The ONE LENS I always choose for Hiking
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- Опубліковано 9 вер 2023
- Hiking up a mountain means packing light, that's why this lens is often the first (and only) one I decide to take!
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NIKON GEAR (Main STILLS camera)
Current landscape camera - Nikon Z7 - geni.us/nikonz7
Awesome telephoto lens - Nikon 70-200m f/2.8 - geni.us/nikon70200
Great ultra-wide angle lens - Nikon 14-30mm f/4 - geni.us/1430mm
Hiking mid lens - Nikon 24-70mm Z f4 - geni.us/nikon2470
Sharpest mid lens - Nikon 24-70mm Z f2.8 geni.us/2470mm28
Very long lens - Nikon 500mm F5.6 - geni.us/nikon500mm
FILM GEAR
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Nikon Z6 - geni.us/z6nikon
Nikon 20mm Z F1.8 - geni.us/nikon20mmz
Nikon 24mm Z F1.8 - geni.us/nikon24mm
Nikon 50mm Z F1.8 - geni.us/nikon50mmz
Nikon 85mm Z F1.8 - geni.us/nikon85mmz
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You are the most impressive and likeable landscape photographer there is on UA-cam. Your love for landscape photography and the freedom of nature are contagious.
Thanks so much Alex
To be honest, as the clouds gathered and grew thicker I found myself thinking "Get OFF that mountain before you can't see where down is!" But what a view! Thank you for all that you do. So inspiring!
I'm biased of course but West of Scotland, with its changeable light and weather offers some of the best photo opportunities in the world. Your passion and enthusiasm for this type of adventure shines through, as it did in the Luskentyre series. It just reinforces that you don't get great images just because of equipment. you need to put yourself in the landscape, in the elements, to truly experience all that nature can create. If you're not there to see it then no amount of equipment will help. Please more of this type of content.
Glad you enjoyed it Richard and will do!
Not biased. This part of the world is very special... (and I live in Hampshire!) 😊
I find myself experiencing life on a spiritual level when I am out in nature, on the hunt for a great photo. Yes, like you Nigel, I also find myself praying for fantastic conditions and when the conditions manifest in the form of a blessing (light, color, dynamic scene), all of my life problems seem to disappear-even if just for a little bit-and I am supercharged with hope and vitality for my upcoming days. Thank you for sharing your experience.
That last image is stunning, no question!
Nigel, I wish I had more than one Thumb Up to offer you for this. Your expression of joy is priceless. Thank you for the gift of your inspiration.
Wow, thank you!
It's great to see you doing what you do best, and it really comes across how much you are enjoying it as you say it doesn't get any better than that.
Absolutely beautiful photos Nigel. The scenery, video clips and your enthusiasm and passion were truly a joy to watch. So inspirational!
Nigel, how awesome to see you out hiking and thankfully for taking us along on the treks with you. I have been immersed in your book The Spirit of Luskentyre. It is beautiful and inspiring. My husband and I are in our early 70s and after a serious health issue with him last Fall are no longer able to do the longer hikes. So I relish each of your videos. Not as good as doing it myself with my hubby alongside but still fills me with awe, inspiration and gratitude for you and your videos. I realize how important my photography is to me and they help me accept that barring a miracle I must be grateful for what I can do closer to our home in Mississippi, USA. I had on my bucket list since I first started watching you a long leisurely trip to England and Scotland. It will remain in the bucket and each week I add another Nigel video to that bucket. Peace, Hope, Gratitude and Joy, Donna D. PS The images were incredible and the one you're not sure about I do love. They were all AMAZING! You always remind me why I love landscape photography.
Your excitement is so inspiring!
Thanks for all of your hard work Nigel! Appreciate your excitement and enthusiasm! Nice shots and creativity!
Absolutely wonderful! Fantastic conditions and a lot of resilience to keep on going. Great photos. What a place 👍
It is so great to see the genuine child like excitement that many of us can relate to . The passion is real , ain't it ? Great episode .
Another amazing video Nigel. Can’t begin to tell you how useful they are to those of us early in our hobby. Thank you.
A great location, beautiful photos and your infectious enthusiasm - a winning combination!
A great video Nigel, what a great location the shots make the hike so worthwhile. It really comes through that this is what you love. Well done.
Thanks Nigel. I love being able to tag along on all of your adventures and hear how you put everything together. I used to take a full bag of equipment but found I rarely changed lenses. Love the idea of just taking and focusing on one.
