You did the right thing reporting this lunatic. Your situation cropped up on another photography channel too and the consensus there was also that you did the right thing. Despite feeling threatened, and even knowing that these half-headed pillocks are in a minority, just remember that there are 400k+ people who look forward to and appreciate your videos every week, and who really value the effort you put into it and also take inspiration from it to take their own photography forward. Thanks Thomas
I really like how your "6 things to photograph" are a list of general situations or places, instead of anything specific. It's not like, "photograph this specific mountain in Iceland," it's just, "photograph mountains." It was a nice change of pace from most videos like this on RUclips.
I was going to say the same thing. I was worried this would be a list of 6 locations around the world and was happy it was not. Personally I would add ‘low tide photography” and expand snow storm to any type of storm.
I would like add to the list: - northern lights, - milky way, - star trials, - and red deer with huge horns in the frosty, foggy autumn ( or winter ) morning (or in the evening ) in woodland with sun rays through trees.
Having a feeling and acting on that is far better than waiting for something to happen and then trying to deal with that. Well done for acting, and hopefully that will be the end of it. Always pays to listen to your inner voice, it'll keep you safe. Good luck with the van conversion and Merry Christmas :-)
I have learned that when I get a feeling about something to pay attention to it. It is when I don't I regret it. You did the right thing my friend. Always listen to your gut. When something does not feel right it most likely isn't. Keep up the great work.
One morning of hoar frost changed me and my pursuit of photography forever. Sunrise at a river, and every single thing was a prism, but for such a fleeting moment. The direct sunlight only lasted about 10 seconds, and I was so utterly transfixed that I never snapped even one exposure.
I don’t know if this item is top 5 or 10 things ever, but photographing a moonrise is awesome. Seeing the moon ease over the horizon, the red and orange colors. That’s really stunning. It does need to be over the ocean or off a mountaintop looking down into a valley, somewhere you have an unobstructed view of the horizon.
Im a lot older than you but nowhere near as good as you, I find you inspiring, I lost my wife recently to Leukemia. ive been watching your channel along with my favourite singers Chris Cornell And Chester Beddington, thank to you I now know which way im going to go, have as good a Christmas as you can, and I look forward to more of your vlogs
Hi Paul. I'm really sorry to hear about your wife. I hope things get better for you and perhaps you can tick off my list and make your own too. All the best.
So, I watched this just 3 days ago. Yesterday early evening, New Years Eve, we had a fog descend. So I rushed out and got some atmospheric foggy night shots between 6-8pm. It was cold, sub zero, with a clear sky directly overhead. I figured that New Years Day Dawn might be rather good, so despite staying up to see in the New Year,mi set the alarm for early morning, got up and went out. What a treat was in store! A Hoar frost, everything had been coated overnight into a winter wonderland, so I enjoyed a 4 hour dawn photo walk.
I remember a few years ago being able to photograph amazing hoar frost the the (relative) comfort of my parents' garden on Boxing Day. It was great being able to go straight back into the warm house afterwards.
You come across as a very friendly and genuine person, why should anyone leave a disturbing comment. But then it takes all sorts of people to make this world. Stay blessed. Merry Christmas.
Another enjoyable video Thomas. The morning mist in Matlock, Derbyshire around September-October time is spectacular. I’m not sure it is technically a cloud inversion, but the visual effect is very similar. The mist rises from the river water and transforms the hills and tors into islands within a sea of mist. The river within the valley runs roughly east-west, so nicely side lit. Riber Castle, overlooks the valley, and on those misty mornings becomes a castle sitting in the clouds. The mist rises and falls quickly, so an ever changing scene too.
I haven't photographed as much as you, but here's my list : 1) Seracs and glaciers, so many shapes to sharpen your skills 2) A larch forest in the mountains in autumn (like in the Queyras mountains, the Ecrins or Vallée de la Clarée), everything turns orange. And autumn usually means mist rolling on the mountains. 3) Gum trees and Australian forests in general. They're just so well preserved in places, and the trees have much more complex shapes than in Europe, where it's all straight planted trees, no old growth forest, except in Poland or Belarus. A good tree to photograph is the snow gum tree, all twisted and it grows where there is heavy snow in winter, like in Mount Buffalo, or Kosciuszko national park. Another good place for this is Tasmania, with swamp gums that can reach 130 meters high. 4) A pine forest the day after a heavy snow. Everything glitters, the trees are all white and fluffy, it's just stunning. A good area for this is the Vercors plateau. 5) A desert sunset in Australia. I don't know why, but sunsets in the Aussie outback are just stunning. The gum trees offer great black shapes, and you often get high clouds to catch the light. Great places for this are the Mallee country in Victoria, the Top End, Shark Bay... 6) Medieval villages. It can be landscapes, as those villages are often perched on a hill and make for a dramatic pano. But getting lost in the narrow streets, especially at night with the yellow lighting, is quite the experience. France has dozens of villages like this : Cordes sur Ciel, Moustiers Sainte Marie, Domme, Saint Cirq Lapopie, Olargues... It's something I've never seen you try Thomas, and I think you would really enjoy it. I'm sure there are villages like that in the UK.
I really like where you're going with your van. Very utilitarian and minimalist. I definitely think it will suit you well. You absolutely did the right thing concerning that threat. That's what the police are FOR... to remind certain people to behave themselves. And to any of those keyboard warriors who called you names for standing up for yourself... ban every last one of them. They don't deserve the pleasure of your great content.
We used to drive up to Yosemite in the winter and the San Joaquin valley would be buried in fog. About 2000 feet you could look back over the valley and little peaks looked like islands sticking up through fog.
if you are looking for Hoar Frost - go to Yellowstone NP in Wyoming USA in the winter. The geyser steam will condense on everything and in January to February you will see Hoar Frost everywhere. I have seen it both of the times I went in the winter.
