Nigel, as someone from Northern Ireland, I loved this VLOG. How you picked out unique, compelling compositions and images from a place where thousands have been before you was amazing, a true credit. To be honest, there was also a really emotional side at 16:30 mins where you take about the 'disaster', I could see in your eyes that something was not good, then you said how you were ill on this trip and had to cut it short. To be honest, Nigel, one of the things that makes you so distinctive is your humanity: 'it doesn't get better than this' exuberance; talking abut what went wrong and your 'fails' and all in between. Many thanks for all that you give to the photographic community. Hopefully, I can join you on one of your workshops.
"It's cold and very windy". Hey, that's our summer you're talking about! 😂 If you get a chance to come over again make sure to stop at Ballintoy harbour and church, amazing spot.
My arms hair just raised at 14:20. Man, what a view! I just felt like I was back the the Andes again, looking down at the bottom of the valley from almost 4km above. That feeling is outstanding, is inexplicably unsettling and powerful. Beautiful work, Nigel! ❤️ from Brazil
Those pictures you have printed are so fantastic and adorable. The moment you have showed us the scenery at 14:08 I felt so happy for you. Congrats and thank you for sharing!
Nice one Nigel, remember there's a lot more of Ireland to see, all along the wild altantic way, the Burren and closer to home for me the copper Coast....hope you enjoyed your time here and sorry to hear it was cut short because of illness. Come back soon!
There's one thing you touch on, but don't underline: timing when to be there relative to the tide. When the tide is coming up, you can have these waves, when it is receding, and around the peak, there is less agitation in the water, at least into the coast line's direction.
Hi Nigel, I never youtube comment (well until now!) but just wanted to say how much your enthusiasm and excitement for photography come across, and was especially noticable in this vid. It had inspired me to look far more positively at weather/light conditions as chances to take photos. Thanks for your efforts, and brilliant vids. Also thanks for introducing me to James Popys - i'm really enjoying his channel too.
This video was absolutely stunning, Nigel. I love that you took the extra time to walk through setups and settings used for certain shots. That will definitely help me with my own photography in the future.
I like taking seascapes and I found the subject on shutter speed interesting as I do tend to take long shutter speeds to get the effect I want. However, the next time I will try faster shutter speeds and try different compositions using waves as leading lines. Thanks Nigel.
Nigel, wonderful presentation. I like the way you "tell it the way it is". I start taking pictures, about an hour before sunrise. I find dawn the best part of the day. I usually know where I am going the day before. I do study weather a lot. Humidity, wind speed, cloud cover. exact sunrise and dew point are very important. I usually can quickly change my destination by the look of the sky before sunrise. First above all, I check my phone. Next I have a spare battery for each of my cameras. In North Dakota the temps can get to 40 below F. Camera batteries don't last long in that cold. Going back to the same spot several times usually helps me. It takes me several visits to see what I missed the first visits. I constantly change angles. I do a lot of pictures into the sun. It is a challenge but worth it. Most important, I love mornings. I think you do too. I am excited every morning. I love stormy weather. I often tell people that I follow the sun. Again, thanks for the presentation.
I very rarely have occasion to laugh out loud while watching a photography video but your joyful caper at 15:10 did the trick! 😊 There were so many highlights in the video but for me, the lighting at 13:50 was absolute magic (not to mention so amazing, unbelievable and oh my word, which you already have!) . Undoubtedly your best video yet. Five stars! Cheers from DownUnder.
Nigel, great shots. I have to be honest as I'm not a fan of the trend(?) of smoothing out the water. Obviously it's very subjective and it is popular for a reason, but I love the power and beauty of water both at the seaside and inland rivers, streams and waterfalls. For me, smoothing it out takes the life out of it and I much prefer the images where you can see a glistening spec of light coming off a drop of water or a rock about to be smothered. I loved the images at 12:24 and 15:20 where you can see drama in the former, and the froth and light in the latter. It's all personal, and as always, your tips on composition and timing work for all tastes. I'll do 1/2 or faster and others will chose :30 or slower. The beauty of photography! Thank you.
Hi Nigel - I don't know if you'll ever see this but I wanted to say thank you. Your videos, although certainly helpful for photography, have a greater message. You've shown us how beautiful the world can be when you look at it through your eyes. I play these videos in the background even when I'm not paying attention to them, they have such a calming effect.
