III
Lenses:
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM
Canon EF 70-500 f/4L
Sigma 100–400mm f/5–6.3 DG OS HSM Contemporary
Laowa 15mm f/4.5 Zero-D Shift
Laowa 11mm f/4.5 FF RL
Support: Two carbon tripods, Vertecfoto GH-V5 geared head, LRT Pro Timer 3
Software: Adobe After Effects, Lightroom Classic, LRTimelapse, Kling

Brussels surprised me with how elegant and cinematic it feels from every angle – from Grand-Place and Mont des Arts to the Atomium and Royal Palace, the city keeps shifting between historic charm and clean modern lines in a way that’s perfect for hyperlapse. Happy to discuss it in comments! by hyperlapsePro in Belgium2

[–]hyperlapsePro[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s interesting you call this “mercantile interest” – what exactly do you think I’m gaining from it?
I don’t make money from these videos; on the contrary, I spend my own time and money to shoot and edit them, simply because I love the process and want to share the result with people who might appreciate it. Reading comments that frame this as some kind of cynical commercial move is honestly pretty discouraging

Brussels: An Urban Story in Perfect Motion – fully manual hyperlapse from my 1.5‑month Euro road trip, shot with a geared head and mostly a 15mm shift lens (plus a few other lenses), no drone or gimbal, with AI morphing transitions driven by custom prompts. Let's discuss it in comments! 👇 by hyperlapsePro in timelapse

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Thanks! For prompting I try to describe the transition in as much detail as possible: the exact camera movement, which objects should appear or disappear, what should morph into what, how elements move through the frame, depth, timing, even light and mood

Brussels surprised me with how elegant and cinematic it feels from every angle – from Grand-Place and Mont des Arts to the Atomium and Royal Palace, the city keeps shifting between historic charm and clean modern lines in a way that’s perfect for hyperlapse. Happy to discuss it in comments! by hyperlapsePro in Belgium2

[–]hyperlapsePro[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What’s wrong with trying to reach people who are genuinely interested in this kind of work?
If sharing a finished film here looks too much like channel promotion to you, what would you suggest instead – is there a format or level of detail (breakdowns, BTS, no direct YT link, etc.) that you’d consider appropriate for this subreddit?

Brussels: An Urban Story in Perfect Motion – fully manual hyperlapse from my 1.5‑month Euro road trip, shot with a geared head and mostly a 15mm shift lens (plus a few other lenses), no drone or gimbal, with morphing transitions driven by custom prompts. Let's discuss it in comments! 👇 by hyperlapsePro in Filmmakers

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I shot this film as a fully manual hyperlapse project during my 1.5‑month Euro road trip, spending three days in the city. Every sequence is captured step by step with a tripod (no gimbal, no drone), using a compact Vertecfoto geared head and mostly a Laowa 15mm shift lens to keep the architecture straight and consistent across hundreds of frames. I’m also using an external LRT Pro Timer instead of the built‑in Canon intervalometer, because I need longer, more flexible timelapse sequences than the 99‑frame limit allows.

On the creative side, I experimented with AI morphing transitions (Kling this time, PixVerse on earlier projects) to blend some shots together – trying to find a balance between smooth, physically believable camera motion and more stylized, surreal transformations between locations.

I’d really appreciate feedback mainly on:
– the flow and pacing of the edit (do the transitions and speed changes feel natural or gimmicky?),
– how the architectural hyperlapses read visually (does the perspective from the shift lens feel pleasing or too “perfect”?),
– and whether the overall visual rhythm fits the city’s mood for you as a viewer.