I see a giant with his mouth open and the dark part being his body and legs. The giant is very angry and the rock is standing its ground. Having pareidolia helps to ‘see’ things like this for me. Your amazing photos deliver the sense of fury of the ocean to the viewer. Thank you for the great tips, particularly the camera settings. 🇦🇺
As always the content quality is super high. This channel always encourages me to go out and find something to photograph. Cheers and thanks for being a huge inspiration!
That image 6:27 just phenomenal!!! No one does capture the scene like you do it. Reminded me with 2 huge monsters battling each other! So many great images and captured it beautifully. 😍😍
Loved the tremendous power in all these shots. The dramatic force of nature can be terrifying but then you had the calming effect of untroubled birds. Wonderful. Thanks, Michael.
man o man, I can remember that day like it was yesterday, such a fun time and the shots you bagged are insane... the duelling rock and wave shot is fab.. Told ya, All M Shainblum has to do is think banger and BOOM!!!
The 2 big ones, are like a dragon fighting against some dinosaurs with pics on his back. Really cool ! It really motivates to go to the sea and make some photos ! Thanks
Your 100-400mm videos are what finally convinced me to buy one! I have only been able to use it sparingly so far, but I can't wait to see what I'll get with it! Thanks for the consistent inspiration!
Amazing shots - all of them! What an experience it must have been to be out there. Makes me remember a morning on the Faroe islands with monster-waves like these. An experience I'll never forget.
I mean, just insane. You've managed to make my home country look like another world. Amazing. That last image is phenomenal. I can see a bird in the wave with its wings out. Looks like it's coming in to land on its nest.
I saw the dragon battling Little Rock! I really loved the mountain-like mist framing and exalting that scene. Your art is stunning! Thank you for sharing.
This photo at 5:58 - 6:02 is among one of the best photos i have ever seen, i think it is absolutely amazing and i can go back and look at it again and again, it appeals to my hearth and mind to an enormous degree. The light in the picture and the beauty and the power of the nature is so perfectly captured. I don't need to read fighting monsters in to it or any thing else like this, the beauty of the nature itself i sufficient for me. I often go for long walks alone in the forest and take photographs, and sometimes there are moments when i see/experience something so fantastic and beautiful that i almost become kind of dizzy and absorbed so deeply into it that i feel i almost become one with it, it is an enchanting experience - i would even describe it as an experience of something deeply sacred. This photograph at 5:58 - 6:02 brings that feeling/experience back to me. 10:00
Awesome video Michael! It feels so passionate, apart from that it's so professional. That one shot where you had the feeling that the rock and the wave were two monsters, was exactly what I was thinking. Keep up the awe-inspiring work
I shoot a lot of this kind of stuff in Australia. I live on the south coast where the waves come from the south pole and they come with ferocity specially our winter time when the swell is huge. There's actually a wave here called the right which is near Denmark it's the biggest wave in the world, but it's about a kilometre of sure but with a long lens you can still get the cropped shot, thanks for the video, inspires me to go out and shoot more waves
Michael, So many amazing shots in this video. I have seen so many videos of you doing wave photography, I would love to see a galley dedicated to that somewhere in the Bay area. I will book a flight ticket to see it and buy one of the images if I can afford it!
Great vide. At 6:40 I definitely saw a dragon on the right wave. Very cool. Would you recommend using a polarizer for these types of shots? Or will that mean you lose a stop and effect your shutter speed?
Incredible conditions, stunning images Michael 👌🌊 wild horses wouldn’t be able to drag me away if I were to witness such conditions. Love the inclusion of birds too, brings home the scale so well 👍 one question were you using continuous shooting ?
Truly breathtaking images! Awesome video too! Question - which camera and lens were you using for the slow motion video clips of those awesome waves? Thanks 😍😊🌊
Great video! I love that you use the relatively affordable Sigma 100-400mm. Seriously considering buying one. Have you compared it with the Sony 100-400mm and if so, how do you feel they compare?
The Sony one is a bit better and sharper but is super expensive. So, for me the Sigma is the perfect compromise and is also a bit lighter weight/smaller. Thanks!
Dear Michael many thanks for amazing inspiration. I want to buy a Canon telephoto for landscapes and seascapes. 70-200 F4 or F2.8 or 100-500 4.5 to 7.1 my câmera is Canon RP full frame. I m consideter 100-400 RF 5.6-8 but dont have weather protection. What you sugest. Many thanks
I love your videos. What I really like is not only that you capture amazing images but you choose words in your commentary which augment and amplify the visual artistry.
Even with you setting the bar so high for the quality of both your photography and these vlogs, this one was really beautiful, felt like watching a documentary, I watched it multiple times
A bird soaring to high above gives me a sense of hopefulness: human spirits soaring high upon turmoil in one’s life rather than cowering in fear. Your photos are not only artistically sublime, I often see hopefulness in desperate time like present in which we live. THANK YOU, Michael!
Absolutely inspiring ... I have captured wave images in that area before but they pale into insignicance next to yours. I'd love to see how you edited particularly the two titans images which is my favourite. I love the colour tones you achieved. Looking forward to seeing more.
Wonderful images. That at 6.25 suggests the monster sea repelled by the rock. That at 16.22 suggests something I fail to put into words except to say it’s inspirational. I suppose I relate to the bird.
Amazing seascape captures. I can't get to Ireland at the moment, but I live in San Francisco. I will be trying to duplicate this seascape photography at lands' end Sutro bath seal rock area when they forecast big waves conditions.
Always thrilled when a Michael Shainblum video pops up. Lots of fantastic wave shots. Those big green waves against that warm background were gorgeous. Your editing is immaculate. Great variety and commentary.
The picture at ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-WNt5Lui7fv8.html is does look like a water dragon facing off against some rock behemoth, excellent! I was hoping you'd also take a wide angle photo including the fascinating beach you were on in the foreground, along with the jagged rocks on your left side.
This is my first time watching one of your videos, and I'm VERY impressed with your process and the resulting images! The main takeaway for me is that I spend way, way too much time walking around, whether I'm shooting coastal landscapes or doing street photography. Somehow I've become too restless in mind and body to accept the "sit and wait" approach that you so wonderfully describe here. You resemble a plen-air painter, setting up their studio in a carefully chosen outdoor location. I am inspired to work on my patience and let the images come to me, rather than ceaselessly hunting around for the "perfection that I might encounter just around the corner." Thank you!
Welcome to the channel, and thank you so much for your thoughts on my video. I really appreciate it! I think the approach of "sit and wait" vs "walking around more" all depends on the subject matter and shoot. For example, my two previous videos to this one are more about the "walk around" approach as well, so I certainly do not think there is a right or wrong way to shoot, just different methods for different situations. :)
@@MichaelShainblumWatching more of your videos, I am continuously stunned at the quality of your photos! Have you considered displaying each image, unedited, before you unveil the final post-processed version? I think that most viewers realize that taking a photo is just the first of many steps in your process, and it could be interesting to get more of a sense of that. (This comes from someone that hasn't quite yet learned to enjoy editing photos...)
The problem with waves is that you don’t want to miss anything so tend to shoot high speed continuous. And you end up with an incredibly high numbers of pictures !
Wow !!!! Those images were just mind-blowing. You take dramatic photos to a whole new level. My favorite color is green, and those waves did it for me.
