Already got the book and I can highly recommend it (although that twat Gavin never signed mine) …. Beautiful images and story’s throughout. Proud to have it with my Heaton, and Wallace collection
@fototripper the last time I was there was during the autumn season in the hopes of a colour boost. Unfortunately I was a tad late and the leaf litter was just too much to get a reasonable shot out of it
There are two benefits I've discovered being a middle aged alleged adult: 1) Chocolate for breakfast is okay and 2) It's okay to buy the lens you want.
Dear Mr Hardcastle, I have a 3 month old. When he’s being fussy, we watch your videos (not too much tv time) but he stops crying and starts smiling. We love your work. Thanks for all you do!
I see you smartly included a bird book in there Gav. Seeing the number of your team that gave me a follow recently, I’d say they’re a decently large crowd, and you’d better give them a regular dose of feathers!
Gavin. You've provided me with hours of entertainment and I wanted to give you a far too small token of my appreciation for all the effort you put in to sharing your skills with us. You were one of the inspirations to start my own UA-cam channel which will hopefully grow someday. Anyway just wanted to say thanks and encourage you to keep up the good work. Oh and if your ever headed to the Buffalo/Niagara region and would like some pointers to photography honey holes give me a shout I'd be more than happy to share.
Watching the scenes of forests is always restful and energetic for me. Roots of the trees are more beautiful than trees themselves. I love trees too, I worked eighteen years of my life photographing trees. I call this project “The Passion Of Trees”. “To me, each tree, like a human being, has a tale to tell, When a tree dies, a whole story is interrupted.” Thank you for sharing your beautiful videos. Ali
Great point on shooting wide. I use a 14mm lens for wide landscapes and, if I want the edge subjects in frame tend to take the shot a little wider allowing for alignment corrections post edit. Works a treat and with the high res sensors you will not lose any detail and capture all you want to in the frame. 🙂
Coffee & Chocolate are the ideal start to a day, quickly followed by a plop and a read of Chasing Awe !! :) looks like a spot we will see more of in future times , great shots Pal !!
I greatly enjoy your videos in the educational aspect because you have taught time so much, see an old dog can learn new tricks, even one scratching on 70. And the other reason is the Ying to your Yang, Amanda makes it so much fun because you too play off of each other so magnificently. God Bless both of you and keep on shooting those beautiful photos. ;)
I do most of my photography hand held as most of my cameras have IBIS, but there are times when photographing landscapes that I need to keep my aperture at F8 or higher and a low ISO, To be able to get a sharp photo in lower light a tripod is a necessary tool.
The answer is: depends on. Handheld highres shot with my Olympus is no problem. But there is more than just the gear, and this is what you show us in your Videos. The walk to the comp, finding the comp in the viewfinder, just being outside and enjoying the day! Thanks Amanda and Gavin👍
Superb! Tripods. Yes I have one. It's no a Frodo (Manfrotto) but it's sturdy and has a quick release bracket. BUT for days when I just don't want the bulk of it I have a bean bag thing (with tripod screw) and it's really handy. I always keep it in my camera bag 👍
The picture of the wood nymph you captured at 23.16 is a good one as well. Anyway thanks for sharing the tips Gavin, always good to know what it is that makes the photos just that little bit more interesting.
This topic was so timely. I just did a camping trip to Bodega Bay and the only thing I forgot was my tripod which I was so bummed about. I was able to get some shots but it limited what I wanted to take, especially astro. I feel as though my handhelds weren't as sharp but I might just be picky, I def do miss my tripod when I don't have it. It's also a great way to slow down and enjoy the scene.
Charlie Waite has a saying the goes something like, Attend and Intend: Attend to every element in the scene and let each one be intended, excluded or accepted to be there.
"Coffee and a plop". The essential start to any early morning landscape shoot. Nothing worse than the turtle touching the cloth just as the light is perfect.
Nice Gavin and Amanda, love a bit of fog. I also love flying the drone first thing in the morning with the fog. Send it up and check out the sunrise above the fog. It's tremendous. Amanda will burp with excitement.
