I captured this footage during my first morning in Yangshuo, April 14, when I decided to take a walk around town because I couldn’t sleep.  This early morning tour of Yangshuo is also when the pictures from my prior Yangshuo post were taken, using the same Canon HF200 camcorder/camera.

Although I did use some filters during editing of the video, and my video camera might have added some color bias, Yangshuo really does look this amazingly beautiful and colorful.   Of course, had I known the video would turn out as it did, I would’ve paid more attention to the camera settings to capture the most natural look as possible.  I guess I’ll need to return back to China to validate my camera settings ;)

Here’s what I used in the making of this video:

• Canon HF200 1080p HD camcorder, recording 30 fps at 24 Mbps
• Sunpak PlatinumPlus flexible mini-tripod
• Apple Final Cut Express – Filters: Basic Border, Vignette, Dazzle
• Traditional Chinese guzheng music (from Baidu, of course!)

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