That cloud inversion that you and Ben Horne got to see....wow. I've been doing to Death Valley for more than 12 years now and I've never seen conditions like that. You are so lucky.
Love that shirt Tom! I actually live in Central Utah and have seen most of your list here pretty consistently! I love it here! Thanks for the van update. Excited to see its progress!
I’ve had the opportunity to photograph 3 out of your list of 6 and I’d like to add another, freezing rain. After an ice storm the landscape looks like it’s covered in glass. Being backlit by the sun, it’s magical.
Thank you Tom for making me go out in the fog today. I was watching the video and there was the fog. So, on hearing your words ...out I trudged and got me some beautiful pictures.... I just needed that push & I thank you for it !
I would add Northern Lights; volcanic eruption, especially from the sea; geothermal pools, and mass migrations. You did the absolute right thing reporting the threat. Spent many decades as a reporter and editor. Trust your gut when you feel a threat.
I went to Norway and was lucky enough to photograph Orcas and Humpbacks in the wild,brings tears to your eyes.I would definitely have that on the list.
When I look back at vloggers I follow, invariably I will see I have viewed about half or three quarters of the videos. With your channel, I watch everything you put up. Even if a particular video does not seem to be 100% of interest to me, I learn something new or am at the very least entertained for 20 minutes. This speaks to your delivery of the information you present. So, thank you for this channel and thank you for simply being a good person. Although, in this day and age simply being a good person is no longer a given but a welcome change from the static that is out there. Please keep us up to speed with the progression of your van build. My wife and I are off tomorrow in our van for 4 days to Cape Disappointment here in Washington State (USA). Hoping for high winds, high tides, big ass waves, and enough propane for the furnace. Merry Christmas to you and yours!
Alright, I got 5 out of 6! Don't get much (any) hoar frost here in sw New Mexico, but I do live near White Sands and go there often, and it's pretty otherworldly. Great video Tom, and merry Christmas!
This week I ticked off "hoar frost". 1st January down in here the New Forest we woke up to an amazing spectacle. The area was covered until mid day, the temperature was around -4 but it had to be done and got some beautiful shots with my Nikon Z7. Keep up the good work Thomas.
I once saw a literal wall of fog rapidly approaching the sea-front where I used to live. When it arrived, I actually put my finger in it up to the first knuckle like poking a pie. It was purely vertical, pure cloud and the strangest thing I have *ever* seen. I just wish I had been able to photograph it.
Seeing all the photographs you took in the past made me relive the very first moments i saw them on your videos. It feels good to be following you for all those years :)
I’m lucky to live in an area where we often get huge lenticular cloud formations. I can see them forming some time before needing to shoot them, its astonishing to sit and watch. I’m further lucky that the storms they create tend to happen a few miles out to sea, leaving me in the dry and heat. Happy days.
Just had the chance to see both freezing fog and an overlook with a cloud inversion the same afternoon last week in Utah. 100% agree - absolutely must be on any photographer's list of things to see! Great list.
Good flashlight and polerized shades, is my weapon in fog and such 😊 the polerized shades shows more details and makes it more gentle on the eyes 😊 Just a little tip 😊
Thank you, Thomas, for these 6 things! They are giving me orientation. They help me valuing and focusing on what I have in reach. I was sometimes a bit jealous of the conditions you have in the UK: all the many characterful trees formed by strong winds, light open forests with fairly clear grounds instead of rampant undergrowth everywhere, atmosphere and interesting clouds around the year, rolling hills covered by nothing but gras and other types of naked landscapes covered only with heather or bracken, endless lakes and lochs surrounded just by nature, the seashore everywhere in reach, and a wealth of old castles, cottages and barns which all tell how close people were connected to nature with everything good and bad. I don't want to moan. I live on the northern edge of the alps, in Switzerland. Except for lenticular clouds I am getting all the lifetime dream conditions you emphasize, some of them regularly, some of them more rarely. I live in a beautiful spot on earth. From an ecological footprint perspective I shouldn’t yearn for Patagonia, Lofoten, and Gobi. My job is to photograph what is beautiful and unique in my spot on earth and my imagination. Your 6 things, Thomas, are giving me perspective.
Unfortunately ignorant people live amongst us. IMO you did the right thing! Love your channel and look forward to your vids every week. Keep em coming Tom!!
I would add #7 ... a nightscape photo of the Northern Lights (aurora borealis) over a wilderness landscape. Looking forward to seeing your van interior when it is finished.
I have to admit at the beginning I was concerned by you reporting someone to the police, that always makes ppl uncomfortable, but after you explained the circumstances fully understandable. No one should feel threatened going about their day to day life. What harm can a nature loving photographer cause. Best wishes, and id love to see your progress with the van.
Living in Arizona, I completed all your six challenges in one year. I've added capturing a Monsoon storm while INSIDE a Microburst (that nearly took away my house), the edge of a rainbow, and a few other weather events that can only be found in Arizona. I do like to see and capture the Northern Lights, as others may have mentioned.
I would like to add to your list canyons, especially if you can descend into them near sunrise or sunset as the light and shadow are beautiful and dramatic. I have taken some of my favorite shots in the Snake River Canyon near Twin Falls Idaho. Thank you for the video it was wonderful and got my creative planning thinking!
Foggy rivers are pretty special as well, and they happen fairly often. I'm fortunate enough to live near a river and I'm always on the lookout for a sunny sunrise with fog.
I'm a few days late but I'm gonna add something that I've photographed is snow in the hot deserts. I live in the Sonoran Desert (Southwestern Arizona) where is gets to be about 115°F (46°C) during the summer, but about every 7 ish years it'll snow here and it's definitely a spectacle to see. Btw, glad you and your family are safe. People are scary.