I really enjoy seeing the fun you had on this hike, also like that you will do more vidoes like this one. Kind of you getting back to basics wich i`m glad for. That light over those mountains looked so gorgeous!
Great video Nigel, it's lovely to see the "Duracell Bunny" Nigel back full of excitement and enthusiasm.
Great images that were well worth a strenuous climb and I thought the last image was excellent.
You didn't tell us anything more about the doggo.
Glad you enjoyed it
I like all the shots from this trip. The sun rays coming through the clouds lighting up the mountain looked amazing. Enjoy watching your hikes.
It's so much fun seeing your excitement about being in your happy place. And epic photos too.
Great to see you springing around like a puppy again, obviously your back is a lot better now. Love seeing you back in your happy place Nigel, very inspiring!
Great photos Nigel and definite just reward for the effort to get them. Arran is amazing. I remember that mountain range being hidden until you reached the top of Goatfell and how breathtaking it is when it comes into view.
It’s lovely seeing someone’s joy in what they do. Amazing photos. I’ve just MPB for the first time, very fast and very efficient.
Your joy and passion are so contagious! I caught myself grinning back at you! Thank you for sharing. I love the images, would enjoy seeing them every day.
Like the layered shots as well as the panoramic photos. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you Nigel for these great videos. Since I've been to Scotland this summer (although a family vacation and not a photo trip), I can "feel" your photos. It's hard to describe, but I also feel your joy when the light offers mindblowing views.
I just love your enthusiasm at the top of the mountain. Wonderful photos, entertaining video and, as always, very informative. Thank you Nigel.
your enthusiasm is contagious. beautiful landscape images
I absolutely love this lens for its versatility and light weight. It is always in my bag when i am in the mountains. Mostly together with the 14-30 F4. And I never felt that the image quality was not good enough.
Excellent photos and video, Nigel! (how always) Your pictures are really some of the very best i´ve ever seen.
What an amazing effort and the results were phenomenal! WOW! Thanks for taking me along!
Great Video Nigel! In addition to the epic shots you got on that mountain, I am so happy seeing your enthousiasm and smile from ear to ear while conquering the Scottish wheather. I don't think it was Svalbard or Greenland but for sure you got on top of your back problems and are able to get back on the top of a mountain!! I think that victory feeling also adds to the smile and the twinkle in your eyes! Thanks also for the explanations on the images in the end, love that as well!
Great to see you up a mountain in your natural habitat and creating such fab photos. I love your vertical pano and for me there is not too much going on at all. I use the same lens for hiking so the vertical pano is a great trick for me to take on board. See you on Thursday at your exhibition.
Amazing video and gorgeous pictures. As a 4-year follower I can say this is the most Nigel Danson video in a long time. Please, I wanna see more of you hiking the mountains and forests of the British isles.
Loved this video Nigel, one happy man, running around like a kid in a candy shop. And absolutely epic shots - I liked the pano from the top the most, some incredible light and the composition worked out beautifully. But I think the rest of the shots worked out really well too. Thank you for sharing, great to see you in your element!
Really enjoyed this video Nigel, I'll be rewatching this for sure. Amazing photos too. Always very inspiring, especially when I feel at a creative dip, you inspire me to get back out with my camera again. 💯👏🏻
Really enjoyed the video. Your enthusiasm as you anticipate all the good shots you hope for is contagious. Thank you for walking us through your evaluation of your shots. I’m learning a lot from the critique process.
Some epic photos Nigel, and I am please you are out and about in your favourite environment where you produce excellent photos and I learn so much from you.
I mean, all your videos are great, but it is really heartening to see you back doing these sorts of videos - not only do I enjoy them more, but it's pretty obvious you enjoy them more, which is the main thing.
A great video Nigel, I must admit it is the most relaxed and the most enjoyed I have seen you in a video for a long time. I love your other vids but this one was filled with real joy. (And great photos!!)
I'm so glad to see you back out on the British hills. Your international trips are amazing, but I really connect with your content in Scotland and the Lakes. I'm dreaming of the day you release a Lake District calendar because it's my happy place!
Great shots Nigel! Must have been hard work to combine the hiking, talking, filming and photographing. Love to see you back in action after your back issues. I've been following your channel on and off since I started photography and it's always been a joy. Thank you for your hard work!
Another great video Nigel.
Glad the op went ok and your out and about. Definitely an amazing view up there.
You captured some fantastic image's and i really liked the last one with the red in the rock's.
Look forward to the next one.
Your joy and excitement were very palpable and infectious. Welcome home, Nigel!