"coffee and a plop" and "ohhhh that's going to itch when it dries" Thanks so much you two for helping me fill my adage vault! oh and the photography stuff too....
Another super video Gavin and Amanda. Loved the skit about chocolate bar, Cadbury's is the greatest. Thank you for making the videos so fun and educational at the same time.
Hi Gavin and Amanda. Like the show. Seems like years ago that Amanda had a camera and hiking. Would be great to see again. Stitching and handheld is a good start.Add a Fuji then no competition.
That chocolate discussion reminded me of conversations with my wife...if I will east an individual chocolate in one go whereas my wife would eat in in 2 or 3 bites and then complain how I'm uncouth! I'll try to remember the 'in or out' tutorial, makes sense so thanks Gavin.
you two crack me up tested postive with covid today had a massive headache and sore throat all day driving a bus around for 12 hours came home and there you where on youtube so sat back and had a great laugh with you two thanks for making me feel better and love the photo good work keep them coming
Lying in bed in our caravan with the headphones on watching the video at 0630 this morning when Amanda announces “that’ll itch when it dries” I think I woke up ½ the campground with the laugh I let out! 😂😂 love your work.
Dairy Milk chocolate dipped in coffee. The best!! I haven’t eaten chocolate in nearly 2 years. I miss chocolate, but coffee, I could never give that up.
At 23:13 It looks like a handheld panorama or cropped into a wide panorama aspect ratio. I know you'll think it's heresy, but you could have done a HDR composite shot at @4:30, that way you'd have a chance to recover the blown out sky beyond the canopy. I can't say it would have worked but you could have tried to see if it would. That tree at 25:22, the same one with the blown out sky, to me it looks like the "claw game" at a carnival or airport where you try and grab the prize and never can, kind of reminiscent to your desire for the perfect composition of that tree and boulder with fog, you just can't "grab it".
Once again, you have given me something to think about and try the next time I'm trying to shoot a photo with a wider angle lens in a forest with so much chaos. It can be so frustrating dealing with the trees or limbs that want to sneak into the corners of the frame.
Absolutely love that final shot. Stunning. With regard to handholding: I do (did) often handhold but was often disappointed with the sharpness, especially as I have got older. It is OK for you whippersnappers but when you start getting on a bit, it becomes a tad more difficult to hold it steady and it seems to have got worse since I bought the Nikon D850.
I did think the first image would be the handheld one because the plants etc in the absolute foreground was blurry, but that was the only clue I thought I had, and even then I was _not_ sure at all.
Regarding the white patches: create a merge visible layer, select the clone stamp tool and change its blend mode to "Darken". Sample a pale foliage colour area and stamp over the white areas. The darken blend mode will restrict the stamping to the brightest pixels (the white ones). Job done. Full Disclosure: I learned this from Nick Page
Great video Gavin and Amanda, sorry have not been watching as much as I should as I have been sucked into the crazy goings on in the world :( Time to get back into what I enjoy watching and doing :) Thanks again, keep them coming
Great trail to do in the winter as well, just before you get to the falls, there is an offshoot "trail" that takes you up and over the falls to the upper falls, but its pretty sketch cause of the angle of the hill! In the winter that water fall completely freezes and you can climb it up to the upper falls! You can get some really nice ice formation hanging off the cliff on the left there as well!
I startled my office mates when I suddenly started laughing out loud at "oh, this is going to itch when it dries"! I'm dying laughing and I can't explain 🤣
Hi Gavin, cheers for another excellent video and question. As a recent upgrade to Sony and the A7iv I am amazed by the ability to shoot handheld at low shutter speeds, I have just returned from a business trip to Portugal and Spain and decided not to take my tripod, at 1/15th of a second got amazing results 😉👍
I guessed the handheld composition by most of the tree on the left edge of the frame. Been there, done that, always handheld and I shift ever so slightly....😂 Beautiful area!!
really the photos are so interesting, the photo composition is so cool and the location is the right location to produce a work that is so special, I am a subscriber to your channel, brother, I come from an Indonesian country. regards📸📸📸
As always Gavin excellent vlog and very educational in your magic Yorkshireman technique lol. Hope your braced for the Hurricane coming your way..! Stay safe.😉👍👍👍👍
I find a tripod slows me down, and I take the time for a better composition, especially high and low. I tend to move side to side without a tripod when setting up but get better up and down angles when on a tripod.
