Using my car as a Photo Blind - Heavy rain and shy wildlife | Scotland Ep.1
In this video I am in Glen Etive in Scotland to do some wildlife photography. The stags are very shy though, maybe because of the heavy rain so I have to improvise. By using my car as a photoblind I manage to get close enough to capture some beautiful moments.
Episode 2 will be published on Saturday:)
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✦ ABOUT THIS VIDEO
I am in Scotland to meet up with Nikon and the Landrover team. We are going to photograph wildlife with some new equipment and there will be a film crew covering the 5 days.
I went to Scotland 6 days in advance to visit the Cairngorms to try my luck with the mountain hares but I did not see any.
I met up with my friend Joanna and we used her campervan as a basecamp for 3 days.
Together with her, I spent a few days in Glen Etive trying to photograph the Stags. They were very skittish though so I had to use my car as a photo blind.
✦ WHO I AM.
My name is Morten Hilmer and I am a professional nature and wildlife photographer.
I am a Nikon Ambassador and I work as an ILCP photographer.
Nature conservation is very close to my heart.
I have served in the Danish military special unit, the Sirius Patrol, for two years and that has given me the skills and confidence to operate alone in the arctic regions.
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I was expecting the coffee to come out while you were cosy in the bushes. 😀
"A big grey wall of heavy rain...and wind coming..... ohh, it is snowing.... it is AWESOME" That is what separates most of us, from those like you. Thanks for taking us on this journey. A little bit of behind the scenes, dinner looked great, well done.
Morten and Ricci! ♥️🙌🏼 My 2 favorites.
The car is a good hide. Some of my best images of wolves have been from my car.
You have made it to the UK. Here you will get rain rain and more rain, enjoy. Hope you like the massive Island I live on it’s very sad down here in London but up in Scotland it’s much better
Thank you. Welcome back to Scotland 🏴. Taking shelter from the rain like that always takes me back to my childhood. All the very best. Cheers. 👍📷😎
The scenery and wildlife were of course amazing, but I exclaimed aloud on seeing the dinner at 11:25 - wow! Sign me up for one of those
Nice video! Congratulations 👏
Morten, I agree that a car makes a great photo blind. I am currently laid up from surgery and cannot easily walk around, but able to get in my car. I hang camouflage from the car door draped over the window and shoot through a lens hole concealing my movements. I have been able to photograph Whitetail Deer, birds, hawks and waterfowl. Love all your videos, you are a master film maker!
Your vlogs give me such an empathic and nostalgic feeling somehow. I really love the work you are doing out there, please keep it up!
I’m amazed by that meal in the camper van! As someone whose camp culinary skills lie somewhere between peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and freeze dried meals, that was simply magical.
@MortenHilmer
Жыл бұрын
Yeah Joanna is awesome to create wonderful meals😊
Don't think I didn't see Ricci and that 800... Really looking forward to seeing the results of this work!!
It's been a long week and this was just the thing I needed to relax a bit😊 I felt a bit nostalgic because this style of video where you drag us along with you looking for animals really reminded me of your earliest videos. I do love the big adventures, but these smaller and a bit more intimate videos are just so cosy. You really had really harsh conditions with the storm coming in during your stay. Looking forward to the next one!
@marcvictoria1414
2 жыл бұрын
Huzzah!!!
@steenmogensen1220
2 жыл бұрын
Well said Pica Pica, I could not agree more 👍
Morten we love you.... The best out there
Scotland my favourite place to photograph just a 3 hour drive for me every holiday is spent there 🦌 and magnificent 👍🦌🦌🦌🦌
My favourite cozy hero!
Are we seeing the new 800mm pf at the end there ;). Great video as always.
I love your videos, you make my day
Wow. A meal fit for a king.