You made this beautiful intro with an immense cinematic look. Dynamic scenes with such depth. And then IMMEDIATELY after it cuts to you waddling up into frame telling us how you forgot your hat lol your videos are a blessing and I look forward to binging them every time I need a photography fix. Thank you for the work you put in (:
I am usually annoyed by people overanalysing composition, and then getting into irrelevant details. But you are actually right, you're attention to details is very nice to see.
Very much agree with you Nigel. On the image with the Basalt rocks there is so much texture in the rocks so the "active" water make a little messy/busy . A longer shutter speed would calm the image down to let you enjoy those amazing Basalt forms more. I find shutter speed can often make or break the image, and often get i wrong 😂😂. Come home and thing ohh no should have done it differently. Now days I try to do different shutter speeds of same subject to see what works best. And sometimes blend them to get rid of motion blur in foliage and such. Loved the video of such an amazing location!!
Nigel. Fantastic images from your trip, whilst it's great that you put your camera settings for each individual shot can you include whether (or not) you used filters please; and if it's polariser (correct English spelling and not the usual American version with a Z) or ND and strength etc? Would really help us intermediates that are constantly trying to improve our own landscape shots. Thanks Nigel, keep up the good work.
Really good video Nigel, useful comments about backlight (12.19) speed and focal length for waves. I was there at the beginning of September, flat calm and no rain!! You cracked it with the weather especially at Malin Head, I really like those images..
I like these videos where you explain you are thought process from setting up through taking the shot and then seeing your notes when you're showing the image. Very helpful.
Your excitement is palpable, Nigen - I Love it! "It doesn't get better than this! No, hang on... THIS!! Wait, hold my beer!!!" Glad you're feeling better now, mate. Spectacular light - brilliant images!
The last photos that you took at the most northern point were stunning. You were so lucky to catch such wonderful conditions. I can't wait to see your Seascapes book.
Another great video on a Sunday morning - thanks. How do you cope with the wide dynamic range on the last photo - so you don’t overly blow out the sun but keep the details in the cliffs? What did you expose for? Maybe you could do a video on high dynamic range scenes - how to shoot and how to post process?
That's such a shame you were unwell and ended up going back early but what a video and what a collection of images! They are fantastic. I enjoy coastline photography because it's constantly changing and there is a lot to play with, especially long exposures.
Wow! One of your best videos yet. Thanks for putting in so much effort to share the experience with us. The pictures are so awe inspiring they brought tears to my eyes.
Welcome to Northern Ireland, you must return again soon! You got some good wave action and lovely photos. On my visits to the coast north and south this year all I had was an Atlantic millpond!
What a magical location, Nigel. Your images are too. I’ve never been to the Giant’s Causeway, buts it’s certainly on my list. Thank you for sharing your insights.
What incredible images you got on your trip, Nigel! I am sorry to didn't feel well toward the end and had to cut your trip short. Bummer! But those photos were well worth the cold and wind. I especially liked the backlit wave shots. Thank you for sharing.
So wonderful that you have managed to get over to Northern Ireland. It means a lot to see my homeland so beautifully captured. It’s well worth a revisit. You might like to add Binevenagh to your itinerary. Fabulous set of photos.
Geez you lucked out with the lighting and the weather there. That was incredible. I was up that way the other week and it was dull, grey, neutral and rainy most of the day, but thankfully cleared up beautifully for golden hour. I think the secret is having time off work (or in your case having photography as your work) so you can afford to spend the time in these locations waiting for the perfect moment without having to rush off home to get on with life! It'll be interesting to see your next video on how you approach new locations. As you touched upon in this video, at the Giant's Causeway there's almost TOO much going on and it's hard to find your focus (in terms of direction and composition). How do you know where you want to be and what your subject of interest is in a scene that has so much going on? Do you focus on one feature, or try to incorporate it all? There's the Causeway rocks in the foreground, the sea, the dramatic cliffs and headlands, plus some interesting features ON those cliffs as well e.g. the Devil's Pipe Organ (basalt columns). How does lighting direction and time of day factor in? Do you incorporate this into your planning for where you go to and what time you get there at, or do you just go and determine what you'll shoot depending on the lighting when you get there?
