A Very Rare Woodland Discovery
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- Woodland never ceases to amaze me. Yes, there's lots of wonderful scenes to photograph, but it's the discoveries and experiences along the way that make it extra special. In this episode I make and discuss some photos that I'm very happy with, but also share my very first sighting of a very rare and beautiful phenomenon known as hair ice. What a treat!
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Nice to have you and Meg back. As usual wonderful video, beautiful photos.
Good to be back :) Many thanks!
Very jealous of your characterful mossy oaks - beautiful vignettes all over and you captured some lovely compositions with the help of your assistant. I've only seen hair ice once, last January, on small dead branches in my local forest - beautiful and freaky! Marcescence is a new word for me but as a gardener, something I like to encourage on beech hedging by clipping in the middle of August.
I don't know what gives me the most joy - your images or the footage of Meg. No matter it is always a joy to watch your videos and now I have your book. There are images that illicit an audible gasp from me, such was the impact of the beauty you had captured. Looking forward to your next - wonderful work Simon, greatly appreciated.
Simon, I have your book. It is fantastic! The print is off being framed. When I lack the motivation to go out on those chilly mornings, I page through your book with a hot cup of coffee and not long after, I'm heading out with my camera. Well done!
Hair Ice. I’d seen one picture last week (maybe yours) then the notification of this video and planned to watch and learn about it. Wow, on a dog walk yesterday I find several patches of Hair Ice. Would have walked past had it not been for the pic and your video. Amazing stuff. Only had the phone to take pics with but they came out quite well. So pleased to have seen it. This was in West Fife Scotland.
Simon, every time I watch your videos with enthusiasm. They inspire new steps in photography. Thank you!
Awe inspiring as always. Beautiful misty mood to linger for. Wonderful bonus footage. Thanks Simon.
Thank you, never herd of hair ice you learn someyhing new everyday. Beautiful photos
Saw your cover on "Landscape Magazine" tonight! Congratulations.
Hair ice? Who would have thought! Amazing discovery Simon, don’t tell MrBooth he would be very jealous! lol
Thank you for always providing inspiration and awe.
I missed you😊. Beautiful photos!
Your book is a wonderful piece of work - congratulations, you must be very happy indeed!
For years I would ignore these things in my local woodland, thinking they were nothing more than “useless tiny snow patches”. Until 3 years ago. And for some reason I wandered over to one in idle curiosity… and sudden delighted enlightenment occurred. Now I make a point of heading out at dawn on the colder winter days in the hope of finding more. They’re so beautiful. May you find many more
Hi Simon - such great images, as always. The hair-ice is awesome. I've seen it a few times here in the NL - it could be it's more humid here or something - but it's amazing to see. The hairs are so fine - like angel hair. I've taken some snapshots of it, but not really a purposeful image. Anyway - awesome images. Thanks for sharing.
Your book is beautiful. Highly recommended!
Great work Simon! Thanks!
Great video to start the year off Simon, as always look forward to more of your fab content throughout the year! 😊
Your vids seem to always put me to sleep. Not because they’re boring…but SOOO relaxing! The stunning images coupled with the ethereal music are amazing at reducing stress and any anxiety I might be harboring.
Haha, I was worried for a split second there :) I'm chuffed if it reduces stress as I always like to portray the feeling I get when I'm there.
Simon your woodland photography is simply stunning! And the fact that you know so much about the trees you are shooting is such a bonus. Love Maggie too!
Wonderful vlog Simon and what a very special find in the forest, I will be keeping a look out for hair ice in the future! Highly recommend your beautiful book, such a lovely body of work put together so beautifully 😃👍🏻
That image at 10:50 is special somehow. There is something dramatic to that image! And 13:45 is breathtaking as well, I love the difference in contrast and colors. Nature always rewards you for going out, must have been so special to see the hair ice in real! Once again thank you for a wonderful video, I cannot tell you enough how much I love watching them!
Always much appreciated, Elly! Glad you enjoyed the images and the hair frost :-)
Hi Simon, I do really like you work, such an interesting perspective on trees , through your lens
Lovely to see you and Meg out in the woodland again, amazing ice phenomenon.
