Larch trees turning golden in the fall are one of my favorite. I also love the bright reds of blueberry leaves on the barrens in the fall here in Maine.
Aspens are the most beautiful tree for me. The white bark and bright yellow leaves are breathtaking and the silver birches are awesome too! Great video!
So, I've watched a LOT of your channel. And I have to say, I've been on RUclips since forever but never once subscribed to anything. Never once "Liked" anything. I didn't want to engage. I've always just come to YT to learn things, and then gone about my day. Your channel is the first one I'm subscribing to. It's fantastic fun, heartfelt, and informative.
Good for you Cina ...if someone took the time to buy you a present 💝 and you just took it and walked away ..I know you would say Thank you .So for Me a like or subscribe is my way of thanking them for taking the time in making the videos ..have a good day ..x
LOL - I do know what you mean, and I envy you - autumn colours are quite fantastic - I grew up with them, but long since left them behind. I now live in sub-tropical climate, with essentially only two seasons and no separate page for either spring or autumn - they are just the shoulder, where the two seasons join, but no particularly wonderful colours, rarely if ever any mist. Your photo at 4:50 is outstanding - be proud! At 5:50 you do something I urge everyone to do - don't just look in one direction - look all around you, try to "see" - it's amazing what images leap out at you, if you only give this a try. Sunset? - don't just stare west - look north - look south - turn around and look behind you - look up above you - there are images, colours, opportunities, all around us - and so few people "look" or "seee"/
Another tip for you all. If there is mist around do take some B+W shots. This time of year everyone gets obsessed with autumn colour so just try something different. Great vid Nigel.
I haven’t been able to travel this year owing to the pandemic and a ear issue but have been able to take pictures like your leaf one, there’s opportunities everywhere you don’t always have to travel, perhaps not being able to travel will make us appreciate when we can.
I just LOVE oak trees, they are just so beautiful in the autumn and they have so much character in them. I am also a woodworker and oak wood is just amazing for woodworking.
It certainly has been a strange year! Some time in the mountains and wandering lakes is exactly what I need. Off to plan my weekend for just that! Thanks for the inspiration.
Hey Nigel, I've been following and liking for years but I've never commented. Gotta say I've appreciated this video! Valuable tips! As a Canadian I can't agree more on the time sensitivity of autumn. One day it can be 20c and the next morning it can be -2 with a foot of snow. Take the shots while you can!
Hey Nigel, thank you for these tips. Autumn's beauty can be so overwhelming that we need a reminder to slow down, take the time to find the perfect location/composition.... and most of all enjoy yourself during this magical time of the year 🍂
A tip on the color wheel complementary colors: a primary color complements with the combination of the other two (as blue complements with orange (red + yellow) and yellow complements with purple (red + blue)). Keeping that in mind, you won't have to check the wheel every time you need to remember the rule!
I went out this morning after it had rained. I may not have bothered but your comment about the leaves being saturated after the rain stuck in my mind. I wandered around the woods and it was so gorgeous everywhere I looked. I only wish I had more time! Great video 😊
Thanks Nigel. My Sunday is complete. For those of us in SoCal, Autumn bring hot winds, 100 degree days, and the deciduous trees we have change from crusty green to shabby brown. A few exceptions. We have had some nice fog lately.
I have to agree , Silver birches are my fave tree , they work well all year round , fresh vibrant greens in the spring and fantastic shapes and purple branches in the winter
I think the most inspirational part of this video for me is that someone soooo talented also gets disappointed when they get back home and look at their photos and they’re not quite what you wanted or expected 🙌😩
Nigel Danson when I do my indoor photography I set up and I can take about six photos max, all of them usable with subtle variations. When I’m outdoors I come home with a hundred photos and I don’t like most of them 😂
This is such a good lesson to understanding one of the most exciting seasons to photograph. Your timing to submitting this is perfect. Thank you. On an added note, your channel is the best in learning Photography. Thank you
Outstanding lesson today, Nigel! Thank you. I love the silver birch trees you share with us; they remind me of my favorite tree -- the quaking aspen. I'm headed to the Alpine Loop this morning to put your tips into practice (Alpine Loop is in the Wasatch Mountains south of Salt Lake City) .