Anyone calling you a "snowflake" - they'd do exactly the same in your shoes, unless they're brainless. Brilliant! Love love love cloud photography. Hope you had a great Christmas.
Please keep sharing pix/video of your van conversion. I am a meteorologist and your weather descriptions were good enough. Another weather phenomenon you might want to add to your list is cumulonimbus mammatus clouds. They are often seen as precursors to severe thunderstorms, so be careful.
I consider myself lucky to have had the opportunity to photograph every thing on your list. I would also add iridescent clouds, northern lights and glacier caves on there!
Just a few days ago i got snow and fog, and got to photograph an old maple tree in a field. Happy with the shot. Thanks for the inspiration. Have a Merry Christmas!
Hey Thomas, i like your list but here is mine! - Cloud inversions or different cloudtypes (happens very often here in Switzerland ), check! - Hoar Frost - Northern lights - Milky way - Lightning - Morning mountains
If you want lots of frost like that, come to the Calgary - Canmore area in winter. Kinda regular! :P And so soooo beautiful! Come when it's nice and cold and you'll also get air frost! And good on ya for the van conversion. I did one and LOVE it!! Great for wanders!
You remain one of the most passionate photographers online, Thomas! Your enthusiasm for exploration and capturing images of the world shines through in this video. Looking forward to seeing the progress on the van. By the way, I was in Death Valley in 2015, and I remember visiting Dante's View. The only camera I had with me was my phone, and there was no cloud inversion, but it was still an awesome location to be in. Those salt flats are just so IMMENSE!
LOVE this! Here I was expecting a "list" of places such as the bucket list variety. Soooo very happy with the actual weather, light conditions, and atmospheric suggestions. Your enthusiasm and joy shine through. Thank you for bringing to us your educational, joyful and adventurous content.
The van is looking great. Good to hear you're putting solar on the roof. Don't forget the solar charger and might be worth adding a split charger so the aux battery charges while you drive
All my support to you, Thomas. I hope you don't have to deal with that ... I love your t-shirt! Utah!!! I'm still living in Utah... I think that all landscape photographers should come to Utah once in a lifetime. Thanks for sharing your talent. Cheers!
Hoar frost is on my list of thing to photography. Doesn't happen often near where I am and when it does, usually its a work day but hopefully soon. You did right to report that person. Take care, stay safe.
Man... What a portfolio! Beyond this, i would like to thank you for the hours and hours of entertainment and invaluable teachings your provide me with. Have yourself and your family a great holiday season! Heres a warm embrace from Brazil.
I've been lucky enough to see and photograph two cloud inversions this year; one in the Himalayas in Nepal in January (with an endless amount of high mountains), and one in the Appalachian mountains in Virginia. Some of my favorite photos from this year are from those times! (along with a foggy day in Shenandoah National Park in Virginia)
Nice vlog. Your luck to have had the opportunity to photograph those beautiful seens. As for reporting that person. You said you were worried and it didn't feel right. So you totally did the right thing. I remember having a conversation with my daughter 2/3 years ago about negative comments etc she was getting on RUclips which I believe contrabuted to her taking a shot break. I was glad we had that conversation and she continued to create content because in these times it maybe the only time I may see her... Thanks for your content and good luck with the van...... All the best for next year's adventures....
Great list! My list would include some great bird. Some 30 years ago my wife and two friends camped at a stream gauging station in the Alakai Swamp on the island of Kauai. I took my Nikon and my 600 mm. Several years earlier, in 1998, a team of ornithologists had stayed in the very same tin shed. One woman had gone outside to wash the dishes in the stream and out popped a Nukupu’u, a critically endangered Hawaiian Honeycreeper. To my knowledge, that was the last time it was ever seen.
Brilliant tip on the software! Definitely have to give that a try for some projects around the flat as well! So glad you set boundaries. Comments like that are 100% about power, and pressing boundaries, and always unacceptable and something that's absolutely worth taking seriously. It's clear you didn't take action lightly.
Here are some from Nova Scotia 1. Dartmouth Ferry coming out of the sea smoke on a -30 degree morning. 2. Humpback whale breaching off Brier Island 3. Moose at dusk on the Skyline Trail 4. Peggy's Cove lighthouse in a way that only 10,000 people have done before 5. Celtic Colours on thd Cabot Trail.
So many things on my list as well though: flowing lava, colourful landscape, wildlife interacting with landscapes, etc Merry Christmas and look luck with the van. Stay safe !
The plans for the van sound great Thomas. As for the issue you spoke about, you are absolutely right in taking the action you took as no one should feel threatened and has the right to life their life in peace and without the threat of personal harm. I wish you and Clan Heaton a peaceful and safe Christmas
Nice car build Thomas and looking forward to seeing the finished result. Just a small thing of caution when you build your van. Think a bit of adding some crash safety around your driver's cockpit to protect you if you happen to have a crash with the car. If the inside is to open and there is nothing between you and the packed heavy stuff inside your car then they can be lethal projectiles flying In the air. At least some kind of protective net shielding you from the back of the car could be a good thing to have. In many station wagons, you have a similar kind of protection.
Hey Thomas. I will add to the list, shoot some Lightning and storm clouds... I've been there also. is a fantastic State for photography! Good luck with the van, be safe.
I think my list would have to have... - The Northern (or Southern) Lights - A supercell storm cloud - Rain in the distance over an open field - Glassy water with icebergs - Lightning in a field or ocean
love hoar frost - generally happen Feb or March here in NY. I saw the Northern lights when I was a kid (1968) never seen them since and hope to SOME day photograph them! Reporting was SMART. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Stay well.
It's interesting that pretty much all of these are based on very specific weather conditions. Living in the UK, we are privileged to get a whole range of weather, but I find it so frustrating that the limited time I get to go out and take images rarely coincides with the "right" weather. Especially fog/mist (and clear nights for astro). I guess that makes it all the more rewarding when it does all come together at the right time. As you've said in many videos, just being out in the wild makes it worthwhile, even if the conditions don't come good. No such thing as a bad walk!
