Gone to See Iceland 2013 Photography Safari with Mike Hagen. Day 3: Vestmannaeyjar (Westman Islands).
The group did a high-speed RIB Safari boat tour to the islands around Vestmannaeyjar. We needed to get into arctic survival suits, and had shoulder harness belts holding us in our seats. I strapped a camera to my chest with a fisheye lens and set it to automatically take images every few seconds. At times the boat was traveling at 40 knots with lots of heavy bouncing. We went all the way out to Surtsey island that I remember reading about as a kid rising from the sea as a volcano. At one point we saw a whale, so slowed down and stopped to take pictures. While stopped the boat rocked a lot, causing one or two passengers to lose their breakfast. This is a rough cut before adding titles, stills, a GPS map, and music. Beware if you are prone to motion sickness. Images captured with a Nikon D800 and 16 mm f/2.8 fisheye lens.
Beware indeed. But it looks like you had a wonderful time!
That is a a scenic area. Had to take some dramamine to watch it! +David Mathre
+Albert Esschendal Remember those high speed zodiac boats that were crossing the wake of the M/V Explorer when we were leaving Stockholm? This boat was similar. The video is jumpy because we were bouncing and moving at 25-30 knots. I had the camera strapped to my chest and at the same time trying to hold my D4 with the 80-400. Too bad that the M/V Explorer will not be stopping at Vestmannaeyjar next spring.
I did some zodiac trip at the coast of St. David's, Wales. Between St David main land and Ramsey Island are underwater hills. With the change of current between the Atlantic Ocean and the Irish Sea it development a static wave of 45 degrees and about 3 to 4 feet (depending on the tide) high. The Zodiac Driver went over it and stayed static over this wave, so the Zodiac went on the 45 degrees angle. Very strange experiencing!
You can see the current on Google Earth!!!