VIDEO: Don’t be fooled by the generic Hong Kong time-lapse tag, this is truly different and incredible

Hong Kong has seen its fair share of time-lapse videos; it seems like every other person and their nan has made one of the city’s burning lights, whizzing traffic and the day-to-day comings and goings at Victoria Harbour.
 
So when we found the below on Vimeo, we were gearing ourselves up for five minutes of slouching into our palms and yawning. And that’s exactly what DIDN’T happen.
 
To our utter (and pleasant) surprise, Francis So’s “Seen By My Eyes” featured no city lights or traffic… and completely blew our minds. So shows us a side of Hong Kong we often tend to ignore or forget: its natural and totally organic beauty.
 
With misty, rolling clouds like cotton-candy rivers, epic star-filled skies and a million hues of sunlight over the mountains, this time-lapse is truly in a class of its own.
 

4K / UHD “Seen By My Eyes”, Hong Kong Time-lapse from Francis So on Vimeo.

Captured over the span of a year, the video is a compilation of thousands of photos taken from various locations outside of the city. They were then carefully pieced together to illuminate the wonders of the world beyond whir.
 
With urban development posing a prominent threat to retaining such untouched nature in Hong Kong, So hopes that the footage will remind locals of the power and incredible beauty of what we already have.
 
Kudos to you, So!

Photo: Francis So’s Facebook page



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