The wind goes mental 😂👍
Wow! What a great video! Well done, Morten 👍🏻 I enjoyed watching the video and I’m amazed about the beauty of Scotland. Now I definitely going to watch the next episode
I like the way you camp. I think you're better fed in the campervan than I get at home! LOL
Usual Weather 🌨, enjoy your stay. Great opening Video. Stay well 👍🇬🇧
Great video of the lovely weather in schottland 😉 I missed " And now it's time for a cup of coffee"... 👍
Hi Morten, great video of Scotland's natural environment. I agree, sometimes it is nice just to sit back somewhere during a rainstorm and take in the sights, sounds, and fresh air above-all-else. I'm looking forward towards your next vlog. 📸📸🙂🌏
Talisker whisky ... powerful stuff! Excellent for the weather you had there!
Thank you Mr Hilmer for allowing us to join you in the wind and rain of beautiful Scotland, and forget our week, awesome!
Great vidéo ! I love this channel so muchhhhhhhhhh THanks from france !
Land Rover is just awesome! If you know what you buy, and how to treat it correctly, some of the best cars in the world!
The ending is quite the cliffhanger!
🥰Cozy and wild and beautiful...🥰
Top video again. Always a pleasure to watch. I was surprised you didn't have a coffee though whilst sheltering in the bushes from the rain lol 👍
Always nature at its best . Thank you .
Ohh I'm really excited for next episode.
👋 Morten ..I love your photography with animals.. birds.. nature etc.. awesome that you were in Colorado too.. stay well
great to see you back here in Scotland again Morten. Was good to see getting some great images from the day despite the challenging conditions. Nice choice of whisky too to finish off the day 👍
A dream team, you and Ricci in the same video! Can't wait for what good is coming out of that! I assume you will try out the new 800 PF lens! Wonderful photos and video as always.
Great to see you working with LR and of course Nikon 👏😀👍
Another great video Morten, it certainly was bleak where you were, the weather looked a bit unforgiving but at least you were able to get some great shots :-)
Another great video Morten Scotland is an amazing place you show that in your photography amazing
Nice to see you in Scotland. Looking forward to seeing the collaboration video.
Great !!! Each video is like a little adventure ... THANKS !!!
Thanks for keeping these videos coming mate. They make my week bearable. Great stuff
Background music in the end was epic.
Superb...Nikon and Land Rover are lucky that you said yes 😁
Thanks for sharing sir
Couldn’t think of a better ambassador for Nikon. As always so enjoyable to watch
Thanks... Danke !!! I'm looking forward to the next video! He... see you out there! Or on my Computer...
Wooo,..very good panorama,...with photo👍👍👍🔔👈
Salut l'ami Morten Hilmer, merci pour cette balade en Ecosse à Glen Etive, avec de beaux paysages et ces animaux, j'adore vos capsules vidéos elles sont exceptionnelles, merci du partage, je le dirai jamais assez !! à plus l'ami dans une autre aventure......
Fabulous film, thank you Morten. Your dinner in the camper looked delicious👏😀👍. Looking forward to the next film very much 👏😀👍
The landscape makes this video so good, the weather….Scottish
I have photographed the last 5 spring warbler migrations from the window of my Tundra pickup truck. I call it my mobile bird blind. I put a piece of foam pipe insulation on the window for padding and lay my 8.6 pound 500mm f4G on the pad. The electric window helps with elevation controls. I can get some good close shots of these wary little birds using this system. Looking forward to your next post and hope I can also see it on PBS.
A really nice video, thank you for sharing wildlife photography, the dinner looks very delicious, best wishes for the next adventures 👍🕊
Amazing video! hyped for ep 2!!!
Wonderful video as always, Morten. However, that was a lot of garlic. No surprise that the deer ran away from you! 😱😜
Another stunning video from you, Morten.
Beautiful, as always, filmed with passion! It's always a pleasure to watch these majestic animals!
Thanks for your work there. Really appreciated it.
Another beautiful video Morten! Always love how you leave the videos on such a cliff hanger for the next, so awesome!
This episode makes me hungry, that meal must have been a good one....
Loving your enthusiasm and passion for wildlife and nature. Seeing you sit under your leafy roof during the rainstorm reminded me of times I did exactly that, your description of it was perfect and sooo true about the feelings it gives you.
No rehydrated meal in a bag in the camper van that evening 😃!!!
Every time I watch you, you inspire me. Scotland is a magical place.
