Brian’s recording of the raven conversation made the opening video particularly memorable. He succeeded in capturing the authority of a raven’s voice and the acoustics of the forest precisely.
What I enjoy about your videos is you are not afraid to say where you are shooting, you discuss the details of your composition and show the RAW and the edited image. Thank you!
You are preaching to a converted in this video. Thank you showing others what I call the many little pictures inside the big picture, basically my (something to do) photography thing. There are always countless little pictures to be made when the one or two BIG landscape photos does not happen for whatever reason. There are also great lessens in the way you cropped the images . Good one!
thanks for the video! just back from a couple of hour hike in the forest on Tenerife and its so hard to get a clean and not overloaded image in those overgrown forest. learn a lot from your video, thank you!
I'm going to be on the Island in a week....first time in probably 16 years or so, and first time ever with a camera. Part of my first trip home to Vancouver since the pandemic hit. I've been catching up on a few of your videos to get into the mindset of shooting in the area, which is working well as your content is very inspirational!
You must be located in my part of the world; maples, red alder, sword ferns, surely the Pacific Northwest. I’m sitting at the breakfast table, apparently in the audio sweet spot of my iPad as the soundtrack made-me-look outside to the urban green belt to see the non-native bird I was hearing. Kudos to Brian for a perfect recording and to you for production and camera work. I’m typically one to find fault, overly so. I’m stymied
I loved the peacefulness of the opening minutes of this video. It helped relax me and it gave me ideas for how I can enjoy being in nature more. I wish other vloggers would do things like this more often. Thanks for sharing those few minutes of calmness, its exactly what my mind and body needed.
A great episode from the master of woodland photography . World class Adam , you haven’t lost your touch . Your woodland edits and colours stand out from the rest of the competition . I just miss your drone footage of which was to date the finest drone footage I have seen . Stay well and thank you for these wonderful episodes.
Loved the opening minutes; the profound quiet of a westcoast dawn punctuated by the sound of crows! It's something unique to the area, I think, and one's cares flow away in the babbling brook. You really upped the game with production values on this one, Adam, and found the beautiful details even with the challenges of a month that normally would have had a bit more moisture to wash and freshen the woods!👍👍
I love your images and have always appreciated the effort you make with early mornings and late evenings. Having just returned to the UK from a holiday in BC (inspired by your vlogs) what I now appreciate is the distance/time, the difficult roads and trails, involved in getting to some of your locations. Keep up the great work you do in educating and entertaining us. I really hope that these lovely, important and natural old growth forests can be saved. Many thanks. P.S. Did I spot you on the Gordon River Road about 3 weeks ago?
One of the photo instructors I was lucky to have in college in the '70s was John Upton, a prodigious author who studied with Ansel Adams, Imogen Cunningham, Minor White, Dorothea Lange, and Edward Weston, had this advice. "Get as close as you can to the subject, and then take one step forward." Meaning a lot of photographers just stop and stand there to take a photo and don't take the time to move around, have the camera higher or lower, use portrait or landscape, whichever gives the best composition. There was this little device he had us make out of cardboard was an adjustable frame to show us the crop that would work on a photo. We'd also hold it up as we moved closer or farther from the subject to help us visualize the scene.
I love how you manipulate those greens from the raw image, it’s very subtle but makes a big difference, it allows the composition and light to take center stage.
I'm one of those who missed out on your 2020 workshop. One of these days I'm getting out there! Maybe next year. Your videos and images are always a pleasure.
@@TAdams-hx9lk My flight back to Scotland is from here, I was down in Pincher Creek last weekend for the conference e and got sick the day I was due to fly home. Finger's crossed for Wednesday
As always a great video Adam. It was so peaceful, it was putting me too sleep . Beautiful, peaceful works . I even liked the video of the brook with the rocks , beautiful. Thanks Adam great as usual.
Thanks so much for the inspiring woodland video 🙏 my woodlands are so full of chaos, that I get frustrated when not being able to find compositions. And when I find them... its so hard to work them out. Maybe I am too perfectionist? Anyway, your video finally made me want to go out into the woods again, finding those details. Have a good day!🙏
Beautiful Details and forest scenes! You reactivated the old GFX100? I like that GFX body most because of its nice tilting viewfinder. Gives me a bit old school waist level finder feeling…
Absolutely beautiful video Adam, you’re truly a master at forest photography, think I will have to try and get to one of your workshops next year as my forest photos always look like a busy mess!
Really nice forest photos and presentation was really great. By the way was that a bobly-head of the former Queen on your dash or does it do her famous wave. ;-)
Beautiful! I love that intro with the little samples of the intimate scenes, but I may be biased 😉. (You do need to get rid of the riffraff hanging out in the background though. A bit distracting. 😂)
@@QuietLightPhoto As you know none of these Fuji lenses let you focus on close intimate scenes. I am not interested in shooting bugs but would like to shoot closer than what the 45-100 allows. Would the 18mm extension do that? I rented the 45mm tube and realized it was for extremely close work.
