If only there was a Landscape Photographer of the Year contest to enter these images in!!!! Brilliant shots Stuart, and don't feel guilty about getting those conditions, they made up for some of the many less than ideal condition shoots that you must endure. Cracking stuff👍👍👍
Thanks, Stuart, for sharing your thoughts and images from such a wonderful location in superb conditions. The whole shoot was outstanding but Day 3 was just exceptional.
Very, very beautiful photos, Stuart, thank you ever so much for taking me with you to Glen Affric in winter. The pictures I like most: the second one with the frost coated trees and the one with the beautiful coloured chaotic branches and ferns. And if something is really stunning it needs someone to name it…
The first image of the "abstract rocks" is brilliant along with the "spider tree" It's hard to believe that the last image is real because of the difference in the light. Awesome job again. Some might say, "Stunning"
Well Stuart ! Those images were just STUN........ beautiful ! What a location and the conditions just showed it at its best . All credit to you, and your mate, its not cheating, like you said, when you put in the effort regularly and only occasionally are you rewarded with such conditions and you still have to come up with the images to show it off, and you certainly did this here. 6:199:2614:1317:03 and the final image at 20:34 all deserve to be called STUNNING . Hope your well, take care mate.
Stuart I think you are one of the best landscape photographers out there. Your work is quality in every sense, and exquisitely composed. I really enjoy watching your videos, I hope you get the traction on UA-cam you deserve. There's many other bigger channels on here that don't produce the level of images you produce so I hope you keep making videos so I can follow your work and learn from your expertise. I'm an amateur and do landscape photography as a hobby in my spare time, I rely on UA-cam somewhat to learn from professionals and observe how they compose shots etc, and I feel like I've found a real hidden gem in your channel. All the best mate, and thanks for sharing your work, it's absolutely stellar.
Superb, Stuart. I'm finding it tough to pick out favourites because all the shots are just outstanding. Funnily enough, the shots of the collections of rocks at the end have really stayed with me - perhaps because they're just not trees! Stunning stuff, Stuart. Thanks for sharing.
Another great video Stuart, you have the ability to make the ordinary turn into something fantastic. Well done, very well done. Thanks for sharing your adventures.
Fabulous work there Stu in perfect conditions. Last shot is clearly very special, but I think my favourite was the rather chaotic scene at 11:20 - the light & colours really make it pop
Stunning, and i really like that warm cold last image, fantastic. I don't know about Scotland, but in here in Scandinavia you could loose your license driving with an iced up windscreen like that. 3 minute job for safer roads...
Cheers yep the amount of times folk use it to describe something where the subject is obvious is bloody annoying. Just cos it’s close up doesn’t mean it’s abstract!
such a beautiful array of images Stuart and its amazing at how nature changed gear from a good autumnal season to throwing in a taste of winter. That final image really was a bit special with the contrast between the warm and cool tones
What a great channel Stuart. I’d practically stopped watching photography on UA-cam. You give great advice backed up by truly top drawer images. Something to watch again, cheers. I used to have photos in your gallery when Jed had it. I hadn’t connected the two until I had a nosey on your website to see where it was. I just watched one of your other videos on being a pro. Great to see someone being honest about the business of photography.
Very kind Simon thanks - yeah I took it on from Ged in summer 2018 after like you having images in there, hope he’s well he had move back to the Manchester area I believe to care for his mother.
Some cracking images Stuart from a stunning 😁 location. You really did strike it rich with that hoar frost. That last one is fabulous. Of the 'two trees' (images 2 & 3) I think that I prefer the landscape shot. Thank you for the video.
Stunning mate lol 😂 I love that you aren’t afraid to shoot the mess and look more CLOSELY lol 😜 and not just shoot the wider! That last image was especially special bud
@@StuartMcGlennon Indeed and totally justified....I was driving up to Torridon a few weeks ago and saw it from the road but nowhere to stop, loving your channel by the way..a new subscriber as saw you on the pubcast 😊
Absolutely love the lakeside/ reflection shots - beautiful light 👍. I did an Outward Bound course (based near Elgin) in 1973. We started the last week of the course dumped in Glen Affric (alone) and had to navigate our way to Fort Augustus. At that time, very sadly, I wasn’t into photography but, from memory, it of course looked completely different as it was in April. Beautiful area though.