It is heartwarming to see you in your element, doing what you love. Thanks for taking us along Nigel! The red on those foreground rocks makes that shot and I love it.
Thanks!
THIS is the energy I love to see from you! so so contagious and exciting! I'm so glad you're doing well and I cant wait to see your upcoming stuff! Could you maybe do a focus stacking video for images at different F stops like you did in last weeks episode? Also, hello from New Hampshire!
I am extremely pleased that you have resumed your videos in a modified version of your original approach. I always enjoyed those. I enjoyed this one also!!!!
Great light nigel amazing video. It doesn't get better then this 😉 happy to see you feel confident enough to do longer hikes again. Grt guido
Always learning something when I watch your videos. I especially like when you critique your images at the end. I enjoy your analytic views. To me, these images are fantastic. You are inspiring! Thanks.
Another great video, Nigel, thank you! I agree with all those that have commented about your love for landscape photography which shines though in your videos. You have remained grounded in terms of remaining focussed on the photography which I personally really appreciate.
Thanks Nigel for another great video. I enjoy your excitement as much as your wonderful landscape shots! I am a MFT user and owner of Olympus OM-1 camera. This is a 20.4MP sensor and I too take several pano shots and stitch together. The results are very pleasing. I would be very proud with any of the pictures you took on this hike! Excellent work 👍
Some of the most beautiful images I’ve ever seen. Thank you!
Wow, enjoyed this so much! So happy to see your results with the 24-200.
Nigel, thanks again for a great video. The vertical pano is my favorite image from this trip. I think your inner voice was telling you the right thing. Fantastic image, fantastic video.
I agree it is such a stunning location. Great video. I had lived in Glasgow for 30 years before I made it across to Goatfell. I had seen its graceful outline from the mainland. Once you get to the top these stunning arêtes unfold and it is breathtaking.Also often windy; my camera and tripod got blown over. Glad your back stood up to the hike.
I like the vertical stitched panorama. I make use of stitched panoramas all the time, whether using my big camera or even my iPhone. As usual, I love your enthusiasm for being out in nature and the elements. Right up my alley. :)
Thanks for this great video and your joy out in nature! Often the best images are taken in these mixed conditions and it's always worth going out...
Your excitement is so infectious ❤ I don’t think we’ve seen you so thrilled since your back surgery. It’s so good to see you getting back to your core focus. It helps that Arran is my favourite place in the world too. Fab video.
"Pano Pano Pano" Nigel your excitement, love, and passion for Photography and life shines through in this video ! Well done mate ..👏
Awesome Nigel, I remember the reel you posted of this last week. Great to see the fully story behind it 👏
One of my favourite videos in a while.
I think it’s because it’s more relatable for me as I’m not going to get the chance to shot in the amazing places you get to go but also the images from this video remind me why I absolutely love landscape photography.
You are a stuck out the harsh weather when a lot of us would retreated and you were rewarded with stunning views.
Fantastic images 👏👏👏
I nearly retreated to be honest. But glad I kept going!
I like the immediacy of the photo with the red rocks. As a lifelong hiker and lover of those moments of solitude out there, I can get the vibe of what that must have been like, complete with the wind and the rain. It looks like a record of that hike, and I think that photo has all the elements that make it so. I'm newly retired and got myself a nice photo kit. I remember bounding about as you do in this video! The joy is there for all who share the love of nature, and I feel that kindred connection.
Right video for me, since I‘m considering what to bring to my next city trip instead of all my GFX gear (but still not quite sure…)
Love your ongoing enthusiasm! Very inspiring!!
Nigel, I love it when you take us along on these amazing treks into the mountains and show us what is possible in inclement weather. I walk a bit in the Mourne Mountains here in Northern Ireland and this video especially has encouraged me to get the wet gear on and get up there in less than perfect conditions. Your pictures are absolutely amazing as always and I’m glad to see you fit enough again to face this terrain.
Thanks so much and glad you enjoyed it
Nigel, simply gorgeous... thank you for sharing this with us
So glad to see your excitement, Nigel! Your narratives are always so clear... thank you! By the way, I like the different colors of red, browns, etc.
Arran looks absolutely awesome - stunning vistas in your video, which I loved! And most of all you pressed on in spite of the weather and as a consequence you managed those amazing photos. I love the final one - I know what you mean when you say there's a lot going on, but it's just gorgeous! Great video
Great images of that stunning landscape. Great to see that your back held out.