Big thanks to Brian Barnham for the recording of the ravens
Brian’s recording of the raven conversation made the opening video particularly memorable. He succeeded in capturing the authority of a raven’s voice and the acoustics of the forest precisely.
What I enjoy about your videos is you are not afraid to say where you are shooting, you discuss the details of your composition and show the RAW and the edited image. Thank you!
Thank you Adam. Tranquille.😀
You are preaching to a converted in this video. Thank you showing others what I call the many little pictures inside the big picture, basically my (something to do) photography thing. There are always countless little pictures to be made when the one or two BIG landscape photos does not happen for whatever reason.
There are also great lessens in the way you cropped the images .
Good one!
Excellent video! Thanks for taking me along!
Adam. The best of the best. I hope to one day attend your workshop.
7:15 that is gorgeous. The tones and shades of green. Wow
Thank you for sharing your video Adam absolutely beautiful nature photography beautiful photos at the start of the video of the back lit plants
Many thanks!
Great! The transition form raw to post production image is very very very important!!!! Hard and more job for you but great learn for me!!!
Yes! Thank you!
thanks for the video! just back from a couple of hour hike in the forest on Tenerife and its so hard to get a clean and not overloaded image in those overgrown forest. learn a lot from your video, thank you!
Another master class on photographing nature (in the quiet light). The difference is in the detail for sure.
Your editing is very subtle 📷👍
Magic Light on those ferns😊 the curly fern is gorgeous too
Love all the vidio,and great photography.
Very inspiring, thanks!!
You are so welcome!
Wow, what beautifully clear water! Here it looks like coffee with creamer...
I always use CPL or ND filter for my landscape photos, such as Kase and Nisi. I can get more perfect work with them.
There is something magical about the call of a Raven.
I'm going to be on the Island in a week....first time in probably 16 years or so, and first time ever with a camera. Part of my first trip home to Vancouver since the pandemic hit. I've been catching up on a few of your videos to get into the mindset of shooting in the area, which is working well as your content is very inspirational!
Great to hear, thanks!
You must be located in my part of the world; maples, red alder, sword ferns, surely the Pacific Northwest. I’m sitting at the breakfast table, apparently in the audio sweet spot of my iPad as the soundtrack made-me-look outside to the urban green belt to see the non-native bird I was hearing. Kudos to Brian for a perfect recording and to you for production and camera work. I’m typically one to find fault, overly so. I’m stymied
Beautiful open Adam! Tranquil and paced quite nicely. The ravens were a nice complement.
Layering of trees trunks is a Masterpiece. Thanks for posting, AG!
I loved the peacefulness of the opening minutes of this video. It helped relax me and it gave me ideas for how I can enjoy being in nature more. I wish other vloggers would do things like this more often. Thanks for sharing those few minutes of calmness, its exactly what my mind and body needed.
Talk about a productive trip! Everything in this video is gold. Guess I gotta make another trip out there..
Cheers Seth!
Very good episode!
Beautiful intro, so tranquil and serene🤩 The capture of light on the forest plant life is truly magical. Excellent work👍
A great episode from the master of woodland photography . World class Adam , you haven’t lost your touch . Your woodland edits and colours stand out from the rest of the competition . I just miss your drone footage of which was to date the finest drone footage I have seen . Stay well and thank you for these wonderful episodes.
Yes, bring back the drone footage. This intro made me think about it. I do like these kinds of intros as well.
Great watch Adam, what beautiful woodlands! Got to love Barbara
Love your work with woods, foliage, and flowers. It's always inspiring. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and experience.
Loved the opening minutes; the profound quiet of a westcoast dawn punctuated by the sound of crows! It's something unique to the area, I think, and one's cares flow away in the babbling brook. You really upped the game with production values on this one, Adam, and found the beautiful details even with the challenges of a month that normally would have had a bit more moisture to wash and freshen the woods!👍👍
Missed you..glad you're back. Loved nonverbal intro with ravens. Really set the scene for what was coming. 👍👍
I love your images and have always appreciated the effort you make with early mornings and late evenings. Having just returned to the UK from a holiday in BC (inspired by your vlogs) what I now appreciate is the distance/time, the difficult roads and trails, involved in getting to some of your locations. Keep up the great work you do in educating and entertaining us. I really hope that these lovely, important and natural old growth forests can be saved. Many thanks. P.S. Did I spot you on the Gordon River Road about 3 weeks ago?