Merry Christmas Thomas. You did the right thing. I won’t put the method on here for obvious reasons, but it’s often rather easy to find a professional photographer’s home address if you are that way minded. Loving the van, so tempted to do something along those lines myself.
Thomas, You may want to make a full box around the bed of the van out of wood, and attach the wood elements of your "furniture to that. If you are in an accident, that would prevent the interior elements from shifting around at a high rate of speed.
I did no.4 (photography in a snow storm) for the first time last week :) :) It was like a dream come true, especially since I come from somewhere it never snows!
I presume you mean your 6 things to photograph if your into landscape photography! but for me it has to be No 1 The Taj Mahal and I have done that end of story, and yes that means 7 things you must photograph before you die! you was correct in reporting that other matter! Thank you for all the blogs you put on here, your pictures are just wonderful and the places you go to are most interesting. Thank you so much for taking us with you and explaining in detail how you get those images. Stay safe, Take care, see you next time.
Pretty lucky here in New Zealand. You have a fair chance of nailing all these in early winter in the mid-lower South Island. [Not really high altitude mountains but glaciated and grand nonetheless. Woodland mist a bit fickle, but I know places with 90% chance of fog in winter - Lakes / rainforest. Central South Island usually gets one good hoar frost spell each June, but still on my bucket list.] I recommend a couple of coastal options: Easy - morning / evening with still conditions and a big sea running bringing in the mist and that beautiful diffused light. More geographical dependent - coastal evening cloud buffering up against mountains but clear horizon (out to sea). The setting sun shines in and bounces off the low cloud base in long waves creating an intense golden light. Relatively common in summer on the West Coast - something of a curse for people wanting to photograph the mountain tops, but magic light.
Come to the Rockies next! We'd love having you visit Canada. Enjoyed the video and learned new things - lenticular clouds for example. Amazing! - couple of days later - I found your brilliant trip to Calgary and the Rockies called, 'I Flew All the Way to Canada...' Don't know how I missed it but enjoying it immensely.
Keep doing what you do... Keep yourself safe and your family safe and have a good Christmas. Imo you 100% you did the right thing but you don't need anyone to tell you that.
You need to live in Idaho for a year or so. I live in Boise and we have had hoar frost the last two days in a row. We have inversions also. Every winter seems to have one or two and all I have to do is get in the car and drive up to Bogus Basin Sky Resort which is only 20 miles from town and there are many great views of the valley right from the edge of the road. The Grand Tetons and the Sawtooth Mountains are only about 5 or 6 hours away.
Perhaps a short series where you go out and pick 6 things to photograph at a location, at the beach, on the fells, in the woods, in the mountains. The way you can see a great picture is an inspiration to many of us on here and i'm sure we all think "what would Thomas do" when we get to locations, keep up the great work and Merry Christmas.
Stumbled across your channel earlier this year and since it's Christmas; I'd like to take this opportunity to thank you for providing high quality and educational video throughout this bizarre year.
Hey Thomas, I have been following your work for a few years now. I don't often comment on videos. This year however you have become my favorite RUclips channel, and I thought telling you might be a good idea. Keep up the good work!
If you frequent the mountains with a camera you should try capturing a Brocken Spectre. It is one of the most amazing phenomena of nature, and for me it is undoubtedly one of the moments that stand out in all my days photographing landscapes. Also one of the most difficult to integrate into a composition. It is a scene, a few minutes, with a mystical charge difficult to overcome. Cheers, stay safe and happy!
Great release. I will allow myself to add a shot of beautiful (do not blur), frozen at short exposures of water - waterfalls, the sea, the river ... About ill-wishers on the canals: we will not feed them with energy :) - they must resolve themselves ... Great holidays, Tom! And more beautiful snowy days for landscape art. Greetings from St. Petersburg!
There's a low pressure form of woodland mist we occasionally get around New England in the winter that's generated by warming after a (usually overnight) snow. I'm looking forward to seeing the van take shape. :)
I'd add harsh yellow maple forest during fall to the list. And nightscape photography. You need luck and some effort for both, but my god the result really does worth it.
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You did the right thing reporting this lunatic. Your situation cropped up on another photography channel too and the consensus there was also that you did the right thing. Despite feeling threatened, and even knowing that these half-headed pillocks are in a minority, just remember that there are 400k+ people who look forward to and appreciate your videos every week, and who really value the effort you put into it and also take inspiration from it to take their own photography forward. Thanks Thomas
What did that guy say?
@@1TheQuickstep details weren't given, but he was threatening
I really like how your "6 things to photograph" are a list of general situations or places, instead of anything specific. It's not like, "photograph this specific mountain in Iceland," it's just, "photograph mountains." It was a nice change of pace from most videos like this on RUclips.
Agreed, I immediately started thinking about local spots where I could take these types of pictures without realizing it.
I was going to say the same thing. I was worried this would be a list of 6 locations around the world and was happy it was not. Personally I would add ‘low tide photography” and expand snow storm to any type of storm.
I would like add to the list:
- northern lights,
- milky way,
- star trials,
- and red deer with huge horns in the frosty, foggy autumn ( or winter ) morning (or
in the evening ) in woodland with sun rays through trees.
I would put also the NorthernLights on the List ;-) Merry Christmas
Defo would add Northern Lights to the list
Agreed
Agreed. I was hoping the list would grow in the comments 👍👍👍
Oh yeah! I'd love to photograph the Northern lights!
Come to Tasmania for the aurora australis / Southern Lights 👌
Having a feeling and acting on that is far better than waiting for something to happen and then trying to deal with that. Well done for acting, and hopefully that will be the end of it. Always pays to listen to your inner voice, it'll keep you safe. Good luck with the van conversion and Merry Christmas :-)
Imagining myself at a pub talking to Thomas Heaton about clouds and photography, yeah add that to the list!