The white or paper bark birch trees in the northern part of the U.S. stand out in the fall with bright yellow leaves. Always fun to find some white birch in the foreground backed by some larger red leaf maples. Thanks for entertaining the east coast insomniacs. Rock on!
Thank you. Very useful tips. I was out yesterday in the trees. I can see I will need to go back again this week after watching this. For me, Silver Birch closely followed by Oak.
Nigel, loved your 2020 calendar for the photos but it was useless as a calendar as I had to get right up to it to see that extremely light grey that you used for the days of the month. Perhaps you could consider making the calendar more prominent in the 2022 one. This was a really great and useful video. Thanks again.
Well, we MASSIVELY appreciate your videos...thanks Nigel! And my favorite tree is the gnarly old "Live Oaks" that we have here in California....they remind me a little of the trees that you and Neill Burnell have taken photos of. I'm not sure how they look in the fall, but I think I better go find out. Love your reminder to look at the smaller scenes (leaves in puddles...).
Thanks for the inspiration Nigel to go out and look for light and colour. Always enjoy your enthusiasm and education to think outside the box. Much appreciated,I used to work in Grizedale forest all year round and felt so lucky to see the magical changes.
Great tips with some great photos showing the concepts. I find that autumn is the most distraction time for me because, as you mention, everywhere you look is interesting. It looks like a possible image until you bring it into Lightroom and realize that composition doesn't reflect what your mind was excited about. So, I agree with your tip of slowing down! Thanks for the awesome tips!
Silver Birches are definitely my most photographed tree, closely followed by gnarly oak trees, both abundant in woodland where I live in the east of England.
Due up in the Lakes 2nd half of October so crossing my fingers for some good colours and trying to utilise these tips. Having had my May trip to Glencoe/Skye cancelled I've been looking forward to this trip.
We have white birch where I live, maybe it is the same tree. I have several favorites: White birch is one, I love Angel Oak trees and their massive branch structure, and banyan trees in Florida.
Great video...I rarely finds time to comment on RUclips videos, but this one, foundreally useful...with really informative tips to take forward on my photo missions to capture the beauty of autumn. Thanks.
Around me are mostly conifers, but cottonwoods and aspens dot the landscape around springs and other water sources. With their white bark and yellow fall leaves, aspens look a lot like the silver birches you mention at 5:26. Aspens rarely can be quite striking with a pink/lavender tinge to their yellow fall leaves. This is a mineral-rich area where I suspect these trees tapped into something to cause the unusual color.
We missed getting for Autumn here in Aus due to lockdown, best time of the year. Am longing to get out again soon with my camera. Great tips for photography, thank you.
Really useful, Nigel, thank you! I echo Rahul's comment below. Also that you mentioned slowing down, not just pressing the shutter release all over the place, essentially being a bit more mindful about what you are seeing vs what might make a good image. Brilliant bit of insight for me, thank you so much!
" Don't think a good view is a good image ", I love this
Larch trees turning golden in the fall are one of my favorite. I also love the bright reds of blueberry leaves on the barrens in the fall here in Maine.
Aspens are the most beautiful tree for me. The white bark and bright yellow leaves are breathtaking and the silver birches are awesome too! Great video!
Plus the amazing sound the wind in the leaves makes while filming 🤗
I like birch and also the old gnarly oak trees. They have so much unique character.
So, I've watched a LOT of your channel. And I have to say, I've been on RUclips since forever but never once subscribed to anything. Never once "Liked" anything. I didn't want to engage. I've always just come to YT to learn things, and then gone about my day.
Your channel is the first one I'm subscribing to. It's fantastic fun, heartfelt, and informative.
