I have walked amongst several war cemeteries in the past, mostly in Belgium and France from WW1. It‘s very daunting seeing the amount of soldiers, young and mid-aged, buried there. I believe this one holds some 7500 WW2 soldiers and airmen, from all over the Commonwealth. Horrible to think of that large number in just one war cemetery from one time in our history. Such a lovely peaceful place and the forest looks extremely tempting. Beautiful images, Guido. Hope there wasn‘t any old half buried live ammunition in that forest!
I did some research, and that apparently is the largest of all the war cemeteries. I don't think it's only the commonwealth. There were lots of Canadian, American, Polish, and Czech. These aren't commonwealth countries. Never thought about live ammunition. Maybe i shouldn't wander off the paths anymore next time 😅 thanks for watching and sharing your experience! Grt guido
Thanks for this video, I appreciate you taking the time to share the WWII cemetery, so many young men lost their lives even before they had barely begun. What an honor to have seen this.
I have seen more of these graveyards but never noticed so many young people. What really surprised me was how clean and well maintained everythibg was. 2 full time employess so at least these men get what they deserve! A lit of respect 🙏 thanks for watching. I'm happy you enjoyed it. Grt guido
Thanks for the video and for making the time at the beginning to talk about the youth who are buried at the cemetery. I enjoyed the images. My favorite was of the yellow fern leaves taken at 150mm.
It was an amazing place to visit and I couldn't just walk passed it without showing it and talking about it. Happy to see that most people appreciate it. Thanks for watching and your ongoing support. Just a question, did you recieve the second calendar you ordered? Grt guido
While I was editing this video, I was struck by the idea of this being only 1 of many of these graveyards. I discovered that there are 7500 graves on the one I visited, and it is supposed to be the largest one. But there are 13 more of these graveyards across Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, and france, containing over 90.000 graves. I know my history, but seeing these numbers kind of opened my eyes again. Makes you think about what the F we are doing in the world today. Thanks for watching the video and sharing your comment. I can only hope your mother lived a long and happy life after experiencing all the trauma 🤞 grt guido
Nice video, with some pretty shots even though the conditions were not ideal. The black and white shot had real frame in it! And great intro to the war cemetery; with all the conflicts flaring up in the world it is good to remember our freedom.
Thanks for making this video Guido, really interesting to see the cemetery and the woods have great potential in more favourable conditions. I like the lane shots and great idea on self timer. 👍
What a place, it just hit me in the face. The world has learned nothing from disaster 80 years ago. It really keeps.me busy lately. What world are my boys gonna grow up in. Anyway thanks for watching and your comment. The self timer works great is use it a lot this way. Grt guido
We have a "WWII" section in our local cemetery here in Cologne, still maintained by the french I think. Also a mix of nationalities. Nice visit, thanks.
I especially find it strange that there were so many European soldiers there. I thought they would have gone back to they're own country's fo a ceremony but apparently they didn't. Thanks for watching and your comment. Grt guido
Thanks for sharing a bit more about the history and place. A fine reminder that we have a lot of things to be thankful for today in terms of our freedom. One of the times your fog magnet didn’t work 😂 beautiful woodlands though, good thing you wore that red jacket. Taking a selfie was the way 😂 worth to revisit with the fog, would want to see that next time. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and your family Guido. 😁 grateful for the connection.
Yeah i should look at a fog machine 😅 non honestly the weather here has been bad. This is one of my last videos I havent been put in more then a month. Hopefully next week I will be able to go out again and record some new material. Merry Christmas to you and i wish you all the best for 2025! Grt guido
Hello Guido On such places it always overcome me the ghost of history. It is strange but not a bad feeling and the hope for a better future. And now to the images. Like the autumn lane images. Had made in October some with a railroad. Merry Christmas Grt Ernesto
I had the exact same feeling. It makes you thibk what the world is becoming today. Apparently we have learned nothing from this disaster. Must be nice with a railroad. I always see autumn images from colorade with a steam train driving trough the forest. Looks awsome. Thanks for watchibg grt guido
My Dad was with The Highland Fusiliers (Canadian) he served in Holland. I remember you asking about his medals that I framed in one of my videos. I didn't know about changing the self timer settings, good idea! I would normally use a radio intervalometer I will look at those settings. Always good to look behind for a good shot!. 10: "Foggy" I laughed! An adequately sized print of the log pile would look great on the wall by a log burner I enjoy the B&W effect. Our Photo Safari yesterday was a couple hundred miles on icy roads with some blowing snow, it was Winter Wonderful, this was a great change for me.