I have learned that when I get a feeling about something to pay attention to it. It is when I don't I regret it. You did the right thing my friend. Always listen to your gut. When something does not feel right it most likely isn't. Keep up the great work.
One morning of hoar frost changed me and my pursuit of photography forever.
Sunrise at a river, and every single thing was a prism, but for such a fleeting moment.
The direct sunlight only lasted about 10 seconds, and I was so utterly transfixed that I never snapped even one exposure.
I don’t know if this item is top 5 or 10 things ever, but photographing a moonrise is awesome. Seeing the moon ease over the horizon, the red and orange colors. That’s really stunning. It does need to be over the ocean or off a mountaintop looking down into a valley, somewhere you have an unobstructed view of the horizon.
Im a lot older than you but nowhere near as good as you, I find you inspiring, I lost my wife recently to Leukemia. ive been watching your channel along with my favourite singers Chris Cornell And Chester Beddington, thank to you I now know which way im going to go, have as good a Christmas as you can, and I look forward to more of your vlogs
Hi Paul. I'm really sorry to hear about your wife. I hope things get better for you and perhaps you can tick off my list and make your own too. All the best.
Keep going into nature, Paul. That is a lovely place to connect with everything and everyone we love.
@@ThomasHeatonPhoto thank you its my target
@@GeorgeLoch im mainly wildlife, and will do so thank you for the kind words
I got lucky one morning and managed to shoot in a hoar frost in the Australian Snowy Mountains, amazing.
Living in the interior of BC I've had all six of those things in the last couple weeks! I'd add alpine meadows and glaciers to that list.
So, I watched this just 3 days ago.
Yesterday early evening, New Years Eve, we had a fog descend. So I rushed out and got some atmospheric foggy night shots between 6-8pm. It was cold, sub zero, with a clear sky directly overhead. I figured that New Years Day Dawn might be rather good, so despite staying up to see in the New Year,mi set the alarm for early morning, got up and went out. What a treat was in store! A Hoar frost, everything had been coated overnight into a winter wonderland, so I enjoyed a 4 hour dawn photo walk.
The frost and fog and the elements of nature, mate you explain it so well. Good luck with the camper look forward to seeing the outcome.
I remember a few years ago being able to photograph amazing hoar frost the the (relative) comfort of my parents' garden on Boxing Day. It was great being able to go straight back into the warm house afterwards.
You totally did the right thing by reporting him and I applaud you for doing so knowing that some would criticize you
You come across as a very friendly and genuine person, why should anyone leave a disturbing comment. But then it takes all sorts of people to make this world. Stay blessed. Merry Christmas.
Another enjoyable video Thomas. The morning mist in Matlock, Derbyshire around September-October time is spectacular. I’m not sure it is technically a cloud inversion, but the visual effect is very similar. The mist rises from the river water and transforms the hills and tors into islands within a sea of mist. The river within the valley runs roughly east-west, so nicely side lit. Riber Castle, overlooks the valley, and on those misty mornings becomes a castle sitting in the clouds. The mist rises and falls quickly, so an ever changing scene too.
I haven't photographed as much as you, but here's my list :
1) Seracs and glaciers, so many shapes to sharpen your skills
2) A larch forest in the mountains in autumn (like in the Queyras mountains, the Ecrins or Vallée de la Clarée), everything turns orange. And autumn usually means mist rolling on the mountains.
3) Gum trees and Australian forests in general. They're just so well preserved in places, and the trees have much more complex shapes than in Europe, where it's all straight planted trees, no old growth forest, except in Poland or Belarus. A good tree to photograph is the snow gum tree, all twisted and it grows where there is heavy snow in winter, like in Mount Buffalo, or Kosciuszko national park. Another good place for this is Tasmania, with swamp gums that can reach 130 meters high.
4) A pine forest the day after a heavy snow. Everything glitters, the trees are all white and fluffy, it's just stunning. A good area for this is the Vercors plateau.
5) A desert sunset in Australia. I don't know why, but sunsets in the Aussie outback are just stunning. The gum trees offer great black shapes, and you often get high clouds to catch the light. Great places for this are the Mallee country in Victoria, the Top End, Shark Bay...
6) Medieval villages. It can be landscapes, as those villages are often perched on a hill and make for a dramatic pano. But getting lost in the narrow streets, especially at night with the yellow lighting, is quite the experience. France has dozens of villages like this : Cordes sur Ciel, Moustiers Sainte Marie, Domme, Saint Cirq Lapopie, Olargues... It's something I've never seen you try Thomas, and I think you would really enjoy it. I'm sure there are villages like that in the UK.
I really like where you're going with your van. Very utilitarian and minimalist. I definitely think it will suit you well.
You absolutely did the right thing concerning that threat. That's what the police are FOR... to remind certain people to behave themselves. And to any of those keyboard warriors who called you names for standing up for yourself... ban every last one of them. They don't deserve the pleasure of your great content.
We used to drive up to Yosemite in the winter and the San Joaquin valley would be buried in fog. About 2000 feet you could look back over the valley and little peaks looked like islands sticking up through fog.
if you are looking for Hoar Frost - go to Yellowstone NP in Wyoming USA in the winter. The geyser steam will condense on everything and in January to February you will see Hoar Frost everywhere. I have seen it both of the times I went in the winter.
That cloud inversion that you and Ben Horne got to see....wow. I've been doing to Death Valley for more than 12 years now and I've never seen conditions like that. You are so lucky.
Love that shirt Tom! I actually live in Central Utah and have seen most of your list here pretty consistently! I love it here!
Thanks for the van update. Excited to see its progress!