Thanks for sharing your shutter speed information. It will save some time the first time I shoot a coastal scene . Especially if light conditions are deteriorating..
Fantastic pictures. When it comes to the composition of images with sea and land, it can be good with longer shutter speeds so the sea provides a soft calm zone. It can be nice with contrast detailed and calm zones in the image. Much like light needs contrasts.
I’m sorry you felt ill, in part selfishly because I’d love to see more of this location. I tend to be partial to the shorter exposures as they convey more of the power and violence of the waves.
Did you know that further west of the Malin Head headland about half a mile the Millennium Falcon was set up there for Star Wars The Force Awakens, they needed rain for the shoot but of course the whole time they were there, it didn't rain! That's Murphy's Law for you. Great photos of Malin Head. Well done.
Thanks Nigel, wonderful insight to shutter speed with seascapes. Also, very entertaining too - love your incredible attention to detail, it’s so inspirational. Glad to see you are better too.
Hi Nigel! I have been following your channel for a long time and your videos as always are beautiful and deeply inspiring. They say that a picture is worth more than 1000 words, and your work proves it. But my English is pretty bad, and the help of the subtitles on UA-cam is important to me. This video does not carry them and I miss them. In Ireland I was six years ago traveling the entire coast. Without detracting from the other locations, what attracted me the most was the beautifully wild West Coast and Galway City - I hope to be able to return one day. Thanks for sharing!
First, really love your videos as they are very helpful. Any chance you could include ISO with your data on the final versions you show periodically in the video? Would be helpful to understand that component of your thinking or do you generally stick with a low ISO?
This ISO was a question I would like an answer to for the waves at shutter 2000 and 1500. I think iso is usually included in Nigel's videos. So... I think at those fast shutter speeds there is no way the ISO was low, a shame it was left out. My guess is over 1000, just a guess.
Oh my goodness, what a beautiful place and beautiful pictures!!! A trip to Ireland is my number one place to visit on my bucket list!! Absolutely beautiful!! Thanks for taking us along!
Brilliant video. You can feel your excitement and exhilaration coming through the TV, the sweet spot when location and conditions are so good. Especially liked the last image before returning to the studio but overall a sublime collection of images. 😍
Sorry to hear this trip was cut short with illness. You still managed to get some spectacular shots in. Luckily Ireland will still be there waiting for you to return Nigel. Stay safe 🇦🇺
Thank you so much for all that you do! We are still in lockdown here in Melbourne and have learnt so much from you while we are confined to the local area. Your tips are always great and I love that you share information about your images whether you think they work or not. The light you captured here is stunning! We enjoyed it along with you.can’t wait to get out and try some of the composition techniques!
The little markers showing where you focused and comments about what improvements you should have done were super helpful, thanks for that. Would like to see you show the unedited as well as the edited though, as it's more helpful to see what it looks like straight out of the camera in order to judge which images will be good once edited.
Stunning images Nigel and such a quality video. Great advice as usual. What a wonderful location. Sorry to hear your trip was cut short due to illness. Hopefully you’ll head out there again soon and film some more of this glorious part of the world.
Incredibly beautiful photos that truly capture natural beauty of the Irish Coast. Inspiring work by a real master of photography. Kudos. I’ll start varying my shutter speeds more when I’m photographing the Oregon coast, in my state. So sorry you had to cut your trip short, and hope you are on the mend!
Brilliant - at 9.00 you talk about taking two exposures and photo stacking in post. Could you explain a bit more about how you set this up in camera. is this exposure bracketing? Clearly I'm new to this. Thanks
I have photographed all of these locations, strangely my images are not quite as good! Excellent video, hope you come back and visit the rest of your intended locations.
Your videos are just great. I feel your joy of fotography while I learn so many things at the same time. After your videos I'm always encouraged to try it on my own. Actually even half through your videos, I find myself being one step away from grabbing my gear and going outside ^^ And the moment you realized again, there's just too much ways at the same time to take great a pictures 😂 I feel that so much. As I'm heading to california, Nevada, Utah and Arizona I'm glad to see even professionals struggle with that 😄 Keep up the good work, thanks a lot and may the light be with you ✌️
In the introductory section of the video, you are exploring the wider location. I'm not sure if the weather had permitted to fly a drone, but can imagine that using a drone to search for views, angles, shots to go to with the big gear at the moment when the light and waves are right. I think that's what you did in Iceland. When we master "reading the terrain" and can imagine in spot A what a photograph looks like when taken from spot B (and B =/= A), then we may feel we do not need the drone and that would be my personal base attitude. But at the same time, this elaborate coastline has so much working for it, that it might be a nice tool to pre-select better points of views out of all possibilities. Thoughts about that?