That's really cool thanks for sharing!
Happy New Year, Simon! 👍🍾🥂
Wow, Hair Ice - I've never heard of it but would love to see it. What a special treat to come across. Happy New Year Simon and yours May 2022 be a better year for al.
Happy New Year and thanks for sharing your local woodlands with us. Great video and photos and an incredible 'Gathering Time' book to match. What a find of 'hair ice', very jealous of that find. 👍
Beautiful, If you didn't show the video footage one would think the pictures were not real .
I guess you have forrest enough to fill 25 books ;-)
Thanks for sharing
The square-crop “bonus image” is superb as is your book! I received it as a Christmas gift and cannot put it down, images are very special and provides me with so much inspiration. Thank you Simon.
Simon I was lucky enough to be given your book for Christmas, a lovely piece of work!
Marcescence & hair ice, 2 phenomenon of winter that i never heard of. Thank you Simon to introduce me to them. Great video as always!
My pleasure and thank you very much :)
I was lucky enough to photograph that ice phenomenon a few years ago. It's very strange and magical. Certainly a joy to stumble across.
LOL great video as usual, my dogs Bella and Rex started barking with Meg when she barked, so funny.
Inspiring as always Simon, happy 2022 to you and Megs.
Now I have not seen the hair ice that you seen like that but in the Lake District in a few location, usually on a cut path edge you get thicker strands of ice coming out in a similar effect. I think its too do with the watter being pushed out as it it expands and then protrudes from the ground. It looks weird but bonnie at the same time.
Great video again.
How exciting! You gave me something else to look for in the woods. I spent a good deal of time this year looking for mushrooms and fungus. So beautiful.
Hey Simon, That light was magic !
at first I wish You many promising occasions for photographie in this new year ! And glad to watch You finding hair ice; after discovering it some years ago and being fascinated, I hike out to those spots and can find it regularly, whenever temperature and moisture seems to be suitable.
The fog is beautiful in the woodland area.
Cool sight right,here in the Netherlands at the Speulderbos i see it all the time
I'm glad you found that ice. I've heard of it before, but didn't know what it was. * My framers has a dog like Meg, and she likes her back scratched too. She stands beside me while I'm deciding on framing and growls at me if I quit scratching. Funny.
Happy new year, Simon, everyone!
Happy New Year Simon I do love the trees you find. Im in the Kent UK, so I will have to take more notice of the woods. I am disabled and have walking problems and on a good day I have to walk with walking sticks and bad days on crutches. I do love to see Megs runing about and playing. If you have any tips I could use to help me on the way to see good tree, for photography I would be very grateful of any help.
We have a similar phenomenon in the area where I live. We call them frost flower. I have seen them a couple of times already this winter. Love your woodland photography.
I found a ton of hair ice last year I had absolutely no idea what it was.
Have to usually get up early to find that.... Sadly even less common in the South East
Happy New Year!
Just one question on your first image why didn't you move a foot or two left to give a complete view of the stone fence to complete that flowing curve.
Although the wall may be perceived as a barrier in your first image the gap in the wall allows your eye to move beyond , Fantastic shot
I have seen pictures of it. It was called Fairy Ice in them. Maybe not the same.
Im gonna have trees like that in my area. A large area down by the river is being fixed up. Several thousand oak trees are being planted. I'll com back to life in a 150 years to see them.
where I live in Denmark, the ice-beard is very common
So I've since heard. In Sweden too! Not so much here apparently.
@@SimonBaxterPhotography well, I walked around in "my" wood for years not noticing it, or rather: I think I saw it years ago, but didn't really notice it, then when I became aware of it, I suddenly saw it everywhere, perhaps a bit like when you get a new car, you suddenly see the same model again and again.
Santas beard is very normal? 🤔 At least in Danish woodland 😊
Oh really? Really quite rare here, but I guess that makes it quite special :)
@@SimonBaxterPhotography how about Witch's butter? Is that normal there? A yellow fungus 😊
More Meg = More Likes
I’ve seen lots of hairy ice growing out of the ground in the mackenzie district in New Zealand
The hair ice is incredible, wow! Really love seeing how joyous Meg is on your photography outings. I think she filled that spot perfectly! Liked this video and the beautiful images. Wishing you a wonderful 2022.