It must incredible to hear all the story's from soldiers that actually participated in fighting for our freedom. Who knows how thing could have ended. Maybe I would have spoken German now. I also liked the log shot. Didn't expect anything of it. Looking forward to see some footage of your trip. Would love to experience something simular here. Thabks for watching. Grt guido
I. Always visit my Grandfathers grave in France when I am passing. It shocks people when they see so many graves especially when it says ‘known only unto god’. Most of the UK graves would often be from the same village because of the recruitment and training at the time.
It was absolutely shocking. I visited more of the graveyards but I never noticed they were all that young. Or maybe I just understand enough back then. Sorry to hear about your grandfather. Thanks for watchibg and sharing your experience. Grt guido
Another location for you to visit and I don’t think it was a waste if your time at all and showing us the cemetery I found really interesting too We should never forget the young lives lost You still achieved some good images which shows you know what to look for and you help us see things too :) Merry Christmas to you and your family xx
It's strange. Since I've visited the graveyard it keeps me busy. We haven't learned anything from that trauma 80 years ago apparently. What world are my kids gonna grow up in. I'm afraid at some point they will face those same conditions as back then again. And who knows what will happen then. Thanks for watching and sharing your thoughts. And i wish you the best for the holidays and hopefully lots of luck and good health for 2025! Grt guido
@ Thank you Guido I can only empathise and agree entirely with your thoughts We really as a human race should learn from mistakes but sadly we don’t seem to I fear for my grandchildren too But we have to concentrate that in this world there is much good and wonderful people too I’ve always said to mine Stay away from the bad people it’s just sad we have to think this Envoy your time with your family x
The forest has wonderful possibilities. Just need the right conditions. That log pile made for some interesting ideas. I have passed over some things like that over the years to return at a later date and find the objects of interest gone. I am not happy with myself when I don't recognize the opportunity while it is at hand. Haste makes waste or so I have been told all my life. I shoot lots of exposures of silly stuff sometimes but I enjoy having sets of exposures that tell several different stories of the same place.I have found it to increase my compositional skills as well. Great place and I look forward to seeing it under the conditions you like to shoot!
It was a beautifull place but to be honest I didn't see a single composition that made me believe i had tor return there. I will get back someday and try again. Maybe i was in the wrong area of the forest. I also know a spot with lots of hight difference. Maybe that's more suitable then this flat area that I visited now. But I agree with you. If you see something just react to it. You never know when you will be back. If there is even something to go back to. Talking about multiple shots and telling stories with images. The log pile would have been a great example. Just shooting different angles and then make them a 3 window set. Would work fine with me. Thanks for watchibg and sharing your comment. Grt guido
Zeker, dit bos was er ook niet echt geschikt voor en had beter een 1.2 lens mee kunnen nemen. Maar toch redelijk tevreden. Bedankt voor het kijken grt guidi
Guido, you hit on an interesting point with regards to woodland photography. I also tend to favour zoom lenses for the same reason. In woodlands you can't necessarily move closer or further away from your subject without changing your perspective and so using prime lenses limits the opportunities for good images. I also find I rarely shoot under 25mm (50mm on a full frame camera). Here in South East Australia where I shoot there is typically a thick understorey of shrubs and smaller trees so you often find yourself trying to shoot over or between the understorey to get the photograph. If I could have the ideal woodland photography lens, it would be a quality zoom with a range from around 25 to 150mm (50 to 300mm on full frame).
