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At the end of Currumbin Valley there is a National Park with paved walkways to boardwalks and lookouts to waterfalls and rock pools.
I went up there to get a few shots and ran into a couple of mud clad hikers. They said, "jump that fence and follow the river for about an hour and a bit. It's amazing. you'll get good shots there! And by the way there is no track."

I thought, what the hell, and set off. Two hours later my ankles were covered in leeches, my boots full of water, and I discovered a miller tripod makes for a good walking stick. But at the end, I discovered a truly magical spot. So thanks to those hikers. I got to shoot for over an hour - in the middle of nowhere - miles from anyone or anywhere. Fantastic.

Shot on Sony EX1. Tried every setting in the book. Shot on 2 ND's with Extreme Slow Shutter - for kicks. All colours shot in camera. Music is 'saltwater' by the very talented Chicane: chicanemusic.com

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Stephen G 7 months ago

That's enchanting!
Geoff A Charters 7 months ago

Cheers digger.
James T. Kirk 7 months ago

Oh, I got the honor, giving you the first "like" ;-))) Many more will follow. Truly awesome piece, my friend !!! Fantastic colors and ... how did you make the water looking so "artificial" in the first 40 seconds ?

I think, I need a new camera ... hahaha ... but the Sony EX1 is still far from my budget. Great work ... and worth hiking through that hell of jungle !!!
Geoff A Charters 7 months ago

Thanks mate. I shot the first 40 seconds using extreme slow shutter on an interval recording to shoot 1 frame every 10 seconds. It was a loooong time sitting doing this timelapse. Slowed this down in Final Cut. Then shot the same frame at 60 frames a second. Composed the 2 together at the same speed because blah blah blah....I just winged it really. It's a work in progress. Still not completely happy with the results. I've wanted to get that ghosting water effect for ages but still trying to work it out.
Cheer for the comments mate.
Liam Underwood 7 months ago

Worth the hike for sure! thanks for sharing mate, the slow shutter amkes it look like an animated oil pastle painting, looks great.

another tip top production
Geoff A Charters 7 months ago

Thanks Liam...
Noisemaker Media 7 months ago

Holy sh*t!!! All EX-1 and minimal post??? This is amazing, Geoff.

-Mark
Geoff A Charters 7 months ago

Thanks mark. Much Appreciated.
It was the leeches. I knew I had to get something ok for all the blood I lost.
The Funky Monkey 7 months ago

Amazing footage Geoff, You sure get the most from that camera!
Geoff A Charters 7 months ago

Thanks Mr. Monkey. I try hard.
allen mechen 7 months ago

nice stuff matey, pretty cool that shutter stuff.
Geoff A Charters 7 months ago

Thanks mate.
You're coming next time. :)
ANTHONY JACKSON 7 months ago

Amazing very very nice work.
Geoff A Charters 7 months ago

Thanks for watching mate. Much appreciated. Still love watching your stuff. The source!!!!! Keep em coming.
rick fiduccia 7 months ago

Gore-Tex boots (water & leach proof) Excellent effect - it doesn't even look real. For those long time lapse shots around water I'd recommend bringing your fishing pole :-) Spot on video ! ! !
Geoff A Charters 7 months ago

Ahhh, I always love your advice. My mates shake their heads at me when I go hiking and camping in my Air Jordans. "Air Jordans - lets those leeches right in!" I'm going to go get some of these Gore-Tex things. And fishing pole. We call it a fishing rod here. But I understand. You guys like to call your long things poles and we call them rods!?!?
Nice to hear from you Rick. Thanks for your comments. Hope you are well...geoff.
Rusty Rogers 7 months ago

Definitely worth the hike. Your images seem surreal.
Vimeo did a good job of making your video bad... the downloaded version is amazing.

Could composite people in there next time?
Geoff A Charters 7 months ago

Thanks Rusty! U rock. No...you do....is the downloaded version really bad?
Rusty Rogers 7 months ago

The download is good, Vimeo's skipped frames are bad.
Colin Cabalka 7 months ago

Awesome composition and good to see other people documenting nature, its the best actor one could ever find!
I am diggin the slow shutter, its like shooting still frames haha, and I love it for sure!

Keep up the god work Geoff!

Cheers,

Colin
Geoff A Charters 7 months ago

Thanks Colin
Geoff A Charters 7 months ago

Sorry Colin. Wanted to thank you for the composition remark. This is something I concentrate on heavily before I ever press record. So appreciate your eye on that! It is the first thing I look for in a shot. Colour etc comes second.
Colin Cabalka 7 months ago

I like to do the same, sometimes things come out after you have pressed record and then you refocus/frame/etc. and just cut later, but its good to focus on comp primarily before starting a shot.
Annie 7 months ago

WOOWW!
I REALLY,REALLY....LOVE THIS :)))))
What a Magical Place :O
To let someone like you loose in there armed with your camera has only made it even more Magical :))))
Your camera work on the running water is simply amazing :D
Your music choice was spot on :)))
Stunning stuff mate :))
LOVE IT! :)))))))))))))......BRAVO!!!..... ENCORE!!!
Geoff A Charters 7 months ago

