Welcome back Nigel, pleased to see you again! Thanks for using one of my images and thanks for the constructive criticism, I’ll treasure it! Thanks again and good luck with a full recovery!
Nigel, very helpful video, thanks to the competition entrants for allowing the critiques. I think Amilie's lupin photo looks more like Tekapo in New Zealand, rather than Iceland.
Oh my gosh Nigel! You're in my prayers sir. I knew you were having back surgery, that rots about the second issue. I am so sorry to hear about your medical troubles. I can't wait to see you back out there helping all of us to become better photographers.
So glad to see you back on the chair in the office doing your videos. Soon you'll be up in them hills taking the spectacular photos that you amaze us all with!
So sorry you had to go through the surgeries, the worst is over now! Happy that you are on the mend. Thank you for sharing your work and experience with us.
I can relate to your back issues as my wife had major back surgery back in 2000 and now needs to have two fusions and she doesn't want to go through it again. But I keep telling her she can't keep living with the pain as it is only going to get worse. Hope yours works out and well keep you in our "back prayers".
Nigel it is so good to see you back at your desk and not lying in bed. I have missed your weekly vlogs which not only offer really helpful tips but also provide inspiration. Each week I have enjoyed your vlogs due to your positivity. I have missed that the past several weeks as you have been recovering. I have gone back and re-watched my Master Class sessions during your absence. I wish you continued success in your recovery and hope you can get back out in the field soon. It’s great to see you back.
Day by day. Nigel, you are a trooper and I so much appreciate your knowledge and inspiration. I would like to think that your videos are medicine not only for your back but your mind and spirit. They lift me up. Thanks
I usually don't click on videos where parts of the title is upper caps as they often don't deliver on that part ;-) but I am glad I did: good analysis with great tips. Echos a lot of what I look for in photos
I am happy to know that you have solved your health problems and can take back control of your life. I wish you all the best. Thanks again for the passion and the advice you put in your videos.
Hope you are back to good health soon mate. Living with pain is the worst. Your channel has inspired me so much over the years. Thank you. Good luck 👍❤️
oh Nigel. Very sorry to hear about your surgeries. Glad things are going well and you are on the mend. Please, I know its hard to not want to come back full steam -but let your body rest. Great job on this video. I love listening to critiques. I learn so much!!!
Having seen your winners and losers, I am reminded how truly subjective the judgement of other's work can be. All of those non-selected images were amazing.
Great to have you back Nigel and do hope for a full recovery. Excellent video showing what works and what doesn't. A video covering editing as you suggest would go down well. Take care.
Glad to see you back, Nigel. The winning images from competition were amazing and left me inspired. Many congratulations to all the winners. My personal favorite was one of the commended images, the abstract by Dylan Nardini. The one thing that all the images had in common was the push they all gave me to keep working hard at improving my photography.
Hi Nigel, over the past couple of weeks i stumbled across your youtube channel and i am really enjoying working my way though your videos. you really have inspired me to get my camera out the bag and get out there. I am a beginner to DSLR photography, my stepdad gave me his old Pentax K-x to start off with which i am enjoying using. I really love your vlogs, your knowledge and expertise of photography. The images you produce and places you visit are incredible. I hope you are recovered and back up on your feet like normal, wish you all the health and happiness for 2023 and beyond and i look forward to more videos. Thanks again Nigel.
wow. i knew you were talking about the surgeries coming up. been out of it myself as of late. started back in may with covid then my mother turned sick and died mid june. really hope youre doing better and continue to heal. please do what they say and be careful going forward my friend!
Thanks for the feedback on my photo Nigel! Its great to hear what the judges tought about all the pictures that almost made it trough, wish you all the best!
Welcome back Nigel, we have missed you. Glad you are slowly on the mend. Great photo's from the Landscape Photography contest & thank you for your hints & tips. Keep up the good work.
Great video, and an excellent philosophy for beginners and a great refresher for seasoned people alike. At the 25:00 mark with your beach landscape composition, I can see 3 things to consider for the grass: 1) Saturation is too strong, 2) Contrast is too strong, & 3) Exposure is too strong. Placing the ground in its own layer in a DCC & making those 3 adjustments + adding a diffuse glow can make a less distracting, fluffier grass & the viewer is free to prioritize the dramatic sky for a golden combination. The cloud in the central right corner is also a bit too bright imo as well. When post editing nature scenes, I learned that color isolation/desaturation and assigning luminosity are some of the most important things we can do to dramatically improve our results. Love all of your content & look forward to seeing more.