Wow so many stunners in one video! I have to tell you that this video actually had an unexpected impact on me. The Inishowen peninsula is the land of my ancestors and these images actually made me a bit emotional! Do you plan on making any of these images available as prints?
I'm sorry you had to cut off your trip, hope you are well now. You did manage to take some incredible shots though. The one at 14:50 is incredible to me it conveys this sense of pristine majesty which is almost nostalgic without beeing excessive. The composition is also stunning with the light crossing the picture in a wave from the dark sky and bright ground to the left to the bright sky and dark ground on the right. The last one (15:30) is just pure epicness. The one at 9:25 also really caught my attention. The water almost turns into a sort of sticky fog and catches me in this mysterious mood. It looks almost like a limbo where there is a feeling something is going to happen. I also really like the detail in the foreground with the wet stranded seaweed on the rocks. it adds something to the story. I really admire what you accomplished. Keep up the good work. :)
looks like a stunning location(s) begging to be photographed! The light and your images are stunning Nigel. I would love to visit that area sometime when i get back to traveling. Thanks for sharing your adventure and all its beauty! Btw, the music choice w/these images is fantastic 👌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙏🏼
At this point, your videos are so cinematic that I could easily imagine watching it TV (or are they already there?! I wouldn't be surprised). Great work and tips as usual. Your dedication always inspires me.
Many (most?) new televisions now come with internet access and even UA-cam built in. I'm currently watching this on a 55" LG screen and the picture quality is top notch.
I was just in Acadia last week and had a rare opportunity to practice seascape photography. Wish I would have seen this prior to my trip. These images are amazing.
Nigel, as someone from Northern Ireland, I loved this VLOG. How you picked out unique, compelling compositions and images from a place where thousands have been before you was amazing, a true credit. To be honest, there was also a really emotional side at 16:30 mins where you take about the 'disaster', I could see in your eyes that something was not good, then you said how you were ill on this trip and had to cut it short. To be honest, Nigel, one of the things that makes you so distinctive is your humanity: 'it doesn't get better than this' exuberance; talking abut what went wrong and your 'fails' and all in between. Many thanks for all that you give to the photographic community. Hopefully, I can join you on one of your workshops.
"It's cold and very windy". Hey, that's our summer you're talking about! 😂 If you get a chance to come over again make sure to stop at Ballintoy harbour and church, amazing spot.
My arms hair just raised at 14:20. Man, what a view! I just felt like I was back the the Andes again, looking down at the bottom of the valley from almost 4km above. That feeling is outstanding, is inexplicably unsettling and powerful. Beautiful work, Nigel! ❤️ from Brazil
Those pictures you have printed are so fantastic and adorable. The moment you have showed us the scenery at 14:08 I felt so happy for you. Congrats and thank you for sharing!
Nice one Nigel, remember there's a lot more of Ireland to see, all along the wild altantic way, the Burren and closer to home for me the copper Coast....hope you enjoyed your time here and sorry to hear it was cut short because of illness. Come back soon!
There's one thing you touch on, but don't underline: timing when to be there relative to the tide. When the tide is coming up, you can have these waves, when it is receding, and around the peak, there is less agitation in the water, at least into the coast line's direction.
Hi Nigel, I never youtube comment (well until now!) but just wanted to say how much your enthusiasm and excitement for photography come across, and was especially noticable in this vid. It had inspired me to look far more positively at weather/light conditions as chances to take photos. Thanks for your efforts, and brilliant vids. Also thanks for introducing me to James Popys - i'm really enjoying his channel too.
This video was absolutely stunning, Nigel. I love that you took the extra time to walk through setups and settings used for certain shots. That will definitely help me with my own photography in the future.
It is so good to see you get out and enjoy your time!!! I love your lessons but I couldn’t help but giggle to see your excitement!!!
