Watch life in Leeds as you've never seen it before in this amazing timelapse video

The video shows Leeds Light Night, busy shoppers on Briggateand the sun setting over the M62 (Photo: Darren Naughton)placeholder image
The video shows Leeds Light Night, busy shoppers on Briggateand the sun setting over the M62 (Photo: Darren Naughton)

A budding videographer from Leeds has captured an amazing timelapse video of six months of life in the city.

Darren Naughton, from Morley, began filming the clips in May 2019.

The film, titled Human Planet, includes footage from Leeds Light Night, busy shoppers on Briggate and the sun setting over the M62.

Each timelapse clip took Darren a few days work and is made from 500 to 1000 still images, which are then combined into a video file.

The video shows Leeds Light Night, busy shoppers on Briggateand the sun setting over the M62 (Photo: Darren Naughton)placeholder image
The video shows Leeds Light Night, busy shoppers on Briggateand the sun setting over the M62 (Photo: Darren Naughton)

The 42-year-old, who is a qualification development manager, said: "I have always been fascinated with astronomy and human evolution and decided to combine that with my developing photography and videography hobby.

"The idea is to make a series of short films that depict human activity and capture the energy and emotions we all encounter.

"I have a real passion for time-lapse photography as it captures and showcases the environment and world around us in a way that a single image cannot."

You can watch his full Human Planet video here.

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