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Update: I will be helping teach a time-lapse workshop in Iceland in September! See details here: bit.ly/aWSc4t

So I saw all of these mediocre pictures of that volcano in Iceland nobody can pronounce the name of, so I figured I should go and do better. But the flights to get over took forever as expected (somewhat). 4 days after leaving I finally made it, but the weather was terrible for another 4. Just before leaving it got pretty good for about a day and a half and this is what I managed to get.

Wish I had more time. I missed all the cool Lightning and the Lava of the first eruption. But I figure this will just be a trial run for another day.

I am of course accepting sponsors to send me back there for more please...!! haha

Music: Jónsi - Kolniður (jonsi.com)
Canon 5d mkII
HUGE thanks for the Motorized Dolly via MILapse (vimeo.com/milapse).
UPDATE 05/18: New video showing the dolly I used. Pre-Orders soon! vimeo.com/11835819

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Shawn Butcher 4 months ago

this is epic, glad you got in and out safe! i want to pick your brain about timelapse one of these days.
Christopher O'Donnell 4 months ago

Cool! What sort of track are you using?
MILapse 4 months ago

vimeo.com/11835819
Daniel Peters 4 months ago

love it...so you using the kessler? wish I could afford that baby unless you know someone that hires out?

love the airplane shots, did you know it was there or were you like...ooh nice i'll check that out ha
Sean Stiegemeier 4 months ago

ive been looking for that airplane every time i go to iceland. found it this time, and there just happens to be a cano spitting out ash behind it

not a kessler. they wouldnt help me.
dolly was from MILapse... soon to be released...
Daniel Peters 4 months ago

im such a spazz ha...you mentioned what you used at the top haha..you know a rough idea on pricing for the milapse?

also what wide lens did you use on this?
Sean Stiegemeier 4 months ago

16-35 2.8 L seriers... milapse dolly I think is coming in at half the price of the kessler package (to give you an idea) but I have not heard the final details yet. im looking forward to getting the final as well!
Daniel Peters 4 months ago

ha really weird I just ordered the L series 16-35mm but I also just ordered a pocket dolly from kessler with the cheaper motor as I couldnt afford the big daddy and now you say the MiLapse will be half the price...ha damn

also thanks for replying man, means alot since you have so many comments here

keep blowing us away with your work (would also be awesome to go with ya on one and document it with my 5Dmkii)
Adam Kroupa 2 days ago

MiLapse said this on YouTube: " It's looking like $795 for the six footer with the MX2 controller =) " .. just wanted to tell you, if you dont know yet :)
Daniel Peters 2 days ago

cool thanks for the info Adam...seems like a cool price!
Luke Pygman 4 months ago

This is gorgeous Sean! Was this work commissioned or was it entirely personal?
Sean Stiegemeier 4 months ago

personal, time off work and wanted to go see it
Sean Stiegemeier 4 months ago

wish i could get paid to be out there
Jeff Youngblood 4 months ago

I would PAY to go out THERE. But yeah, getting sponsored to do what you love is always nice. Well done my friend!
robertogreco 4 months ago

Beautiful work. Maybe a return trip could be paid through Kickstarter? kickstarter.com/
SNARE (Jose Martinez) 4 months ago

I was going to suggest the same thing.
PS:
Bravo on the footage! Spectacular!
Luke Pygman 4 months ago

Sean -
Here's an idea. Have you considered creating a digital coffee-table book of Iceland? This might be a little ahead of the times, but readers like the iPad could pave the way for you to create things like that. Each "page" could be a different video scene of an Icelandic location. Just a thought and something I've been wanting to do for a while now.
Kristian Lopez 4 months ago

this is unbelievably amazing.
I would really appreciate it if someone could tell me the track title? I literally went through a ton of sigur ros songs but couldn't find the right one
Sean Stiegemeier 4 months ago

jonsi.com
ThatGuyNick 4 months ago

track is Kolnidur...new Jonsi album is fantastic
Chris Light 4 months ago

exceptional captures! i could care less about the song with images like this.
MILapse 4 months ago

