Photographing the MESMERIZING Noctilucent Clouds! 🤩

Summer is my favourite time of the year for landscape photography one of the reasons are noctilucent clouds or "night shining clouds". This rare phenomenon occurs only in a short window over a months time around summer solstice. This year, I finally got to photograph them again. During the video I share a whole host of summer night photography techniques to get clean and sharp photos and I share some time lapses of the mesmerising noctilucent clouds!
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[@vault-tecrep8565]

Ah, this reminds me of Alyn Wallace and his escapades with noctilucent clouds. He would be absolutely mesmerized by these images, Mads!

[@betolov]

at 1st i thought it was him. RIP Alyn Wallace .

[@Michael_Robinson]

Great video as always, but I really shouldn't have played a drinking game where I drank a shot every time Mads said "noctilucent clouds”. The ambulance should be here soon. 😉

[@jefferyrobbins3468]

Great episode -- interesting topic, helpful info, beautiful photos -- thanks!! After seeing this, you are now also my top pick for photo commando lol... Did you parachute into that location?? Lol...

[@williamdavidson1490]

Wow, the river atmospherics of the clouds didn't look real until seeing the time-lapse sequence, great shoot.

[@michaelj.1121]

A well deserved gift from Mother Nature

[@paulbenson3441]

Thank you Mads for capturing those magical moments, so, so beautiful. I have wanted to photograph noctilucent clouds for decades and I have just never got round to doing it. It's something I must do, I just know I have to; the wonder of nature, it doesn't get any more beautiful than this.

[@TimvanderLeeuw]

Ah, I was lucky this year to capture some noctilucent clouds when not expecting it! I got some shots of the clouds together with moving trains leaving light trails, making for some nice images.

[@mikegoodwin9896]

The timelapse sequences are fascinatingly beautiful

[@martinoberstein8431]

Just beautiful, thank you very much, Mads!

[@stephenthompson1998]

Wow, those photos are just amazing. Well done.

[@birrmi]

cool shot's with "noctilucent clouds" in the background

[@artiedoc]

Oh to be somewhere where there is Astronomical Twilight all night !!! Mads I just love how the stars shine through the noctilucent "clouds" in some of your shots .... BEAUTIFUL my friend !!!

[@randyschwager84]

As always…amazing images and excellent instruction! Thanks for taking me along!

[@jasonlacey5979]

Excellent.. thank you

[@georgemason2472]

Thanks so much for including so many great shots! Those noctilucent clouds are fantastic!

[@StarScaperPhoto]

You caught a fantastic display Mads! Loved your enthusiasm... and the shots ofcourse ;-). Great timelapses also!

[@Astrobloke]

Super images, Beautifully shot. Thank you

[@mofotose]

Awesome photos - as usual!

[@littlesue2633]

Absolutely stunning😘

[@paulseymour7485]

Those shots are beauties !!! Great instruction also. Thanks much.

[@epronske]

Beautiful striking images!!!

[@keithklodzen7270]

Lovely images. I don't think I ever seen clouds like that before

[@stevengroom6484]

Loved this. I’ve KZbin posts about this before but being a city boy I just watched with envy of people that lived in areas where this can be seen. Last I moved to a small village and this this year I got my wife out of bed to see this for the first time. Beautiful is the only word. Next year I’m gonna find some locations to photograph them. Cheers Mads ❤

[@scotty4418]

Was hoping you were out to capture the recent spectacular display Mads and wow, you certainly did as the images and timelapses were beautiful and reminded me of the image you captured a few years back when you were out with Sophie

[@robertwhite-photography]

You were born to do this... just beautiful Mads, stunning!!. I love the color contrast in these. Well articulated, well edited, entertaining and valuable. I need to re-review your video series before Iceland. Thank you. Cheers from hot, flat, boring, north Texas :)

[@warwickatkinson2558]

Ah so I would have to move to South of Tasmania to see this. I'll stick to the tropics and watch Mads's video. Nice.

[@williampetersen2899]

Amazing and so beautiful Mads! It's like there's an ocean floating upside down above the trees. Great tips too, for any kind of twilight photography!

[@huulongphotography]

The video sharing about photography is very good. Thank you very much

[@oneandonlyjaybee]

Nlc's! Love it 🤌🤌🤌🤌

[@emanuelbief7088]

Awesome!!! planet earth is a mysterious place…

[@spidersj12]

Your photosand timelapses look like ethereal visions of an opening sequence to some kind of mystical movie with wizards, elves and such. Nicely done sir. Find for you to do a noctalucent cos book. I'll buy one.

[@hxl6162]

Best regards from Brazil 🎉🎉

[@binzauk]

Absolutely amazing photos Mads! No doubt you took quite a lot of shots, so how did you manage to decide which ones were the best?

[@MadsPeterIversen]

I simply just looked at them and decided which I liked the best. That said, considering how many I showed in the video I was a bit indecisive ;)

[@madst7521]

Stunning!

[@aaohknsn]

7:41 favourite one!

[@DominikSobieniak]

Do i need to be in a dark spot ( no light polution ) place to watch it? Any suggestion of camera settings?

[@danrdgreen]

Drinking game, you have to do a shot everytime Mads says Noctilucent clouds in this episode

[@Tbonyandsteak]

Or "PhoTOgraPhy";)

[@scarcesense6449]

I clearly have a lot to learn about clouds.

[@warwickatkinson2558]

Would they be likely to be in the Faroe Islands in early September 2025? I had to ask.

[@Justshoot24H]

Thank you for the video What is the location in Denmark?

[@rphandler]

Mads, I thought you'd damaged the front element on your 24-105. (One scratch may not have much effect on the image.)

[@MadsPeterIversen]

@@rphandler I did, but it'd only when shooting into the sun it's a problem.

[@Fincher123]

Dam iam so Jealous now ... I want to Photograph These Clouds!

[@warwickatkinson2558]

Don't those blinking lights affect your photos? I gues you can always be seen.

[@najmirahman3004]

Where location this😅

[@si3dx]

Out of interest (I may have missed you say it), are those photos taken facing due north? Or towards sunset....beautiful photos anyway

[@oneandonlyjaybee]

They are usually in the north, above where the sun has already set or is due to rise (so from north west to north east) however really good displays can cover overhead. They appear usually around 90 minutes after sunset and again around 90 minutes before sunrise

[@marcoalmodova]

@@oneandonlyjaybee and is there a way to forecast them? Or just go out and try the luck during the summer nights with clear sky?

[@nevvanclarke9225]

I don't know why you don't get a DJI pocket three camera much better footage much better in lowlight 20 mm Works perfect honestly mads love your videos dude but get the DJI pocket three it's an amazing little camera and it will make it a lot easier to do your videos I love this shop by the way shooting single trees on a mountain is a really really simple composition and I do it all the time. Thanks for the video.

[@iamnarval]

srsly? he is shooting his vid using f/1.8 at ridiculous ISOs on a FF... how could a DJI OP3 be comparable?