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1. The Aurora
11 months ago
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I spent a week capturing one of the biggest aurora borealis shows in recent years.

Shot in and around Kirkenes and Pas National Park bordering Russia, at 70 degree north and 30 degrees east. Temperatures around -25 Celsius. Good fun.

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  • Tor Even Mathisen plus 11 months ago
    Nice :))
  • TSO Photography plus 11 months ago
    Takk Tor Even :-)
  • HDtimelapse.net 11 months ago
    Spectacular!

    hdtimelapse.net
  • Jennifer Wolff 11 months ago
    I agree! A friend gave me a calendar with photos of the aureol borealis (I wish I could spell!). Even when you discount the movement and backgrounds in these videos, yours were much more interesting than the ones in the calendar. They were really plain. Either all red, all blue or all green.
  • Alexandros Maragos plus 11 months ago
    NBC, USA Today, Discovery Channel.
    Congratulations my friend. You totally nailed it.
  • Bjørn Arild Bakken 10 months ago
    First these amazing shots from the eruption, in Iceland.. and now this!

    I am speechless.
  • iamkalaniprince plus 10 months ago
    Wow! Aurora + motion TL? These images are so gorgeous, I'm having a hard time believing that what I'm seeing is real.

    I've always been a big fan of TL, but this is on a whole nother level. Gosh I could watch this for hours. No, wait, I could watch this for an eternity..

    love and aloha, Kalani-
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  • Jan Möller 11 months ago
    Wow, this is great.
  • Keith Eveson 11 months ago
    absolutely magical, I will send it to only lovely people who will appreciate the atmosphere it creates
  • Sefa Denizoglu 10 months ago
    good appreciation!
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  • Tom Lowe pro 11 months ago
    Beautiful!!!!! Amazing work, my friend.
  • TSO Photography plus 11 months ago
    Thank you Tom, that means a lot to me.
    You have been a major inspiration to me over the years, your work is the very best.
  • Jon Rawlinson pro 11 months ago
    This was incredible.

    Tom, you have some new competition. ;)
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  • Helder Filipe plus 11 months ago
    Great stuff!
    What camera and lenses did you use?
  • TSO Photography plus 11 months ago
    Canon 5D Mark II
    Canon 24mm/1.4
    Canon 16-35mm/2.8
    Sigma 12-24mm
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  • Ben Smith plus 11 months ago
    wow
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  • Ole C. Salomonsen plus 11 months ago
    Very nice! :)
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  • andrearusky 11 months ago
    great stuff! well done !!

    IMHO the gladiator soundtrack is a bit cheesy...sorry !
  • Fredrik Nilsson 11 months ago
    "Now we are free" are one of the best songs ever made for a movie and the whole Gladiator Soundtrack is one of the best!
  • Domagoj Kunic 11 months ago
    Bladerunner or In the mood for love are some of the best soundtracks of all time...gladiator? please...I switched the sound off for this one and enjoyed the spectacular work! Great work, Terje!
  • Leah Salazar 11 months ago
    I think "Now we are free" is a perfect fit for the video. It's a brilliant choice in my opinion :)
  • moonlightsounds plus 10 months ago
    great song choice!
  • Studio West Video plus 8 months ago
    Great music transcends whatever medium it was first used for.
  • scott stephenson plus 1 week ago
    GLADIATOR BEST SOUNDTRACK EVER

    ROAD TO PERDITION 2ND

    AWSOME VIDEO
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  • milkandblue plus 11 months ago
    Gorgeous!!
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  • Chris Mierzwinski plus 11 months ago
    Spectacular work!
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  • Ben 11 months ago
    Magical! Added to HD Time channel, WorldHD and Slowmotion and Timelapse Theater.
  • TSO Photography plus 11 months ago
    Thank you!
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  • Sebastian TR 11 months ago
    stunning work - the motion appeared very fluid , what FPS did you compile / export at ??

