Sunday 13 September 2015

North America 4K Time-lapse



Well, here you can see the light of the night of New York City from the top of the Empire State Building, in Chicago, and we are sure, you will feel the perishing wind at the end of October and if you listen carefully, you will hear the sound of San Francisco’s Cable Cars, on our ride throughout down town. You love it? - We do! How many National Parks have you visited before? Have you ever been to Yosemite, Yellowstone, Olympic, Banff, Mesa Verde, Kings Canyon, Sequoia, Acadia, Rocky Mountains,  Arches, Mount Rainier, Mount Revelstoke and Zion in less than ten minutes? You can join us on the ferry in the Seattle bay, come with us to sunrise and sunset at the magic golden gate bridge. Visit Los Angeles, Vancouver, St. Louis, San Francisco and Las Vegas at night. Did we mention Mount Rushmore NM? New Orleans? Well, especially the sunset at Toronto from top of the CN Tower? Smaller spots like Boston, Calgary, Springdale, Three Rivers, Pagosa Springs, and Swift Current?
You travel to the Griffith Observatory, the Empire State Building, and the One World Trade Center during construction, Manhattan, Tongue Point … and so many more. Not enough? What about Niagara Falls, Lake Palourde, Keene Lake, Horseshoe Bend, White Mountains, Hobson CP and the Mississippi River? Visit Alberta, Arizona, Arkansas, British Columbia, California and Colorado, Illinois, Louisiana, New Hampshire, New York, Nevada, Massachusetts and Maine, Missouri, Ontario, Oregon, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, Utah, Washington and Wyoming.  Three years and three months we have three trips - now we show the best. One of the longest time lapses perhaps - we call it the EPIC.  And that was the trip. More than 10.000 km each year - a great mix of landscapes and cityscapes - extremely amazing! Thanks for the unbelievable soundtrack and mix to Kriz Mental homecookin.de and his drummer Lu Kleff.
Many thanks to Alex for the title design and for polishing the graphics and really thanks to Staff for her support, and I think she is the best camera assistant with a lot of patience for this time consuming job l Our next journey will start soon and it will be 8K! Many thanks to all of you for supporting this project - not with money and for building such great hard and software! Thanks to emotion and @ dynamicperception for your great tools. Thank you to Canon - your 5D MK II and 5D MK III have done more than 100.000 pictures for that journey through North America. Lenses used are the Canon EOS 24-70mm 2.8 and 24-70 2.8 II, 100mm 2.8macro and 70-200mm 2.8 II and the Samyang 14mm 2.8. We used Light room and especially LR Time-lapse for postproduction. We’ve done final editing with Adobe Premiere Pro and title design with Adobe after Effects.
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Saturday 12 September 2015

The Northwest Coast of Norway.

The Northwest coast of Norway. From the deep valleys created by the ice age.To the outermost island,bordering the Atlantic Ocean.


Flight of a Phantom from Geir Inge on Vimeo.

Friday 11 September 2015

Five-Mile-Long Oresund Bridge Transitions into a Tunnel That Unites Denmark with Sweden

The engineering marvel Oresund Bridge has made it at ease than ever before to travel between two countries that are separated by water. The Øresund was designed by the Danish engineering firm COWI and the main architect was George K.S. Rotne. This exclusive passageway attaches the cities of Copenhagen, Denmark with Malmö, Sweden, doing so in two ways: a splendid cable-stayed bridge runs 5 miles to an artificial island, where it then transitions into a tunnel that encompasses an extra two and a half miles. A beautiful motorway occupies the upper level while the railway line runs below. The majestically beautiful man-made island that attaches bridge and tunnel is called “Peberholm”, and it’s had an unexpectedly positive impact for the local flora and fauna. Species have been allowable to freely develop, and it’s since become a haven for biologists as a prevalent breeding ground for birds in addition to a habitat for the rare green toad. The responsibility of operating the bridge falls on both countries, and its neighboring states help keep the structure running. Drivers must pay a toll to cross the Oresund, but the cost seems worth it. By having such like a bridge, a region of more than 3.7 million people is meet the expense of the freedom to live in one country but work in another. About 2/3 of the people travelling across the Oresund go by train with the journey between Copenhagen and Malmö taking nearly 35 minutes.