Stunning Stu 😉 Great stuff bud. Loved the spider/octopus trunk image and lovely conditions. As you know we all got snowed in down this way, chaos for a couple of days.
Beautiful shots and colour contrasts Stuart - thank you for showing. The hot and cold in the same frames wonderful. Bearded lichen and hoar frost, could it get much better?!
Stunning shots of a stunning location, in stunning conditions by a stunning photographer, Maybe that last one was pushing it a bit 🤣 You certainly lucked out with the weather but made the most of it 👍
I have had that location on my 'to do' list and do intend to visit. Love your footage, and make me so jealous you got that 'stunning' frost conditions 😄
I'm a sucker for a fallen tree in the right conditions. I've got one in my local woods which I'm trying to get the best composition in different conditions
Stunning! Fantastic video Stuart, some epic conditions for sure. Certainly looks a lovely place, yet to visit. Have a great Christmas and New Year when it comes 👌
Lol.. I saw you on Social Media complaining about missing the conditions in the LD after you had left... well, that aged well for sure 😂 What a stunning location and the weather Gods must have been sat in the car with you for the journey by the looks. Loverly watch and trying to pick a fave couple of images from that lot is impossioble.. yes that almost tri coloured shot at the was a corker but so were the rest to be honest Stu, even the ABSTRACT ones 🤣 atb Al
Cheers Al aye the hoar frost was a lovely surprise I must say, we’d hoped for mist after the snow ended up south of us though in the end I think we actually preferred the frost anyway as you see quite a lot of snow images from this area but rarely in these conditions.
Stunning count: 7 … OMStu, what stunning conditions 😮 … absolutely incredible and nowhere near common. Your images are fantastic and highly inspirational. ❤❤❤ Thank you, cheers …
Hi Stuart, great vlog! Firstly, Glen Affric looks a stunning location. Whilst you were there, you were blessed with stunning conditions. Therefore, it's little wonder the images you shared with us in the vlog were equally stunning. I bet you were absolutely delighted that you made the effort to go now? Or at least you should be. I'd be stunned if you said anything else!
Hi Stuart, Stunning mate, just stunning ;-) A couple of grand days out in a beautiful location and you quite rightly filled your boots. That last shot was marvellous. It was definitely worth a revist to the fallen tree for sure, and the shots of the two trees near the start, my favourite was the wider of the two. If only there were a competition to enter that last image into mate ;-) Thanks for sharing another enjoyable and interesting video.
@@davothedon Yes, it's called Image Area and I have it setup under a function button. However, this feature is a destructive crop and the ratios are very limited (16:9 and 1:1). I agree with Stuart that a non-destructive crop would be very easy to implement by Nikon. And they can easily add more ratios. Interesting ratios for me personally are 16:9, 1:1, 3:4, 5:4, 3:2. Nikon could even through in a user definable one.
@pascalhibon7928 Sorry, I'm not sure we are talking about the same thing. Note, this is on my Z9 (I'm assuming your menu will be similar): > Custom Settings Menu > Shooting/Display > Grid Type. You can select a few different grids to appear on your rear LCD or your EVF, one of which is a square. This will allow you to capture the entire sensor readout, but you can use the square to guide your composition. As I said, this isn't quite the same as an in camera crop as you'll have to do it later in post. But it can certainly help you in the field should you want to do a square composition. However, it would be nice if Nikon offered an option to capture both the crop and the full image at the same time.
@@davothedon This feature is probably unique to the Z9 (and maybe Z8). Just checked on my Z6II and Z50: no Grid Type menu. My D850 has a Viewfinder Grid Display feature but that is probably not the same.
Thanks Paul, couldn’t possibly condense that into a short answer but most of these shots are focused on the main subject and allowing for natural depth of field fall off given it’s mainly woodland and pin sharpness on background subjects isn’t of much importance.
