Photographing Strange Clouds Over Iceland
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- Warning: This video contains scenes of injury and pain that might make viewers feel a little queasy.
In this landscape photography video we start by photographing an unusual sandstorm in Iceland, which was a challenge due to the high winds, but great fun. We then set up our campsite which is where Greg breaks his finger and yes, I do show the entire scene. It's discusting. Finally we venture out insearch of compositions for an amazing display of lenticular clouds. I hope you enjoy this video.
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I bet this will be a fantastic video from the thumbnail it looks mesmerizing!! I hope my channel will one day reach the success yours had Thomas!! #notification squad
Rylan’s Amazing Photography im sure it will be!!
DRT Productions thank you!!
I'm sure it will. I love the name of your channel. I'm going to take a look and subscribe. Fck it, I'm going to pin this comment. Everyone subscribe to Rylan!!!!
Thomas Heaton thanks so much Thomas!!
Subscribed! I also followed you on Instagram - nice photos!
Finally Tom gets lucky in Iceland, well earned. Greg on the other hand, not as lucky. ouch!
All puns intended
I know, right. It's been a long time since I got great conditions in Iceland. I feel bad for Greg, but he is a trooper for sure, an example of how to crack on and work!
Funny pun ...on the other hand. 😁
@@ThomasHeatonPhoto No kidding that looked really painful! Fantastic light Tom, not bad images either ;-)
Planning a trip to Iceland (I've not managed to go yet - it's only been well over a decade 😂 ), is what initially inspired me to get into photography. I'd always loved "taking pictures", but I wanted to do more than that. I'll admit, the possibility of seeing the Northern Lights was at the center of it - even though I know they are not guaranteed. I knew I needed a "real" camera to capture them, and that I would need to actually know how to use it. I got my first DSLR (entry level T3 - it serves it's purpose though 😊), Feb 2018. Having that camera is what led me to Thomas' channel, which in turn led me to yours, Nick, and Morten Hilmer, Simon Baxter, Gavin, Adam and so many more. Since then, I've been inspired to get back out into nature - sometimes I get a decent shot, a lot of times I don't lol. It doesn't matter though. It's just nice to be out there. Seeing videos like this one, and the many I've watched from all of you, help to remind me why I got started on this journey in the first place... where I want to be, and inspire me to continually work on my craft. I hope to get to Iceland someday - not just for the aurora, but for all the beauty it has to offer. I know this was a bit of a ramble. I'm sorry. I just hope you guys understand how much you inspire random folks like me. Thank you!
Lenticular clouds are a favourite of time lapsers, for good reason. The way they stay in place while the water droplets move in and out of them is beautiful. You're so lucky! As for Greg's finger... oh boy. As a musician I can report that that was like a slasher movie. My quality of life depends on all my fingers remaining intact, because without my piano skills I'd have no therapy. Playing keeps me sane...
The big man above put on some show this day. Beautiful.
Iceland is such a breathtakingly beautiful place where visitors can become a bit overzealous when playing and become injured. And the sites are not fenced so gotta be cautious when at edges.
Wow! The color in the lenticular cloud + the white cloud over the mountain, just being at the right spot at the right time. That lenticular cloud is like a scene from a sci-fi movie
The 8 mins exposure was terrific , but the shape of the lenticular clouds in the 13 sec exposure was magical .
What a wonderful start to the series !
Asimesh Pal I agree bro!
Crazy beautiful cloud show!!! 👍👍
You're a BOSS Greg!
That last scene was one of the more surreal, other-worldly shots I've seen of yours Thomas. Incredible! Thanks for sharing
Wow!!! This looks other wordly. And maybe it's just me, but that retro sounding eerie sci music just adds to the atmosphere. Love it!!!
Abhijeet Nadkarni I concur!
Yeah, it had to be that music track. It's very "Stranger Things".
It's a great sign for a UA-camr when you release a new video on someone's birthday and they see that new video as a great gift. Keep up the awesome work Thomas. I always look forward to each of your videos.