Welcome back Nigel , It felt like a loss of mentor for a month or so but great guys come back and having you back is just amazing. Wishing you good recovery ❤️❤️
Glad to have you back. A suggestion. Sometimes we don't have the time to choose time of day or atmosphere, and won't be back to this location again. Could you suggest/show some tips under these difficult situations?
Good to see you again Nigel. Very useful video. Small annoying things which we dont notice in our final photos but so apparent to an expert eye like yours and other judges. Good to see from that view. I was hoping my photos were picked by some chance for your constructive feedback. I guess they were that terrible, beyond repair 😄
Best Birthday present is being able to sit down this morning and see that you are back! Hope you keep on recovering and get back out in the field soon.
So WONDERFUL to have you back Nigel. It's like seeing an old friend after a long absence. Congratulations on a very successful landscape photography contest! I'm glad my entries contributed to such an amazing and important cause. The winning images were fantastic...very inspirational as others have pointed out. To be honest it was refreshing to have a contest that was more about photography skills and not about who can push Photoshop editing to the extreme. As usual this video goes right into my playlist to be revisited often with all the great Danson tips. Keep taking it easy and wishing you a complete recovery.
Good to see you back Nigel. I always enjoy your approach to photography. I kept your in my prayers during your difficult times. Glad you are doing better with the support of your family during your recovery.
Great to see you back, we hope to see you out and about very soon, always good the hear your constructive comments, very much appreciate your thoughts and images. C&R
Nigel it's good to have you back! Wishing you a speedy recovery. Thank you so much for all the knowledge and experience you share. I am truly grateful for your content.
Having gone through several back and neck surgeries over the years I can empathize with the pain and suffering you've experienced. I'm truly sorry you've had to go through so much but I'm happy you are recovering so well. Hang in there!
Dear Nigel, it's a honor for me having a commended picture in the WLP 2022 and on top that two of my images found its attention in the critique session although not finally shortlisted. Many thanks Nigel for the review and your honest thoughts on that. I can follow all your arguments because honestly I felt somehow the final non-perfection which I couldn't yet identify in those pictures although they are still one of my personal favorites. I really appreciate your comments and agree to the hints you give. Avoiding distraction on the right corner of the "Splash Sunset", pic #2 and also concentrating on left portion in "hailstorm coast" pic #1. I decided on location not to move the camera more left because light was far too bright, outburning and harsh. Cropping is the better way here. Oskar (aka uwafot on the web)
Great to have you back and healing. Excellent analysis on the submitted images, especially for those that nearly but not quite have everything to capture our attention. Keep up the fine work!
Really helpful tips Nigel, hope your recovery goes well and you are back to full strength, fair play to you for doing this video and the judging while managing the pain.
Welcome back Nigel, pleased to hear you are going in the right direction now with you back, fingers crossed for you it keeps going that way and you can get out for some Woodland photography in the next few weeks. Stunning photos from this year's World Landscape Photographer of the Year. Well done to all the winners.
Welcome back Nigel. So great to see you again. I have been following you for a number of years and have learned so much. Also signed up for your master classes, you are no doubt the best educator out there in You Tube land. Also love that you run this contest, however could I make a suggestion; man6 of the winners are professional full time photographers. There is really no way I can compete, I don’t have access to epic locations, have a full time job……. You get the idea. How about an Amateur section to the contest, where entries don’t make an income from photography. I really value competitions like this to help improve my craft, it would be fun to compete with other amateurs out there.
Hi Philip, may I also answer that it is not the gorgeous places you have to visit. Sometimes it is just observing and taking the chance on things near you. Although I was shortlisted, commended and now shown in the criticque session, I'm still pure amateur and taking pictures in leisure time because my real fulltime job for financing this hobby must have my full attention. Mostly I'm photographing near my home place in bavaria. Of course it is sometimes more easy to find motivation and scenes during vacation. But the best and for sure hardest training for this is to look around your home and take pictures other will not do. My advice to you is: Just do it and you will improve and also get noticed. All the best, Oskar (aka uwafot on the web)
Glad to see you recovering. I think you can tell by the number of views that your audience is still with you, so be sure and take your time, don't rush, we are all eager to wait and see your photo journeys when you are fully 100 percent.
Hi Nigel, great to have you back. Reading between the lines it sounds that you've had a difficult time recently. Hope it's all behind you now and you're on the road to a full recovery. Take care.