Good for you Cina ...if someone took the time to buy you a present 💝 and you just took it and walked away ..I know you would say Thank you .So for Me a like or subscribe is my way of thanking them for taking the time in making the videos ..have a good day ..x
LOL - I do know what you mean, and I envy you - autumn colours are quite fantastic - I grew up with them, but long since left them behind. I now live in sub-tropical climate, with essentially only two seasons and no separate page for either spring or autumn - they are just the shoulder, where the two seasons join, but no particularly wonderful colours, rarely if ever any mist.
Your photo at 4:50 is outstanding - be proud!
At 5:50 you do something I urge everyone to do - don't just look in one direction - look all around you, try to "see" - it's amazing what images leap out at you, if you only give this a try. Sunset? - don't just stare west - look north - look south - turn around and look behind you - look up above you - there are images, colours, opportunities, all around us - and so few people "look" or "seee"/
I totally agree silver birch trees are my favorite as well.
Silver birch and beech trees for me. They’re also great for mushrooms! 🍄
I struggle with contrast and depth when I shoot trees and forests, useful tips
5:25 Yes, silver birch is a favourite. Here in Finland I also like the Scots Pine, especially when they get a bit gnarly near coastal rocky outcrops.
I love that you teach rather than just showing off work like other RUclipsrs. Thank you
Favorite tree for photography is the aspen. Especially against a background of dark pines.
Another tip for you all. If there is mist around do take some B+W shots. This time of year everyone gets obsessed with autumn colour so just try something different. Great vid Nigel.
I haven’t been able to travel this year owing to the pandemic and a ear issue but have been able to take pictures like your leaf one, there’s opportunities everywhere you don’t always have to travel, perhaps not being able to travel will make us appreciate when we can.
I love willow trees. Especially when the sun is behind them.
Aspen are my favorite trees, but for the same reason as the silver Birch!
Its Autumn here in New Zealand. Watching some of your Autumn photos for Inspiration.
I would massively recommend subscribing to Nigel Danson
I just LOVE oak trees, they are just so beautiful in the autumn and they have so much character in them. I am also a woodworker and oak wood is just amazing for woodworking.
Take Nigel's word for it. If you have a scene yo want to photograph at maximum Fall color you need to check every day.
It certainly has been a strange year! Some time in the mountains and wandering lakes is exactly what I need. Off to plan my weekend for just that! Thanks for the inspiration.
Hey Nigel, I've been following and liking for years but I've never commented. Gotta say I've appreciated this video! Valuable tips! As a Canadian I can't agree more on the time sensitivity of autumn. One day it can be 20c and the next morning it can be -2 with a foot of snow. Take the shots while you can!
Here in North America, we don’t have Silver Birches. But the Quaking Aspens are, in my mind, just as beautiful to photograph in autumn.
Oh but we do have the Paper Birch! They look a lot like Silver Birches.
Aspens and Maples are beautiful during the fall but I really love cottonwoods and willows during the summer!
Hey Nigel, thank you for these tips. Autumn's beauty can be so overwhelming that we need a reminder to slow down, take the time to find the perfect location/composition.... and most of all enjoy yourself during this magical time of the year 🍂
Tip 7 was the best tip of all. I had not thought of that perspective. Thanks for your insights.
A tip on the color wheel complementary colors: a primary color complements with the combination of the other two (as blue complements with orange (red + yellow) and yellow complements with purple (red + blue)). Keeping that in mind, you won't have to check the wheel every time you need to remember the rule!
I went out this morning after it had rained. I may not have bothered but your comment about the leaves being saturated after the rain stuck in my mind. I wandered around the woods and it was so gorgeous everywhere I looked. I only wish I had more time! Great video 😊
Great tips Nigel! My favourite is # 7, take time on composition. Thanks !
Arbutus trees here on the west coast of British Columbia are a treat to photograph as well :)
Thanks Nigel. My Sunday is complete. For those of us in SoCal, Autumn bring hot winds, 100 degree days, and the deciduous trees we have change from crusty green to shabby brown. A few exceptions. We have had some nice fog lately.
I love birch trees in Northern Michigan. And the Fall colors in the leaves of sugar maples. Unbelievably rich and vibrant color!
