In this time-lapse video, you’ll
see scenes from the beautiful nature in Southern Norway. The spectacular fjord
landscape in Geiranger is in the video as well as scenes from Jotunheimen, Rondane
and Hjørundfjorden. You’ll also see Northern light/Aurora Borealis in the end
of the video. Before every journey, I always try to pre-visualize the sequences
as much as possible. In spite of this, it is often tough to capture sequences
that really shine. Several times a lot of clouds and/or strong wind have tumbledown
sequences I had planned in advance. In this unique project however, the luck
has definitely been on my side. Moreover two water reflection sequences
(0:15-0:36) i.e., turned out very nice in my view. The enchanted interaction
between the mist and mirror surfaced- therefore, water at sunrise was a moment
that will stay in my memory always. During my 4 years of time-lapse photography
across Southern Norway, I have never witnessed a lake so calm and in such
light. A gentle breeze and the magic would have been destroyed. Lucky for me,
it didn't, I was at the right place at the right time.
The Milky Way sequence between
3:16-3:26 also astonished me. I thought I had shot a rather foreseeable time-lapse
sequence of the Milky Way over high peaks in Jotunheimen. When I started to
edit the sequence in post-production, I observed that the color in the
atmosphere changed during the sequence- from the usual dark blue to green. I
knew that it couldn’t be the aurora as I was shooting towards the south. I did
a slight research, and I learned that the phenomenon was called Airglow- which
is a faint emission of light caused by numerous processes in the earth’s upper
atmosphere. I'm always looking for changes in nature when I shoot time-lapse,
so this was definitely a surprise. This is my third time-lapse project from the
gorgeous landscapes in Southern Norway, an area which has captivated me since
my childhood. The utmost challenge though filming this project was finding
perfect moments at the right place. On one instance, I had to spend a week just
to capture the perfect moment in time. Unnecessary to say, this approach turned
out to be rather time consuming, so this project was filmed over the course of
14 months. Thank you for watching my video. I hope you like it-share if you
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Artist: Tony Anderson: Song
Title:further-up-further-in
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