Another smashing video Gavin, I did love that waterfall but the trees were super too. Great colours and those roots over the rocks were quite amazing. I really liked our original composition because to me it wasn’t like a cat, although I could see where you got that from, but to me it looked like a gorilla pounding through the jungle. Well done, and I did have a wee suspicion from last week and now this week that Amanda may well be buying some wool to knit some baby clothes ? 😁👍
Odd that you don’t want to share the location but you come to my neck of the woods talking about Lower Lewis River Falls and now I need a reservation to park there. 😊
I said this in my recent nature photography gear video, "the thing every photographer needs, but I rarely use" If you're a stickler on 100 ISO, I see why people use it, but truthfully I think 800 ISO or less is totally fine for landscape shots with modern day mirrorless camera. The only time i use a tripod are for water, long exposures, or stacking. theres nothing wrong with using one, but I like to be on the go and find multiple compositions. and I HATE taking the 9 seconds to set one up lol
Order My Book, it's BobbyDazzla www.fototripper.com/chasing-awe-landscape-photography-book-gavin-hardcastle/
Already got the book and I can highly recommend it (although that twat Gavin never signed mine) …. Beautiful images and story’s throughout. Proud to have it with my Heaton, and Wallace collection
@@brianbrooking496 I'll sign it in person one day. Just be sire to carry it with you at all times to be ready.
@@fototripper next time your in Norway…. 👍 let me know!
@fototripper the last time I was there was during the autumn season in the hopes of a colour boost. Unfortunately I was a tad late and the leaf litter was just too much to get a reasonable shot out of it
Hey Gavin, Hope the towers held out through the storm. Thought of you two as soon as I knew Fiona was crossing over the Island
There are two benefits I've discovered being a middle aged alleged adult: 1) Chocolate for breakfast is okay and 2) It's okay to buy the lens you want.
"That's going to itch when it dries..." hysterical! You are both crazy as cats but adorable as fuzzy caterpillars....❤❤
Dear Mr Hardcastle,
I have a 3 month old. When he’s being fussy, we watch your videos (not too much tv time) but he stops crying and starts smiling. We love your work. Thanks for all you do!
I see you smartly included a bird book in there Gav. Seeing the number of your team that gave me a follow recently, I’d say they’re a decently large crowd, and you’d better give them a regular dose of feathers!
Sounds kinky!
You two just break me up😅. Don't let that gal go, she is one in a million.
Thanks!
Gavin. You've provided me with hours of entertainment and I wanted to give you a far too small token of my appreciation for all the effort you put in to sharing your skills with us. You were one of the inspirations to start my own UA-cam channel which will hopefully grow someday. Anyway just wanted to say thanks and encourage you to keep up the good work. Oh and if your ever headed to the Buffalo/Niagara region and would like some pointers to photography honey holes give me a shout I'd be more than happy to share.
Thanks muchly.
Watching the scenes of forests is always restful and energetic for me.
Roots of the trees are more beautiful than trees themselves.
I love trees too, I worked eighteen years of my life photographing trees. I call this project “The Passion Of Trees”.
“To me, each tree, like a human being, has a tale to tell, When a tree dies, a whole story is interrupted.”
Thank you for sharing your beautiful videos.
Ali
Great point on shooting wide. I use a 14mm lens for wide landscapes and, if I want the edge subjects in frame tend to take the shot a little wider allowing for alignment corrections post edit. Works a treat and with the high res sensors you will not lose any detail and capture all you want to in the frame. 🙂
Coffee & Chocolate are the ideal start to a day, quickly followed by a plop and a read of Chasing Awe !! :) looks like a spot we will see more of in future times , great shots Pal !!
