Audax Alpine Classic: a tilt-shifted time-lapse video

This is an incredible piece of film, put together by Nathan Kaso, about the Audax Alpine Classic ride in the Victorian Alps, Australia. Here’s how Nathan describes the film:

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Earlier this year I worked with cycling club Audax Australia to capture a tilt-shift time-lapse of their event the Alpine Classic. Starting in the town of Bright 2,200 cyclists tackled several different courses of up to 250km which included ascents of Mount Buffalo, Mount Hotham, Falls Creek and Tawonga Gap. In my four days of shooting I covered nearly 2,000km through the Victorian High Country capturing cyclists, landscapes and the local towns.

The film is shot on a Canon 5D Mark III with 17-40mm f/4L, 24-105mm f/4L and 70-300mm f/4-5.6 as well as the Emotimo TB3 Black motion control head. Some aerial footage was captured using a DJI Phantom with H3-2D gimbal and GoPro Hero3+ Black shooting 2.7K Protunes. Images were processed in Adobe Lightroom, Photoshop and LRTimelapse, while the film was edited in Premiere Pro and After Effects.

Mattyvals

Nathan… This is absolutely outstanding work. You have condensed my favorite day of the year on a bike to less than four minutes. The Alpine is a special event,in a special part of the world. Audax do an amazing job with this event,and should be high on every cycling enthusiasts list of to do’s. Watching you short film has just fired me up for next years event. Well done.
philipmcvey

What a superb film.. thanks Nathan for shooting this and to Cyclingtips for running it. Probably the best work I’ve seen here. I think the point of films like this is to inspire us to get out on our bikes, and ride the event if possible. And that’s exactly what you’ve achieved. Was the film commissioned by Audax, or is it a promo piece for Nathan?
GR

I second second the sentiments of both Mattyvals and philipmcvey. Nathan has produced an outstanding video that is worthy of sharing far and wide.