Thanks Annie. Appreciate the nice comment!
Philippe Clairo 7 months ago

The shot of the green water is worth a million $$$. It was worth the wet boots!
Geoff A Charters 7 months ago

Ha! thanks Philippe. I love that shot as well. It was green because there was a total ceiling of palm trees really close to the water and the sun was beating straight through them. I thought it was very funky.
Thanks for the comment.
Martijn Doornenbal 7 months ago

That's a beautiful place to sit down and let the camera roll for a nice timelapse.
Excellent music choice. Is it Moya Brennan?
Geoff A Charters 7 months ago

Yea, felt very lucky to sit there and take it all in.
Yep, it's Chicane with Moya Brennan who worked with Clannad. moyabrennan.com.
Cheers mate.
Johannes Courtens 7 months ago

from the first 5 seconds I liked it, the song is perfect, I thought this was shot with a DSLR though, anyway, beautiful stuff, I would love to get a video camera, or better yet, a 5d!
Geoff A Charters 7 months ago

Thanks Johannes. Appreciated
Johannes Courtens 7 months ago

Your very welcom.. its well deserved.
DaVincicode 7 months ago

Geoff you showed us how gorgeous this planet truely is. Water shots were done so well. A real nice piece of work..
Geoff A Charters 7 months ago

Thank you sir. Means alot. I do try hard.
Ryan Hakes 7 months ago

Beautiful. Way to go...braving those leeches.
Geoff A Charters 7 months ago

Thanks Ryan. Apparently Gor-tex is the way to go. Not Air Jordans.
NY Skye 7 months ago

Awesome video it really takes there.
Geoff A Charters 7 months ago

Thanks mate.
Robert Marty 7 months ago

Sick image Geoff.
Stunning image.
Geoff A Charters 7 months ago

Thanks Robert. Nice to hear from you.
Carlos Foster 7 months ago

Great work. You have a precise "eye" my friend.
Geoff A Charters 7 months ago

That's cool. Thank you so much Carlos.
Claudio Antonelli 7 months ago

nice idea dude...
i appreciate
Geoff A Charters 7 months ago

Thanks Claudio. It was tricky and time consuming, but fun sitting by that stream for hours shooting timelapses.
OOgle Flix 7 months ago

Absolutely amazing stuff! I can't believe there isn't any colour correction! O.o It's so surreal, especially the flowing water at the beginning.
Geoff A Charters 7 months ago

Thanks. Appreciated. I really think colour looks much truer if you shoot it in camera and play with white balance. But that's just me. Plus I hate fiddling with post for hours.
Thanks again.
Lisa La Rosa 7 months ago

"Sigh"... there are no words... thanks for sharing so generously.
Geoff A Charters 7 months ago

Hi Lisa. Thanks very much. Promise to catch up with you soon.
Brett Moulton 7 months ago

good to see ur still shooting mate....great job!!!!
Geoff A Charters 7 months ago

Thanks Brett
Sugoi 7 months ago

WOW !!! You have created another "Work of Art" video!!!

Well done Geoff :)

Just so beautiful my friend !
Geoff A Charters 7 months ago

Hi Sugoi, thank you very much. Means alot.
Don Dakin 7 months ago

GREAT FOOTAGE Geoff. Looks like it was a success by the amount of positive comments you received. Love the soft water. Nice trick. I'll have to remember that one.
Geoff A Charters 7 months ago

Thanks Don. I've been trying to get this shot for a long time and tried a whole bunch of techniques and failed. Still like to work on it some more. Give it a go mate. It's kind of fun, but time consuming.
Cheers for the comment.
Greg Girardin 7 months ago

Nice. What's the music? Sounds like Delerium.
Geoff A Charters 7 months ago

Ta Greg. Its Chicane with Moya Brennan.
Shane 7 months ago

Absolutely stunning and inspirational. The music matches perfectly. Going to checkout Chicane :)
Geoff A Charters 7 months ago

Thanks Shane. Check out Chicane's best of album. This song is a remix of a really cool faster version. It's excellent stuff. You'll get hooked!
Sarah Estela 7 months ago

Nice stuff Geoff-o-rama.

YOU got it goin' on

Do a you tube search for sugar lumps (fotc), i think you'll like it.
Geoff A Charters 7 months ago

"Sarah, Sarah,
Storms are brewing in your eyes,
Sarah,Sarah,
No time is a good time for goodbyeeeeeeee"
Today I will do a youtube search for sugar lumps, the first time in my life. Meeting you means I get to do all these amazing things. Take care Saro-ama....
Geoff A Charters 7 months ago

Ok, sugarlumps was awesome...
Snap s 7 months ago

i want to download it but it doesen't work, mega work! congrats!
Geoff A Charters 7 months ago

Hi mate. Thanks for the comments.
I've allowed downloads, not sure why it's not working for you? Maybe send vimeo an email. Other users have downloaded it ok.
cheers again Mr Snap.
Jan van der Meer 7 months ago

Inspirational and even spiritual. So will honor this one also on our spiritual channel! (Thankx for the explination about you trick and please keep informing us about your further tests.)
Geoff A Charters 7 months ago