I like taking seascapes and I found the subject on shutter speed interesting as I do tend to take long shutter speeds to get the effect I want. However, the next time I will try faster shutter speeds and try different compositions using waves as leading lines. Thanks Nigel.
Nigel, wonderful presentation. I like the way you "tell it the way it is". I start taking pictures, about an hour before sunrise. I find dawn the best part of the day. I usually know where I am going the day before. I do study weather a lot. Humidity, wind speed, cloud cover. exact sunrise and dew point are very important. I usually can quickly change my destination by the look of the sky before sunrise. First above all, I check my phone. Next I have a spare battery for each of my cameras. In North Dakota the temps can get to 40 below F. Camera batteries don't last long in that cold. Going back to the same spot several times usually helps me. It takes me several visits to see what I missed the first visits. I constantly change angles. I do a lot of pictures into the sun. It is a challenge but worth it. Most important, I love mornings. I think you do too. I am excited every morning. I love stormy weather. I often tell people that I follow the sun. Again, thanks for the presentation.
I very rarely have occasion to laugh out loud while watching a photography video but your joyful caper at 15:10 did the trick! 😊 There were so many highlights in the video but for me, the lighting at 13:50 was absolute magic (not to mention so amazing, unbelievable and oh my word, which you already have!) .
Undoubtedly your best video yet. Five stars!
Cheers from DownUnder.
Reminded me of a happy little leprechaun! 😁
Nigel, great shots. I have to be honest as I'm not a fan of the trend(?) of smoothing out the water. Obviously it's very subjective and it is popular for a reason, but I love the power and beauty of water both at the seaside and inland rivers, streams and waterfalls. For me, smoothing it out takes the life out of it and I much prefer the images where you can see a glistening spec of light coming off a drop of water or a rock about to be smothered. I loved the images at 12:24 and 15:20 where you can see drama in the former, and the froth and light in the latter. It's all personal, and as always, your tips on composition and timing work for all tastes. I'll do 1/2 or faster and others will chose :30 or slower. The beauty of photography! Thank you.
Hi Nigel - I don't know if you'll ever see this but I wanted to say thank you. Your videos, although certainly helpful for photography, have a greater message. You've shown us how beautiful the world can be when you look at it through your eyes. I play these videos in the background even when I'm not paying attention to them, they have such a calming effect.
You made this beautiful intro with an immense cinematic look. Dynamic scenes with such depth. And then IMMEDIATELY after it cuts to you waddling up into frame telling us how you forgot your hat lol your videos are a blessing and I look forward to binging them every time I need a photography fix. Thank you for the work you put in (:
I am usually annoyed by people overanalysing composition, and then getting into irrelevant details. But you are actually right, you're attention to details is very nice to see.
The light in the images from about 13:45 on was killer! So many beautiful shots in there.
Very much agree with you Nigel. On the image with the Basalt rocks there is so much texture in the rocks so the "active" water make a little messy/busy . A longer shutter speed would calm the image down to let you enjoy those amazing Basalt forms more. I find shutter speed can often make or break the image, and often get i wrong 😂😂. Come home and thing ohh no should have done it differently. Now days I try to do different shutter speeds of same subject to see what works best. And sometimes blend them to get rid of motion blur in foliage and such. Loved the video of such an amazing location!!
video starts....first second jaw drops... only nigel can do that!!! what a spot!
The moment the sunset photo appeared at about 15:15 I had a lump in my throat! What an emotionally breathtaking scene!
Nigel. Fantastic images from your trip, whilst it's great that you put your camera settings for each individual shot can you include whether (or not) you used filters please; and if it's polariser (correct English spelling and not the usual American version with a Z) or ND and strength etc? Would really help us intermediates that are constantly trying to improve our own landscape shots. Thanks Nigel, keep up the good work.
Stunning images Nigel. Your emotions came through in the pictures.
Nigel, this video made me so emotional and motivated…
You make amazing content and deserve all the praise for your work 🤟☺️
One of your best ever videos. Superb photography both stills and the video all through. Congratulations. Sorry you were taken ill.
Wow !!! simply immense conditions Nigel and some belter shots right there,,,,,Well done mate !!! Thanks again ! Bob.
woowww....jaw dropping landscape Nigel, i am really an awe with your choice of POI. Well done
Northern Ireland and it's Atlantic Coast is such a beautiful place, you captured some amazing images of it.