Absolutely incredible scenes there Stu, and you certainly made the most of them. Enjoyed this vlog a lot, nice to see one not all about the big vistas ! Curious to know your thoughts on the pocket 3 ? I just got one in an effort to lighten the kit bag, so far seems pretty impressive but yet to use it in low light. Stunning ;)
Cheers fella - I must say I think this pocket 3 is so good I’m selling my little Fuji x-s10 as I’ve no real need for it anymore. The 1 inch sensor upgrade from the previous version makes a huge difference, the other one while good still looked a little like a mobile phone. For other bits of b-roll that require zooming I’ll use the big camera. Low light tests in YT reviews look very good also
@@StuartMcGlennon must admit I’ve been pretty impressed with it so far, the active track feature brings a new element to it. Plus I can mount it on the accessories screw mount on the tripod too so I only need to bring one tripod now, deffo making the bag lighter ! I used the original pocket 1 and soon realised it wasn’t up to it so got an m6 mkii which was great but the weight was a pain, so far pocket 3 is really working out nicely
Some beautiful shots there Stuart, particularly the later reflection ones. I have been meaning to visit this area for some time from my home in Stirling but a recent video by Sam Bose and now this one have made it next year's target venue. Thanks for the vlog. PS Where did you stay please, I curretly plan to camp at Cannich but your base looked very appealing.
If only there was a Landscape Photographer of the Year contest to enter these images in!!!!
Brilliant shots Stuart, and don't feel guilty about getting those conditions, they made up for some of the many less than ideal condition shoots that you must endure. Cracking stuff👍👍👍
Cheers Mark much appreciated 👍
I'm suitably "stunned" Stuart. The whole video and the images are just magical.
1st fallen tree was stunning!
Thanks Ian 👍
Beautiful conditions, beautiful photography.
Thanks 👍
I like the tree shot covered in ice. That will be all of them then. Stunning "ding"
Haha cheers Simon
Thanks, Stuart, for sharing your thoughts and images from such a wonderful location in superb conditions. The whole shoot was outstanding but Day 3 was just exceptional.
Much appreciated 👍👍
Very, very beautiful photos, Stuart, thank you ever so much for taking me with you to Glen Affric in winter. The pictures I like most: the second one with the frost coated trees and the one with the beautiful coloured chaotic branches and ferns. And if something is really stunning it needs someone to name it…
Thanks very much
The first image of the "abstract rocks" is brilliant along with the "spider tree" It's hard to believe that the last image is real because of the difference in the light. Awesome job again. Some might say, "Stunning"
Cheers fella, I need some new adjectives clearly 🤣
When you turned the Osmo round to show that lake at the end my jaw actually dropped. To use your favourite word Stunning!
Wow - what a fantastic video - excellent photos and you really made the most of the incredible conditions. Thanks for posting!
Thanks Chris 👍
Well Stuart ! Those images were just STUN........ beautiful ! What a location and the conditions just showed it at its best . All credit to you, and your mate, its not cheating, like you said, when you put in the effort regularly and only occasionally are you rewarded with such conditions and you still have to come up with the images to show it off, and you certainly did this here. 6:19 9:26 14:13 17:03 and the final image at 20:34 all deserve to be called STUNNING . Hope your well, take care mate.
Much appreciated mate hope you’re well 👍
Stuart I think you are one of the best landscape photographers out there. Your work is quality in every sense, and exquisitely composed. I really enjoy watching your videos, I hope you get the traction on UA-cam you deserve. There's many other bigger channels on here that don't produce the level of images you produce so I hope you keep making videos so I can follow your work and learn from your expertise. I'm an amateur and do landscape photography as a hobby in my spare time, I rely on UA-cam somewhat to learn from professionals and observe how they compose shots etc, and I feel like I've found a real hidden gem in your channel. All the best mate, and thanks for sharing your work, it's absolutely stellar.
Stunning Stuart, absolutely stunning! Brilliant video.
