Danube: A Viking River Cruise Story

Sailing on Europe's second longest river, the Danube, on Viking River Cruises award winning Longships and exploring Vienna, Spitz, Pochlarn, Passau, Linz, Melk, Bratislava and Budapest.

This video was shot using Panasonic Lumix GH5S and DJI Mavic 2 Pro and edited by yours truly. Music by Ikson.

Here are some stills from my Instagram.

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Like a painting! Shooting at the Inn river in Passau, Germany on a surreal misty evening. @germanytourism

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Walking by the Vltava river in the historic town of Cesky Krumlov, one of the most picturesque towns in Europe! Vltava is the longest river in Czech Republic.

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A Viking River Cruise Longship cruising the Danube river stops by at the city of Budapest in Hungary. In the background on the upper left is St Stephen’s Basilica.

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More Monster Building pics

It’s a concrete jungle out there. Monster Building, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong.

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Snapping away at Hong Kong’s Monster Building located in Quarry Bay. This old public housing complex was made famous by the Transformers and Ghost In The Shell movies.

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Hong Kong's famous Monster Building as featured in Transformers movie

At Hong Kong’s most famous building complex popularly known as Monster Building in Quarry Bay. Built in the 60s, these five interconnected densely packed public housing buildings became famous when they were featured in the Transformers movie.

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Here's the scene in Transformers Age of Extinction.
 

A Morning In Moganshan

A morning spent in Moganshan also known as Mount Mogan in Hangzhou, China. Located 200km from Shanghai, the 719m high mountain is a popular tourist destination in China. It is a major bamboo area with lush bamboo forests on its slopes and surroundings.

Come walk with me... Just a stroll, exploring the bamboo forest here at Mount Mogan aka Moganshan in China.

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Good morning from Mount Mogan! I’m staying at this nice inn surrounded by bamboo forest at Mount Mogan in Deqing County, Zhejiang Province in China. Mount Mogan also known as Moganshan in Chinese is located 200km from Shanghai and it is 719m high. It’s beautiful and peaceful here. I can sit here all day just staring at the bamboo forest.

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Some unused footage from my documentary Kung Fu Journey

Some unused footage from the documentary I directed called Kung Fu Journey. Shot at the legendary Shaolin Temple grounds, Dengfeng County, Henan Province, China. Shaolin Temple is the cradle of Chinese Zen Buddhism and the Shaolin Martial Arts. You can watch the full documentary by clicking the YouTube link on my Instagram profile.

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Filming the morning crowd aka tourists at the Shaolin Temple grounds in Dengfeng, Henan, China. Unused footage from the documentary I directed called Kung Fu Journey. You can watch the doc in full by clicking the YouTube link on my Instagram profile.

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You can watch Kung Fu Journey, directed by me, here.

Flying over Moganshan, China

Here’s a drone footage from my upcoming work titled A Morning In Moganshan, which will be out soon. Shot at Mount Mogan aka Moganshan, a mountain top tourist region in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.

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Screengrabs from A Morning In Moganshan

Here are some screengrabs from my upcoming work titled A Morning In Moganshan which will be out soon. Filmed in Mount Mogan aka Moganshan in Zhejiang, China.

Flying over West Lake, Hangzhou to catch sunset

Flew the DJI Mavic Pro drone to capture sunset over the famous West Lake in Hangzhou, China. The fresh water lake was selected in 2011 as a UNESCO Heritage Site. Additional shots taken with the GH5S. No background music used. Only natural sounds from the lake and forest.

Time to launch this baby! Flying over the beautiful West Lake, a Unesco World Heritage Site, here in Hangzhou, China. Will post some shots later.

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A boat sails away on the waters of West Lake, Hangzhou’s famous fresh water lake and a Unesco World Heritage Site. You can find temples, pagodas, gardens and islands within the huge lake.

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Sunset at West Lake, Hangzhou, China.

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My YouTube channel reaches 10,000 subscribers

Received an email from YouTube letting me know that my IZ Reloaded YouTube channel has reached 10,000 subscribers. Thanks for all the subs and views.

My travel essentials... what are yours?

Travel essentials!

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Happy Star Wars Day!

Happy #MayTheFourth! It’s #StarWarsDay!!!#MayThe4thBeWithYou always. pic.twitter.com/c5ZHqvOkcz

— IZ Reloaded (@izreloaded) May 4, 2018

Apple's "THREE MINUTES": A 3-Minute Recut

I did this 3-minute recut of Apple's Chinese New Year short film "THREE MINUTES". What if you only have 3 minutes for a reunion? What if you only have 3 minutes to tell this story?

Testing the Metabones Speed Booster Ultra on Panasonic MFT cameras

The Metabones Speedbooster Ultra allows the use of Canon EF lenses on Panasonic Lumix Micro Four Thirds bodies such as the GH5, G85, G9 and GH4. It increases maximum aperture by 1 stop and makes lens 0.71x wider. I tested the Metabones Ultra on my Panasonic bodies (video here) and found that it works pretty well with the Canon EF lenses including the monster zoom lens Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM.

This combo (Metabones + Canon 100-400) was used to shoot the recent total lunar eclipse with the Pansonic GH5 and G85.