Really good video Nigel, useful comments about backlight (12.19) speed and focal length for waves. I was there at the beginning of September, flat calm and no rain!! You cracked it with the weather especially at Malin Head, I really like those images..
Ohhhh wow how’s those last pictures 😍 nailed it!!
This last photo is sooo stunning, acctually made me a bit teary, the world is so beautiful! I totally felt your joy, spectacular place and condition!
I like these videos where you explain you are thought process from setting up through taking the shot and then seeing your notes when you're showing the image. Very helpful.
Your excitement is palpable, Nigen - I Love it! "It doesn't get better than this! No, hang on... THIS!! Wait, hold my beer!!!" Glad you're feeling better now, mate. Spectacular light - brilliant images!
Fantastic shots! Amazing light. There’s something magical about water and waves. I loved the enthusiasm in your video. Thank you, Nigel.
Another great & inspirational video (as usual) Nigel! Sorry you had to cut the trip short. Hope you’re feeling properly better.
Beautiful shots.. be careful of the waves! Come back to Ireland soon , you need to do the West Cork and Kerry!
The last photos that you took at the most northern point were stunning. You were so lucky to catch such wonderful conditions. I can't wait to see your Seascapes book.
Another great video on a Sunday morning - thanks. How do you cope with the wide dynamic range on the last photo - so you don’t overly blow out the sun but keep the details in the cliffs? What did you expose for? Maybe you could do a video on high dynamic range scenes - how to shoot and how to post process?
Multiple exposures and then blend them 👍🏼
Epic images Nigel! Especially the last, its drama is superb! Great job man!!
Oh my! Bravo. What a beautiful place. Your photos are stunning. Thank you for that.
That's such a shame you were unwell and ended up going back early but what a video and what a collection of images! They are fantastic. I enjoy coastline photography because it's constantly changing and there is a lot to play with, especially long exposures.
Fantastic! Memories of days like those stay with us forever...
Thanks for sharing.
Wow! One of your best videos yet. Thanks for putting in so much effort to share the experience with us. The pictures are so awe inspiring they brought tears to my eyes.
Welcome to Northern Ireland, you must return again soon! You got some good wave action and lovely photos. On my visits to the coast north and south this year all I had was an Atlantic millpond!
What a magical location, Nigel. Your images are too. I’ve never been to the Giant’s Causeway, buts it’s certainly on my list. Thank you for sharing your insights.
What incredible images you got on your trip, Nigel! I am sorry to didn't feel well toward the end and had to cut your trip short. Bummer! But those photos were well worth the cold and wind. I especially liked the backlit wave shots. Thank you for sharing.
amazing video. I learned so much thank you. Swopping between fast and low ss gives such an impact. I recently tried this in South Africa
Really appreciate the written information you provided with each photo. So helpful.
15:08 makes me happy, I know that feeling, so nice to see you living your dreams
Wowh!
Again a beautiful video and great photo's!!👍
The one with the sunset & Devil's bridge at Malin Head absolutely nails it for me!🤩🤩
So wonderful that you have managed to get over to Northern Ireland. It means a lot to see my homeland so beautifully captured. It’s well worth a revisit. You might like to add Binevenagh to your itinerary. Fabulous set of photos.
Geez you lucked out with the lighting and the weather there. That was incredible. I was up that way the other week and it was dull, grey, neutral and rainy most of the day, but thankfully cleared up beautifully for golden hour. I think the secret is having time off work (or in your case having photography as your work) so you can afford to spend the time in these locations waiting for the perfect moment without having to rush off home to get on with life!
It'll be interesting to see your next video on how you approach new locations. As you touched upon in this video, at the Giant's Causeway there's almost TOO much going on and it's hard to find your focus (in terms of direction and composition). How do you know where you want to be and what your subject of interest is in a scene that has so much going on? Do you focus on one feature, or try to incorporate it all? There's the Causeway rocks in the foreground, the sea, the dramatic cliffs and headlands, plus some interesting features ON those cliffs as well e.g. the Devil's Pipe Organ (basalt columns). How does lighting direction and time of day factor in? Do you incorporate this into your planning for where you go to and what time you get there at, or do you just go and determine what you'll shoot depending on the lighting when you get there?