Wonderful video Simon, I really enjoy your relaxed approach & the way you explain your images. Excellent images too & the book is absolutely superb. Looking forward to the next video 👍🏻
Soooo jealous of this find! What a special treasure. Gorgeous scenes once again Simon 😊
Thank you very much, me duck!
Thank you. I am lucky enough to see hair ice and angel frost where I live in Dumfriesshire most winters. Absolutely beautiful like your photos.
Happy new year. Thanks again. All the very best. Cheers 👍🐾📷😎
Oh wow. Perhaps it's not as rare as I was lead to believe. Many thanks and all the best!
Wow thats amazing
4:52 dont you just love seeing Meg in in the background scooting about. (left hand bottom corner.)
Thank you for taking us to your secret places. I enjoy being able to accompany you on your tours every time and it is very pleasant how you convey knowledge.
Thanks again for your wonderful book, I’m enjoying it so much. And as for the Hair Ice, that is so interesting, looks like it’s been delicately placed on the tree. I’ve never heard of it but does look incredible.
I saw that hair ice once, but it never occurred to me it was ice. It didn't feel that cold and no other frost anywhwhere. I thought it must be a type of dangerous fungus that I should avoid!
In early November 2020, I went on a backpacking trip in Smoky Mountains National Park and spent a cold night on Mt. Collins (roughly 0F/-18C windchill overnight). There's a small temperate rainforest up there with conifers and moss in every direction. Woke up to hair ice shooting off of every bit of mossy fallen wood around me; hadn't ever seen it before and was amazed by it. Unfortunately I was way too cold to get motivated enough to get my camera out given I had a long hike ahead of me, but I wouldn't be surprised if hair ice is a regular appearance on Mt. Collins whenever a cold front goes through that plummets the temperature after some humid, above-freezing weather.
One of your best videos with a lot of beautiful images .Thank you . P.S. your book shipped 14/12 and still hasn't arrived !!!!
Good to see you Simon. And Meg!!!! so happy to see your beautiful soul too!!! It seemed like there was a little extra "Meg time" in this video which I will always appreciate. Don't take this personally Simon, but I think I actually missed Meg.
Really pleasant video fella. That hair ice is wild, what a fantastic bit of work by Mother Nature. I am going to have to pay more attention through the winter months when I go out into the woodlands. And thanks for teaching me something, "marcescence leaves", another bonus.
Just want to say I received my "Gathering Time" book in perfect condition and I was really surprised how fast I got it after they started shipping. It has been a real treat during the past few weeks and with the holidays to set here in good 'ol Kansas USA and enjoy this beautiful book. I have now had to remind myself to take it easy with it since I keep revisiting it so much. But then I guess I can order another, ha.
You take care Simon, all the best in this new year to you, and big hugs for beautiful Meg! Happy 2022 you two!
Found Hair Ice at Pedens Cove , Failford, Ayrshire , Scotland 5th Jan 2022 ;-)
I just received my copy of Gathering Time and it's absolutely stunning. Your photos look great on UA-cam, but in print form they're amazing. Thanks Simon.
Incredible and beautiful! What a nice surprise! Thanks for sharing! Oh, and I know that I've said this before; but I love the footage of your sweet doggie playing in the woods.
Your videos are over the top - they just keep getting better and better! Not sure how your pulling that off but don’t quit!! That first image with the rock wall is stunning. At least the wall feels like a part of the landscape - here in the States it would be a 5 strand barb wire fence! The hair ice is fascinating! What a find. Love the rest of the images (and Meg too!!) Your off to a great 2022!!
Thanks Simon I photographed the same phenomenon in the Clyde Valley last month. I thought it was a type of fungus. I'd no idea it was ice. Thanks for explaining 🙂
I love your photography. I love your videos. I love your happy dog! Thank you, Simon. There are many of us out here who are kind of invisible, but who follow you and love your work.