Cheers mate much appreciated
Ice & Fire! Great video Stu - clearly you had a brilliant time in Glen Affric. Stunning! 😉
Cheers mate, we were so lucky with the weather
I thought the images just got better and better as the vlog went on 👍
Thanks 😄
Superb, Stuart. I'm finding it tough to pick out favourites because all the shots are just outstanding. Funnily enough, the shots of the collections of rocks at the end have really stayed with me - perhaps because they're just not trees! Stunning stuff, Stuart. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks very much mate yes I really like those too
Stuart, these images as just awe inspiring, your vision and compositions are an absolute delight. Thank you for sharing and inspiring me.
Very kind Gordon hope you’re well 👍
Awww your final shot was amazing, I love it. I enjoy watching your vlogs
Thanks very much 👍
Awesome shots, fantastic conditions, really enjoyed the stunning count too 😂
Cheers Will 👍
Another great video Stuart, you have the ability to make the ordinary turn into something fantastic. Well done, very well done. Thanks for sharing your adventures.
Cheers Paul very kind 👍 thanks for watching
Fabulous work there Stu in perfect conditions. Last shot is clearly very special, but I think my favourite was the rather chaotic scene at 11:20 - the light & colours really make it pop
Stunning, and i really like that warm cold last image, fantastic. I don't know about Scotland, but in here in Scandinavia you could loose your license driving with an iced up windscreen like that. 3 minute job for safer roads...
Cheers 👍 don’t worry we’d barely reached the road at the point it was all gone shortly after
Superb Stu, great conditions,excellent images 👍
Thanks mate
Lovely images Stu, very envious. And yes, abstract, drives me nuts too.....
Cheers yep the amount of times folk use it to describe something where the subject is obvious is bloody annoying. Just cos it’s close up doesn’t mean it’s abstract!
such a beautiful array of images Stuart and its amazing at how nature changed gear from a good autumnal season to throwing in a taste of winter. That final image really was a bit special with the contrast between the warm and cool tones
Thanks Jim yeah it’s been a nice surprise this cold snap, back to normal now mind 🤣
Super photographs, Stuart.
Thanks 👍
Conditions every landscape photographer dreams of. Certainly bagged a couple of stunning shots Stuart!
What a great channel Stuart. I’d practically stopped watching photography on UA-cam. You give great advice backed up by truly top drawer images. Something to watch again, cheers. I used to have photos in your gallery when Jed had it. I hadn’t connected the two until I had a nosey on your website to see where it was. I just watched one of your other videos on being a pro. Great to see someone being honest about the business of photography.
Very kind Simon thanks - yeah I took it on from Ged in summer 2018 after like you having images in there, hope he’s well he had move back to the Manchester area I believe to care for his mother.
@@StuartMcGlennon I’m not in touch with him anymore but a grand bloke.
Beautiful images Stuart. Pleased you got such great conditions for your trip north. Looking forward to your next videos
Cheers mate 👍
Some cracking images Stuart from a stunning 😁 location. You really did strike it rich with that hoar frost. That last one is fabulous. Of the 'two trees' (images 2 & 3) I think that I prefer the landscape shot. Thank you for the video.
Cheers 👍👍
Fantastic images, that last was a stunner. This part of Lancashire was missing the hoar frost last weekend the cold was appreciated.
Thanks Ian much appreciated
Stunning mate lol 😂 I love that you aren’t afraid to shoot the mess and look more CLOSELY lol 😜 and not just shoot the wider! That last image was especially special bud
👍
Absolutely stunning images and conditions Stuart, I can certainly understand your stunning count 😊
Cheers Brian yep I thought it might get a chuckle
@@StuartMcGlennon Indeed and totally justified....I was driving up to Torridon a few weeks ago and saw it from the road but nowhere to stop, loving your channel by the way..a new subscriber as saw you on the pubcast 😊
Thanks for sharing, great video Stuart, looked and sounded like you both had a great trip
Thanks Adrian
Absolutely stunning conditions Stuart and the drone footage is next level!!! Love to be in the Lakes, when it's like this!
