Larch trees turning golden in the fall are one of my favorite. I also love the bright reds of blueberry leaves on the barrens in the fall here in Maine.
LOL - I do know what you mean, and I envy you - autumn colours are quite fantastic - I grew up with them, but long since left them behind. I now live in sub-tropical climate, with essentially only two seasons and no separate page for either spring or autumn - they are just the shoulder, where the two seasons join, but no particularly wonderful colours, rarely if ever any mist. Your photo at 4:50 is outstanding - be proud! At 5:50 you do something I urge everyone to do - don't just look in one direction - look all around you, try to "see" - it's amazing what images leap out at you, if you only give this a try. Sunset? - don't just stare west - look north - look south - turn around and look behind you - look up above you - there are images, colours, opportunities, all around us - and so few people "look" or "seee"/
Aspens are the most beautiful tree for me. The white bark and bright yellow leaves are breathtaking and the silver birches are awesome too! Great video!
I haven’t been able to travel this year owing to the pandemic and a ear issue but have been able to take pictures like your leaf one, there’s opportunities everywhere you don’t always have to travel, perhaps not being able to travel will make us appreciate when we can.
So, I've watched a LOT of your channel. And I have to say, I've been on UA-cam since forever but never once subscribed to anything. Never once "Liked" anything. I didn't want to engage. I've always just come to YT to learn things, and then gone about my day. Your channel is the first one I'm subscribing to. It's fantastic fun, heartfelt, and informative.
Good for you Cina ...if someone took the time to buy you a present 💝 and you just took it and walked away ..I know you would say Thank you .So for Me a like or subscribe is my way of thanking them for taking the time in making the videos ..have a good day ..x
Hey Nigel, I've been following and liking for years but I've never commented. Gotta say I've appreciated this video! Valuable tips! As a Canadian I can't agree more on the time sensitivity of autumn. One day it can be 20c and the next morning it can be -2 with a foot of snow. Take the shots while you can!
Another tip for you all. If there is mist around do take some B+W shots. This time of year everyone gets obsessed with autumn colour so just try something different. Great vid Nigel.
It certainly has been a strange year! Some time in the mountains and wandering lakes is exactly what I need. Off to plan my weekend for just that! Thanks for the inspiration.
I just LOVE oak trees, they are just so beautiful in the autumn and they have so much character in them. I am also a woodworker and oak wood is just amazing for woodworking.
Hey Nigel, thank you for these tips. Autumn's beauty can be so overwhelming that we need a reminder to slow down, take the time to find the perfect location/composition.... and most of all enjoy yourself during this magical time of the year 🍂
I went out this morning after it had rained. I may not have bothered but your comment about the leaves being saturated after the rain stuck in my mind. I wandered around the woods and it was so gorgeous everywhere I looked. I only wish I had more time! Great video 😊
Thanks Nigel. My Sunday is complete. For those of us in SoCal, Autumn bring hot winds, 100 degree days, and the deciduous trees we have change from crusty green to shabby brown. A few exceptions. We have had some nice fog lately.
This is such a good lesson to understanding one of the most exciting seasons to photograph. Your timing to submitting this is perfect. Thank you. On an added note, your channel is the best in learning Photography. Thank you
Really useful, Nigel, thank you! I echo Rahul's comment below. Also that you mentioned slowing down, not just pressing the shutter release all over the place, essentially being a bit more mindful about what you are seeing vs what might make a good image. Brilliant bit of insight for me, thank you so much!
Great tips with some great photos showing the concepts. I find that autumn is the most distraction time for me because, as you mention, everywhere you look is interesting. It looks like a possible image until you bring it into Lightroom and realize that composition doesn't reflect what your mind was excited about. So, I agree with your tip of slowing down! Thanks for the awesome tips!
Thanks for the inspiration Nigel to go out and look for light and colour. Always enjoy your enthusiasm and education to think outside the box. Much appreciated,I used to work in Grizedale forest all year round and felt so lucky to see the magical changes.