The Iconic Icehotel in Sweden Reveals the Supernatural Suites Set to be Launched in December



The iconic Icelhotel in Sweden has massive elephant in the room all set to launched in December 2015.  The Lapland Ice hotel new design has been announced. Big and better than ever before, visitors will be able to stay a night in one of 19 individually themed rooms in “Jukkasjärvi”, sharing a room with a life-sized elephant, a Russian imperial-inspired theatre set or even an icicle cave. The winter wonderland is constructed every year in December and lasts until its melts away in March. Therefore, every year talented sculptures and artists hires to create a magical hotel. This year to construct the Ice hotel is not an easy feat, with more than 5,000 tonnes of natural ice being harvested from Sweden’s national river Torne.

The skillful natural gifted artists to have an input in the creative designs and received over 130 submissions to choose from. Aptly named “Elephant in the Room” by sculptor AnnaSofia Mååg, was one of the selected designs. Her new creative design will feature a three-meters-tall African elephant overlooking the ice framed bed. Moreover, between the beautiful suites there will also be a 1970's inspired Love Capsule, and an imperial Russian-inspired theatre set called Labyrinth Saga bring to life a forest of Gothic-like ice pillars, cocooning the suite and transforming it into an intimate ice cave. Therefore, in addition to the exclusively-designed rooms, the Icehotel will have two luxury suites with secured glass doors while the others have curtain doors, an en-suite bathroom and private sauna.

The total vast accommodation boasts 55 rooms, with the equivalent of 700 million snowballs used to form its walls, ceiling and decorations. No attention to detail is spared with the furnishings, with the chandeliers alone made from 1,000 hand cut ice crystals. The option of northern lights wake-up can be arranged for those wanting to witness the Aurora, and a spa is on site for relaxing afterwards. The Ice hotel is all set to open its ice-cold doors to the public on December 11. 










Tuesday 8 September 2015

Greenland's Uncover Hidden Gems



Russian photographer “Daniel Kordan” in the recent times returned from a sailing excursion to Greenland, bringing back with him loads of stunning pictures that he captures the majestic beauty of the expanse between Saint Petersburg and Greenland. Well, for last few months, he lived aboard a yacht out on the Atlantic, where Kordan led photography workshops that took advantage of the remarkable natural surroundings. Therefore, from morning to night, he and his fellow voyagers explored wonderful icebergs, caves, glaciers, and cliffs at each landing. As their journey goes on, ever day promised something new discoveries as one day, Kordan stumbled upon hidden gems in the icy wild. He says; I was so admired with Jack London stories from my childhood and my Greenland expedition reminds me his stories. Luckily we had the great chance to ask the photographer a few questions about his unbelievable adventure.

He expresses his journey in exciting words; it was a unforgettable sailing expedition to Greenland. We used the yacht Peter the First to sail from Saint Petersburg to Greenland through Iceland and the Faroe Islands. Therefore, our journey took us two months to get to Greenland and the same time to return. We invited photographers to some stops on our way for weekly sailings around Greenland. It was a kind of photography workshop for them. Indeed this was our first experience to exploring “Disko Bay” and the “islands of Baffin Bay”. I wanted to travel more and more to Greenland, because this area has several remote and unmapped areas that are perfect for photography. Believe me, it wasn’t that easy, but we were captivated by the lovely nature and the chance to explore new areas every day. Our team consists on friendly and hard-working sailors. The captain of Peter the First and his crew made the world record quite a few years ago they circled around the North Pole in just one season. Therefore, we got a valuable experience and learned a lot of legends from locals. We’ve found gorgeous fjords and mountains, and we hiked up to elevations 1 kilometer above the sea to look at ice caps. Moreover, we’ve found a marmor cave leading far into the glacier, and we discovered an old whale cemetery. One of the most enjoyable experiences was bathing in the hot springs of Greenland. We’ve found numerous hidden beaches and hot lakes.