Absolutely love the lakeside/ reflection shots - beautiful light 👍. I did an Outward Bound course (based near Elgin) in 1973. We started the last week of the course dumped in Glen Affric (alone) and had to navigate our way to Fort Augustus. At that time, very sadly, I wasn’t into photography but, from memory, it of course looked completely different as it was in April. Beautiful area though.
Thanks Steve yep it’s a stunning area and quite vast
A fabulous video, great images, keep posting, I love them and suddenly makes me feel really warm, bbbrrrr!!
Thanks Sally
Fantastic images Stu - the more you get out the luckier you get to mis-quote Gary Player....
Aye this is true!
Stunning Stu 😉
Great stuff bud. Loved the spider/octopus trunk image and lovely conditions. As you know we all got snowed in down this way, chaos for a couple of days.
Aye I saw! We’d gone up there thinking we were gonna get the snow and it all ended up at home 🤣 certainly wasn’t complaining though
Beautiful shots and colour contrasts Stuart - thank you for showing. The hot and cold in the same frames wonderful. Bearded lichen and hoar frost, could it get much better?!
I don’t think so! 👍👍
Amazing (stunning) drone shots!
Thanks 🙏
Stunning shots of a stunning location, in stunning conditions by a stunning photographer,
Maybe that last one was pushing it a bit 🤣
You certainly lucked out with the weather but made the most of it 👍
Cheers Andrew yep we’d gone up hoping for snow but in the end I think we were even happier with the hoar frost
Beautiful images Stu and a fantastic video too, those drone shots are breathtaking! And yes, I am kicking myself for not making it down there! 😂
Thanks mate yep we were so lucky with the weather in the end
"Stunning" experience for you indeed! Great video and setting, Stuart. Do I smell a future workshop??😉
I have had that location on my 'to do' list and do intend to visit. Love your footage, and make me so jealous you got that 'stunning' frost conditions 😄
Well worth a visit 👍
I'm a sucker for a fallen tree in the right conditions. I've got one in my local woods which I'm trying to get the best composition in different conditions
Best of luck
This is one of those videos which you watch and really wish you were there. Absolutely gorgeous place in stunning(152) conditions.
Very kind thanks very much 👍
That last image - absolutely gorgeous.
Thanks very much Mike
Very Very Nice
Stunning! Fantastic video Stuart, some epic conditions for sure. Certainly looks a lovely place, yet to visit. Have a great Christmas and New Year when it comes 👌
Thanks very much Mark and same to you 👍
You did full justice to the amazing conditions. May I borrow your hoar frost magnet please? 😂
Haha it’s expensive!
Lol.. I saw you on Social Media complaining about missing the conditions in the LD after you had left... well, that aged well for sure 😂 What a stunning location and the weather Gods must have been sat in the car with you for the journey by the looks. Loverly watch and trying to pick a fave couple of images from that lot is impossioble.. yes that almost tri coloured shot at the was a corker but so were the rest to be honest Stu, even the ABSTRACT ones 🤣 atb Al
Cheers Al aye the hoar frost was a lovely surprise I must say, we’d hoped for mist after the snow ended up south of us though in the end I think we actually preferred the frost anyway as you see quite a lot of snow images from this area but rarely in these conditions.
Wow, wow, wow, Stuart. So glad you were able to experience and capture those "stunning"! conditions. 😃
Thanks Deanne hope you’re well 👍 I’ve sent you an email btw
Wow! A set of, dare I say it, stunning shots Stuart and a fantastic location. Thanks for sharing.
Thank Jezz 👍
Stunning count: 7 … OMStu, what stunning conditions 😮 … absolutely incredible and nowhere near common. Your images are fantastic and highly inspirational. ❤❤❤ Thank you, cheers …
Hi Stuart, great vlog! Firstly, Glen Affric looks a stunning location. Whilst you were there, you were blessed with stunning conditions. Therefore, it's little wonder the images you shared with us in the vlog were equally stunning. I bet you were absolutely delighted that you made the effort to go now? Or at least you should be. I'd be stunned if you said anything else!
