This looks great! About how high up were you? What camera/lens did you shoot with?

Once again Keith fantastic work, I might have to check it out one day live. That spot you had looked like a nice place to watch from....

Nice Keith, So were you shooting this with 2 cameras? One locked down on the intersection and one with a longer lens shooting tighter shots?

Hey Erik - I shoot a multi-camera setup for any live events as there's a lot going on, and time lapse restricts movements. This was all shot from on top of the Courthouse hotel - shared with a local news crew.

was it gay week or something? just wondering because of all the rainbow flags everywhere lol

Hi Keith, I'm really in awe at what you do. Trying to imagine the amount of time that goes into the shooting and editing... really fantastic. Keep up the good work! -Mike

Hey Mike - Thanks that's great to hear.

You got all the cars looking like Toys!! Awesome video!

Throughout this vid I was wondering if it was actual footage or animation with plastic toys, very cool effect with the time elapse, excellent work in general.

LOVE IT!!! You did it again!! Great!

Dugg! http://digg.com/arts_culture/Awesome_tilt_shift_video_of_Sydney_Mardi_Gras

Awesome - Thanks Tim.

SENSATIONAL. One of the best videos I have seen. Have sent it to all my Mardi Gras buddies,

Keith sensational work. I was at the parade and this captures the event beautifully. I've shared it with friende overseas and know they will appreciate the work you put in. Cheers Peter

Thanks Peter!

fantastico!!

Wow - that's absolutely fantastic

We really are quite small! Thanks for the perspective =)

this is amazing!

Beautiful stuff.

I am astounded by this. One of the best "visual" things I've seen in months. The music. The timing. The imagery. Just fantastic.

Fantastically artful and highly original. Best presentation of the Mardi Gras Parade I have seen to date (I've photographed it with a media pass over the past 4 years, not including this one, so I've seen A LOT of images and footage come out on MG from the media pack) - well done!

Hi Lil - Great to get your comment & thank you! Were you there this year? Keith.

No, not this year, I'm afraid. Looks like it was another fantastic parade though....and no doubt a lot of fun to shoot! I can't quite imagine the amount of effort to edit that many images in such a short period of time. It was hard enough to work through 1,500 or so shots and hand them over to a producer! ;)

Sorry Lil - I misread your message the first time! The event was an incredible subject, but I didn't really take stock of the detail until I got back to the footage. I have a fairly automated workflow to process the stills, but the difficult part is finding key stills for prints out of the thousands of frames.

I'm inspired from your works! Really fantastics! I love photography and this is a way to add more and more artistic drama and weight to pictures! music is a thing that everyone should add to a photo! thanks to share with us your amazing work!

this is amazing stuff... ever considered working your tilt shift mastery into a narrative film?

Hey Danny. Thanks. the closest so far is bathtub iv but I have something in the works now along those lines. Cheers.

The color is amazing and the people look like claymation. Very cool.

Keith - as always this is very impressive work. I always like that you find unknown music and get permission to highlight these musician. This is very respected and I wonder if you have ever heard good feedback from any of these musician as you videos get 100,000 of views and these musician get exposure?

Hi Jared, Thanks again. The music selection is really important and I have a few key contacts such as Eddie who have the musical knowledge & connections to help me find the right track. It's work worth doing as plenty of publishers won't play the film the music is used without permission. I hope the musicians get as much out if this arrangement as I do! Keith.

GREAT! Made my day :) THX!

Best tilt-shift I've ever seen! Awesome! Blogd it. Hope thats cool http://jonrawlinson.com/2009/03/mardi-gras-tilt-shift/

Jon - Thanks for the add!

Keith, this is really outstanding work. Bravo.

Amazing as usual. You do a great job of keeping the shots interesting, and in a tasteful manner. The wide range of music selections you add to the videos are refreshing. Great work, don't ever stop making these :]

I sure am a sucker for a good tilt-shift video. I can't say I've seen any better than those on your site. Such a simple idea but powerfully realised. Thanks.

Yet again well done. I love that toy town look you get.

Keith, I love your work. Truly inspiring films. How often do you activate the shutter when you're filming something like this? And at what rate do you play the frames back to speed it up? If this is proprietary, feel free to ignore the questions. Keep up the good work!

Quite mesmerising. My Friday morning will now have to be recorded as "admin" again!! Sigh.

LOL - love billing by the hour!

Masterful achievement.

Wow, this totally looks like "Robot Chicken". I love this video. Brilliant!!!

absolutely stunning! brilliant work :)

Hi Keith ! You are my time laps master !!! definitely ! congratulations ! G-day mate ;o) impatient to see another one

Hey Ouya - Thanks - There a a few in the works & I'm hoping to get one out soon too!

wonderful

Awesome as usual! Thanks for posting this!

Hey Richard - Thanks again.

Fantastic Stuff Keith! Great effect and great choice of soundtrack. Can I ask what frame rate you use for this effect?