Beautiful 4K Video of Lofoten in Norway

I'm not a landscape photographer, but I am a photographer. At the heart of all us 'togs is a deep-seated yearning to capture the rare and the beautiful. Another concept I find overly enticing about photography is that of being a nomad; a wandering explorer with only a camera as a companion. Or, in the case of this video, three cameras, a DJI Inspire 1, and presumably a helicopter. Whatever, stop watering down my poetic vision.

I have a close friend in Norway and so I've been given a glimpse into the sparsely populated stomping ground for Vikings-passed. It is a land of stunning landscapes, crystal waters, and temperatures so low in the winter that you get brain freeze just from opening a small window. One evening, while discussing this alluring slither of Scandinavia, I began a voyage on Google Earth's photo spheres to generate dangerous levels of wanderlust. I was successful as soon as I stumbled upon Lofoten in northern Norway. Previously, when I told other people about this mythical territory I did it via Google Images, but I have a new vessel for transporting my wanderlust: Dennis Schmelz's aerial video of Lofoten in glorious 4K.

So sit back, full-screen this video, and then wonder which items you can sell to financially justify this trip.

You can follow Dennis Schmelz on his website, Facebook, and Instagram.

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Robert K Baggs is a professional portrait and commercial photographer, educator, and consultant from England. Robert has a First-Class degree in Philosophy and a Master's by Research. In 2015 Robert's work on plagiarism in photography was published as part of several universities' photography degree syllabuses.

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5 Comments

OMG, SO SHARP, SO CLEAN, SO CRISP!!!

Good stuff...and brave with all the water shots...myself I'm too chicken. Do you have the X5 or the original Inspire 1 camera. Whichever it is very clean.

Butch

Just great, and I must say that last Friday a member of our photo club also projected an AV-show of his voyage to this part of the world - he had the opportunity to take pictures of the sea-eagle catching big fishes with his 500mm - Perhaps next spring

That was EXCELLENT!!

Wow! The entire movie a I had goosebumps on my whole body. That was just amazing!
Beautiful new, fresh, exciting compositions + perfect light + everything so crisp and clean!
Wow! Thanks for sharing!