Cheers Ian yes a fantastic trip 👍
That last photo.
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Fantastic location, conditions and photos. I love the way you talk through the process of achieving such great results.
What an amazing couple of days. The final photo is almost as good as last years here frost photo !! (still prefer that one I think)
Thanks David 👍
Hi Stuart, Stunning mate, just stunning ;-) A couple of grand days out in a beautiful location and you quite rightly filled your boots. That last shot was marvellous. It was definitely worth a revist to the fallen tree for sure, and the shots of the two trees near the start, my favourite was the wider of the two. If only there were a competition to enter that last image into mate ;-) Thanks for sharing another enjoyable and interesting video.
Thanks Steve much appreciated
+1 on the non destructive in-camera crop feature! Hope Nikon is watching! This is an invaluable feature for landscape photographers.
It’s bizarre it’s not been added in firmware, really quite odd as it’s just some black bars
There is a square framing guide in the settings, I believe. It's not quite the same as a crop, but it can give you an idea.
@@davothedon Yes, it's called Image Area and I have it setup under a function button. However, this feature is a destructive crop and the ratios are very limited (16:9 and 1:1). I agree with Stuart that a non-destructive crop would be very easy to implement by Nikon. And they can easily add more ratios. Interesting ratios for me personally are 16:9, 1:1, 3:4, 5:4, 3:2. Nikon could even through in a user definable one.
@pascalhibon7928 Sorry, I'm not sure we are talking about the same thing.
Note, this is on my Z9 (I'm assuming your menu will be similar):
> Custom Settings Menu > Shooting/Display > Grid Type.
You can select a few different grids to appear on your rear LCD or your EVF, one of which is a square. This will allow you to capture the entire sensor readout, but you can use the square to guide your composition.
As I said, this isn't quite the same as an in camera crop as you'll have to do it later in post. But it can certainly help you in the field should you want to do a square composition. However, it would be nice if Nikon offered an option to capture both the crop and the full image at the same time.
@@davothedon This feature is probably unique to the Z9 (and maybe Z8). Just checked on my Z6II and Z50: no Grid Type menu. My D850 has a Viewfinder Grid Display feature but that is probably not the same.
“Stunning” mate!
Beautiful photography, thankyou. I’m very much a novice, what do you focus on, focus modes etc. cheers
Thanks Paul, couldn’t possibly condense that into a short answer but most of these shots are focused on the main subject and allowing for natural depth of field fall off given it’s mainly woodland and pin sharpness on background subjects isn’t of much importance.
Absolutely incredible scenes there Stu, and you certainly made the most of them. Enjoyed this vlog a lot, nice to see one not all about the big vistas ! Curious to know your thoughts on the pocket 3 ? I just got one in an effort to lighten the kit bag, so far seems pretty impressive but yet to use it in low light. Stunning ;)
Cheers fella - I must say I think this pocket 3 is so good I’m selling my little Fuji x-s10 as I’ve no real need for it anymore. The 1 inch sensor upgrade from the previous version makes a huge difference, the other one while good still looked a little like a mobile phone. For other bits of b-roll that require zooming I’ll use the big camera. Low light tests in YT reviews look very good also
@@StuartMcGlennon must admit I’ve been pretty impressed with it so far, the active track feature brings a new element to it. Plus I can mount it on the accessories screw mount on the tripod too so I only need to bring one tripod now, deffo making the bag lighter ! I used the original pocket 1 and soon realised it wasn’t up to it so got an m6 mkii which was great but the weight was a pain, so far pocket 3 is really working out nicely
Some beautiful shots there Stuart, particularly the later reflection ones. I have been meaning to visit this area for some time from my home in Stirling but a recent video by Sam Bose and now this one have made it next year's target venue. Thanks for the vlog.
PS Where did you stay please, I curretly plan to camp at Cannich but your base looked very appealing.
Crikey stu thats bloody "stunning" that last image, liked all the others too. Dem clearly has good music taste too 👌
Drone footage is amazing too did you take any images with it?
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