LANDSCAPE photography | Zhangye National Geopark
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
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In this video, I check out Zhangye National Geopark in China. The colours and patterns in the earth here are well worth a visit and proved to be a great area to concentrate on patterns in nature.
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Always appreciate how you keep the vibrance and saturation of your images well under control, no matter how tempting it may be.
I wondered why the cinematography suddenly got a LOT better in this video. Good job Karyn!
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Hilarious!
When are you and Amanda going to China, Gavin?
Thank you for showing the rainbow mountains how they really look like!
I think you did a good job of staying true to the time and place but bringing out the best in a realistic way.
Awesome cinematic intro with the bells, great images too!
Lovely pictures and music plus great narration put me in a joyous trance ! Great video !!
Wow just wow Adam! Very well put together and the images are Stella!
Fantastic results yet again, but most amazing is you seemed to have it all too yourselves.
Beautiful pictures Adam, thank you and Karen for the new video, the tips and the beautiful photos
Kudos to the videographer. Well done. Thanks for sharing
Hi Adam, I've just come to the end of watching all of your China vlogs one after the other. What a splendid series. Really interesting and great ideas. Congrats to you and Karyn and everyone else concerned. 👍👍👍
Gorgeous desert!
That 200-500 is way up at the top of my wish list!
Excellent vlog, Adam...and well done, Karyn!
Awesome video... I truly appreciate your honesty about the video from every aspect. Light and the limitations you had in so many different ways but yet you captured the beauty of the moment. Well done!!!
I really enjoy your fade from raw to the finished version.
Reminds me of the Badlands but on a larger scale. Good job Karyn.
Really enjoyed this one. Great images and information. Fine work behind the camera by both of you.
Really love your work again Adam
Very enjoyable video and great images. That 200-500 looks pretty darn good at 500. Karin did a wonderful job on the video. Kudos.
Praise be to the saturation slider....nice work Adam...very good
Great scenery very well captured, good job!
Beautiful photo's, thanks for sharing Adam
If I would have to send one photographer to that area to get me great pattern shots it would definitely be you Adam, amazing photos!
Great video and really useful information about access to the area 👍👏
Another great video. Sometimes I do go over the top with some of my images. This video just reminded me that less is definitely more. Beautiful images
welcome！ZhangYe is my hometown！❤❤
I appreciate your restraint when it comes to editing - these are incredible
Wow! Amazing place. So beautiful it doesn't need spoiling in P.S with the saturation slider. Those garish online images you showed are just ridiculous what on earth were they thinking? Absolutely love your interpretations Adam 👌
Great photography. Thank you for sharing your experience !
Beautiful images
You got some really great images Adam, I particularly liked the one at 8.30.
So beautiful. Thank you
Absolutely perfect processing Adam, beautiful highlights, shadows, color and sharpness.
Our Painted Hills on steroids. Wow. Gorgeous captures, Adam. I'm heading to the PH later in the week. I'd been waffling about it until I saw this place.
Very much like the painted hills for sure, thanks, Lori!
Awesome, Adam!
Well Done Adam... Cheers
Photos are awesome... i think processing is very much withing the limit even though that varies person to person..... another great video... thanks for sharing.
Nice video and all images as well ...
Thank you for useful advice.
Glad you mentioned how good the Nikon 200-500 f/5.6 is for telephoto landscapes, I use that lens for those types of shot a lot and love it!
Thanks for putting up the Raw files Adam, and for being very honest in your processing too. As you said, there are a lot of hideous images out there.
Well done Karyn for the videography, great job.
Looking forward to seeing more of your travels through China.
This area looks a little like the Badlands in the USA. Lovely patterns in the landscapes in both locations.
Breathtaking!! The way you captured the area is wonderful and in my mind the processing way bang on. I love the fact that you share several images, so many vloggers just have 1 final image and you know they took lots, maybe thats all their happy with. I also liked seeing the Raw & processed shots, it brought the images to life. Happy travels, and well done to the camera women, great job.
Amazing compositions, great images and Classic editing. Another great video, Adam.
Great stuff! Thank you!
Great video. I like the RAW vs edited photos being shown. Too many of us think the final product is what came out of the camera.
Totally agree with the over processing comment. That shot at 9:40 is pure art! great job!
Our modern camera sensors and software are such amazing tools to have. Fun to experiment with and can really save the day to.
Thank you for your explanation of flat light it was very helpful.
Hi Adam this Amazing Landscape is so fare for me... Your Fantastic Images gives me a stunning view to this unique Landscape
It definitely reminded me of the Painted Hills here in Oregon only on a larger scale. I can only imagine what that scene would be in the Summer at the height of tourist season. I like the before and after images as it shows that you do have a deft touch with your post processing. Subtle warming up and bringing out the details versus cranking up the saturation like so many images I see on the internet. Well done Adam and Karyn!
What a fantastic adventure to share together and thanks for sharing it with us! It will be interesting to see what you can do with the 200-500mm going forward. Cheers!