Thanks! Possibly as I’ve been out and about quite a bit on the west coast so good chance it was me
One of the photo instructors I was lucky to have in college in the '70s was John Upton, a prodigious author who studied with Ansel Adams, Imogen Cunningham, Minor White, Dorothea Lange, and Edward Weston, had this advice. "Get as close as you can to the subject, and then take one step forward." Meaning a lot of photographers just stop and stand there to take a photo and don't take the time to move around, have the camera higher or lower, use portrait or landscape, whichever gives the best composition. There was this little device he had us make out of cardboard was an adjustable frame to show us the crop that would work on a photo. We'd also hold it up as we moved closer or farther from the subject to help us visualize the scene.
Really like the picture in picture while you described what you were doing.
"Gotta love" those big leaf maples! Nice to see that your $700 GFX finder is back in use.
I love how you manipulate those greens from the raw image, it’s very subtle but makes a big difference, it allows the composition and light to take center stage.
I like some much your macro photo!!, 20:01 Great video teacher Adam!....thanks
My pleasure!
I am so sorry I missed this trip, signing up for next year for sure!!
Gorgeous detail woodland photos. truly enjoyed this video 🙏🏻
Opening is magic. So calming and inspiring.
I'm one of those who missed out on your 2020 workshop. One of these days I'm getting out there! Maybe next year. Your videos and images are always a pleasure.
Great images Adam! The tree trunks are a great image, and the moss is a nice touch/separator.
A calming serene video... great job and great images, and a GREAT trip! 🙂 👌👍
Thanks Rob!
Very tranquil video, I loved all the bird calls and forest scenes at the start.
Great to see that you are not afraid to shoot at f16. So many complain about diffraction above f11. I just don't see it at f16. Very nice video!
Lovely beginning to the video, great images and love the Raven calling!
Love that shot at 3:25, and the close-up of the fern frond. ‘Super-fan’, huh!? Gavin will have something to say…
Great to see a new video from you. I’m still sick with COVID in a Calgary Hotel! Will I ever leave Canada? Love you man.
You might as well move here😂
Expressive Photog... Sorry you're down & out for now. Why Calgary?
@@TAdams-hx9lk My flight back to Scotland is from here, I was down in Pincher Creek last weekend for the conference e and got sick the day I was due to fly home. Finger's crossed for Wednesday
Good stuff! I almost pulled the trigger on that workshop but couldn't swing it this time. Looks fun.
As always a great video Adam. It was so peaceful, it was putting me too sleep . Beautiful, peaceful works . I even liked the video of the brook with the rocks , beautiful. Thanks Adam great as usual.
Glad you enjoyed it
Thanks so much for the inspiring woodland video 🙏 my woodlands are so full of chaos, that I get frustrated when not being able to find compositions. And when I find them... its so hard to work them out. Maybe I am too perfectionist? Anyway, your video finally made me want to go out into the woods again, finding those details. Have a good day!🙏
Awesome video Adam!
Cheers Michael!
Fantastic introduction, Adam
Inspiring as usual Adam!
You are a master of subject isolation. It has given me ideas during summer light. Loved the ravens in the soundtrack.
Beautiful Details and forest scenes! You reactivated the old GFX100? I like that GFX body most because of its nice tilting viewfinder.
Gives me a bit old school waist level finder feeling…
There’s Barb! She’s one of my favorite humans! Nice video as always Adam. I love the details.
Heehee, I have a fan. 😅
Indeed you do! :-)
Great photos Adam. 👍👍
Absolutely beautiful video Adam, you’re truly a master at forest photography, think I will have to try and get to one of your workshops next year as my forest photos always look like a busy mess!
Excellent video Adam.
Really nice forest photos and presentation was really great. By the way was that a bobly-head of the former Queen on your dash or does it do her famous wave. ;-)
Yes it was!
Loved the intro !
Love it Adam. What is the music in the intro?
group is called rest and settle - song is Back To The Center on soundstripe.com
@@QuietLightPhoto lovely. Thanks
Beautiful! I love that intro with the little samples of the intimate scenes, but I may be biased 😉. (You do need to get rid of the riffraff hanging out in the background though. A bit distracting. 😂)
Very much so
Adam, was that 13mm extension tube a fujifilm extension tube?
Yes but it’s actually 18mm sorry for any confusion
@@QuietLightPhoto As you know none of these Fuji lenses let you focus on close intimate scenes. I am not interested in shooting bugs but would like to shoot closer than what the 45-100 allows. Would the 18mm extension do that? I rented the 45mm tube and realized it was for extremely close work.
Yes it would allow closer focus. Best bet would be to try one out first as you did with the longer tube.
Nice to see you back online! Did I miss something, or have you gone back to the GFX 100 and not the 100s?
It’s in for repair, again!
@@QuietLightPhoto 😲
13mm extension tube or 18mm?
18mm
nice intro
Ungrumpificating