Fantastic to finally see you on the mend Nigel, sounds like you've had a very challenging time, thankfully you can't keep a good man down! Will be back later to watch this fab film, thank you!
Holy hell, mate I'm glad you're getting back on top of it. I had a cyst get infected on my leg and thought that was bad, but you win my friend. I can't wait to see your vlogs from out in the field as soon as possible.
So wonderful to have you back Nigel, I’ve missed your explicit breakdown of composition. Blows my mind every time. Hope your recovery continues quickly and we see you back out in the woodlands soon. 👍
WOW! Your viewers have amazing talent; such great photos. A testement to your teaching Nigel. I really hate that you're having such a rough time with your back .. prayers, best wishes, and fingers crossed for a speedy and full recovery.
So glad to hear that you are doing better and back again. Best wishes for a full recovery and the ability to work in the field. Great tips, many of which I have learned and relearned over the years. I am trying to focus more on these elements when composing the shot in the field, trying to see it as a finished print and not just shooting with blind excitement of the moment. Thanks again and best wishes for a full recovery.
So great to see you back! Hopefully you are on the mend and the remaining recovery weeks will go smoothly. Sending you healing vibes and lots of patience. Cheers!
Best wishes in your healing process Nigel. I enjoy your tutorials.
Welcome back, Nigel. It’s great to see you again - but don’t overdo it. Take it easy and fully recover from your procedures.
So wonderful to see you back! Take your time healing. We will all still be here.
Lovely to see you back. Best wishes for a speedy recovery to full health. I always enjoy your videos and learn something new each time so thank you.
Welcome back Nigel, pleased to see you again!
Thanks for using one of my images and thanks for the constructive criticism, I’ll treasure it!
Thanks again and good luck with a full recovery!
Nigel, very helpful video, thanks to the competition entrants for allowing the critiques. I think Amilie's lupin photo looks more like Tekapo in New Zealand, rather than Iceland.
Haha that was exactly what I thought the moment i saw it!
Oh my gosh Nigel! You're in my prayers sir. I knew you were having back surgery, that rots about the second issue. I am so sorry to hear about your medical troubles. I can't wait to see you back out there helping all of us to become better photographers.
Get well, dont worry about us we will be here for you whenever you get back into full swing.
OMG, I wish you all the best, fast recovery. It's good to see you back and in good spirit.
So glad to see you back on the chair in the office doing your videos. Soon you'll be up in them hills taking the spectacular photos that you amaze us all with!
Glad you are on the mend…. I’d happily watch videos of drinking coffee and just chatting about photography. You are such a wealth of knowledge.
So glad you are back on line and hope you continue on your healing path. I so appreciate your videos! Thank you 🙏
So nice to see you back making videos! I hope you continue to heal quickly, and are able to return to what you love.
Great video, great tips
So sorry you had to go through the surgeries, the worst is over now! Happy that you are on the mend. Thank you for sharing your work and experience with us.
Great video Nigel, glad you are back. Off now to look at the pictures from the competition.
I can relate to your back issues as my wife had major back surgery back in 2000 and now needs to have two fusions and she doesn't want to go through it again. But I keep telling her she can't keep living with the pain as it is only going to get worse. Hope yours works out and well keep you in our "back prayers".
Great to have you back Nigel. Wish you a speedy recovery.
Nigel it is so good to see you back at your desk and not lying in bed. I have missed your weekly vlogs which not only offer really helpful tips but also provide inspiration. Each week I have enjoyed your vlogs due to your positivity. I have missed that the past several weeks as you have been recovering. I have gone back and re-watched my Master Class sessions during your absence. I wish you continued success in your recovery and hope you can get back out in the field soon. It’s great to see you back.
Welcome back, Mr. Danson. Have a speedy and complete recovery.
Great to see you back and well making a good recovery Nigel take care and keep well
Day by day. Nigel, you are a trooper and I so much appreciate your knowledge and inspiration. I would like to think that your videos are medicine not only for your back but your mind and spirit. They lift me up. Thanks
So good to see you up and about again. Take care and be patient, you'll be hiking again soon!
I usually don't click on videos where parts of the title is upper caps as they often don't deliver on that part ;-) but I am glad I did: good analysis with great tips. Echos a lot of what I look for in photos
I am happy to know that you have solved your health problems and can take back control of your life. I wish you all the best. Thanks again for the passion and the advice you put in your videos.