I'm excited that you picked up a 200-500 f/5.6. I really love mine and though I bought it mostly for wildlife, I find myself using it for all sorts of photography. I even use it for near macro stuff both with and without a teleconverter. It is perhaps the best bang for the buck lens in the Nikon line-up in my opinion. Be careful with it in the rain, I don't trust it's weather sealing very much. If it gets wet at 500mm, I make sure to dry it off before retracting it back to 200mm. I really enjoy your videos and photography. I think Hardcastle is mistaken, you don't seem grumpy at all to me. best, -Phil
Well worth waiting for Adam. Looking forward to the next instalment. Cheers.
Dear Adam, this video and the photographs were absolutely wonderful. I am also very much looking forward towards the Gobi desert!
Very nicely done Adam, and well done to Karen as well.
I really appreciated you showing your transition from RAW to processed photo. I think restraint is definitely key. Great video... thanks Karyn!
Haha, good one. One of the most funny things I saw while travelling the world was in Cusco, where some local agencies advertised a trip to the Rainbow Mountain (there's also one near Cusco) with oversaturated photos from the Rainbow Mountains in China ;-) Another nice find is Mu Cang Chai in Vietnam. You'll find a lot of stretched and oversaturated content on google.
Excellent video. I share the same sentiments from our trip. I hope to be on the Spain trip next year. Cheers Mate
Adam, woderful images! It reminds me of a hillier version of the Painted Desert in Arizona. I also really enjoyed how you included the RAW files along with the processed images, that was extremely useful. And kudos to Karyn for her video work!
I have to say on one example the RAW file looked pretty good by itself. The processed image did not overdo the saturation and warmup. I agree that you did a pretty good job.
Beautiful area. Thanks for sharing. I would love to see that comparison between good and bad light. I think we all know the difference intuitively. It would be interesting to see how you handle the two situations differently.
Great Video mate and some nice a nice looking location. Some lovely images too .All the best 👍😁✌
The images and music was drawing me into your photos...I felt like I was there...absolutely stunning work.
The 200-500 is indeed a great lens. I use it all the time for birds and wildlife, but once in a while I do point it towards a mountain and take a landscape shot. Also, I don't think Nikon has introduced any upgrade in the lens since it's launch, so as long as it's a good copy, you're good. Loved that dark moody shot at 9:09
Good reminder re flat light and texture. And I agree w your esthetic re not over processing images.
I love how the images and the music gave me a sense of calmness and serenity, I could imagine thats how you felt while out there experiencing it all. I truly appreciate you letting us know about when the best time is to go visit during the year, the times it is open each day, that you cannot go off the tracks and you can't drive a car in, you have to get a bus in and out. ALL of that is fantastic knowledge, thank you for sharing all of it with us👍 Your images are stunning and I feel your processing of them was spot on. I can't leave without saying your partner (Karyn) did and awesome job as well :) Once again thank you for sharing it all with us mate! 👍🇦🇺
Gotta love those search-engine shots of the mountains! Talk about false advertising! Your light-touch editing style is waaay more visually appealing, anyway. Looking forward to your next vlog :)
Another great video Adam. I really enjoyed the photos but that few seconds of film of you in the Gobi Desert right at the end looked truly amazing!
These images are amazing Adam. It does remind one of the hills around Zabriskie Point. I especially like the way you showed the raw transition to final cropped image. This adds a nice touch to the thought process behind the work you have done.
Many thanks for sharing. Very helpful info on the area and the fake colours!! Great job Karyn. Really looking forward to the Gobi video/s. Please include as much footage as possible. Thanks
Juicy photos 😄 thanks for the comparison before/after editing - even on a calibrated monitor it is difficult to decide for the right level. And you are absolutely right when you say that the impression of a picture changes after some days or weeks.
Thanks for the tips on flat light going to the badlands national park in few days this should help.
Amazing, thanks Adam! Would love to see a PP video of the image at 12:00
Nicely processed, sir. And yes, everyone needs a long lens with them, whether they realize it or not. :)
Excellent trip Adam, loved going there with you. Very nice renditions of the colours and nicely balanced.
Thank you, Sir Alister! love the lens by the way although not sure how much use it will get on the coast here, whales perhaps? Cheers, mate!
Lol, I don’t know, I’ve used it in forests for isolating aesthetics
I also found these oversaturated images some time ago on the interweb and thought I would like to go to that place as well. Thanks for the reality check Adam, great video. The transition from raw to processed image was very interesting. The best time to shoot in a place like that, with long lenses is as early as possible - soon after sunrise you will see atmospheric disturbances with long focal lengths which degrade the image sharpness significantly when the sun heats the surface of the hills. Thanks for sharing.
Hadn't heard of this place before, but greatly enjoyed these long lens shots. Colour and light/shade quite trezmendous and looking forward to your Gobi adventures too.