I greatly enjoy your videos in the educational aspect because you have taught time so much, see an old dog can learn new tricks, even one scratching on 70. And the other reason is the Ying to your Yang, Amanda makes it so much fun because you too play off of each other so magnificently. God Bless both of you and keep on shooting those beautiful photos. ;)
" Ohhhh...that's going to itch when it dries" The best line EVER!
I do most of my photography hand held as most of my cameras have IBIS, but there are times when photographing landscapes that I need to keep my aperture at F8 or higher and a low ISO, To be able to get a sharp photo in lower light a tripod is a necessary tool.
Love your videos mate. The addition of your wife is fantastic. I love the way you interact with each other. She is great and funny.
The answer is: depends on. Handheld highres shot with my Olympus is no problem. But there is more than just the gear, and this is what you show us in your Videos. The walk to the comp, finding the comp in the viewfinder, just being outside and enjoying the day! Thanks Amanda and Gavin👍
Shainblum posts, you post, it’s like Christmas! 😍
"That'll itch when it dries"...
I literally slid off my seat laughing!
😀 😍 🤩
Me too
Superb!
Tripods. Yes I have one. It's no a Frodo (Manfrotto) but it's sturdy and has a quick release bracket. BUT for days when I just don't want the bulk of it I have a bean bag thing (with tripod screw) and it's really handy. I always keep it in my camera bag 👍
The picture of the wood nymph you captured at 23.16 is a good one as well. Anyway thanks for sharing the tips Gavin, always good to know what it is that makes the photos just that little bit more interesting.
What a lovely forest! LOVE those trees!
'either in or out'... yes totally agree. Another lovely location and very nice captures again
This topic was so timely. I just did a camping trip to Bodega Bay and the only thing I forgot was my tripod which I was so bummed about. I was able to get some shots but it limited what I wanted to take, especially astro. I feel as though my handhelds weren't as sharp but I might just be picky, I def do miss my tripod when I don't have it. It's also a great way to slow down and enjoy the scene.
Thanks
Charlie Waite has a saying the goes something like, Attend and Intend: Attend to every element in the scene and let each one be intended, excluded or accepted to be there.
Her expressions are pure gold.
"Coffee and a plop". The essential start to any early morning landscape shoot. Nothing worse than the turtle touching the cloth just as the light is perfect.
Great video Gavin! I really love the humor that you add to the photo landscape community! you even make uncle grumpy funny lol!
Nice Gavin and Amanda, love a bit of fog. I also love flying the drone first thing in the morning with the fog. Send it up and check out the sunrise above the fog. It's tremendous. Amanda will burp with excitement.
More clues on Amanda 🎉congratulations…..
"coffee and a plop" and "ohhhh that's going to itch when it dries" Thanks so much you two for helping me fill my adage vault! oh and the photography stuff too....
A coffee and a ‘plop’. … my morning routine….bliss!….🎉❤😂
I know where that it. It's Leadbeatters Reservoir in Macclesfield.
That's gonna itch when it dries! I laughed so hard at that I had to pause the video because I couldn't hear it!!! 🤣🤣🤣
Well, you're in the right place for forests. I'm also pleased to see that Amanda is studying her ornithology.
Another super video Gavin and Amanda. Loved the skit about chocolate bar, Cadbury's is the greatest. Thank you for making the videos so fun and educational at the same time.
Thanks Gavin. Really enjoyed that. More on the church!!
Love your videos when you describe your thought process
I love the twin trees at the 18 minute mark. I like how you toned down the color. The grays make it look almost black and white
Amanda is the perfect companion - her growl scares off all the other nuisance campers! I secretly envy your life.
I think the secrets out 😃
When I'm waiting for the perfect sunset light I'm well happy I have brought that heavy tripod 😀
This tree reminds me of the creatures from the movie Arrival. Very entertaining video Gavin. Loved the images.
Hi Gavin and Amanda. Like the show. Seems like years ago that Amanda had a camera and hiking. Would be great to see again. Stitching and handheld is a good start.Add a Fuji then no competition.