So happy seeing you back doing this type of. Videos Iceland and all them exotic locations are. Nice but. U.K. has got some of the best locations in the word. Good to see you happy in the hills
This is just epic ! And we can genuinely see by the look in your eyes that you're having the time of your life. This is truly incredible. Thanks for sharing that adventure with us. Will soon be going on a hike in the Quebec mountains myself and these few tips will definitely come handy
Glad you enjoyed it!
His is the best video for a long time. It just shows your joy in photograghy with a view tipps for us. Great. You don't need exotic location on a boat with 20 other people making the same shot. Your channel is about you and your own creative approach. 😊
Hi Nigel, this is the perfect application of hat you suggested last videos: don't care to much about having all the greatest gear, get out, and don't give up when wheather in not comfortable. Great photos can be made being in the right place at the right moment, not necessary with the right/perfect gear. Thank you for your passion and for your generosity to share all your experience
Really enjoyable video. Some great photos. I think you have made the right choice in focusing (get it) on the type of photography you like. Your enthusiasm is infectious.
If I took those photos I would be a very happy camper. I think the images you shoot are spectacular, which has raised your bar very high, so unless the image is absolutely striking, anything else can look a bit flat; however, may be seen in the 'flesh' they would look different.
I hope the exhibition is a success. The photos in your book are simply sublime. They are absolutely striking and a fantastic piece of photographic art.
Great great great…every place is the best place in the right moment with the right light!!!!
I just always look forward to your videos. The enthusiasm, the excitement, I always feel like grabbing my camera and running out of the house after I watch your videos. (and sometimes I do!)
But for the fact that it is currently 106 degrees in Tucson, Arizona, I would also be out there with the camera. I think I will wait until tomorrow morning.
Spectacular!!!
Glad to see you back in and enjoying the outing!
Love the 24-120 f4!
What is even more fun is to just take one prime and even more unique experience is a manual focus prime.
Another amazing video and great effort on the hike especially with your back. Great choice of lens which seem to cover most chosen compositions using panos too. The views were spectacular and those moving shafts of light were awesome.
All of those were gorgeous!
Such an inspirational video Nigel, I so love your enthusiasm and know where you’re coming from. I’m going back to Nikon with the Z8 and of course will be picking up a copy of this lens. Keep up the great work, you are by far one of the most talented and exceptional landscapers out there.
Fabulous photos Nigel, amazing scenery, I like them all
The excitement in your voice and face says it all!
I miss seeing Pebbles❣. But epic photos as always👍👍
Looks so amazing. It‘s a real joy watching your enthusiasm in this video, really contagious, I‘m gonna get out with my camera right after writing this 😊
Always watch your videos, but enjoy these location videos so much more. Very inspirational and excellent images.
Thanks Nigel for a great episode, it looked like you really enjoyed the hike up the mountain.
So good to hear that you’re returning to your roots. Some of the best Nigel Danson I’ve seen (and I’ve seen pretty much all of them) were on top of Chrome hill or Park House minus apple, or Loughrigg fell or some other lake district valley. Happy days 😊
I love your works Nigel. You are a great inspiration for me. Greetings from Italy.
Wonderful video Nigel, hard work the hiking but the rewards with the scenes and that light it was well worth it. Glad you are doing your local trips again, they are the videos I can really relate too. Hope the woodland trips are on the cards too, what with autumn around the corner. As ever keep them coming mate, it always boosts my Sundays.
Glad you enjoyed it
Great video Nigel and epic conditions. I'm the same with mountains, I never shoot wider than 24mm as I don't want to lose the sheer impact of their scale.
Love that final photo, great colour and light
That was the happiest I've seen you!!! You were like a little kid it's great to see
Love this Nigel. Great hike and awesome views. I enjoy just taking one lens and bit having to worry about what type of shots I can get with all the lenses I brought!
What a spectacle! Wow
Just did a road trip & 24-200 & Z7II was main set up, with Z50 & 16-50 as back up. Very happy with the latter as, like you, back issues impact my longer walks. Z50 gave me some great images and so much lighter.
Great to see you and your lad at Fotofest yesterday. The back story to the Luskentyre project was very interesting. I would rather get a decent slightly soft image than miss it. 99% of my images are made with the one 24-85mm lens. As someone said yesterday, being constrained in choices makes for more creativity with what you have with you. Thanks for sharing Nigel.
What a beautiful panorama absolutely love it 👍
Nigel, I am not on the fence on the last photograph. It's a stunning image, and I love the composition. Thank you for sharing. Peace and Safe Travels.