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7. Iceland, Eyjafjallajökull - May 1st and 2nd, 2010

by Sean Stiegemeier

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by Sean Stiegemeier

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by Sean Stiegemeier

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So I saw all of these pictures of that volcano in Iceland nobody can pronounce the name of, so I figured I should go and do something that is not news footage but something more cinematic. 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 Dynamic Perception (dynamicperception.com)

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Shawn Butcher 2 years ago

this is epic, glad you got in and out safe! i want to pick your brain about timelapse one of these days.
HDtimelapse.net 2 months ago

Beauty and The Beast in the same time. Great!

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Daniel Peters 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years 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 K 1 year 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 1 year ago

cool thanks for the info Adam...seems like a cool price!
Luke Pygman 2 years ago

This is gorgeous Sean! Was this work commissioned or was it entirely personal?
Sean Stiegemeier 2 years ago

personal, time off work and wanted to go see it
Sean Stiegemeier 2 years ago

wish i could get paid to be out there
Jeff Youngblood 2 years 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 2 years ago

Beautiful work. Maybe a return trip could be paid through Kickstarter? kickstarter.com/
SNARE (Jose Martinez) 2 years ago

I was going to suggest the same thing.
PS:
Bravo on the footage! Spectacular!
Luke Pygman 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years ago

jonsi.com
ThatGuyNick 2 years ago

track is Kolnidur...new Jonsi album is fantastic
Chris Light 2 years ago

exceptional captures! i could care less about the song with images like this.
MILapse 2 years ago

It's amazing you achieved this in only a couple of days! Rock on Sean...
Ken Scott 2 years ago

wonderful collection for the short time spent there!
The Film Artist 2 years ago

Superb!!!
Added to vimeo.com/channels/worldhd
David James 2 years ago

Totally excellent. Question: when you were 'time -lapsing' what did you do while you were living in 'real time'???
cris per 2 years ago

good question! ;)
Constantin Philippou 2 years ago

Freezing? (btw amazing images)
Tiago Villardi Cortezi 1 year ago

curious too! im sure, whatever you did, worth the effort. amazing footage!
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Edgar Marrera 2 years ago

Crop
Jordan Lloyd 2 years ago

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

Epic shots!
Dave Kiss 2 years ago

unreal
Sylvestre de Wurtemberg 2 years 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 2 years ago

Sylvestre if you can afford the trip then go... just go!
Do your best and enjoy it!
Ade Santos 2 years ago

I loved it!
Vesko Cholakov 2 years ago

great! I loved the power of the motion ;) Keep the good work up!
DEAR MAMA 2 years ago

really impressive!! nice job I would like to do the same trip..
Dorian Vasco 2 years ago

Gorgeous sights! Very great footage!
Andrew Reid 2 years 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 2 years ago

Best thing i've seen this year.
Sam Westrop 2 years ago

very powerful images :)
Mikus Pikus 1 year ago

Powerful amazing, lovely video, it made my day and I believe that more and more people should see this folks, promote it as it is truly beautiful.

All the best, Mike
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Hot Toys 5 months ago

Everything natural are beautiful, even disasters!!!

thanks
Malkhaz
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Niko Sánchez 2 years ago

Amaizing. Looks so aisolated. What is that filming effect??
Jef Gibbons 2 years ago

Beautiful and powerful... and captured so beautifully. incredibly inspiring!!!
Mirik 2 years ago

beautiful!!!
Julio Ramirez Bruna 2 years ago

Awesome m8!!!!....... luv it!!!....... :d
CYRIL MERONI 2 years ago

Thanks .. Really love it
Nick Keating 2 years ago

Beautiful images sean, can only imagine the experience of actually being there. Well done.
Mike Hannon 2 years ago

Well done sir! I presume you shot RAW photos, as opposed to video?
Sean Stiegemeier 2 years ago

yea all raw
Javier Morgade 2 years ago

Wow.... Best timelapse video I've ever seen...
Unbelievable. I have no words.... Awesome work!!!!!!
Patryk Kizny 2 years 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 2 years ago

Epic stuff!
Pozzi 2 years ago

catastrophically epic !!
Adonis Pulatus 2 years ago

;-)
James Spencer 2 years ago

Beautiful! Iceland truly is stunning! Well that bit sure is :D
Robert Rowe 2 years ago

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

This is just amazing! I'm loving every second of this video!
davor a. lipej 2 years ago

Great job. Go on you're no1.
Thanks.
I'll enjoy in yours next work.
Myles Lewando 2 years 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 2 years ago

thats what happens to an airplane when it goes across the ashes then?! zomg!!! just kidding, amazing video!! :)
Caleb Dorfman 2 years ago

You now have enough footage for a post-apocalyptic film. Well done!!!
Pedro Nogueira 2 years ago

Very well done.
Congratulations!
Enrique Pacheco 2 years ago

Great shots.
Shame you missed the first eruption. It was much interesting.
Check out the my video: vimeo.com/10548285
Sean Stiegemeier 2 years ago

awesome, yea this is the stuff that made me want to go, but I couldnt get out there earlier due to work.
YNUS 2 years ago

Attraits!
Espen Jakobsen 2 years ago

Truly beautiful.
nachoad 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years ago

that is awesome. i highly recommend in june/july
Clayton Douglas 2 years ago

wow....fantastic stuff...nice edit too
Afrodite Xig 2 years ago

This is why i adoooore timelapse!Look @ this.. wow!
Great work ;)
willteeyang 2 years ago

awesome sean, ive always been your fan! from photos, to music videos. and now this... soooo awesome!
markmcknight 2 years ago

Hope you get sponsored for a return stab to create MORE!!!
Kostas Petsas 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years ago

WOW. Absolutely stunning. Amazing work, Sean.
mirjam van overbeek 2 years ago

wauw!! wish i was there too
Steen Risom 2 years ago

Thanks for sharing this. Second best to being there. Well done.
Carlos Pedro Oliveira 2 years ago

Words for what!?!!!!!!!
AVPkropeczka & DotFilms.pl 2 years ago

This movie is perfect
Great, Beautiful, best I have seen.....
Nonstopvid 2 years ago

incredible!
mkluis 2 years ago

Wow.
BiggiBraga 2 years ago

Thanks, best regards from all people in Iceland. This is beautiful
Miguel Costa 2 years 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 2 years ago

Epic and Beautiful
Stefan 2 years ago

Amazing! Such quality!
Rick Macomber 2 years 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 2 years ago

Beautiful footage from my country, thank's :)
steve morel aka ekion 2 years ago

dunno how u did it ! that's crazy ! that's like a movie from superman ! :D great awesome terrific job =}
Max 2 years ago

which lenses did you use to film that nice pictures?
Einar Magnus Magnusson 2 years 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!
JAVA 2 years ago

wow! increible! excelente!
Joe Thomson 2 years ago

Awesome images Sean, your well lucky to have got up there! Keep up the ace work!!
Tommy Rodgers 2 years ago

Very Nice
callum earnshaw 2 years ago

brilliant.
Jose Bayón 2 years ago

¡Ohh! Fantastic Sean, wordless....
Serhat 2 years ago

pffs, that's sick & epic...
Kevin DeOliveira 2 years ago

wow
Boris Schouten 2 years ago

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

EPIC!