Hope you are back to good health soon mate. Living with pain is the worst. Your channel has inspired me so much over the years. Thank you. Good luck 👍❤️
oh Nigel. Very sorry to hear about your surgeries. Glad things are going well and you are on the mend. Please, I know its hard to not want to come back full steam -but let your body rest. Great job on this video. I love listening to critiques. I learn so much!!!
Thank you, I will
Just shows you can’t keep a good man down. Great to have you back, and very informative video! Keep healing ❤️🩹
Having seen your winners and losers, I am reminded how truly subjective the judgement of other's work can be. All of those non-selected images were amazing.
It's so good to see you back! Take your time for healing.
So Glad you/re back. Wish you the best recovery. Thank you.
So good to have you back, looking rested and well, Nigel.
Great to have you back Nigel and do hope for a full recovery. Excellent video showing what works and what doesn't. A video covering editing as you suggest would go down well. Take care.
oh my goodness. Wishing you a speedy recovery. Sending love from the USA and the music city Nashville.
It's great to listen to you again. I hope you'll get better soon and for good. It's a pleasure to watch your movies. Thank you.
Hi Nigel I hope you are keeping a lot better and your back is now mended. Miss seeing you and Pebbles out in the woods. Paul and Moira
Glad to see you back, Nigel. The winning images from competition were amazing and left me inspired. Many congratulations to all the winners. My personal favorite was one of the commended images, the abstract by Dylan Nardini. The one thing that all the images had in common was the push they all gave me to keep working hard at improving my photography.
Thanks Wendy
Great to see you back on your feet. It will provide me with some inspiration as I recover from by-pass surgery.
Thank you for all your hard work in difficult circumstances. Hopefully a quick recovery.
I could sit and watch critique videos all day. So many great points! Thank you!
HE LIVES !!! good to see you up and about... hope it's really long-lasting progress...
Great video Nigel. Good to see you back.
Glad you're back. Sundays were not complete without your videos
Great that your back. Sunday mornings are gr8 again. Hope your recovery goes well
Great to see and hear you again.
.hope Pebbles looked after you 🐾
So pleased to see you again and wishing you a steady recovery.
Good to see you back Nigel in this video, don’t rush back though into the field only when you’re 100%.
It is so good to see you back, such a traumatic time for you. Do take it steady, don’t rush things.
Welcome back Nigel, take it steady and don't rush things.
Hi Nigel, over the past couple of weeks i stumbled across your youtube channel and i am really enjoying working my way though your videos. you really have inspired me to get my camera out the bag and get out there. I am a beginner to DSLR photography, my stepdad gave me his old Pentax K-x to start off with which i am enjoying using. I really love your vlogs, your knowledge and expertise of photography. The images you produce and places you visit are incredible. I hope you are recovered and back up on your feet like normal, wish you all the health and happiness for 2023 and beyond and i look forward to more videos. Thanks again Nigel.
wow. i knew you were talking about the surgeries coming up. been out of it myself as of late. started back in may with covid then my mother turned sick and died mid june. really hope youre doing better and continue to heal. please do what they say and be careful going forward my friend!
Welcome back, Nigel! Hope you feeling better and moving about soon.
My Sunday mornings are now complete coffee and Nigel 👍🏻.
So glad to see you back and hopefully recovering fully now. Bestest
Thanks for the feedback on my photo Nigel! Its great to hear what the judges tought about all the pictures that almost made it trough, wish you all the best!
Thanks for letting me use the photo!
Welcome back Nigel, we have missed you. Glad you are slowly on the mend. Great photo's from the Landscape Photography contest & thank you for your hints & tips. Keep up the good work.
Hi Nigel. And I thought I was in pain. Just had a knee replacement. Salute to you and get better my friend.
Get well soon! Hoping for your fast recovery! I've learned so much from YOU and this channel!
Great video, and an excellent philosophy for beginners and a great refresher for seasoned people alike. At the 25:00 mark with your beach landscape composition, I can see 3 things to consider for the grass: 1) Saturation is too strong, 2) Contrast is too strong, & 3) Exposure is too strong. Placing the ground in its own layer in a DCC & making those 3 adjustments + adding a diffuse glow can make a less distracting, fluffier grass & the viewer is free to prioritize the dramatic sky for a golden combination. The cloud in the central right corner is also a bit too bright imo as well.
When post editing nature scenes, I learned that color isolation/desaturation and assigning luminosity are some of the most important things we can do to dramatically improve our results. Love all of your content & look forward to seeing more.