Yes, i can only agree with you. I was thinking that one of those 1.2mm prime lenses would have been useful. But I agree on that focal range. The 12-100 f4 has a great focal range, but the aperture is a bit too high for woodland separation. If they would make a focal range like that in a 2.8 or even a 1.2, then it would get me crazy.... thanks for watching and sharing your experience! Grt guido
@@GuidoVanDeWater f4 is okay with me. On the rare occasion I do decide I need a shallower depth of field, I will use one of my primes or one of my faster zoom lenses. Typically in woodland photography, I generally find I want more depth of field rather than less. I would be interested to know how often you shoot less than f4. I grant you the woodlands you shoot in tend to be much less busy than the ones I shoot in and in this situation getting separation using a shallower depth of field might be more desirable. The lens I use most is the the 12-100 f4 due to its flexibility. However, I rarely find my self using the the wider end of that range in woodland photography. The 40-150mm f2.8 lens loses that critical 30-40mm range which I seem to land on often when shooting woodlands.
I think i should 90 percent of my images above f4 i rarely come underneath it. Just when I want to isolate something but usually that shallower depth of field is already obtained by the focal range if I need it. So I guess your right. Last week i releases 3 videos recorded on the same day in an extremely foggy woodland. Almost all images are captured between 25 and 40mm I never switched lenses and used the 12-40 constantly. I've recieved the 8-25 f4 last week to try. And I'm not sure if that is what i need in the netherlands. If I'm going to use this lens it will replace my 7-14 and 12-40 but that means I loose that area from 25-40 where I capture a lot of images in. Choices... and something about luxury problems 😅
I really enjoyed this Guido. Just thinking about all those young men made my eyes fill with tears. On a different note, have you ever used the lens blur feature in Lightroom to soften the busy background? I"m more of a birder, but the same issue applies with birds. If I can slightly soften the background clutter, my bird is emphasized.
It was an amazing place and it really gave me a moment of reflection also. I was absolutely struck by seeing all those young names. I knew many soldiers died of course but never realised they were all that young. I did experiment with the blur feature but I don't really like the outcome in Landscape shots. Lightroom doesn't really do a good job in selecting all the separate leaves. I often use the brush tool and then apply a bit of softness but if will never become as good as a foggy day. Maybe I'm just spoiled. Thanks for watching and your comment. Grt guido
@j16m02 I read that the latest lightroom update has a upgrade to the lens blur tool and it's got some new features there but I haven't tested it yet. Who knows maybe some day...
Hoi Guido Ook al was het misschien niet je droom locatie, je leert er toch altijd wel weer wat van. Het MFT formaat geeft een soms onwenselijke scherptediepte. Gezegende kerstdagen toegewenst. Met vriendelijke groet.
De scherpte diepte is vaak ook een keuze he. Meestal fotografeer ik rond de f8 ik kan dus nog veel lager in het diafragna gaan als ik ik zou willen.wat jij als onwenselijk ervaard is dan eerder een keuze van mij en andere smaak dan dat het iets met de sensor te maken heeft denk ik. Er zit zeker iets verachil ten opzichte van full frame. Ik ervaar dat in landschappen helemaal niet negatief. Sterker nog ik vind het alleen maar een voordeel. Al dat gefocus stack daar heb ik niet zo snel last van. Bedankt voor het kijken. Grt guido
I have walked amongst several war cemeteries in the past, mostly in Belgium and France from WW1. It‘s very daunting seeing the amount of soldiers, young and mid-aged, buried there. I believe this one holds some 7500 WW2 soldiers and airmen, from all over the Commonwealth. Horrible to think of that large number in just one war cemetery from one time in our history. Such a lovely peaceful place and the forest looks extremely tempting. Beautiful images, Guido. Hope there wasn‘t any old half buried live ammunition in that forest!