To my eye the flat-light example at 7:30 works quite well as abstract art in the Helen Frankenthaler/Morris Lewis mode. I could envision it as an oversized print, perhaps even on matte or semi-matte paper to enhance the flatness. Well done.
I first fell in love with your vlogs because they were close to home but now I think I like them because you're just so damn talented. I might even buy a shirt. I recently moved back to Japan because VIU wasn't paying what I need to raise a family and while I'm happy with my income here in Japan I'm heart-broken I'm not on the island. If you need someone to take B-roll or tell Gavin to stuff himself, feel free to email. Thanks for the great content as always.
Lol, well we dont pay at all so not sure if that would help. Japan looks like a neat place to visit?
Adam Gibbs If you’ve never been it really is beautiful. Cityscape photographers go crazy in Tokyo but most of the country is quiet and full of great landscape photo ops in my opinion. If you (and your partner) ever consider a trip this way be sure to email. I know a heap of amazing locations and speak the language. Would be honoured to host.
Excellent, honest vlog, loving your content, thank you. And good job Karen!
Hey Adam, always a pleasure and nothing less than fabulous images. A great message on editing as well. Sometimes less is more! Cheers!
No words ! Simply amazing. Adam you are the one that I will always follow on you tube as I can't follow you in China. Thanks to share
Great video. Love the sign in that park: “manifest civilized behavior.” That’s going on a T-shirt.
Good idea! cheers
Those pics on the Web were funny. Glad you gave a more realistic rendering. As always great video and well done to Karen for the videography.
Wow, very good!
Great to watch, thanks, looks amazing and so much better than the over cooked ones.
I’m liking these China videos!
Very nice images and a sound approach to the editing. Your China trip is interesting and also nice to see how you tackle new surroundings. It would be super interesting to see you tackle the Swedish national park of Sarek.
👍 Just perfect, thank you Adam!Very helpful tips about light and post processing! I like your workflow in PS or LR a lot. Not overly sharpened or saturated. I know that some have their own style and everyone should do what they find pleasing but i like to get an impression of the area (maybe just by two small details) and i want it to be realisitc.
Looking forward to next week.
another amazing video! Thanks and I'm so glad I found this amazing group of photographers..You, Ryan, Gavin, Thomas, etc! I have never been so inspired!
Hello Adam, Well what can I say... This vlog is up there with your best work. Also thank you, for introducing to me this new area which I had never seen before. It looks like a marvellous holiday in particular for photographers' and to get fit. As always love hearing your thought processes...
Gorgeous. Cannot wait for the Gobi footage. Interesting to hear a qualified review of Zhangye. Have been contemplating it and the Gobi since last year's trip to Zhangjiajie. Was very much worried about what you covered in the video. Especially coming from Arizona originally. Sounds like a nice value add to the Gobi but not a proper destination in and of itself.
Definitely worth checking out if you're going into the Gobi and is very close.
What great colours worth seeing even if it’s just once lol
Awesome video Adam! It's amazing just how overprocessed the internet is with images of so many locations. Great explanation of flat light. Congrats on hitting 20k subscribers and getting that 200-500 f/5.6 lens. Sure is going to come handy. I myself lately been really wanting to reach more for my 70-200 as I shot a lot with it near the mountains at 135 and 200 mm.
Dramatic geology alright - wow! Sort of scene that could benefit from polarising in good side light maybe? Great video Adam - this Chinese adventure is coming up with amazing images my friend!!
I'm not sure if it was a true black & white image, but the monochrome photograph of the mountains might've been my favorite out of the bunch. Go figure.
What's up Adam? I really think your girl did a great job photographing for someone who doesn't do photography. You should work with her like that more often. Anyway, great job Karen. Peace!!!!
Great work and good explanation on processing! Btw now I understand your rating system: half-decent, decent, pretty decent.
Haha, that's right, non committal that way, no disappointment, lol.
Adam,
A nice visit through your eyes. I do believe the saturation slider was rather "enthusiastically" applied in the photos yielded by your initial Google search. The telephoto abstracts are quite intriguing once the light started to get low on the horizon -- very "Painted-Deserty."
As far as being thrown-out, I'll just comment that I've been thrown out of much nicer places than that, so don't fret over it!
Karen's closing footage is a treat!
Manifesting Civilized Behavior,
Mike
Perhaps thrown out was a little exaggerated, we were gently corralled out with whistles, haha.
Great images as always Adam. I treated myself to the 200-500mm and was amazed at the quality of images I got from it. It’s great value for its price
Hi Adam, Gavin sent me (cheers Gavin), very happy I stopped by and have discovered your channel. What an incredible place you visited here, you managed some fantastic images and I really like how you've edited them sympathetically (and from what I've seen elsewhere) realistically! I have subscribed and am looking forward to seeing your other videos. May I ask how you feel about the D850, would you buy it again now you 've had it a while and have gotten to know it? Cheers from near Kettering(UK).