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Time-lapse conveys the thrill of life in New York City

(CBS News) I still remember that sense of rush and excitement when I first moved to New York City. Coming from Texas, it was just unlike anything I had ever seen or experienced before. Which segues perfectly into the time-lapse video highlighted above, that perfectly captures a lot of that initial sensation. Go ahead and click play to get a vicarious feel of the Big Apple thrill for yourself.

The breath-taking, time-lapse video (with music by Ben Rusch) is entitled "New York Day" and was posted by Vimeo user motionkicker who writes:

I shot this film over 4 trips to NYC 2011-2012. The time-lapse sequences you see here were made (mostly) from hundreds of thousands of still images. A Canon 7D and T3i were the main cameras, with backup from a couple of older Nikon Coolpix 5000 point and shooters. A few clips are sped-up video.
While it is already stunning in its current iteration, it's actually a shorter version of what they hope to be a larger film funded through KickStarter (which you can learn about by clicking here). And to check out more wonderful work from motionkicker, be sure to visit their Vimeo page by clicking here.
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