It's amazing you achieved this in only a couple of days! Rock on Sean...
Ken Scott 4 months ago

wonderful collection for the short time spent there!
TheFilm Artist 4 months ago

Superb!!!
Added to vimeo.com/channels/worldhd
David James 4 months ago

Totally excellent. Question: when you were 'time -lapsing' what did you do while you were living in 'real time'???
cris per 4 months ago

good question! ;)
Constantin Philippou 3 months ago

Freezing? (btw amazing images)
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Edgar Marrera 4 months ago

Crop
Jordan Lloyd 4 months ago

Shazam is telling me the track is "Kolnidur - Jonsi"

Epic shots!
Dave Kiss 4 months ago

unreal
Sylvestre de Wurtemberg 4 months ago

Thats amazing, I was thinking exactly the same, although I did not go and now there is no point as you already went and did such a good work :)
Ade Santos 4 months ago

Sylvestre if you can afford the trip then go... just go!
Do your best and enjoy it!
Ade Santos 4 months ago

I loved it!
Vesselin Cholakov 4 months ago

great! I loved the power of the motion ;) Keep the good work up!
Dear MaMa productions 4 months ago

really impressive!! nice job I would like to do the same trip..
DorianVasco 4 months ago

Gorgeous sights! Very great footage!
Andrew Reid 4 months ago

Really amazing. That's the true power of the Earth… making humans look small and the 5D Mk II even smaller!! So good, I forgot all about cameras for a second.
Gabriel Franco 4 months ago

Best thing i've seen this year.
Sam Westrop 4 months ago

very powerful images :)
Niko Sánchez 4 months ago

Amaizing. Looks so aisolated. What is that filming effect??
Jef Gibbons 4 months ago

Beautiful and powerful... and captured so beautifully. incredibly inspiring!!!
Mirik 4 months ago

beautiful!!!
Julio Ramirez Bruna 4 months ago

Awesome m8!!!!....... luv it!!!....... :d
CYRIL MERONI 4 months ago

Thanks .. Really love it
Nick Keating 4 months ago

Beautiful images sean, can only imagine the experience of actually being there. Well done.
Mike Hannon 4 months ago

Well done sir! I presume you shot RAW photos, as opposed to video?
Sean Stiegemeier 4 months ago

yea all raw
Javier Morgade 4 months ago

Wow.... Best timelapse video I've ever seen...
Unbelievable. I have no words.... Awesome work!!!!!!
Patryk Kizny 4 months ago

I think you did a great job deciding to go there. But also I see you must have used all your time available there! Congratulations! I really like your framing, the wreck of the plane and the wires on the foreground around 0:30.
Adonis Pulatus 4 months ago

Epic stuff!
Pozzi 4 months ago

catastrophically epic !!
Adonis Pulatus 4 months ago

;-)
James Spencer 4 months ago

Beautiful! Iceland truly is stunning! Well that bit sure is :D
Robert Rowe 4 months ago

Very powerful... Thank you for these amazing 2 minutes and 18 seconds well spent!
Kevin Jacobs 4 months ago

This is just amazing! I'm loving every second of this video!
davor a. lipej 4 months ago

Great job. Go on you're no1.
Thanks.
I'll enjoy in yours next work.
Myles Lewando 4 months ago

What perfectly smooth timelapse and amazing subjects. These epic shots make us seem so insignificant beneath such gigantic natural scenes.