I did some research, and that apparently is the largest of all the war cemeteries. I don't think it's only the commonwealth. There were lots of Canadian, American, Polish, and Czech. These aren't commonwealth countries. Never thought about live ammunition. Maybe i shouldn't wander off the paths anymore next time 😅 thanks for watching and sharing your experience! Grt guido
Thanks for this video, I appreciate you taking the time to share the WWII cemetery, so many young men lost their lives even before they had barely begun. What an honor to have seen this.
I have seen more of these graveyards but never noticed so many young people. What really surprised me was how clean and well maintained everythibg was. 2 full time employess so at least these men get what they deserve! A lit of respect 🙏 thanks for watching. I'm happy you enjoyed it. Grt guido
Thanks for the video and for making the time at the beginning to talk about the youth who are buried at the cemetery.
I enjoyed the images. My favorite was of the yellow fern leaves taken at 150mm.
It was an amazing place to visit and I couldn't just walk passed it without showing it and talking about it. Happy to see that most people appreciate it. Thanks for watching and your ongoing support. Just a question, did you recieve the second calendar you ordered? Grt guido
My mom was a riveter at the Boeing plant in Seattle during WWII. So many lives lost. So very sad.
While I was editing this video, I was struck by the idea of this being only 1 of many of these graveyards. I discovered that there are 7500 graves on the one I visited, and it is supposed to be the largest one. But there are 13 more of these graveyards across Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, and france, containing over 90.000 graves. I know my history, but seeing these numbers kind of opened my eyes again. Makes you think about what the F we are doing in the world today. Thanks for watching the video and sharing your comment. I can only hope your mother lived a long and happy life after experiencing all the trauma 🤞 grt guido
@@GuidoVanDeWater yes, she did! And yes, I too wonder what the heck we're doing today. Seems we don't learn much from history.
Nice video, with some pretty shots even though the conditions were not ideal. The black and white shot had real frame in it! And great intro to the war cemetery; with all the conflicts flaring up in the world it is good to remember our freedom.
Thanks for making this video Guido, really interesting to see the cemetery and the woods have great potential in more favourable conditions. I like the lane shots and great idea on self timer. 👍
What a place, it just hit me in the face. The world has learned nothing from disaster 80 years ago. It really keeps.me busy lately. What world are my boys gonna grow up in. Anyway thanks for watching and your comment. The self timer works great is use it a lot this way. Grt guido
We have a "WWII" section in our local cemetery here in Cologne, still maintained by the french I think. Also a mix of nationalities. Nice visit, thanks.
I especially find it strange that there were so many European soldiers there. I thought they would have gone back to they're own country's fo a ceremony but apparently they didn't. Thanks for watching and your comment. Grt guido
Thanks for sharing a bit more about the history and place. A fine reminder that we have a lot of things to be thankful for today in terms of our freedom.
One of the times your fog magnet didn’t work 😂 beautiful woodlands though, good thing you wore that red jacket. Taking a selfie was the way 😂 worth to revisit with the fog, would want to see that next time.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and your family Guido. 😁 grateful for the connection.
Yeah i should look at a fog machine 😅 non honestly the weather here has been bad. This is one of my last videos I havent been put in more then a month. Hopefully next week I will be able to go out again and record some new material. Merry Christmas to you and i wish you all the best for 2025! Grt guido
Hello Guido
On such places it always overcome me the ghost of history. It is strange but not a bad feeling and the hope for a better future. And now to the images. Like the autumn lane images. Had made in October some with a railroad.
Merry Christmas
Grt Ernesto
I had the exact same feeling. It makes you thibk what the world is becoming today. Apparently we have learned nothing from this disaster. Must be nice with a railroad. I always see autumn images from colorade with a steam train driving trough the forest. Looks awsome. Thanks for watchibg grt guido
My Dad was with The Highland Fusiliers (Canadian) he served in Holland. I remember you asking about his medals that I framed in one of my videos. I didn't know about changing the self timer settings, good idea! I would normally use a radio intervalometer I will look at those settings. Always good to look behind for a good shot!. 10: "Foggy" I laughed! An adequately sized print of the log pile would look great on the wall by a log burner I enjoy the B&W effect. Our Photo Safari yesterday was a couple hundred miles on icy roads with some blowing snow, it was Winter Wonderful, this was a great change for me.