Another Utah guy here and I also love the shirt! Where did you get it?
I’ve had the opportunity to photograph 3 out of your list of 6 and I’d like to add another, freezing rain. After an ice storm the landscape looks like it’s covered in glass. Being backlit by the sun, it’s magical.
Thank you Tom for making me go out in the fog today. I was watching the video and there was the fog. So, on hearing your words ...out I trudged and got me some beautiful pictures.... I just needed that push & I thank you for it !
I would add Northern Lights; volcanic eruption, especially from the sea; geothermal pools, and mass migrations. You did the absolute right thing reporting the threat. Spent many decades as a reporter and editor. Trust your gut when you feel a threat.
I went to Norway and was lucky enough to photograph Orcas and Humpbacks in the wild,brings tears to your eyes.I would definitely have that on the list.
When I look back at vloggers I follow, invariably I will see I have viewed about half or three quarters of the videos. With your channel, I watch everything you put up. Even if a particular video does not seem to be 100% of interest to me, I learn something new or am at the very least entertained for 20 minutes. This speaks to your delivery of the information you present. So, thank you for this channel and thank you for simply being a good person. Although, in this day and age simply being a good person is no longer a given but a welcome change from the static that is out there. Please keep us up to speed with the progression of your van build. My wife and I are off tomorrow in our van for 4 days to Cape Disappointment here in Washington State (USA). Hoping for high winds, high tides, big ass waves, and enough propane for the furnace. Merry Christmas to you and yours!
Alright, I got 5 out of 6! Don't get much (any) hoar frost here in sw New Mexico, but I do live near White Sands and go there often, and it's pretty otherworldly. Great video Tom, and merry Christmas!
This week I ticked off "hoar frost". 1st January down in here the New Forest we woke up to an amazing spectacle. The area was covered until mid day, the temperature was around -4 but it had to be done and got some beautiful shots with my Nikon Z7. Keep up the good work Thomas.
I've done mountains. My laptop lock screen was one I took of Mt Everest at sunset. Beautiful! The same goes for Cho Oyu, which is majestic.
I once saw a literal wall of fog rapidly approaching the sea-front where I used to live. When it arrived, I actually put my finger in it up to the first knuckle like poking a pie. It was purely vertical, pure cloud and the strangest thing I have *ever* seen. I just wish I had been able to photograph it.
Seeing all the photographs you took in the past made me relive the very first moments i saw them on your videos. It feels good to be following you for all those years :)
I’m lucky to live in an area where we often get huge lenticular cloud formations. I can see them forming some time before needing to shoot them, its astonishing to sit and watch. I’m further lucky that the storms they create tend to happen a few miles out to sea, leaving me in the dry and heat. Happy days.
Today I got my very first international mail deliver, the 2021 calendar. The photos look much better in print than seeing them on video.
Hi Thomas. Don't feel bad about reporting a threatening comment. There's no place for it. You did the right thing.
Love the channel!
That’s awesome you said that the winter frosty tree is probably your favorite photo of yours, it’s for sure my favorite.
Just had the chance to see both freezing fog and an overlook with a cloud inversion the same afternoon last week in Utah. 100% agree - absolutely must be on any photographer's list of things to see! Great list.
Dude, what a day. I need to get back to Utah.
Good flashlight and polerized shades, is my weapon in fog and such 😊 the polerized shades shows more details and makes it more gentle on the eyes 😊
Just a little tip 😊
Thank you, Thomas, for these 6 things! They are giving me orientation. They help me valuing and focusing on what I have in reach.
I was sometimes a bit jealous of the conditions you have in the UK: all the many characterful trees formed by strong winds, light open forests with fairly clear grounds instead of rampant undergrowth everywhere, atmosphere and interesting clouds around the year, rolling hills covered by nothing but gras and other types of naked landscapes covered only with heather or bracken, endless lakes and lochs surrounded just by nature, the seashore everywhere in reach, and a wealth of old castles, cottages and barns which all tell how close people were connected to nature with everything good and bad.
I don't want to moan. I live on the northern edge of the alps, in Switzerland. Except for lenticular clouds I am getting all the lifetime dream conditions you emphasize, some of them regularly, some of them more rarely. I live in a beautiful spot on earth. From an ecological footprint perspective I shouldn’t yearn for Patagonia, Lofoten, and Gobi. My job is to photograph what is beautiful and unique in my spot on earth and my imagination. Your 6 things, Thomas, are giving me perspective.
Unfortunately ignorant people live amongst us. IMO you did the right thing!
Love your channel and look forward to your vids every week. Keep em coming Tom!!
I would add #7 ... a nightscape photo of the Northern Lights (aurora borealis) over a wilderness landscape. Looking forward to seeing your van interior when it is finished.
I have to admit at the beginning I was concerned by you reporting someone to the police, that always makes ppl uncomfortable, but after you explained the circumstances fully understandable. No one should feel threatened going about their day to day life. What harm can a nature loving photographer cause. Best wishes, and id love to see your progress with the van.
Living in Arizona, I completed all your six challenges in one year. I've added capturing a Monsoon storm while INSIDE a Microburst (that nearly took away my house), the edge of a rainbow, and a few other weather events that can only be found in Arizona. I do like to see and capture the Northern Lights, as others may have mentioned.
I would like to add to your list canyons, especially if you can descend into them near sunrise or sunset as the light and shadow are beautiful and dramatic. I have taken some of my favorite shots in the Snake River Canyon near Twin Falls Idaho. Thank you for the video it was wonderful and got my creative planning thinking!
Foggy rivers are pretty special as well, and they happen fairly often. I'm fortunate enough to live near a river and I'm always on the lookout for a sunny sunrise with fog.