Can't wait for the next episode! I guess even away from the ocean, you can't turn your back on the water.
Love the Content!
I am absolutely appreciative of your love for the natural world. So many people complain about the weather and when you are hit by a rainstorm you love it; man I am with you there. I love the things that nature throws at us and revel in all its majesty! Thank you for what you do, take care and be safe out there....
The quality is awesome! 😃👍
Great video loved the stag photo Scotland is such a beautiful place looking forward to your next adventure
So exciting to see Nikon has new ambassadors like you Morten. A true professional, experienced, hardcore wild life photographer! I bet your feedback and time spending on the gear will make Nikon even better!
Morten I love your videos. I really love the pictures of the buck. I do find it interesting that deer often will allow you to get closer while in a car than on foot. That said, there are plenty of places near me, Seattle/Tacoma area in Washington USA, were deer will get very close to you. Having just eaten I must say I am jealous of the meal you had in the van. 😃 It looked like a gourmet meal.
@zenphotojourney
2 жыл бұрын
I grew up in that area. I remember a deer and faun being within a few feet of me once when I was a kid. Now I live in Southern Utah and the deer are much more like the ones in this video.
I started following you several years ago and so Happy to watch your growth as a photographer. Thank you as always for sharing your adventures and the inspiration! ❤️🏔🦌
So easy to forget what's on your doorstep at times .. looked like a grand wee adventure - bring on the next one
Another amazing video as usual.
Great video! Can't wait for Saturday.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. I envy no one, except maybe you. Fantastic job. Fantastic equipment. Now working with LandRover. Scotland, my favourite part of the UK. Great video as ever thank you!!
Scotland is so nice. I have friends in Inverness and they took me all over a few years back. In and around Loch Ness and then the west coast up through Assynt up to the Stoer Lighthouse. I saw so many deer and lots of sheep! 😁 My wife wants to return to Scotland when we retire. She is from there I am from New Hampshire USA ... I can't wait! 🐑 🦌
Looks like you eat good in the field, way to go!
Morten,thank for this video.There is just something so wonderful about all of your videos.I truly look forward to all your content.
Great video @Morten Hilmer 👍👍🦌
I am thinking Morten is getting some time with that new 800 PF, 400 2.8 Z and the Z9. Can't wait to see what he captures with it. Also nice to see Ricci isn't dead, his channel has been quiet lately.
@madst7521
2 жыл бұрын
I think you're right 😀 - Ricci has been on the Nikon Europe channel a couple of times recently.
More awesome video! Thanks!
Beautiful video Morton! Really looking forward to the content with Nikon and Landrover!
Stunning well done buddy
Gracias
Just awesome! I like this style of the video and this type of photography. Goes to show once again that making great images takes a real effort.
your videos, dear Morten, are a breath of fresh air... many thanks to you!
Getting ready to do some photography outdoors myself today. Your videos always set my state of mind to the correct place to begin. Thanks for sharing these.
Can't wait to see the next ep. Loved the edit of the forest around the stag shot.
Beautiful magical Scotland brilliant photos of the stags thank you Morten ❤
Thank you so much for sharing these moments, Morten. Watching you work is always a great lesson in capturing wildlife. Take care!
Beautiful stag shots! Can’t wait for the next video. It looks like classic Morten Hilmer.
oh, very cool....!
I'm lucky enough that glen Etive is on my doorstep, but you definitely add another dimension with your videos, capturing the rawness of the weather!
Wonderful video (as always) and I wasn't expecting it on Thursday; nice surprise! Beautiful and relaxing. The meal in the van looked fantastic too! Morten you are really living the life!
Love your work. Every video is a treat, thanks for sharing.
Heading to Scotland in a couple months. This video makes the anticipation even more overwhelming.
Thank you for sharing. Beautiful animals in a beautiful setting, and both captured at their best with great skill.
Great to see you back here in Scotland and in our awsome weather .
Welcome to the UK mate! Somewhere I never thought id see you shooting. I hope you enjoy/enjoyed your time here. Fantastic video as always 👍🙌