Golly, I can't wait to get to Iceland.
Alex Pinto 4 months ago

thats what happens to an airplane when it goes across the ashes then?! zomg!!! just kidding, amazing video!! :)
Caleb Dorfman 4 months ago

You now have enough footage for a post-apocalyptic film. Well done!!!
Pedro Nogueira 4 months ago

Very well done.
Congratulations!
Enrique Pacheco 4 months ago

Great shots.
Shame you missed the first eruption. It was much interesting.
Check out the my video: vimeo.com/10548285
Sean Stiegemeier 4 months ago

awesome, yea this is the stuff that made me want to go, but I couldnt get out there earlier due to work.
YNUS 4 months ago

Attraits!
Espen Jakobsen 4 months ago

Truly beautiful.
nachoad 4 months ago

Realmente son espectaculares las imágenes! Belleza!!!
Lo he posteado en mi blog: soygik.com/espectacular-timelapse-del-volcan-eyjafjallajokull-islandia/

Un saludo.
David DiCicco 4 months ago

When my son (17) comes in, I'll show him your beautiful video - he introduced me to sigur rós and has been wanting to travel to Iceland.
Your work, most certainly, has inspired !
Sean Stiegemeier 4 months ago

that is awesome. i highly recommend in june/july
clayton Douglas 4 months ago

wow....fantastic stuff...nice edit too
• ∂iaмợи∂ • 4 months ago

This is why i adoooore timelapse!Look @ this.. wow!
Great work ;)
willteeyang 4 months ago

awesome sean, ive always been your fan! from photos, to music videos. and now this... soooo awesome!
markmcknight 4 months ago

Hope you get sponsored for a return stab to create MORE!!!
Kostas Petsas 4 months ago

Stunning. Nature at it's best captured in a unique way. Sorry you haven't managed to get the lava in your shots.
Stefan Chapman 4 months ago

Man, what can I say? Breath taking. Makes me want to step out to Iceland again right now! Was the trip just for the footage? If so kudos for the extra mile.
Sean Stiegemeier 4 months ago

yea just went for this. at least I didnt come out empty handed. but i really wish I saw more. next volcano is going to be pwnd. hopefully
Tony Leech 4 months ago

WOW. Absolutely stunning. Amazing work, Sean.
mirjam van overbeek 4 months ago

wauw!! wish i was there too
Steen Risom 4 months ago

Thanks for sharing this. Second best to being there. Well done.
Carlos Pedro Oliveira 4 months ago

Words for what!?!!!!!!!
AVPkropeczka 4 months ago

This movie is perfect
Great, Beautiful, best I have seen.....
Nonstopvid 4 months ago

incredible!
Fibre Optix 4 months ago

Wow.
BiggiBraga 4 months ago

Thanks, best regards from all people in Iceland. This is beautiful
Miguel Costa 4 months ago

Awesome work! The imagery is absolutely incredible. I can't imagine if you had more time, you sure would knock us mortals out :D
Fernando 4 months ago

Epic and Beautiful
Stefan 4 months ago

Amazing! Such quality!
Rick Macomber 4 months ago

you deserve all the congrats for this one... when I see images like these it makes me crave a 5D or 7D even more. But the one thing stopping me is... $$$$$. Keep up the great work man!
Jón Tryggvi Jónsson 4 months ago

Beautiful footage from my country, thank's :)
steve morel aka ekion 4 months ago

dunno how u did it ! that's crazy ! that's like a movie from superman ! :D great awesome terrific job =}
Max 4 months ago

which lenses did you use to film that nice pictures?
Einar Magnus Magnusson 4 months ago

These are the greatest shots I've seen from the eruption in Eyjafjallajökull. I live in Iceland so I have seen a lot of them. Thanks!
valeria prieto 4 months ago

wow! increible! excelente!
Joe Thomson 4 months ago

Awesome images Sean, your well lucky to have got up there! Keep up the ace work!!
Tommy Rodgers 4 months ago

Very Nice
elicit video 4 months ago

brilliant.
Jose A. Bayón 4 months ago

¡Ohh! Fantastic Sean, wordless....
Serhat 4 months ago

pffs, that's sick & epic...
Kevin DeOliveira 4 months ago

wow
Beaubeau 4 months ago

My God...
Everybody stand in awe, time-lapse pWnd...

EPIC!
Jean Marc ROCFORT 4 months ago

Magnificent job !! :))

Added on "Best of the seen Videos" channel :))
vimeo.com/channels/13905
Ryan Neil Postas 4 months ago

Amazing landscapes...must've been amazing to be there