Andrew D happy birthday!!!
@@molopez619 thank you!
Happy Birthday!
@@ThomasHeatonPhoto thank you Thomas. And thank you for all your hard work with your videos and amazing photos. You've definitely been an inspiration to my landscape photography and I really hope to participate in one of your workshops in the future. They seem like a lot of fun!
Iceland is nothing short of mesmerizing.
Skyler King you can say that again!
I second that. It pulls me back every year!
LOOK AT THOSE COLOURS ON THE ND FILTER AT 9:23
Love the video! Just JAW-DROPPING!!
Well spotted, sir.
Wow! Those lenticular clouds were amazing! Right place, right time!
Totally. We were very lucky.
@@ThomasHeatonPhoto I like to put this one on organization skills rahter than luck ;)
Extraordinary images!
Re Greg's finger....what a trooper, that must have hurt! I did think it was going to be much worse than the buildup though, hope Greg's finger heals well!
Frisbee. My brother was chasing after one and down he went. Broken collar bone.
Thanks for an amazing video. What an awesome cloud formation! That is a fantastic shot for next years calendar for sure. Stunning shot of Greg's finger too. That must have been so painful. I bet it still is. I hope it is totally better soon.
Holy moly, what a one in a million combination you caught there. It's going to be hard for anything to top that.
Lenticular clouds.
Awesome.
Cloud photography is a real art (and the science behind clouds is geektastic).
Makes you realise that nature is definitely in charge.
Love how you have to be open minded and flexible in your approach
Absolutely brilliant, well worth the wait since S... Monday.
Thanks Mark, I couldn't agree more about it being real ar. Capturing these clouds was difficult.
If I hadn’t watched this video I would have called shenanigans on that image. Simply stunning!
I was afraid you were going to get sucked up into those menacing clouds! Wonderful image and hopes for a quick recovery for Greg.
Yeah, they were very UFO like :)
Full on photogasm!
Thomas, the creativity and teamwork that went into this video makes one of the most interesting videos I have watched in years. You and your crew did an amazing job.
Fabulous... 10.39 this was fantastic...
Now you see, despite the fact that the lovely Mrs G asserts that just about every image on the 2019 calendar is “too dark”, I actually quite like it. But it’s more than my life is worse to admit that to her. Should I buy a 2020 calendar I will of course keep it in entirely to myself. Now I really enjoyed this video, as I enjoy most of your videos. But perhaps your popularity has made it something of a guilty pleasure! But I do understand how much effort goes into making these videos and I sincerely thank you for them. They entertain and inform, and it’s reasonable to assert that you have spawned an entire industry of UA-cam landscape photography vloggers. Thank you so much. Oh, and the next time you’re doing one of your “let’s read out some comments“ please, for God sake, don’t read this one.😊👍🏻
This cloud is so amazing 😲
A wide shot on you’re sunset comp would have looked as equally amazing. That’s so special. I would have been running around like a giddy fool with that light. Definitely a keeper.
What an amazing sky, you sure don't see that every day. Lovely images too, you captured it well.
Wayne Robertson Photography it will probably be his most popular video of the year lol
Moises Lopez Photography it’s certainly a unique photograph :)
Wow that was some sky, unreal conditions!
Beautiful clouds
Great video and even better catch!
Epic conditions and such fun running around trying to find a composition in that madness...
I know, right. Glad you had a good time and thank god for the hill cloud towards the end!
Wow!
Greg is the man. !!
What an enthralling cloud formation. Beautifully captured. I’m taking my first trip to Iceland in September; I can only hope the weather gods smile on me.
Stunning! Stunning!
Really amazing views with amazing clouds!
Just UNREAL cloud formations, including the rolling clouds on the peaks. 🤤🤯
Nibiru planet approach to our planet 😲
Love how the lenticular cloud shape and color at 10:08 looks literally like inverted Icelandic volcanic craters. You all hit the photography lottery!
That's some serious clouds!