Well, we MASSIVELY appreciate your videos...thanks Nigel! And my favorite tree is the gnarly old "Live Oaks" that we have here in California....they remind me a little of the trees that you and Neill Burnell have taken photos of. I'm not sure how they look in the fall, but I think I better go find out. Love your reminder to look at the smaller scenes (leaves in puddles...).
Around me are mostly conifers, but cottonwoods and aspens dot the landscape around springs and other water sources. With their white bark and yellow fall leaves, aspens look a lot like the silver birches you mention at 5:26. Aspens rarely can be quite striking with a pink/lavender tinge to their yellow fall leaves. This is a mineral-rich area where I suspect these trees tapped into something to cause the unusual color.
I have to agree , Silver birches are my fave tree , they work well all year round , fresh vibrant greens in the spring and fantastic shapes and purple branches in the winter
The white or paper bark birch trees in the northern part of the U.S. stand out in the fall with bright yellow leaves. Always fun to find some white birch in the foreground backed by some larger red leaf maples. Thanks for entertaining the east coast insomniacs. Rock on!
Hello ! I watched your video a few weeks ago and it got me to investigate what else is affected by fall colors, not only trees. This tip really resonated with me and I shot a picture of ferns with changing colors i'm happy with ! So thank you so much !
I think the most inspirational part of this video for me is that someone soooo talented also gets disappointed when they get back home and look at their photos and they’re not quite what you wanted or expected 🙌😩
Nigel Danson when I do my indoor photography I set up and I can take about six photos max, all of them usable with subtle variations. When I’m outdoors I come home with a hundred photos and I don’t like most of them 😂
Awesome tips Nigel. It’s great when a photographer starts explaining images with color theory. It’s such an underlying concept for our art form and not explained was well as you did.
Thank you once again Nigel ..truly stunning as always .I need to compose Myself first as Autumn is my Favourite Season too ..I get carried away .Less is more I understand now ..You are helping to bring My Mojo back , appreciated ..take care ..
Brilliant! Just watched your autumn tips from last year too and can't wait to get out and try all these great ideas. I love autumn but am more often than not disappointed with my photos. Thanks for the inspiration! 🙏🏻🧡🤎💚
Terrific video, Nigel. All the points are so relevant for me, especially #7. I have been looking at my library lately and realized that I need to slow down to make sure that I compose my work better. Your explanation of the color wheel is so much more relatable with the visual presentation of complementary colors. Looking forward to next week's video.
Great video once again! One of the hardest aspects to control, is timing! At least as a hobbyist having the busiest time of year in the normal day job just around late September and all of October. But I do find my chance of success to be best if I go, no matter the conditions. On the tree note, I especially like gnarly oaks although birches has become much more important after taking on photography as a hobby.
Thank you. Very useful tips. I was out yesterday in the trees. I can see I will need to go back again this week after watching this. For me, Silver Birch closely followed by Oak.
Great video...I rarely finds time to comment on UA-cam videos, but this one, foundreally useful...with really informative tips to take forward on my photo missions to capture the beauty of autumn. Thanks.
Outstanding lesson today, Nigel! Thank you. I love the silver birch trees you share with us; they remind me of my favorite tree -- the quaking aspen. I'm headed to the Alpine Loop this morning to put your tips into practice (Alpine Loop is in the Wasatch Mountains south of Salt Lake City) .
A tip on the color wheel complementary colors: a primary color complements with the combination of the other two (as blue complements with orange (red + yellow) and yellow complements with purple (red + blue)). Keeping that in mind, you won't have to check the wheel every time you need to remember the rule!
" Don't think a good view is a good image ", I love this
Larch trees turning golden in the fall are one of my favorite. I also love the bright reds of blueberry leaves on the barrens in the fall here in Maine.
LOL - I do know what you mean, and I envy you - autumn colours are quite fantastic - I grew up with them, but long since left them behind. I now live in sub-tropical climate, with essentially only two seasons and no separate page for either spring or autumn - they are just the shoulder, where the two seasons join, but no particularly wonderful colours, rarely if ever any mist.
Your photo at 4:50 is outstanding - be proud!