Hi Jan, nice to hear from you. Appreciate the comments. Apologies for not catching up in Amsterdam this December. But will be back this year and will do my best to come out and see you. Love to see your camera collection and talk shop!
Keith Rivers 7 months ago

sharp, and very cool
Geoff A Charters 7 months ago

Thanks Keith Rivers....
Ludovic Jolivet 7 months ago

Hi... Just wondering what Picture Profile you used to get those colors without post adjustment?
Geoff A Charters 7 months ago

Hi Ludovic. It was a combination of a lot of things. I'd love to launch a video of what these pictures looked like at normal speed with no ND filters. They are really quite ordinary. Because I had loads of time in that valley I did a lot of experimenting with the camera. I rarely ever use the ND filters on the sony, but this day I put 2 on, and turned on extreme slow shutter and shut down the aperture. I was mostly out of the sun due to the rainforest. Matrix was on high sat and colours at +99. Blacks and gammas all about -20. Low Key sat then was wound in slightly. After doing this and looking in the view finder, the shot just jumped off the screen. Of course, it depends on where you are shooting. These settings won't always work for every location. I might actually launch a video showing settings, and how the shot looked like before I did the above. thanks for watching.
Ludovic Jolivet 7 months ago

Yes thanks... showing all this would be interesting... I'm used to shoot flat and change colors in post but I think I wanna try and experimenting changing the camera settings for different situations...
BumKi Cho 7 months ago

Truly the video that made my day.
Geoff A Charters 7 months ago

Awesome dude. Thanks so much.
Mike Mc 7 months ago

Truly magical !
Geoff A Charters 7 months ago

Thanks mike
Lisa Harrington 7 months ago

This is beyond beautiful! I am a video production instructor (high school) and we viewed your video in class today! IT IS AMAZING! You have not only inspired me, but 30 aspiring videographers/editors as well! Thanks!
-Lisa
Geoff A Charters 7 months ago

Wow, I'm so happy to hear this. I appreciate your comments. You've convinced me to launch some "how to" videos. Tell your students I said hi and thanks for watching and that to get better you just have to shoot LOADS AND LOADS of rubbish to shoot great stuff. You teach yourself basically.

Thanks for making my day.
Terry Ibele 7 months ago

wow, a lot of that didn't even look real.
Geoff A Charters 7 months ago

Cheers.
Ocarina 7 months ago

I'm very impressed, thank you for sharing these magic images.
Geoff A Charters 7 months ago

Thanks Ocarina.
Sergi Colome 7 months ago

A new star is born
Geoff A Charters 7 months ago

Thanks Sergi.
The Danse 7 months ago

Thank you for sharing. This made my day. :)
Geoff A Charters 7 months ago

Thanks - you made mine.
Amenon 7 months ago

Hard to add anything to all the above - agree with it all.
Wonderful place, done justice by your great work.
Loved it - thanks for sharing this.
Geoff A Charters 7 months ago

Thanks Amenon. Nice to hear from you.
Clinton Winder 7 months ago

beauteous darling, marvelful
Geoff A Charters 7 months ago

Thanks Clinton!!!!! u rock.
Peter Hill 7 months ago

Thanks.
Geoff you have done well!
Thanks also for sharing the technical detail. I have an EX1 as well and love it, but don’t give myself enough creative time. You have inspired me!
Geoff A Charters 7 months ago

Thanks Peter.
Hope you find the time to shoot more! It's too much fun.
Peter Baker 7 months ago

Great work, mate. Like the ethereal quality of the long exposure, to me the spell was broken a bit by a couple by the normal speed shots like the one of the sky looking up with trees in the f/g and the pan over the lichen and branches. Kind of jarred with the other footage. Apart from that I was really impressed.
Geoff A Charters 7 months ago

Thanks Peter. I love your advice as always. I only want to get better and advice like this helps me. I'm lucky to know someone as talented and experienced as yourself.
Alexander Leckie 7 months ago

Wow, great introduction for me to vimeo! i think i can safely say i wont be going back to youtube, great video, especially the blue colour effect with the ending waterfall!
Geoff A Charters 7 months ago

Thanks Alexander. Good luck at Griffith on the Gold Coast. That's where I went a few years ago.
I'd encourage you to have a good look around on vimeo. There is some fantastic filmmakers and some amazing work. And vimeo is alot of fun.
Check out Peter Baker and Philip Bloom for starters.
Cheers for the comments.
Alexander Leckie 7 months ago

Thanks, will do.
Peter Hogan 7 months ago

Magnificent.
Geoff A Charters 7 months ago

Thanks Peter Hogan. appreciated
Regi Kono 7 months ago

OH, man, what can say? It is the best no-edited colors shot I've seen before. Your comments sharing your technique encourage us to find out / to create new technics as you did.
If you will really publish a video with settings instructions, I'll be on the "cinema's queue" buying my ticket entrance.
All happiness for you my dear!
Geoff A Charters 7 months ago

Thanks alot Regi. Very much appreciated.
I'll publish a video with the settings for sure.
Lisa La Rosa 7 months ago

I think that is a vote for another "How to" video, Geoff