Thanks for sharing your shutter speed information. It will save some time the first time I shoot a coastal scene . Especially if light conditions are deteriorating..
Gorgeous work, Nigel! Thank you for sharing!
Happy you're feeling better Nigel. Awesome shots and great content as usual!
Fantastic pictures. When it comes to the composition of images with sea and land, it can be good with longer shutter speeds so the sea provides a soft calm zone. It can be nice with contrast detailed and calm zones in the image. Much like light needs contrasts.
I’m sorry you felt ill, in part selfishly because I’d love to see more of this location. I tend to be partial to the shorter exposures as they convey more of the power and violence of the waves.
I'm speechless. Amazing photos, great video editing and nice music...simply great!
Did you know that further west of the Malin Head headland about half a mile the Millennium Falcon was set up there for Star Wars The Force Awakens, they needed rain for the shoot but of course the whole time they were there, it didn't rain! That's Murphy's Law for you. Great photos of Malin Head. Well done.
The shots at min. 16 are incredible! Mind-blowing!
Thanks Nigel, wonderful insight to shutter speed with seascapes. Also, very entertaining too - love your incredible attention to detail, it’s so inspirational. Glad to see you are better too.
Hi Nigel! I have been following your channel for a long time and your videos as always are beautiful and deeply inspiring. They say that a picture is worth more than 1000 words, and your work proves it. But my English is pretty bad, and the help of the subtitles on UA-cam is important to me. This video does not carry them and I miss them.
In Ireland I was six years ago traveling the entire coast. Without detracting from the other locations, what attracted me the most was the beautifully wild West Coast and Galway City - I hope to be able to return one day. Thanks for sharing!
First, really love your videos as they are very helpful. Any chance you could include ISO with your data on the final versions you show periodically in the video? Would be helpful to understand that component of your thinking or do you generally stick with a low ISO?
This ISO was a question I would like an answer to for the waves at shutter 2000 and 1500. I think iso is usually included in Nigel's videos. So... I think at those fast shutter speeds there is no way the ISO was low, a shame it was left out. My guess is over 1000, just a guess.
Wonderful trip Nigel! Thanks for letting us tag along!
Oh my goodness, what a beautiful place and beautiful pictures!!! A trip to Ireland is my number one place to visit on my bucket list!! Absolutely beautiful!! Thanks for taking us along!
Brilliant video. You can feel your excitement and exhilaration coming through the TV, the sweet spot when location and conditions are so good. Especially liked the last image before returning to the studio but overall a sublime collection of images. 😍
Sorry to hear this trip was cut short with illness.
You still managed to get some spectacular shots in.
Luckily Ireland will still be there waiting for you to return Nigel.
Stay safe 🇦🇺
Absolutely superb Nigel...you just keep getting better and better. 👌
I love how enthusiastic you were when you were taking photos. Giant's Causeway is indeed amazing.
Thank you so much for all that you do! We are still in lockdown here in Melbourne and have learnt so much from you while we are confined to the local area. Your tips are always great and I love that you share information about your images whether you think they work or not. The light you captured here is stunning! We enjoyed it along with you.can’t wait to get out and try some of the composition techniques!
The little markers showing where you focused and comments about what improvements you should have done were super helpful, thanks for that. Would like to see you show the unedited as well as the edited though, as it's more helpful to see what it looks like straight out of the camera in order to judge which images will be good once edited.
Stunning images Nigel and such a quality video. Great advice as usual. What a wonderful location. Sorry to hear your trip was cut short due to illness. Hopefully you’ll head out there again soon and film some more of this glorious part of the world.
Brilliant .. Being from Ireland I really enjoyed your photos in Ireland and Norn Iron .
Fantastic light Nigel. Great images as usual. Well done.
I can feel your excitement and these photos are epic! Hope you're feeling much better.
These are absolutely stunning photographs!! Thank you for sharing the beauty as well as your process.
Incredibly beautiful photos that truly capture natural beauty of the Irish Coast. Inspiring work by a real master of photography. Kudos. I’ll start varying my shutter speeds more when I’m photographing the Oregon coast, in my state. So sorry you had to cut your trip short, and hope you are on the mend!