At 5:50 you do something I urge everyone to do - don't just look in one direction - look all around you, try to "see" - it's amazing what images leap out at you, if you only give this a try. Sunset? - don't just stare west - look north - look south - turn around and look behind you - look up above you - there are images, colours, opportunities, all around us - and so few people "look" or "seee"/
Aspens are the most beautiful tree for me. The white bark and bright yellow leaves are breathtaking and the silver birches are awesome too! Great video!
Plus the amazing sound the wind in the leaves makes while filming 🤗
5:25 Yes, silver birch is a favourite. Here in Finland I also like the Scots Pine, especially when they get a bit gnarly near coastal rocky outcrops.
I like birch and also the old gnarly oak trees. They have so much unique character.
I totally agree silver birch trees are my favorite as well.
I haven’t been able to travel this year owing to the pandemic and a ear issue but have been able to take pictures like your leaf one, there’s opportunities everywhere you don’t always have to travel, perhaps not being able to travel will make us appreciate when we can.
So, I've watched a LOT of your channel. And I have to say, I've been on UA-cam since forever but never once subscribed to anything. Never once "Liked" anything. I didn't want to engage. I've always just come to YT to learn things, and then gone about my day.
Your channel is the first one I'm subscribing to. It's fantastic fun, heartfelt, and informative.
Good for you Cina ...if someone took the time to buy you a present 💝 and you just took it and walked away ..I know you would say Thank you .So for Me a like or subscribe is my way of thanking them for taking the time in making the videos ..have a good day ..x
Hey Nigel, I've been following and liking for years but I've never commented. Gotta say I've appreciated this video! Valuable tips! As a Canadian I can't agree more on the time sensitivity of autumn. One day it can be 20c and the next morning it can be -2 with a foot of snow. Take the shots while you can!
Thanks!
Its Autumn here in New Zealand. Watching some of your Autumn photos for Inspiration.
I love that you teach rather than just showing off work like other UA-camrs. Thank you
Drone footage just amazing. Love the tips. Another great video. Thank you for sharing 😊
Another tip for you all. If there is mist around do take some B+W shots. This time of year everyone gets obsessed with autumn colour so just try something different. Great vid Nigel.
Favorite tree for photography is the aspen. Especially against a background of dark pines.
Beautiful images man and killer video as always!
Great tips Nigel! My favourite is # 7, take time on composition. Thanks !
Tip 7 was the best tip of all. I had not thought of that perspective. Thanks for your insights.
It certainly has been a strange year! Some time in the mountains and wandering lakes is exactly what I need. Off to plan my weekend for just that! Thanks for the inspiration.
I just LOVE oak trees, they are just so beautiful in the autumn and they have so much character in them. I am also a woodworker and oak wood is just amazing for woodworking.
Wow, what a beautiful landscape !!!!!°😍 Really amazing shots!!!
Fall is the BEST time of year. Thanks for the tips friend.
Hey Nigel, thank you for these tips. Autumn's beauty can be so overwhelming that we need a reminder to slow down, take the time to find the perfect location/composition.... and most of all enjoy yourself during this magical time of the year 🍂
Silver birch and beech trees for me. They’re also great for mushrooms! 🍄
I went out this morning after it had rained. I may not have bothered but your comment about the leaves being saturated after the rain stuck in my mind. I wandered around the woods and it was so gorgeous everywhere I looked. I only wish I had more time! Great video 😊
Arbutus trees here on the west coast of British Columbia are a treat to photograph as well :)
By far the best photography content and insight on UA-cam. Thank you 🙏
Thanks for another awesome video. Love Sunday so much now.
Thank you for your tips, Nigel. I get a lot of knowledge from your video. Have a nice day.
Thanks Nigel. My Sunday is complete. For those of us in SoCal, Autumn bring hot winds, 100 degree days, and the deciduous trees we have change from crusty green to shabby brown. A few exceptions. We have had some nice fog lately.
I like the way you show me composition. Thank you!
Aspen are my favorite trees, but for the same reason as the silver Birch!
One Favourite tree of mine is maple 🍁 especially Japanese maples. So glad your channel popped up in my feed 🙏🏼
That "time-travel" bouncing from the field to the studio was seamless and kind of trippy... thank you for the tips and wonderful photography. :-)
I like the idea of not just looking for those sweeping shots and again, simplify your compositions for a visual impact. Thanks for the reminder Nigel.