    great stuff
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  • Tyson Banks plus 11 months ago
    This is so beautiful! Great work!
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  • Sebastian Wiegärtner pro 11 months ago
    Beautiful Terje! Amazing, awesome work!
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  • Dynamic Perception plus 11 months ago
    Awesome. Beautiful work Terje!
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  • Didier Mascarin 11 months ago
    a m a z i n g
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  • Christopher Cauble plus 11 months ago
    Gorgeous indeed! Nice work!
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  • Jan Odenthal 11 months ago
    Great work! Absolutely stunning images!
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  • Nino Leitner plus 11 months ago
    Unbelievably stunning imagery ... would love to hear about your workflow. Great!
  • Nezih Savaskan plus 11 months ago
    So you grade every frame separately?!
  • Nino Leitner plus 11 months ago
    No - batch processing. Grade one and copy the grade to the other frames, then export.
  • Maik Thomas plus 11 months ago
    first of all - great high quallity and stunning pictures.

    i import my raw sequences in after effects. so i can use adobe camera raw for the cc process and have a secondary touchup in after effects. all raw and 16 bit. after that i render these sequences to uncompressed yuv 10bit 4:2:2 for edit. my first compression is on my final export.
  • Christoph Malin plus 11 months ago
    you could also do the grading batch processing in aperture... I use it instead of lightroom...
  • Basil T. 10 months ago
    how do you manage to handle the exposure at 00:04 please ? i mean big contrast difference between sky-snow frg. i.e. you stop the camera and motion on the track, change exposure inc. ND etc. then keep shooting ?

    does ti have any relationship to Little Bramper
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  • Gabriel Franco plus 11 months ago
    Wonderful shots, Terje.
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  • Vince Gaffney plus 11 months ago
    beautiful.
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  • TSO Photography plus 11 months ago
    Thank you very much RJ Evans!
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  • Carlos Martelo 11 months ago
    One of the most amazing videos I've ever seen :D
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  • Grant Kaye plus 11 months ago
    Beautiful work!
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  • Peter Adamsson 11 months ago
    Absolutly stunning. Great work Terje. Beautiful and amazing! -25 celsius you said. My good how could you stand out?
  • TSO Photography plus 11 months ago
    Thank you!

    Most of the days I started shooting before sunset, and did not finish until after sunrise. I do not mind -25C, but I mind the wind. A lot of hot coffees, and constantly moving around help keep the warmth.
  • Myekal Benham 11 months ago
    Its the hardest thing about Night Photography. Trying to stay warm. Your work is sublime and a true inspiration.
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  • Johannes Beals 11 months ago
    absolutely breath taking work!
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  • De Mango 11 months ago
    Gorgeous!
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  • Yngve Nordskag 11 months ago
    The Aurora Borealis is just amazing and just watching it live is truly an amazing experience. How it dances and changes colour it's just fantastic. You've really done it with this piece here! I just wonder from 00:22 and 00:30 did the light reflect in the mountain or was it something else? Brilliant work :-)
  • TSO Photography plus 11 months ago
    Thank you!

    That is actually reflection from snow mobiles. :-)
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  • Mindrelic plus 11 months ago
    truly stunning shots terje, congrats!
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  • Vince Auletta plus 11 months ago
    Seriously amazing work!

    Any idea what the glow is ~1:36-39 above the moon on the tree branch?