Oh wow, what beautiful locations you have to shoot! You are truly blessed Nigel!
Brilliant - at 9.00 you talk about taking two exposures and photo stacking in post. Could you explain a bit more about how you set this up in camera. is this exposure bracketing? Clearly I'm new to this. Thanks
Watching your videos we can’t help but feel your enthusiasm, as the light becomes enchanting.
Awesome stuff my friend 👍 !!
I have photographed all of these locations, strangely my images are not quite as good! Excellent video, hope you come back and visit the rest of your intended locations.
Wow what a stunning location, the photo at 12:19 with those waves and the headland was absolutely beautiful!
You got some incredible shots Nigel. Very dramatic with the perfect musical accompaniment, in my opinion.
Your videos are just great.
I feel your joy of fotography while I learn so many things at the same time. After your videos I'm always encouraged to try it on my own. Actually even half through your videos, I find myself being one step away from grabbing my gear and going outside ^^
And the moment you realized again, there's just too much ways at the same time to take great a pictures 😂 I feel that so much. As I'm heading to california, Nevada, Utah and Arizona I'm glad to see even professionals struggle with that 😄
Keep up the good work, thanks a lot and may the light be with you ✌️
Nigel - simply put: fantastic presentation, information and advice. Please keep executing like this…very useful and informative.
That reminded me to get your calendar! Very happy with last year and looking forward to the new one!
Great collection of shots this week and good tips re shutter speed.
wow what a photographers playground. sheer heaven. divine.
In the introductory section of the video, you are exploring the wider location. I'm not sure if the weather had permitted to fly a drone, but can imagine that using a drone to search for views, angles, shots to go to with the big gear at the moment when the light and waves are right. I think that's what you did in Iceland. When we master "reading the terrain" and can imagine in spot A what a photograph looks like when taken from spot B (and B =/= A), then we may feel we do not need the drone and that would be my personal base attitude. But at the same time, this elaborate coastline has so much working for it, that it might be a nice tool to pre-select better points of views out of all possibilities. Thoughts about that?
Really enjoyed this, opened my eyes to a few things regarding shutter speed. Keep up the great work.
Wow so many stunners in one video! I have to tell you that this video actually had an unexpected impact on me. The Inishowen peninsula is the land of my ancestors and these images actually made me a bit emotional! Do you plan on making any of these images available as prints?
I'm sorry you had to cut off your trip, hope you are well now. You did manage to take some incredible shots though. The one at 14:50 is incredible to me it conveys this sense of pristine majesty which is almost nostalgic without beeing excessive. The composition is also stunning with the light crossing the picture in a wave from the dark sky and bright ground to the left to the bright sky and dark ground on the right. The last one (15:30) is just pure epicness. The one at 9:25 also really caught my attention. The water almost turns into a sort of sticky fog and catches me in this mysterious mood. It looks almost like a limbo where there is a feeling something is going to happen. I also really like the detail in the foreground with the wet stranded seaweed on the rocks. it adds something to the story. I really admire what you accomplished. Keep up the good work. :)
I can't believe how good your shots directly into the sun look, mine are always burnt out. I'd love to see how you do them.
looks like a stunning location(s) begging to be photographed! The light and your images are stunning Nigel. I would love to visit that area sometime when i get back to traveling. Thanks for sharing your adventure and all its beauty! Btw, the music choice w/these images is fantastic 👌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙏🏼
Nigel, I love your thought that its okay to shoot in a place where thousands of others have already photographed
Talk about being at the right place at the right time those shots are incredible!
As always great and entertaining video with good advice on shutterspeeds for seascape photos. Looking foreward to your book on Seascapes.
At this point, your videos are so cinematic that I could easily imagine watching it TV (or are they already there?! I wouldn't be surprised). Great work and tips as usual. Your dedication always inspires me.
Cast the video on to the TV?
Many (most?) new televisions now come with internet access and even UA-cam built in. I'm currently watching this on a 55" LG screen and the picture quality is top notch.
I was just in Acadia last week and had a rare opportunity to practice seascape photography. Wish I would have seen this prior to my trip. These images are amazing.
I‘ve been to Northern Ireland, loved it, beautiful places. Truly amazing pictures Nigel, as always thanks for sharing your experience with us.
Some stunning images of the waves there Nigel