@10:55, amazing how much you have recovered the highlights! Lovely shot!
Great tips, ND! Thank you and enjoy the autumn, man!
I love willow trees. Especially when the sun is behind them.
Tip 7 is key! Thank you!
The leaves are changing and they are starting to look wonderful...love the wellies by the way :)
This is such a good lesson to understanding one of the most exciting seasons to photograph. Your timing to submitting this is perfect. Thank you.
On an added note, your channel is the best in learning Photography. Thank you
Simple tips but really usefull. Thanks a lot Nigel.
Great tip with the colour wheel... Love your channel 👍
Good video as always! Thanks for sharing. One of the tips that has been hitting home for me a lot lately is really needing to slow down when I shoot.
Amazing video! Thank you, as always, useful and pleasant to watch!
As always excellent and useful Thank you so much Nigel
I love birch trees in Northern Michigan. And the Fall colors in the leaves of sugar maples. Unbelievably rich and vibrant color!
Outstanding vid as usual and what a way to start my Sunday with a cup of coffee. Thank you!
Beautiful photos Nigel! Have learned much and appreciate you sharing your insights with us.
Here in North America, we don’t have Silver Birches. But the Quaking Aspens are, in my mind, just as beautiful to photograph in autumn.
Oh but we do have the Paper Birch! They look a lot like Silver Birches.
Thank you so much Nigel for your precious tips !! Your images are so amazing , i work for see and make the same ( with my sensibility ...)
Another must see video for aspiring photographers, totally agree about the Silver Birch tree too. Thanks for the great content Nigel.
For similar reasons as you've mentioned regarding birch trees, aspen are my favorite for Fall photography.
Great tips Nigel. Really looking forward to next week's video in the Lakes
Just want to get out now for some autumn images. Very motivating video with very practical tips. Thanks Nigel.
Really useful, Nigel, thank you! I echo Rahul's comment below. Also that you mentioned slowing down, not just pressing the shutter release all over the place, essentially being a bit more mindful about what you are seeing vs what might make a good image. Brilliant bit of insight for me, thank you so much!
Great tips with some great photos showing the concepts. I find that autumn is the most distraction time for me because, as you mention, everywhere you look is interesting. It looks like a possible image until you bring it into Lightroom and realize that composition doesn't reflect what your mind was excited about. So, I agree with your tip of slowing down! Thanks for the awesome tips!
Just the BEST Nigel - Autumn's my fav. Thank you for such great insight tips for Autumn photos.
Brilliant video, thanks Nigel.
Thanks for the inspiration Nigel to go out and look for light and colour. Always enjoy your enthusiasm and education to think outside the box. Much appreciated,I used to work in Grizedale forest all year round and felt so lucky to see the magical changes.
I love your vids Nigel. Keep up the awesome work!
Well, we MASSIVELY appreciate your videos...thanks Nigel! And my favorite tree is the gnarly old "Live Oaks" that we have here in California....they remind me a little of the trees that you and Neill Burnell have taken photos of. I'm not sure how they look in the fall, but I think I better go find out. Love your reminder to look at the smaller scenes (leaves in puddles...).
"...don't get snap happy." Love it! LOL keep on keepin' on
Around me are mostly conifers, but cottonwoods and aspens dot the landscape around springs and other water sources. With their white bark and yellow fall leaves, aspens look a lot like the silver birches you mention at 5:26.
Aspens rarely can be quite striking with a pink/lavender tinge to their yellow fall leaves. This is a mineral-rich area where I suspect these trees tapped into something to cause the unusual color.
I have to agree , Silver birches are my fave tree , they work well all year round , fresh vibrant greens in the spring and fantastic shapes and purple branches in the winter
The white or paper bark birch trees in the northern part of the U.S. stand out in the fall with bright yellow leaves. Always fun to find some white birch in the foreground backed by some larger red leaf maples. Thanks for entertaining the east coast insomniacs. Rock on!
Thanks Nigel. 😊
Always many good and useful tips. Thanks 🙂 I love go out in autumn and take photo.