These two babies shot the Super Blue Blood Moon last night. #camera #cameraporn #cameragear #gear #Canon #Panasonic #superbluebloodmoon #totallunareclipse #eclipse #photography #cameraporn #photographer #videographer #moon #astrophotography #metabones

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Watch video of the Super Blue Bood Moon here.

The Super Blue Blood Moon in Singapore

Here's a video of the total lunar eclipse of 31 January 2018, also known as the Super Blue Blood, shot by me in Singapore in 4K and some photos below.

The Super Blue Blood Moon. Total lunar eclipse of 31 Jan 2018 taken in Singapore.

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Portrait of the Super Blue Blood Moon taken before totality through the Canon EF 100-400mm IS II USM lens. #totallunareclipse #lunareclipse #superbluebloodmoon #superbluebloodmoon2018 #eclipse #singapore #astrophotography #astro #earthpix #space #universetoday #moon #closeup #space #astronomy #Canon

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Gear is ready to shoot tonight's total lunar eclipse!

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Super Blue Blood Moon Total Lunar Eclipse Time

Tonight's (31 January 2018) Super Blue Blood Moon Total Eclipse Singapore Timings:

Partial Lunar Eclipse begins: 19:48:27hr
Total Lunar Eclipse begins: 20:51:47hr
Maximum Eclipse: 21:29:51hr
Total Lunar Eclipse ends: 22:07:51hr
Partial Eclipse ends: 23:11:11hr

This eclipse is visible to anyone in North America and across the Pacific Ocean to Australia and eastern Asia including Singapore. To see a map, detailed timings and diagram of the eclipse by NASA, click here (PDF).

This will be the first of two total lunar eclipses that can be viewed from Singapore in 2018. The next one will be on 27 July 2018.

My photo of Heartbeat Bedok is featured

The photo I took of Heartbeat@Bedok is now featured on its official Facebook page. Follow me on Instagram for more photos.

Finally, Pokemon Go Level 38!

I've just reached Level 38 on Pokemon Go and here are some of my new Pokemon.

Milotic and Wailord, both evolved from Feebas and Walmer.

Aggron evolved from Lairon. It is the final form of Aron. Slaking evolved from Vigoroth. It is the final form of Slakoth.

Blakizen evolved from Combusken. It is the final form of Torchic. Exploud evolved from Loudred. It is the final form of Whismur.

And finally, here are my various forms of Unown caught during all my travels.

Singapore Airlines A380 take off from Shanghai Pudong Airport

Taking off on Singapore Airlines A380 from Shanghai Pudong Airport and enjoying a beautiful sunset from high up in the sky. Link to video.

Thanks for the 8888 subscribers on YouTube!

Thanks for the 8,888 subscribers on YouTube! Subscribe here: https://t.co/Nd45arBOco and https://t.co/YaOQhoWvg3 pic.twitter.com/oxwXd0isr5

— IZ Reloaded (@izreloaded) January 23, 2018

Climbing Mount Song in Henan Province, China

Climbing Mount Song (link to video), home to the legendary Shaolin Temple, in Henan Province, China, to reach the summit where the Dharma Statue stands. Dharma also known as Bodhidharma was a Buddhist monk who lived during the 5th or 6th century. He is traditionally credited as the transmitter of Chan Buddhism to China. According to Chinese legend, he began the physical training of the monks of Shaolin Monastery that led to the creation of Shaolin kungfu.

Clip taken from my documentary debut film, Kung Fu Journey. Watch the full film here.

From The Balcony, Shanghai with Panasonic Lumix G9

From The Balcony, Shanghai is a quick timelapse test (watch the video here) with the Lumix G9 camera, Panasonic's highest-end stills-oriented camera, sitting beside the video-oriented GH5 and the new GH5S.

Hello from Shanghai

From Shanghai with love. Happy New Year 2018!!! May your new year be filled with lots of happiness. #happynewyear2018 #newyear #happynewyear #shanghai #travel #travelgram #instatravel #wanderlust #shanghailife #china #urbanexplorer #streetphotography #2018 #traveldiaries #traveller #instapassport #explorer

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Exploring the nice houses and buildings in Shanghai's French Concession area. Loving the architecture here. #wanderlust #travel #travelgram #shanghai #shanghaifrenchconcession #china #shanghailife #urbanexplorer #exploring #outdoors #outfitoftheday #ootd #streetstyle #streetwear #instatravel #instapassport #streetphotography #beautifuldestinations #beautifulday #mood #mensfashion #mensstyle #urbanwear

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DJI Mavic Pro saying hi to Shanghai. #travel #wanderlust #shanghai #dji #djimavicpro #travelgram #instatravel #instadrone #drone #droneporn #dronestagram #city #cityscape #dronephotography #china #urbanexplorer #traveldiaries #beautifuldestinations #destinationearth #explorer #aerial #quadcopters

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Wusong River. #shanghai #wanderlust #china #landscape #panorama #wusongriver #travel #travelgram #urbanexplorer #beautifuldestinations #discovervacations #destinationearth #traveller #instapassport #instatravel #traveldiaries #streetphotography #exploring #river #cityscape #reflection #dusk #wideangle

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