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John Eklund, Photographer, Creates Time-Lapse Video Of Pacific Northwest With 260,000 Photos (VIDEO)

Posted: 09/14/2012 12:42 pm Updated: 09/14/2012 1:21 pm


https://vimeo.com/48787310


To create this stunning time-lapse video featuring landscapes from the Pacific Northwest, Oregon photographer John Eklund of The Art Of Time-Lapse weaved together about 260,000 photographs he had spent about a year capturing.

"I originally got into landscape photography because I had an interest in capturing the beauty in nature," Eklund said in an email to the Smithsonian Magazine.

"Then one day, I discovered a photographer online by the screen name of Mockmoon on YouTube. I was blown away by his timelapse work of the stars and Milky Way. After discovering timelapse photography, I viewed the typical landscape photography as static. With timelapse photography, it's more dynamic. It captures the movement and changes in light that happens constantly in nature."

In this new video, entitled "Purely Pacific Northwest," beautiful natural landscapes, such as Crater Lake in southern Oregon and Mount Shuksan in Washington, from Eklund's home turf are not only brought to life but are given an almost timeless, other-worldly quality.

And that seems to be exactly what Eklund was going for.

"I choose to shoot locations that appeal to the way I would like to interpret the story of time," said Eklund on his website. "Here in the Pacific Northwest, there are endless opportunities to document the magnificence of the world around us. My dream –- and goal -– is to travel all over the world, shooting breathtaking locations, and telling our planet's story. I have discovered that when time is the storyteller, a special kind of truth emerges."

The Pacific Northwest is a diverse geographic region known for its towering mountain ranges, lush forests and gorgeous coastline. The region is also known to be one of the most environmentally conscious in the country, with two of its major cities (Portland, Ore., and Seattle, Wash.) tying with San Francisco, Calif., as the most green city in the country this year.


However, the Pacific Northwest has not been immune to the affects of pollution and climate change. For example, Washington's Puget Sound has "experienced declines in many species -- from the iconic chinook salmon and the high-profile predatory orca to lesser known prey species such as Pacific herring" -- due to pollution and other factors. As of 2006, more than 40 species in the Puget Sound basin are considered threatened or endangered, according to the Puget Sound Partnership.

Yep.

That is where I live and am from.


Now you have a chance to see why.  8)


I love anything time lapse and his photography is VERY excellent!!



Here is another one from his page he did on our city with the river running through it - Portland.





This guy is obviously very top notch and does amazing work.


I am very impressed Thor, Thank You for sharing this!  8)

OOOOOOOoooooo

AAAAAHHHHHHHH

PRETTY

Here are a few of the Columbia river gorge very near by me which Heidi and Daisy LOVED to go to on the weekends for hiking and swimming -



(http://craigwolf.com/news/uploaded_images/WY5T0008-709044.jpg)

(http://craigwolf.com/news/uploaded_images/Crown_Point-751864.jpg)


http://www.craigwolf.com/news/labels/Oregon.html (http://www.craigwolf.com/news/labels/Oregon.html)



(http://media-2.web.britannica.com/eb-media/08/65508-004-B42FF7C4.jpg)


http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/media/95336/The-narrow-beaches-and-terraces-of-the-Columbia-River-Gorge (http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/media/95336/The-narrow-beaches-and-terraces-of-the-Columbia-River-Gorge)


(http://www.marcadamus.com/images/large/Emerald-Gorge.jpg)

http://www.marcadamus.com/photo.php?id=123 (http://www.marcadamus.com/photo.php?id=123)


(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Petroglyphs_in_the_Columbia_River_Gorge.jpg/800px-Petroglyphs_in_the_Columbia_River_Gorge.jpg)


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Petroglyphs_in_the_Columbia_River_Gorge.jpg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Petroglyphs_in_the_Columbia_River_Gorge.jpg)

WOW!

Awesome.  The first picture of Columbia river could easily be a Scottish Loch.  Special. :)

The PNW is My favorite part of the whole continent.  I remember riding My motorcycle down the Columbia Gorge - before They put in the freeway.  Breathtaking - just as is this video!

Truly gorgeous and completely breathtaking.

The music used alongside the video is also top notch, does anyone know who the music is composed by?

Quote from: Jocko Flocko on September 24, 2012, 03:05:39 PM
Truly gorgeous and completely breathtaking.

The music used alongside the video is also top notch, does anyone know who the music is composed by?

Greetings:

Which one?

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Quote from: Jocko Flocko on September 24, 2012, 07:05:39 AM

Truly gorgeous and completely breathtaking.

The music used alongside the video is also top notch, does anyone know who the music is composed by?

Quote from: thorfourwinds on October 01, 2012, 08:20:17 PM
Greetings:

Which one?

And Welcome to PRC.   (http://www.easyfreesmileys.com/smileys/free-sign-smileys-1017.gif) (http://www.easyfreesmileys.com/skype-emoticons.html)


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