Hyper useful and well-delivered. THANK YOU!
Thank you Nigel for another great video. Wonderful tips and reminders. I ALWAYS enjoy and appreciate your videos...
Hello ! I watched your video a few weeks ago and it got me to investigate what else is affected by fall colors, not only trees. This tip really resonated with me and I shot a picture of ferns with changing colors i'm happy with ! So thank you so much !
That is brilliant. I love ferns at this time of year
What a beautiful shot 1:41!
Aspens and Maples are beautiful during the fall but I really love cottonwoods and willows during the summer!
As usual very informative... Thank you Nigel.. Stay Safe Stay Blessed 🙏🙏
Favorite tree: Shagbark Hickory
And awesome video - thank you very much for all your hard work!
just got your 2021 calendar in the mail today (USA) and it's absolutely gorgeous. The shot of the 2 silver birch trees is perfection!
Watching you video an hear the question about favourite tree --> for me definitely pine and oak !!! best regards, ralph
I think the most inspirational part of this video for me is that someone soooo talented also gets disappointed when they get back home and look at their photos and they’re not quite what you wanted or expected 🙌😩
Ha ha / that still happens a lot!
Nigel Danson when I do my indoor photography I set up and I can take about six photos max, all of them usable with subtle variations. When I’m outdoors I come home with a hundred photos and I don’t like most of them 😂
Awesome tips Nigel. It’s great when a photographer starts explaining images with color theory. It’s such an underlying concept for our art form and not explained was well as you did.
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you once again Nigel ..truly stunning as always .I need to compose Myself first as Autumn is my Favourite Season too ..I get carried away .Less is more I understand now ..You are helping to bring My Mojo back , appreciated ..take care ..
Brilliant! Just watched your autumn tips from last year too and can't wait to get out and try all these great ideas. I love autumn but am more often than not disappointed with my photos. Thanks for the inspiration! 🙏🏻🧡🤎💚
Terrific video, Nigel. All the points are so relevant for me, especially #7. I have been looking at my library lately and realized that I need to slow down to make sure that I compose my work better. Your explanation of the color wheel is so much more relatable with the visual presentation of complementary colors. Looking forward to next week's video.
Great video once again! One of the hardest aspects to control, is timing! At least as a hobbyist having the busiest time of year in the normal day job just around late September and all of October. But I do find my chance of success to be best if I go, no matter the conditions. On the tree note, I especially like gnarly oaks although birches has become much more important after taking on photography as a hobby.
Thank you. Very useful tips. I was out yesterday in the trees. I can see I will need to go back again this week after watching this. For me, Silver Birch closely followed by Oak.
Some great tips and advice Nigel. Silver Birches are my favourite also the maples.
I would massively recommend subscribing to Nigel Danson
I struggle with contrast and depth when I shoot trees and forests, useful tips
Mate this was an amazing video. Thanks for the great content!
Thank you, Nigel. Great tips! I’m so excited for this season! Greetings from Canada 🇨🇦
Thanks for all the useful tips. Great video btw. Really appreciate it.
Great video...I rarely finds time to comment on UA-cam videos, but this one, foundreally useful...with really informative tips to take forward on my photo missions to capture the beauty of autumn. Thanks.
Great tips Nigel. I have started my own landscape photography channel because of you and Thomas. Keep up the great work!
Yes Yes Yes thanks for the tips.
Thanks Nigel another excellent video 👍🏻
Great video as always, has to be the great oak for me!
Outstanding lesson today, Nigel! Thank you. I love the silver birch trees you share with us; they remind me of my favorite tree -- the quaking aspen. I'm headed to the Alpine Loop this morning to put your tips into practice (Alpine Loop is in the Wasatch Mountains south of Salt Lake City) .
I think Oaks and Maple trees are really beutiful too, but I agree, silver birch is a beauty !!
A tip on the color wheel complementary colors: a primary color complements with the combination of the other two (as blue complements with orange (red + yellow) and yellow complements with purple (red + blue)). Keeping that in mind, you won't have to check the wheel every time you need to remember the rule!
Your video throws me back to colour theory at University (studied visal arts) and reading Wassily Kandinskys books 😅