I'm a few days late but I'm gonna add something that I've photographed is snow in the hot deserts. I live in the Sonoran Desert (Southwestern Arizona) where is gets to be about 115°F (46°C) during the summer, but about every 7 ish years it'll snow here and it's definitely a spectacle to see. Btw, glad you and your family are safe. People are scary.
Anyone calling you a "snowflake" - they'd do exactly the same in your shoes, unless they're brainless.
Brilliant!
Love love love cloud photography.
Hope you had a great Christmas.
Please keep sharing pix/video of your van conversion. I am a meteorologist and your weather descriptions were good enough. Another weather phenomenon you might want to add to your list is cumulonimbus mammatus clouds. They are often seen as precursors to severe thunderstorms, so be careful.
I consider myself lucky to have had the opportunity to photograph every thing on your list. I would also add iridescent clouds, northern lights and glacier caves on there!
Just a few days ago i got snow and fog, and got to photograph an old maple tree in a field. Happy with the shot. Thanks for the inspiration. Have a Merry Christmas!
Hey Thomas, i like your list but here is mine!
- Cloud inversions or different cloudtypes (happens very often here in Switzerland ), check!
- Hoar Frost
- Northern lights
- Milky way
- Lightning
- Morning mountains
If you want lots of frost like that, come to the Calgary - Canmore area in winter. Kinda regular! :P And so soooo beautiful! Come when it's nice and cold and you'll also get air frost! And good on ya for the van conversion. I did one and LOVE it!! Great for wanders!
You remain one of the most passionate photographers online, Thomas! Your enthusiasm for exploration and capturing images of the world shines through in this video. Looking forward to seeing the progress on the van. By the way, I was in Death Valley in 2015, and I remember visiting Dante's View. The only camera I had with me was my phone, and there was no cloud inversion, but it was still an awesome location to be in. Those salt flats are just so IMMENSE!
LOVE this! Here I was expecting a "list" of places such as the bucket list variety. Soooo very happy with the actual weather, light conditions, and atmospheric suggestions. Your enthusiasm and joy shine through. Thank you for bringing to us your educational, joyful and adventurous content.
The van is looking great. Good to hear you're putting solar on the roof. Don't forget the solar charger and might be worth adding a split charger so the aux battery charges while you drive
Thanks for sharing your van build in progress. And I think you did the right thing to report the guy
i am little late but i would add northern lights and cherry trees in spring the incredible pink and white colors are awesome in my opinion
All my support to you, Thomas. I hope you don't have to deal with that ... I love your t-shirt! Utah!!! I'm still living in Utah... I think that all landscape photographers should come to Utah once in a lifetime. Thanks for sharing your talent. Cheers!
High altitude mt and lenticular clouds definitely on my bucket list. Thanks Thomas.
Hoar frost is on my list of thing to photography. Doesn't happen often near where I am and when it does, usually its a work day but hopefully soon. You did right to report that person. Take care, stay safe.
Man... What a portfolio! Beyond this, i would like to thank you for the hours and hours of entertainment and invaluable teachings your provide me with. Have yourself and your family a great holiday season!
Heres a warm embrace from Brazil.
I've been lucky enough to see and photograph two cloud inversions this year; one in the Himalayas in Nepal in January (with an endless amount of high mountains), and one in the Appalachian mountains in Virginia. Some of my favorite photos from this year are from those times! (along with a foggy day in Shenandoah National Park in Virginia)
Nice vlog. Your luck to have had the opportunity to photograph those beautiful seens. As for reporting that person. You said you were worried and it didn't feel right. So you totally did the right thing. I remember having a conversation with my daughter 2/3 years ago about negative comments etc she was getting on RUclips which I believe contrabuted to her taking a shot break. I was glad we had that conversation and she continued to create content because in these times it maybe the only time I may see her... Thanks for your content and good luck with the van...... All the best for next year's adventures....
Great list! My list would include some great bird. Some 30 years ago my wife and two friends camped at a stream gauging station in the Alakai Swamp on the island of Kauai. I took my Nikon and my 600 mm. Several years earlier, in 1998, a team of ornithologists had stayed in the very same tin shed. One woman had gone outside to wash the dishes in the stream and out popped a Nukupu’u, a critically endangered Hawaiian Honeycreeper. To my knowledge, that was the last time it was ever seen.
Brilliant tip on the software! Definitely have to give that a try for some projects around the flat as well!
So glad you set boundaries. Comments like that are 100% about power, and pressing boundaries, and always unacceptable and something that's absolutely worth taking seriously. It's clear you didn't take action lightly.
One thing you could add to your list is a winter gale on Lake Michigan with the big waves crashing on the piers and lighthouses.
Very nice video.
Here are some from Nova Scotia
1. Dartmouth Ferry coming out of the sea smoke on a -30 degree morning.
2. Humpback whale breaching off Brier Island
3. Moose at dusk on the Skyline Trail
4. Peggy's Cove lighthouse in a way that only 10,000 people have done before
5. Celtic Colours on thd Cabot Trail.
So many things on my list as well though: flowing lava, colourful landscape, wildlife interacting with landscapes, etc Merry Christmas and look luck with the van. Stay safe !
same really..
we had a solid 6 hours of a foggy morning with heavy rime frost. It was awesome!
I absolutely agree with hoar frost, I’ve been lucky enough to catch bits of one along a river bank
The plans for the van sound great Thomas. As for the issue you spoke about, you are absolutely right in taking the action you took as no one should feel threatened and has the right to life their life in peace and without the threat of personal harm. I wish you and Clan Heaton a peaceful and safe Christmas
Nice car build Thomas and looking forward to seeing the finished result.
Just a small thing of caution when you build your van. Think a bit of adding some crash safety around your driver's cockpit to protect you if you happen to have a crash with the car. If the inside is to open and there is nothing between you and the packed heavy stuff inside your car then they can be lethal projectiles flying In the air. At least some kind of protective net shielding you from the back of the car could be a good thing to have. In many station wagons, you have a similar kind of protection.