I like the idea of not just looking for those sweeping shots and again, simplify your compositions for a visual impact. Thanks for the reminder Nigel.
Drone footage just amazing. Love the tips. Another great video. Thank you for sharing 😊
For similar reasons as you've mentioned regarding birch trees, aspen are my favorite for Fall photography.
I think Oaks and Maple trees are really beutiful too, but I agree, silver birch is a beauty !!
How do you not have several millions of subscribers?
Because he is not doing instagram photography :D and that is what I like about him
I have to agree , Silver birches are my fave tree , they work well all year round , fresh vibrant greens in the spring and fantastic shapes and purple branches in the winter
Encourage him.., he is trying his best.. 🙏
I like the way you show me composition. Thank you!
I think the most inspirational part of this video for me is that someone soooo talented also gets disappointed when they get back home and look at their photos and they’re not quite what you wanted or expected 🙌😩
Ha ha / that still happens a lot!
Nigel Danson when I do my indoor photography I set up and I can take about six photos max, all of them usable with subtle variations. When I’m outdoors I come home with a hundred photos and I don’t like most of them 😂
Thank you for your tips, Nigel. I get a lot of knowledge from your video. Have a nice day.
Willow trees are the best to me, esp for bird photography
If you haven’t heard of an arbutus tree, they look pretty magical - Victoria island BC Canada
Great tip with the colour wheel... Love your channel 👍
Thanks for another awesome video. Love Sunday so much now.
Fall is the BEST time of year. Thanks for the tips friend.
This is such a good lesson to understanding one of the most exciting seasons to photograph. Your timing to submitting this is perfect. Thank you.
On an added note, your channel is the best in learning Photography. Thank you
That "time-travel" bouncing from the field to the studio was seamless and kind of trippy... thank you for the tips and wonderful photography. :-)
The leaves are changing and they are starting to look wonderful...love the wellies by the way :)
Outstanding lesson today, Nigel! Thank you. I love the silver birch trees you share with us; they remind me of my favorite tree -- the quaking aspen. I'm headed to the Alpine Loop this morning to put your tips into practice (Alpine Loop is in the Wasatch Mountains south of Salt Lake City) .
Thank you so much Nigel for your precious tips !! Your images are so amazing , i work for see and make the same ( with my sensibility ...)
Outstanding vid as usual and what a way to start my Sunday with a cup of coffee. Thank you!
Really helps if you've got A:locations B:ability to get to those locations etc
Tip 7 is key! Thank you!
Always many good and useful tips. Thanks 🙂 I love go out in autumn and take photo.
I am living in tropics. Still love the video. Thank you
The white or paper bark birch trees in the northern part of the U.S. stand out in the fall with bright yellow leaves. Always fun to find some white birch in the foreground backed by some larger red leaf maples. Thanks for entertaining the east coast insomniacs. Rock on!
Your video throws me back to colour theory at University (studied visal arts) and reading Wassily Kandinskys books 😅
Favorite tree: Shagbark Hickory
And awesome video - thank you very much for all your hard work!
One Favourite tree of mine is maple 🍁 especially Japanese maples. So glad your channel popped up in my feed 🙏🏼
Good video as always! Thanks for sharing. One of the tips that has been hitting home for me a lot lately is really needing to slow down when I shoot.
Watching you video an hear the question about favourite tree --> for me definitely pine and oak !!! best regards, ralph
Simple tips but really usefull. Thanks a lot Nigel.
Wow, what a beautiful landscape !!!!!°😍 Really amazing shots!!!
Thank you. Very useful tips. I was out yesterday in the trees. I can see I will need to go back again this week after watching this. For me, Silver Birch closely followed by Oak.
What a beautiful shot 1:41!
Nigel, loved your 2020 calendar for the photos but it was useless as a calendar as I had to get right up to it to see that extremely light grey that you used for the days of the month. Perhaps you could consider making the calendar more prominent in the 2022 one. This was a really great and useful video. Thanks again.
