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Ok folks, this is it. Here is my first video project.
It is a timelapse video of the Northern Lights. All sequences are shot in or close to Tromsø in Northern Norway.
I have spent over 6months collecting footage for this, I have shot approx 50.000 stills to choose from in making this video. A goal for me has been to try to preserve the real-time speed of the northern lights, or come as close as possible, and present it way I experienced it, instead of the northern lights just flashing over the sky in the blink of an eye. It may work on other time-lapse videos with skies and sunsets etc, but with the northern lights in focus, it should be presented in it's true speed to reflect her beauty, imo.
I got a fantastic soundtrack made for the video by local musical talent in Tromsø; Per Wollen. A Huge thanks goes to you Per obviously! The audio track "Aurora in the sky" can be found on iTunes.
Also, with two small children at home under 2 years, it goes without saying I could never have done this without the fantastic understanding and help from my girlfriend. This has been an insanely time-consuming project. Both hours after hours out in the cold, but also all the hours in post-processing during late nights has led to a severe lack of sleep. And although you always feel like there is something you could have improved, even slightly, before releasing, you come to a point when you just have to finish. And that time is now.
Thank you so much Veronica flickr.com/photos/velectronica/ for letting and helping me finish this project!! Love you! :)
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Zonbiesays...*promote
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DerHasisttotsays...Coooooooooooooool
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Beautiful! When I was a kid, me and my parents used to make a summer trip to Northern Norway every year. We usually visited Tromso to do some fishing there (I remember whaling boats coming in, and lots of fish followed them, and we fished from the piers - though I might confuse some of this with Narvik, which was our other favorite place )
If I remember right, there was also an aquarium that has lots of cool fish, like piranhas! We never went during the winter, so I couldn't see Northern Lights like this. But at least I have seen northern lights plenty of times in Finland too
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mintbbbsays...Ehh, OK, *promote
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lurgeesays...Beautiful!
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