Morning coffee , chocolate and great photography. Couldn’t get any better. Thanks for another great video guys.
The 2 tree images are amazing Gavin, like something reaching down to grab the rock from the sky. Really well done!
That chocolate discussion reminded me of conversations with my wife...if I will east an individual chocolate in one go whereas my wife would eat in in 2 or 3 bites and then complain how I'm uncouth! I'll try to remember the 'in or out' tutorial, makes sense so thanks Gavin.
Those panos were killer man!
Cheers mate ;)
True ! You can do 360 or just "go down below" - to the bushy bush as nature photographers used to say.
Absolutely....tripods are the best!...I mean let's face it, that's the reason you were so enchanted by your last subject!😉..cheers!
you two crack me up tested postive with covid today had a massive headache and sore throat all day driving a bus around for 12 hours came home and there you where on youtube so sat back and had a great laugh with you two thanks for making me feel better and love the photo good work keep them coming
Lots of Vit D and iodine supplements for thee but that might just be a conspiracy theory.
Classic Hardcastle edutainment. Loved it!! Cheers to handheld!
Lying in bed in our caravan with the headphones on watching the video at 0630 this morning when Amanda announces “that’ll itch when it dries” I think I woke up ½ the campground with the laugh I let out! 😂😂 love your work.
hahahah classic!
Nice spot dude, that waterfall is stunning. That forest is going to look amazing with fall colors!😎📸
The Brenizer Method. Makes for really awesome wide portraits or landscapes with single subjects like these trees.
Thank you for teaching about the composition in the forest, Gavin. It was really helpful. 😊
I thought that ending deserved a kiss...especially with the great background!! Thanks so much for the tutorial!
Sometimes, It really is the journey and not just the destination. Cracking video matey
Dairy Milk chocolate dipped in coffee. The best!! I haven’t eaten chocolate in nearly 2 years. I miss chocolate, but coffee, I could never give that up.
Oh man, chocolate and coffee! The best! I don't have it for breakfast but about an hour after breakfast.
At 23:13 It looks like a handheld panorama or cropped into a wide panorama aspect ratio. I know you'll think it's heresy, but you could have done a HDR composite shot at @4:30, that way you'd have a chance to recover the blown out sky beyond the canopy. I can't say it would have worked but you could have tried to see if it would. That tree at 25:22, the same one with the blown out sky, to me it looks like the "claw game" at a carnival or airport where you try and grab the prize and never can, kind of reminiscent to your desire for the perfect composition of that tree and boulder with fog, you just can't "grab it".
Once again, you have given me something to think about and try the next time I'm trying to shoot a photo with a wider angle lens in a forest with so much chaos. It can be so frustrating dealing with the trees or limbs that want to sneak into the corners of the frame.
Absolutely love that final shot. Stunning. With regard to handholding: I do (did) often handhold but was often disappointed with the sharpness, especially as I have got older. It is OK for you whippersnappers but when you start getting on a bit, it becomes a tad more difficult to hold it steady and it seems to have got worse since I bought the Nikon D850.
I did think the first image would be the handheld one because the plants etc in the absolute foreground was blurry, but that was the only clue I thought I had, and even then I was _not_ sure at all.
Great video and beautiful setting. It’s inspired me to get out to the ancient woodland near me (Yorkshire!) Keep up the good work!
Gobble….best word ever lol. Loved that tree on the rock. Looked like a giant monsters hand reaching down from above to grab it.
Great vid Gavin-that tree is truly phenomenal, and you’ve captured it wonderfully!
Regarding the white patches: create a merge visible layer, select the clone stamp tool and change its blend mode to "Darken". Sample a pale foliage colour area and stamp over the white areas. The darken blend mode will restrict the stamping to the brightest pixels (the white ones). Job done.
Full Disclosure: I learned this from Nick Page
Sounds like cheating me.
@@fototripper nah, it's just a gap plugger
Great video Gavin… love the way you teach and use comedy to make your videos fun. Thanks for sharing!