    Also glad to see that my workflow is similar to yours, at least now I know I'm on the right track!
  • TSO Photography plus 11 months ago
    I think that is a flare or ice-reflection.
  • Brian Cahill 11 months ago
    its a lens flair from the moon ;)
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  • Frederic Vercammen plus 11 months ago
    Splendid !!!!!!!!!
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  • Fabian Hackenberg 11 months ago
    Just shows how magic nature can be... so good.
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  • Rick Elrod 11 months ago
    WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!.....thats impressive
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  • Mathias Eis Schultz 11 months ago
    Amazing work!
    How can you have your camera in that temperature?
    My 7D can be outside in -5 in 45 minutes, and then my CF card will make an error.
  • Mats Strandberg 11 months ago
    I spent a whole day in -28 with a 7D + 70-200 2.8L IS USM last week taking over 1000 exposures. Not a single issue and the battery went from full to 3/4... I was VERY impressed. Make sure you don't move the gear between cold and hot climate during the shoot though as there will be condensation issues. Not good.
    By the way, AMAZING footage. My pictures of the Aurora didn't turn out nearly as good. :|
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  • Laurens Neels 11 months ago
    Most beautiful timelapse I've seen in a while. Magic.
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  • Ken Scott 11 months ago
    very well recorded, processed and presented ...
    wow!
    thanks for sharing.
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  • jagnone 11 months ago
    so gorgeous
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  • So bold of you to use the Gladiator soundtrack. You've captured some beautiful images. :)
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  • Rolf Steinar Bergli 11 months ago
    Impressive!!!
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  • metroccolis 11 months ago
    Can't stand the music. But thanks for capturing the most beautiful miracle our planet has to offer that beautifully.
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  • Pete Casey plus 11 months ago
    Brilliant, Stunning,incredible,....love it.... Ccongrats Terje. Taking cinematography to a new level :-)
  • TSO Photography plus 11 months ago
    Thank you Pete!
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  • Jørgen Holmen 11 months ago
    tøft!
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  • Christian Vergara 11 months ago
    nice job¡¡¡
    as you do these Motion at?
    very god¡¡¡
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  • Juan I. Arana plus 11 months ago
    No words. Just thank you for sharing your huge talent!!!
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  • Alberto Mas 11 months ago
    It´s very nice.
    I would like know what type of dolly you used in your timelapses.
    Thanks from Spain
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  • trondk 11 months ago
    Very nice! Thanks for sharing. But what did you use for battery power in such low temperatures? How long was your longest sequence?
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  • Christian Schneider plus 11 months ago
    Seeing those natural wonders with my own eyes is definitely something I want to do in my lifetime.
  • TSO Photography plus 11 months ago
    There will be massive northern lights next week.
    Check this page for updates:
    gedds.alaska.edu/AuroraForecast/Default.asp?Date=20110326
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  • saverio pulice 11 months ago
    HOWWWW!!!!! very nice!
    GREAT!!
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  • Eyewax plus 11 months ago
    epicsauce
  • TSO Photography plus 11 months ago
    with bacon
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  • Randy Halverson plus 11 months ago
    Awesome!
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  • Robbert Alblas 11 months ago
    Man.. this is goood.
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  • Jonathan 11 months ago
    This is so gorgeous! Well done!
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  • Martino Buzzi 11 months ago
    Amazing! Well done!!!!
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  • Mats Hage Eikemo 11 months ago
    This looks absolutely fantastic! The colors are dazzling. I do however agree with someone else's comment about the music being a bit cheesy, but its only because its well known.

    I've just started out some small attempts at time-lapse. What shutter-speed and time-between-shots did you use to capture the aurora borealis? (I'll guess 1-4 second shutter and roughly the same between shots?)
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  • Mads Andersen 11 months ago
    Fantastisk!
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  • Andreas Hille plus 11 months ago
    Fantastisk timelapse! Utrolig inspirerende.
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  • Kurt Harvey 11 months ago
    Spectacular work. Beautiful!
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  • Alexander Psztur 11 months ago
    Absolutely stunning. I am speechless. Regards from København.
  • TSO Photography plus 11 months ago
    Takk :-)
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  • TSO Photography plus 11 months ago
    Thank you
  • Martin Barbieri plus 5 months ago
    what an amazing job! great quality also, appreciate that one
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  • Desert Studios 11 months ago
    Wow!
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  • Chris Conti plus 11 months ago
    Totally badass man. Well done. The music from Gladiator was a bold choice since it is so recognizable, but I think it worked really well here.

    Great work.
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  • Jovin Tseng plus 11 months ago
    So nice work.
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  • Matthew Gant plus 11 months ago
    I didn't blink at all during that video. It's my natural instinct to view every nano-second of videos with such beautiful footage.
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  • momo1547 11 months ago
    amazing!! great video, excelente work, congratulations!
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  • Robert Fisher plus 11 months ago
    Stunning work.
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