Well, we MASSIVELY appreciate your videos...thanks Nigel! And my favorite tree is the gnarly old "Live Oaks" that we have here in California....they remind me a little of the trees that you and Neill Burnell have taken photos of. I'm not sure how they look in the fall, but I think I better go find out. Love your reminder to look at the smaller scenes (leaves in puddles...).
Beautiful photos Nigel! Have learned much and appreciate you sharing your insights with us.
Thanks for the inspiration Nigel to go out and look for light and colour. Always enjoy your enthusiasm and education to think outside the box. Much appreciated,I used to work in Grizedale forest all year round and felt so lucky to see the magical changes.
This Arkansas girl travels to Colorado just to see the Aspen trees..... Gods gift to Earth
And me near Dallas, Texas travel to Arkansas to enjoy fall colors in Maplewood cemetery and Scenic Byway 7 :)
@@manoj238 give it two weeks... its about to be grand. Travel to NW Arkansas, Eureka Springs, or Hot Springs for some beauty
@@susanc1874 Wonderful Thanks. I have my trip planned around November 2nd and that is about the time you mentioned too!
@@manoj238 I hope you are having a great time!
@@susanc1874 Sure I did. I was about a week late this year for the peak colors but still it was pretty..
Great tips with some great photos showing the concepts. I find that autumn is the most distraction time for me because, as you mention, everywhere you look is interesting. It looks like a possible image until you bring it into Lightroom and realize that composition doesn't reflect what your mind was excited about. So, I agree with your tip of slowing down! Thanks for the awesome tips!
Beautiful images man and killer video as always!
Silver Birches are definitely my most photographed tree, closely followed by gnarly oak trees, both abundant in woodland where I live in the east of England.
By far the best photography content and insight on RUclips. Thank you 🙏
Due up in the Lakes 2nd half of October so crossing my fingers for some good colours and trying to utilise these tips. Having had my May trip to Glencoe/Skye cancelled I've been looking forward to this trip.
Thanks Nigel. 😊
Another must see video for aspiring photographers, totally agree about the Silver Birch tree too. Thanks for the great content Nigel.
We have white birch where I live, maybe it is the same tree. I have several favorites: White birch is one, I love Angel Oak trees and their massive branch structure, and banyan trees in Florida.
Great video...I rarely finds time to comment on RUclips videos, but this one, foundreally useful...with really informative tips to take forward on my photo missions to capture the beauty of autumn. Thanks.
My favorite tree: Old-growth Cypress among a swamp
As always excellent and useful Thank you so much Nigel
Around me are mostly conifers, but cottonwoods and aspens dot the landscape around springs and other water sources. With their white bark and yellow fall leaves, aspens look a lot like the silver birches you mention at 5:26.
Aspens rarely can be quite striking with a pink/lavender tinge to their yellow fall leaves. This is a mineral-rich area where I suspect these trees tapped into something to cause the unusual color.
We missed getting for Autumn here in Aus due to lockdown, best time of the year. Am longing to get out again soon with my camera. Great tips for photography, thank you.
Favorite tree: cottonwood. Hands-down!
Yes Yes Yes thanks for the tips.
Amazing video! Thank you, as always, useful and pleasant to watch!
Thanks for the tips. My favourite tree has to be the Scots Pine
Definitely Sakura/cherry blossom trees in spring, acer rubrum in autumn!
"...don't get snap happy." Love it! LOL keep on keepin' on
Brilliant video, thanks Nigel.
Hyper useful and well-delivered. THANK YOU!
Just want to get out now for some autumn images. Very motivating video with very practical tips. Thanks Nigel.
Great tips, ND! Thank you and enjoy the autumn, man!
I love tamaracks that are turning yellow! Especially a single one against a darker background.
Thank you Nigel! 🙏🏻
Thank you Nigel for these tips.
Really useful, Nigel, thank you! I echo Rahul's comment below. Also that you mentioned slowing down, not just pressing the shutter release all over the place, essentially being a bit more mindful about what you are seeing vs what might make a good image. Brilliant bit of insight for me, thank you so much!
Thanks again lots to think about.