I used to find that icebeard every winter on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State. The first time i found some, i took a hundred pictures. Utterly bizarre, really neat, very rare.
Beautiful as always. Love the Hair Ice, seen it in images and video but never been icky to photograph it. Best wishes for the new year.
Nice bonus image Simon. Thanks for allowing me to join you and Meg. The hair frost was amazing.
Your book is fantastic Simon, should be very proud of it. Had wanted to buy it and the wife kept saying no! Made sense when I opened a present on Christmas morning and there it was haha.
Hair ice, it's not that rare in the Netherlands, it's even very common in certain marsch areas, the only issue is getting the right temp. but if the temps are there then you can find loads of it, and it's the fungus that pushes out the water and that in turn freezes, it grows like hair (hence the name)
The best place to find it is rotting wood that is partially submerged in a marsch during just below freezing in the morning.
In my local forest hair ice is very common. I just went out today as the conditions where very good for hair ice. The forest was full of it. I really love it!
Great videos love your way of vloging. That ice is just incredible, hope I get to seem some one day 👍
The Hair Ice was magical. Does Meg know that when Dad opens his tripod, it's time to get behind the lens?
I stumbled across hair ice a couple of years ago , i could not understand what it was, after some internet search i found out . Never seen it since.
Very nice videography. I imagine the first one might make it into your next book :)
That ice is amazing! Thanks for sharing it with us!
My favorite in this wonderful set was the one at 10:50. Excellent work!
Great video. The hair ice is extraordinary! Loved seeing that. Thanks for sharing!
What a brilliant video the shot with the wall was absolutely stunning
I want to thank you for publishing your book! I received mine just in time for Christmas. So you know what I did Christmas Day. You put a lot of time and effort into this book. The photographs are beautiful! The stories you wrote are well thought out. Now your next goal is to create another book. I will buy that one too. Have a Happy and prosperous New Year. I pray you and Meg stay healthy.
Thank you so much for your kind feedback, James. I'm so pleased to hear you enjoyed it over Christmas. I hope there will be another book but not for some time yet :)
Your last bonus images are really fantastic. I love the colour harmony between foreground warmth and background cool.
That ice is so cool!! Thanks for sharing it with us!
6:01 Red bigfoot passes by...
Have a fab 2022.
Enjoyed that Simon … the first image in those extra bonus shots my favourite .. the light was really nice and loved the framing at the bottom of the image .. All the very best for 2022 for you and yours …
Lovely job matey, that ice was very interesting! Never even heard of it. What a find! Gorgeous images as per bud. Love your book and a happy new year
Been awhile seeing your effort. GREAT VIDEO , where you walk, looks as if there are so many possibilities.
Thank you! Yes, endless opportunities :)
I came across this this year on Vancouver island, Simon, and just as you say its amazing stuff. Keep the videos coming, I love them. Neil.
That's great, Neil! Thank you very much :)
Great video Simon and wonderful woodland images! I have seen lots of hoar frost and rime ice but never have seen anything like that hair ice. It looks amazing and I wonder if we even get it here in Wisconsin, but I will be looking! All the best in 2022 Simon.
Thank you very much, Nick! I hope you find some as it's so cool to see. If it's in a nice quiet spot then touch it too - it's the softest ice you'll ever feel.
Here in the States, I've heard them called 'Frost Flowers."
That's a nice name too :)
Regularly seeing the hair ice during my hikes in the Mullerthal region in Luxembourg just a few kilometres from home. I shall post the images so when I do I shall let you know. In the meantime happy New Year. I received both your book and Eric Bennet's book (many thanks to Tim Parkin) on the 24th in the morning. What a pleasure to view your images :) All the best in 2022 !!!!
That sounds great! Perhaps it's more rare in the UK. So pleased that you're enjoying Gathering Time. Many thanks :)
@@SimonBaxterPhotography Not sure if it is more rare in the UK. One thing I am sure is that I have seen it for the first time last year. My daughter spotted it when doing macro shots with her phone. When I started to search what it is I learned more about it but for sure since then I make much more attention when the conditions are met. Saw one last week :) again. The book is just stunning as were your prints in the box ;) Take care and all the best !