The timelapse showing the cloud structure stay almost perfectly still is something else... I've seen clouds stay put over mountains, but never out in the open like that. Especially here around the Great Lakes where they just float through with no obstacles in the flat terrain. Also, I personally prefer the wider shot with the full mountain in it 'cause I'm a sucker for how it shows the clouds seemingly grabbing the peak, though I can see how you prefer the 57mm shot for the video as it's definitely more balanced against the amazing lenticular formations on the left.
Best Photography 👍😊
Greg is so bad ass! 🙌🙌🙌
Oh wow... those clouds were crazy beautiful! Also kudos to you for cropping out / ignoring such a huge portion of the clouds and getting a really cool composition!
Thanks, Mads. I also went for a big wide Pano, but wasn't too keen.
Thomas Heaton I was keen on it 😉😆
Lovely
Tom you never fail to deliver!! That cloud formation image is truly stunning, loving the time-lapse to 👌 Greg’s finger ouch!! He still delivered on the b roll though👍
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That's very kind, thank you.
I think the two photos can be the keepers!
God those clouds are seriously magical!
OUCH, I get the finger popping out, I did that to my little toe, it was pointing sideways LOL hurts like hell. Great video, amazing place to go to, on my bucket list
That is unreal, impossible to take a bad photo of that!
Such an awesome place, and always a joy. That finger is pretty gross!!
A very beautiful country, a very amazing photographer/vlogger. Thank you Sir Thomas.
Apex Alfaro I’ll drink to that! Cheers mate!
Thank you, Sir Apex.
Only WOW! WOW!
Wow, Tom, what a spectacular scene!
Absolutely stunning! Those clouds coupled with the light - like wow!!!!
Wow, those clouds are amazing!! Would love to see something like that, and photograph it!!
Nibiru planet approach to our planet 😲
Wow! I have to say first that I follow you for a long time now, and you are most of the time an inspiring source for me. ;-) But here, Thomas, I am so jealous!!! ;-)) I was in Iceland obviously at the same time as you but I didn't see these lovely colorful clouds around me....Arffff Anyway...Great pic! Love it
Documenting almost like 'storm chasing' and capturing to share - absolutely amazing second image...possibly the best (imo) that I've seen from you Thomas this year (maybe!). Incredible storytelling and the editing of how it was achieved has gone up to a whole new level. Congrats.
Stunning shots, just shows you that something can turn up when you least expect it. Hope Gregg’s finger is ok
Incredible image to finish the episode Thomas, and the timelapse Greg shared recently really made this a hotly anticipated image 👍
scotty4418 definitely lived up to the hype!
That TL was soo gooood. Glad you liked the video.
What an amazing sky Tom. I really need to get my backpack over to Iceland at some point to experience for myself....but I know that i'd have your usual luck and weather would be epic-ally dross. PS...nice to see a tent or two in the video also. Cheers...Paul
Phenomenal cloud formations! Can’t say that I’ve ever seen anything like that before. I would have been jumping out of my skin the whole 8 minutes but definitely like the 4 stop version the best. Well done!
Watching the many attempts to catch a frisbee... it goes someway to explain the current skills set of the English Cricket team.
They were Americans 😂😂😂😂😂
Hello Thomas, you received some spectacular and original shots. Great work!
Gorgeous second picture. A non-ND filter with some polarizing one would be great too, I think. Beautiful landscapes there.
stunning!
BEAUTIFUL!!
Thomas, have you ever tried a telephoto lens brace/support to lessen vibration or movement from wind? It's basically a bar that attaches to the tripod that has two support arms, one for the camera body and one for near the front of the long tele. Those kind of windy conditions might be perfect to test one of the big heavy Gitzo tripods. Not the carbon fiber but the older but much steadier metal ones.