One of the great things to photograph in yout lifetime is Aurora and icebergs. Had the opportunity in Greenland to photograph both.
Hey Thomas. I will add to the list, shoot some Lightning and storm clouds... I've been there also. is a fantastic State for photography! Good luck with the van, be safe.
I think my list would have to have...
- The Northern (or Southern) Lights
- A supercell storm cloud
- Rain in the distance over an open field
- Glassy water with icebergs
- Lightning in a field or ocean
love hoar frost - generally happen Feb or March here in NY. I saw the Northern lights when I was a kid (1968) never seen them since and hope to SOME day photograph them! Reporting was SMART. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Stay well.
It's interesting that pretty much all of these are based on very specific weather conditions. Living in the UK, we are privileged to get a whole range of weather, but I find it so frustrating that the limited time I get to go out and take images rarely coincides with the "right" weather. Especially fog/mist (and clear nights for astro). I guess that makes it all the more rewarding when it does all come together at the right time. As you've said in many videos, just being out in the wild makes it worthwhile, even if the conditions don't come good. No such thing as a bad walk!
Merry Christmas Thomas. You did the right thing. I won’t put the method on here for obvious reasons, but it’s often rather easy to find a professional photographer’s home address if you are that way minded. Loving the van, so tempted to do something along those lines myself.
Thomas, You may want to make a full box around the bed of the van out of wood, and attach the wood elements of your "furniture to that. If you are in an accident, that would prevent the interior elements from shifting around at a high rate of speed.
Hope you have a good Christmas, you do absolutely the correct thing about the troll. Thanks
I did no.4 (photography in a snow storm) for the first time last week :) :) It was like a dream come true, especially since I come from somewhere it never snows!
I know the feeling 👍
Great looking Scoby Doo van. And may I suggest that there's more than a passing resemblence between yourself and Shaggy ? Take care, Happy Christmas
Thanks Thomas for the list, I like the fact your recommended ideas rather than locations. Merry Christmas.
I presume you mean your 6 things to photograph if your into landscape photography! but for me it has to be No 1 The Taj Mahal and I have done that end of story, and yes that means 7 things you must photograph before you die! you was correct in reporting that other matter! Thank you for all the blogs you put on here, your pictures are just wonderful and the places you go to are most interesting. Thank you so much for taking us with you and explaining in detail how you get those images. Stay safe, Take care, see you next time.
Pretty lucky here in New Zealand. You have a fair chance of nailing all these in early winter in the mid-lower South Island. [Not really high altitude mountains but glaciated and grand nonetheless. Woodland mist a bit fickle, but I know places with 90% chance of fog in winter - Lakes / rainforest. Central South Island usually gets one good hoar frost spell each June, but still on my bucket list.]
I recommend a couple of coastal options: Easy - morning / evening with still conditions and a big sea running bringing in the mist and that beautiful diffused light. More geographical dependent - coastal evening cloud buffering up against mountains but clear horizon (out to sea). The setting sun shines in and bounces off the low cloud base in long waves creating an intense golden light. Relatively common in summer on the West Coast - something of a curse for people wanting to photograph the mountain tops, but magic light.
Come to the Rockies next! We'd love having you visit Canada. Enjoyed the video and learned new things - lenticular clouds for example. Amazing! - couple of days later - I found your brilliant trip to Calgary and the Rockies called, 'I Flew All the Way to Canada...' Don't know how I missed it but enjoying it immensely.
Keep doing what you do... Keep yourself safe and your family safe and have a good Christmas. Imo you 100% you did the right thing but you don't need anyone to tell you that.
You need to live in Idaho for a year or so. I live in Boise and we have had hoar frost the last two days in a row. We have inversions also. Every winter seems to have one or two and all I have to do is get in the car and drive up to Bogus Basin Sky Resort which is only 20 miles from town and there are many great views of the valley right from the edge of the road. The Grand Tetons and the Sawtooth Mountains are only about 5 or 6 hours away.
Perhaps a short series where you go out and pick 6 things to photograph at a location, at the beach, on the fells, in the woods, in the mountains. The way you can see a great picture is an inspiration to many of us on here and i'm sure we all think "what would Thomas do" when we get to locations, keep up the great work and Merry Christmas.
Stumbled across your channel earlier this year and since it's Christmas; I'd like to take this opportunity to thank you for providing high quality and educational video throughout this bizarre year.
I think the most elusive to photograph are the 22 degree arc and the brocken specter. You really have to stumble into it. Merry Christmas Thomas.
Love the Van conversion. I need to build a Van out for my trips!
Hey Thomas, I have been following your work for a few years now. I don't often comment on videos. This year however you have become my favorite RUclips channel, and I thought telling you might be a good idea. Keep up the good work!
If you frequent the mountains with a camera you should try capturing a Brocken Spectre. It is one of the most amazing phenomena of nature, and for me it is undoubtedly one of the moments that stand out in all my days photographing landscapes. Also one of the most difficult to integrate into a composition. It is a scene, a few minutes, with a mystical charge difficult to overcome. Cheers, stay safe and happy!
Great release. I will allow myself to add a shot of beautiful (do not blur), frozen at short exposures of water - waterfalls, the sea, the river ... About ill-wishers on the canals: we will not feed them with energy :) - they must resolve themselves ... Great holidays, Tom! And more beautiful snowy days for landscape art. Greetings from St. Petersburg!
There's a low pressure form of woodland mist we occasionally get around New England in the winter that's generated by warming after a (usually overnight) snow. I'm looking forward to seeing the van take shape. :)
Shot all six multiple times right here in Washington state where l live. I can die happy now... 🙂
I'd add harsh yellow maple forest during fall to the list. And nightscape photography. You need luck and some effort for both, but my god the result really does worth it.