Basically since it came out, I longed to apply the time lapse technique to this task. The intervalometer on my camera might not be great, its shortest interval is only 1/min, up to 100 shots. (This limitation means nothing in the quest for a creative resolution.) In any case, the aim was to find that distinct and beautiful vision, first and foremost. The process involved shooting the most pedestrian thing I had access to: the literal pedestrian crossing outside my office window. I set up the camera and let it go for a hundred minutes. Then I opened one of the pictures and zoomed in on several areas to see which one struck me. I was drawn to the joints of the light, just above the crossing signal. Up close there's these lovely leaves in the background, and the curves and rusty bits, as well as the lights themselves. So I configured a photoshop action to crop every photo to the same size and used Quicktime pro to make the time lapse from the cropped batch of images.

The result is a six second clip that is both frenetic and soothing. It looks good in the flash viewer below and but would look atrocious in youtube. When viewed as a quicktime movie and looped (save as and try it), I found endless fascinations. Like for example, why does it seem to pan? (probably the thing I rested the camera on moved a tiny bit each time the camera woke up and the mechanism whirred). The trees seem alive and ...wiggly. etc.