Here's a good tripod test for you. Mount a laser pointer on the hot shoe of your camera and attach the camera to your favorite tripod. Turn on the laser and point it at the wall about 8-10 feet away. Now tap the leg of the tripod with something like a hammer or handle of a big screwdriver and see how much the laser bean wobbles. I did this test years ago when I managed a camera store only I tested about 3 dozen tripods from smaller travel tripods to the largest. The winner was the biggest, heaviest, Gitzo which was so stable that you couldn't perceive any movement of the laser beam from 10' away. Unfortunately the only way to get one of those is to find a used one.
Beautiful imagery. Amazing. Professional. The stories behind your photos are really interesting and the presentation is superb. Without question, your channel is a frequent must see for photographers of all skill levels. Thomas, keep up the great work! -Len
That is incredible
Iceland, I hope to see you soon. Thanks to this breathtaking man
Safe travels bro!
Wow amazing clouds! Thought Gregg was going to come away with a broken wrist after that.
Luckily it was just his finger.
If he doesn't like you, that is one heck of a middle finger he can give! Glad that you're ok, Greg! Tom... epic light and shots as always.Heading to the blog to see the 8 minute. (I thought it seemed long when you said it, but I got what you were going for)
Another great video Thomas! Seriously, that scene was out of this world. Unreal. Greg, way to man up and get back after it.
Awesome, thanks.
Nothing less than absolutely stunning expected
Nothing less than gorgeous received.
As someone who has spent countless hours in the Mojave desert photographing sunsets (often with lenticular clouds) I admit I was panicking when you said you were doing an 8 minute exposure. So glad you were able to get that amazing 13 sec shot, though. What a magical moment!
Yes, same here Angel! Lennies move actually move/rotate a lot, even more so with closer proximities to hills/mountains. The detail in them is always best in short snaps. Have to say though when I saw the added hill fog rolling up too I started to be quite the jealous.
Those clouds, Wow one in the million years SUPERB . And
I m impressed with your crop.
Amazing !
Superb !
Excellent shots
My favourite image is from your Blog, Low clouds forming over the mountain. Pleasing colours, like the texture of the foreground and the completeness of cloud view and detail. Id put this on my wall if it didn’t have the camera. Other worldly feel and very interesting to see. Thanks.
This is amazing, thanks so much for sharing. Thanks also for sharing the 8 minute shot and your feelings about it. Be safe
Stunnin' clouds, love that!!
Heal fast Greg!
Awesome
What an amazing and rare image! Love Iceland, can't wait to return.
Wow...that's a truly epic image. What an amazing thing to witness I'm sure.
Those clouds are insane.
Greg would have done a better job of crossing his fingers for that 10 stopper than you Tom! When we did Iceland in August 2008 we had a heat wave! 2 weeks in shorts and sandals and not a drop of rain. It was actually a relief to get back to the UK!😀
That's a bloody beautiful cloud and that lighting is absolutely amazing!
What a stunning scene (and photograph). So rare! You lucky bastard
Whew! From your Monday video, I thought Greg had blown out his shoulder. I've seen football players pop dislocated fingers back into place themselves. Thankfully he's OK. Awesome lenticular clouds! I've never seen one myself.
Beautiful cloud formation and picture ! Iceland is definetly on my list. As Always Love your work and video so inspiring
I wish I was there on that last shot 10:33 during the time you guys walking back to the camp it was Magical.
This is why we watch you Tom! Broken fingers and clouds that bleed with mountains of trump hair! Mr Greg! Oooo! Hard as nails 😖
Wow Greg did well not to swear lol and that cloud oh my god lol
WoW
Omg that was grim! Loved the sand storm photo so much!
Great images. Love them. 😃
Wao, amazing clouds formation I have nevera seen clouds like that, what a lucky man you are!!
Seen a few landscape videos featuring yourself in Iceland, would love to get there with my camera. Your images definitely inspire me to visit different places thank you
Yes young man that was an awesome video those clouds formations in Iceland are absolutely phenomenal until your cameraman chin up he took one hell of a good blow on that finger I understand the pain all too well
Two thumbs up to your cameraman I'm catching that frisbee
And to the rest of the crew fantastic shooting everything was perfect