Thank you very, very much for your comments and teaching. I must admit your ways of viewing surrounding environment is absolutely wonderful. Kind regards from Poland.
So sorry for the family troubles. That can hurt. I’m glad you have photography. I love your videos and have gotten so much inspiration from viewing them and your final photographs. Turn to your video family when you need support. We care.
It's a constant drain on my lifeforce, Willie. I appreciate your sentiment - Of course, there's a difference between you and my viewers and those I know and love. That is that I don't know any of you personally (maybe one or two) but because you watch me occasionally and I share things about myself, you feel you know me. It's a strange relationship that I find very hard to get my head around.
This was a very calming video to watch, Andrew. Thank you. Indeed, it reminded me to look carefully. There is so much to see that we can walk past and not see!
Indeed. It's completely bonkers. Well, actually, it's corrupt and full of lies that people find easy to believe because they have become hard of thinking, but let's not go there.
As usual, there's so much wisdom in your videos. You find so much that I would just walk by. I need to start looking and reaching deeper. Thank you for the inspiration 😃📸
I quite like that first image. your processing has really made a difference, and the image is saying "come into the woods" 🙂 not a great deal wrong with the image at 14:20 either. again it invites you in to see what's there in the undergrowth / background I've been stuck indoors for the past week with bone pain and a host of other issues, so it was nice to come along with you your stroll 🙂
So sorry to read you're stuck inside, Nick. Weather over this side of the country isn't making me want to leave the house, so if you've got it too, you're not missing a lot even if you are sick of seeing the same four walls. I really forced that first image. I knew what I saw and wanted, but it took a lot of getting. The one at 14:20 is just an unrecoverable mess as far as I am concerned. It looked good in person and even framed in the selfie camera that I commented on (but failed to qualify in the video), but the light was simply awful and the shot, again, was forced only because of the video, else I would have just passed it by. If me getting out with the camera helps you a little, I am pleased with that. We all need something to brighten our days. Take care of yourself.
Another informative and entertaining video. It’s great to see the RAW and post processed together compare. I’m glad it’s not just me that gets aches in my knees!
My lower-leg problem makes mushroom macro very difficult, for sure. The season is mostly over now. Woodlands barely have any mushrooms left, but I still have a couple of videos due for upload! Thanks for your support.
The mushroom photo at 9:40 got incredible! It is worth the technical installation! The dead-nettle leaf got superb too, very original point of view. I understand what you say about the "messy woodland" photo at 14:00 but it is still very colourful and with much details for nature-lovers and would be perfect as a big print on a wall. Indeed, it is exactly as you say, going out to take photos is a great thing to do for the mind (+body when not too much gear) and it is indeed somtimes difficult to get good photographs. But still, your photos at the end are also gorgeous!
Some nice mushrooms. Yum, yum! To be seasoned with that bright green leaf. Brilliant! However, I do think the spider is a bit too skinny to complete the dish. A nice fat slug would have been more nutritious. Nevertheless, quite a good day's catch. Bon appetit! By the way, the fallen over red'uns are rather unhealthy and cause hallucinations - that is, if you actually live to enjoy them.
@@AndyBanner The semi-macro photos I mentioned all came out very well indeed. I really did like your spider. It was not your best "woodscape" day but as you said, taking the photo is the actual fun. Woods are difficult anyway. A single tree - OK. A nicely lighted path - OK. A stream - OK. But anything scapy with lots of leaves and branches - and no mist - tends to turn into one big clutter. What looks quite nice in 3D, more often or not, does not hold its promise in 2D. What I have found out is that a very slow 360 degree video pan looks very impressive.
For the first photo, I find it really interesting because the post-processed photo really looks like what we seen in the video, with the light on the left of the image. In essence, you reveal what you saw and what we witnessed on the video but wasn't easily visible in the RAW file. I find this totally acceptable and even welcomed! Light in forest is such a difficult thing anyway...
The raw, naturally flat, is very disappointing considering the light, but of course, I underexposed to protect the highlights on the tree trunks which helped degrade the image to a degree as there's always more noise in shadows, but the processing made the image look pretty-much like I envisioned and described, but it took a lot of work and a good few iterations to get there. It wasn't a great image to start with and I almost certainly would not have worked on it had it not been for the video. Good practice anyway.
@@AndyBanner thank you for all those elements that I overlooked. And indeed, lots of work. The post-processing part can be a bit of a burden, and I admire your perseverance, we are lucky in this case that you took the time! Indeed, good practice, as it really adds to a photographers' panoply.
Thank you very, very much for your comments and teaching. I must admit your ways of viewing surrounding environment is absolutely wonderful. Kind regards from Poland.
So nice of you, thank you.
Thank you. A yoga video for photographers ! Nice calm and nice photos ! Mushroom photography is tough on the knees 😩 !
So sorry for the family troubles. That can hurt. I’m glad you have photography. I love your videos and have gotten so much inspiration from viewing them and your final photographs. Turn to your video family when you need support. We care.
It's a constant drain on my lifeforce, Willie.