Great video Gavin and Amanda, sorry have not been watching as much as I should as I have been sucked into the crazy goings on in the world :(
Time to get back into what I enjoy watching and doing :)
Thanks again, keep them coming
Great trail to do in the winter as well, just before you get to the falls, there is an offshoot "trail" that takes you up and over the falls to the upper falls, but its pretty sketch cause of the angle of the hill! In the winter that water fall completely freezes and you can climb it up to the upper falls! You can get some really nice ice formation hanging off the cliff on the left there as well!
Thanks for the tip. I love me some frozen falls.
I startled my office mates when I suddenly started laughing out loud at "oh, this is going to itch when it dries"! I'm dying laughing and I can't explain 🤣
oh but you must explain!
Hi Gavin, cheers for another excellent video and question.
As a recent upgrade to Sony and the A7iv I am amazed by the ability to shoot handheld at low shutter speeds, I have just returned from a business trip to Portugal and Spain and decided not to take my tripod, at 1/15th of a second got amazing results 😉👍
Ooooh, that pano got me going. Delish
I guessed the handheld composition by most of the tree on the left edge of the frame. Been there, done that, always handheld and I shift ever so slightly....😂 Beautiful area!!
Well, yeah, if your camera has Ibis, you can go for those handheld shots where the light allows it.
I know the hard to pronounce waterfall and provincial park area 😀soon covered by hopefully majestic fall colours and the best, I'll be there....
Stay safe you guys! Storm heading your way.❤
Great video Gavin and Amanda very interesting and informative and i guessed right to which image was handheld, thank you Davy
"That's gonna itch when it dries!" LMFAO
Amanda‘s new catch phrase😂
Brilliant, funny and that gnarled tree was amazing📷👍🏼
Wow, these tree shots are absolutely gorgeous!
Great entertaining video. Your advice on composition is always welcome; learned a lot. Thanks a lot.
Those were some amazingly useful tips! Thanks so much!
hope you guys safe and sound after the nasty weather,,
really the photos are so interesting, the photo composition is so cool and the location is the right location to produce a work that is so special, I am a subscriber to your channel, brother, I come from an Indonesian country. regards📸📸📸
As always Gavin excellent vlog and very educational in your magic Yorkshireman technique lol. Hope your braced for the Hurricane coming your way..! Stay safe.😉👍👍👍👍
I find a tripod slows me down, and I take the time for a better composition, especially high and low. I tend to move side to side without a tripod when setting up but get better up and down angles when on a tripod.
"...a face like an evicted puffin"?? Amanda gets the best lines!
Fantastic image Gavin, the amazing background just “pops”👍🏻
Really love the handled image, stunning location Gavin, thanks for sharing
Another smashing video Gavin, I did love that waterfall but the trees were super too. Great colours and those roots over the rocks were quite amazing. I really liked our original composition because to me it wasn’t like a cat, although I could see where you got that from, but to me it looked like a gorilla pounding through the jungle. Well done, and I did have a wee suspicion from last week and now this week that Amanda may well be buying some wool to knit some baby clothes ? 😁👍
Odd that you don’t want to share the location but you come to my neck of the woods talking about Lower Lewis River Falls and now I need a reservation to park there. 😊
That cats been out of the bag for years.
I said this in my recent nature photography gear video, "the thing every photographer needs, but I rarely use" If you're a stickler on 100 ISO, I see why people use it, but truthfully I think 800 ISO or less is totally fine for landscape shots with modern day mirrorless camera. The only time i use a tripod are for water, long exposures, or stacking. theres nothing wrong with using one, but I like to be on the go and find multiple compositions. and I HATE taking the 9 seconds to set one up lol
Love the pano!
I'm lovin' the music.
"That's going to itch when it dries"!..... 😫
Now you've got me interested in forest photography. Thanks for the inspiration!
Stunning photography, and 10/10 entertainment again, thank you.
Brilliant !
Just checkin in on you two after the hurricane; hope you are safe and well!