It must incredible to hear all the story's from soldiers that actually participated in fighting for our freedom. Who knows how thing could have ended. Maybe I would have spoken German now. I also liked the log shot. Didn't expect anything of it. Looking forward to see some footage of your trip. Would love to experience something simular here. Thabks for watching. Grt guido
I. Always visit my Grandfathers grave in France when I am passing. It shocks people when they see so many graves especially when it says ‘known only unto god’. Most of the UK graves would often be from the same village because of the recruitment and training at the time.
It was absolutely shocking. I visited more of the graveyards but I never noticed they were all that young. Or maybe I just understand enough back then. Sorry to hear about your grandfather. Thanks for watchibg and sharing your experience. Grt guido
Another location for you to visit and I don’t think it was a waste if your time at all and showing us the cemetery I found really interesting too We should never forget the young lives lost You still achieved some good images which shows you know what to look for and you help us see things too :) Merry Christmas to you and your family xx
It's strange. Since I've visited the graveyard it keeps me busy. We haven't learned anything from that trauma 80 years ago apparently. What world are my kids gonna grow up in. I'm afraid at some point they will face those same conditions as back then again. And who knows what will happen then. Thanks for watching and sharing your thoughts. And i wish you the best for the holidays and hopefully lots of luck and good health for 2025! Grt guido
@ Thank you Guido I can only empathise and agree entirely with your thoughts We really as a human race should learn from mistakes but sadly we don’t seem to I fear for my grandchildren too But we have to concentrate that in this world there is much good and wonderful people too I’ve always said to mine Stay away from the bad people it’s just sad we have to think this Envoy your time with your family x
The forest has wonderful possibilities. Just need the right conditions. That log pile made for some interesting ideas. I have passed over some things like that over the years to return at a later date and find the objects of interest gone. I am not happy with myself when I don't recognize the opportunity while it is at hand. Haste makes waste or so I have been told all my life. I shoot lots of exposures of silly stuff sometimes but I enjoy having sets of exposures that tell several different stories of the same place.I have found it to increase my compositional skills as well. Great place and I look forward to seeing it under the conditions you like to shoot!
It was a beautifull place but to be honest I didn't see a single composition that made me believe i had tor return there. I will get back someday and try again. Maybe i was in the wrong area of the forest. I also know a spot with lots of hight difference. Maybe that's more suitable then this flat area that I visited now. But I agree with you. If you see something just react to it. You never know when you will be back. If there is even something to go back to. Talking about multiple shots and telling stories with images. The log pile would have been a great example. Just shooting different angles and then make them a 3 window set. Would work fine with me. Thanks for watchibg and sharing your comment. Grt guido
@@GuidoVanDeWater My pleasure!
Hi Guido
Het isoleren in een dergelijke situatie is altijd een uitdaging.
Zeker, dit bos was er ook niet echt geschikt voor en had beter een 1.2 lens mee kunnen nemen. Maar toch redelijk tevreden. Bedankt voor het kijken grt guidi
Guido, you hit on an interesting point with regards to woodland photography. I also tend to favour zoom lenses for the same reason. In woodlands you can't necessarily move closer or further away from your subject without changing your perspective and so using prime lenses limits the opportunities for good images. I also find I rarely shoot under 25mm (50mm on a full frame camera). Here in South East Australia where I shoot there is typically a thick understorey of shrubs and smaller trees so you often find yourself trying to shoot over or between the understorey to get the photograph. If I could have the ideal woodland photography lens, it would be a quality zoom with a range from around 25 to 150mm (50 to 300mm on full frame).