I appreciate your sentiment - Of course, there's a difference between you and my viewers and those I know and love. That is that I don't know any of you personally (maybe one or two) but because you watch me occasionally and I share things about myself, you feel you know me. It's a strange relationship that I find very hard to get my head around.
This was a very calming video to watch, Andrew. Thank you. Indeed, it reminded me to look carefully. There is so much to see that we can walk past and not see!
You're very welcome
Thank you Andrew. I enjoy your calmness and ability to teach quietly.
I appreciate that. Thanks
so calming watching this. Thank you
You're welcome 😊
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Cheers, Colin
I enjoy our entertaining and informative videos.
Glad you like them. Thank you.
The beautiful four leaf plant is a Yellow Archangel.
I love getting out, and about, especially in the woods, it's a form of escapism from this crazy world we live in.
Indeed. It's completely bonkers. Well, actually, it's corrupt and full of lies that people find easy to believe because they have become hard of thinking, but let's not go there.
Our photography and philosophy are so similar. I enjoy your talks and photos. ❤
Thank you, Julie.
Thanks!
So very kind, Bruce. Thank you.
As usual, there's so much wisdom in your videos. You find so much that I would just walk by. I need to start looking and reaching deeper. Thank you for the inspiration 😃📸
Thank you, Michael. It's great to know that people are getting something of value from my weekly ramblings
I quite like that first image. your processing has really made a difference, and the image is saying "come into the woods" 🙂
not a great deal wrong with the image at 14:20 either. again it invites you in to see what's there in the undergrowth / background
I've been stuck indoors for the past week with bone pain and a host of other issues, so it was nice to come along with you your stroll 🙂
So sorry to read you're stuck inside, Nick. Weather over this side of the country isn't making me want to leave the house, so if you've got it too, you're not missing a lot even if you are sick of seeing the same four walls.
I really forced that first image. I knew what I saw and wanted, but it took a lot of getting. The one at 14:20 is just an unrecoverable mess as far as I am concerned. It looked good in person and even framed in the selfie camera that I commented on (but failed to qualify in the video), but the light was simply awful and the shot, again, was forced only because of the video, else I would have just passed it by.
If me getting out with the camera helps you a little, I am pleased with that. We all need something to brighten our days. Take care of yourself.
Another informative and entertaining video. It’s great to see the RAW and post processed together compare. I’m glad it’s not just me that gets aches in my knees!
My lower-leg problem makes mushroom macro very difficult, for sure. The season is mostly over now. Woodlands barely have any mushrooms left, but I still have a couple of videos due for upload! Thanks for your support.
The mushroom photo at 9:40 got incredible! It is worth the technical installation! The dead-nettle leaf got superb too, very original point of view. I understand what you say about the "messy woodland" photo at 14:00 but it is still very colourful and with much details for nature-lovers and would be perfect as a big print on a wall. Indeed, it is exactly as you say, going out to take photos is a great thing to do for the mind (+body when not too much gear) and it is indeed somtimes difficult to get good photographs. But still, your photos at the end are also gorgeous!
Thank you so much. Your support is very much appreciated.
I think you're wrong about the print part :-)
@@AndyBanner we'll never know for the print part then ;-) But still I love it!
Some nice mushrooms. Yum, yum! To be seasoned with that bright green leaf. Brilliant! However, I do think the spider is a bit too skinny to complete the dish. A nice fat slug would have been more nutritious. Nevertheless, quite a good day's catch.
Bon appetit!
By the way, the fallen over red'uns are rather unhealthy and cause hallucinations - that is, if you actually live to enjoy them.
For me, Simon, it's that time of the year again when I would gladly eat them.
@@AndyBanner Oh dear!
More on that next week...
@@AndyBanner The semi-macro photos I mentioned all came out very well indeed. I really did like your spider. It was not your best "woodscape" day but as you said, taking the photo is the actual fun.
Woods are difficult anyway. A single tree - OK. A nicely lighted path - OK. A stream - OK. But anything scapy with lots of leaves and branches - and no mist - tends to turn into one big clutter. What looks quite nice in 3D, more often or not, does not hold its promise in 2D.
What I have found out is that a very slow 360 degree video pan looks very impressive.
For the first photo, I find it really interesting because the post-processed photo really looks like what we seen in the video, with the light on the left of the image. In essence, you reveal what you saw and what we witnessed on the video but wasn't easily visible in the RAW file. I find this totally acceptable and even welcomed! Light in forest is such a difficult thing anyway...
The raw, naturally flat, is very disappointing considering the light, but of course, I underexposed to protect the highlights on the tree trunks which helped degrade the image to a degree as there's always more noise in shadows, but the processing made the image look pretty-much like I envisioned and described, but it took a lot of work and a good few iterations to get there. It wasn't a great image to start with and I almost certainly would not have worked on it had it not been for the video. Good practice anyway.
@@AndyBanner thank you for all those elements that I overlooked. And indeed, lots of work. The post-processing part can be a bit of a burden, and I admire your perseverance, we are lucky in this case that you took the time! Indeed, good practice, as it really adds to a photographers' panoply.