Yes, i can only agree with you. I was thinking that one of those 1.2mm prime lenses would have been useful. But I agree on that focal range. The 12-100 f4 has a great focal range, but the aperture is a bit too high for woodland separation. If they would make a focal range like that in a 2.8 or even a 1.2, then it would get me crazy.... thanks for watching and sharing your experience! Grt guido
@@GuidoVanDeWater f4 is okay with me. On the rare occasion I do decide I need a shallower depth of field, I will use one of my primes or one of my faster zoom lenses. Typically in woodland photography, I generally find I want more depth of field rather than less. I would be interested to know how often you shoot less than f4. I grant you the woodlands you shoot in tend to be much less busy than the ones I shoot in and in this situation getting separation using a shallower depth of field might be more desirable. The lens I use most is the the 12-100 f4 due to its flexibility. However, I rarely find my self using the the wider end of that range in woodland photography. The 40-150mm f2.8 lens loses that critical 30-40mm range which I seem to land on often when shooting woodlands.
I think i should 90 percent of my images above f4 i rarely come underneath it. Just when I want to isolate something but usually that shallower depth of field is already obtained by the focal range if I need it. So I guess your right. Last week i releases 3 videos recorded on the same day in an extremely foggy woodland. Almost all images are captured between 25 and 40mm I never switched lenses and used the 12-40 constantly. I've recieved the 8-25 f4 last week to try. And I'm not sure if that is what i need in the netherlands. If I'm going to use this lens it will replace my 7-14 and 12-40 but that means I loose that area from 25-40 where I capture a lot of images in. Choices... and something about luxury problems 😅
Happy new year Guido ! … you got some nice keepers there 👍
Thank you I wish you all the best for 2025! Grt guido
I like the colors of the shot but it is very busy. Yes it would work much better with fog.
Yeah unfortunatly things weren't as predicted that morning. But it was a nice walk and got to know the area a little. Thanks for watching grt guido
@GuidoVanDeWater your videos inspire me Guido. I like the pace of them and the quality of the human experience. And, your images are beautiful.
Thank you i really appreciate your comment and support. Always nice to see that people like what I do!
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Dankjewel!
I really enjoyed this Guido. Just thinking about all those young men made my eyes fill with tears. On a different note, have you ever used the lens blur feature in Lightroom to soften the busy background? I"m more of a birder, but the same issue applies with birds. If I can slightly soften the background clutter, my bird is emphasized.
It was an amazing place and it really gave me a moment of reflection also. I was absolutely struck by seeing all those young names. I knew many soldiers died of course but never realised they were all that young. I did experiment with the blur feature but I don't really like the outcome in Landscape shots. Lightroom doesn't really do a good job in selecting all the separate leaves. I often use the brush tool and then apply a bit of softness but if will never become as good as a foggy day. Maybe I'm just spoiled. Thanks for watching and your comment. Grt guido
@@GuidoVanDeWater I suspected that would be your response regarding the lens blur. I confess, I'm not that fussy and rarely go in that close. Thanks
@j16m02 I read that the latest lightroom update has a upgrade to the lens blur tool and it's got some new features there but I haven't tested it yet. Who knows maybe some day...
Hoi Guido
Ook al was het misschien niet je droom locatie, je leert er toch altijd wel weer wat van. Het MFT formaat geeft een soms onwenselijke scherptediepte. Gezegende kerstdagen toegewenst.
Met vriendelijke groet.
De scherpte diepte is vaak ook een keuze he. Meestal fotografeer ik rond de f8 ik kan dus nog veel lager in het diafragna gaan als ik ik zou willen.wat jij als onwenselijk ervaard is dan eerder een keuze van mij en andere smaak dan dat het iets met de sensor te maken heeft denk ik. Er zit zeker iets verachil ten opzichte van full frame. Ik ervaar dat in landschappen helemaal niet negatief. Sterker nog ik vind het alleen maar een voordeel. Al dat gefocus stack daar heb ik niet zo snel last van. Bedankt voor het kijken. Grt guido