Welcome back Nigel , It felt like a loss of mentor for a month or so but great guys come back and having you back is just amazing. Wishing you good recovery ❤️❤️
Glad to have you back. A suggestion. Sometimes we don't have the time to choose time of day or atmosphere, and won't be back to this location again. Could you suggest/show some tips under these difficult situations?
Great to see you back making videos Nigel. Enjoyed this video very much over my Sunday morning coffee. All the best.
Great to see you back, Nigel; you have been a big part of my Sunday morning routine for some time. Hope your health continues to improve.
So glad to see that you are recovering! Back issues can be extremely serious and debilitating, and frankly we need you back out in the field ASAP. 😁
Great to see you back Nigel, I'm pleased to see that you've survived your ordeals. Looking forward to seeing you and 'Pebs' out again.
Good to see you again Nigel. Very useful video. Small annoying things which we dont notice in our final photos but so apparent to an expert eye like yours and other judges. Good to see from that view.
I was hoping my photos were picked by some chance for your constructive feedback. I guess they were that terrible, beyond repair 😄
Thanks for the transparency. Wishing you a speedy recovery
Best Birthday present is being able to sit down this morning and see that you are back! Hope you keep on recovering and get back out in the field soon.
Thanks and happy birthday!
Good to see you back Nigel. Take it easy! Great video, PS poster trick is pretty powerful!
So WONDERFUL to have you back Nigel. It's like seeing an old friend after a long absence. Congratulations on a very successful landscape photography contest! I'm glad my entries contributed to such an amazing and important cause. The winning images were fantastic...very inspirational as others have pointed out. To be honest it was refreshing to have a contest that was more about photography skills and not about who can push Photoshop editing to the extreme. As usual this video goes right into my playlist to be revisited often with all the great Danson tips. Keep taking it easy and wishing you a complete recovery.
Thanks William - appreciate that.
Good to see you back Nigel. I always enjoy your approach to photography. I kept your in my prayers during your difficult times. Glad you are doing better with the support of your family during your recovery.
Glad to see you back, hope you're feeling better.
Great to see you again! Glad you are able to sit a spell again. Before you know it you'll be back in action.
Great to see you back, we hope to see you out and about very soon, always good the hear your constructive comments, very much appreciate your thoughts and images. C&R
Nigel it's good to have you back! Wishing you a speedy recovery. Thank you so much for all the knowledge and experience you share. I am truly grateful for your content.
I am not a landscape photographer (occassionally). I just really enjoy watching your videos! :)
Having gone through several back and neck surgeries over the years I can empathize with the pain and suffering you've experienced. I'm truly sorry you've had to go through so much but I'm happy you are recovering so well. Hang in there!
Dear Nigel, it's a honor for me having a commended picture in the WLP 2022 and on top that two of my images found its attention in the critique session although not finally shortlisted.
Many thanks Nigel for the review and your honest thoughts on that. I can follow all your arguments because honestly I felt somehow the final non-perfection which I couldn't yet identify in those pictures although they are still one of my personal favorites. I really appreciate your comments and agree to the hints you give. Avoiding distraction on the right corner of the "Splash Sunset", pic #2 and also concentrating on left portion in "hailstorm coast" pic #1. I decided on location not to move the camera more left because light was far too bright, outburning and harsh. Cropping is the better way here.
Oskar (aka uwafot on the web)
Great to have you back and healing. Excellent analysis on the submitted images, especially for those that nearly but not quite have everything to capture our attention. Keep up the fine work!
Really helpful tips Nigel, hope your recovery goes well and you are back to full strength, fair play to you for doing this video and the judging while managing the pain.
Congrats for your recovery 🎉
Love your videos it help me a lot to improve, now its time to focus in your health we can wait for the next.
Take care
Welcome back Nigel, pleased to hear you are going in the right direction now with you back, fingers crossed for you it keeps going that way and you can get out for some Woodland photography in the next few weeks. Stunning photos from this year's World Landscape Photographer of the Year. Well done to all the winners.
Welcome back Nigel. So great to see you again. I have been following you for a number of years and have learned so much. Also signed up for your master classes, you are no doubt the best educator out there in You Tube land. Also love that you run this contest, however could I make a suggestion; man6 of the winners are professional full time photographers. There is really no way I can compete, I don’t have access to epic locations, have a full time job……. You get the idea. How about an Amateur section to the contest, where entries don’t make an income from photography. I really value competitions like this to help improve my craft, it would be fun to compete with other amateurs out there.
Hi Philip. I thought about that but it is so difficult to run and adding more measures like this adds to the complexity.
Hi Philip,
may I also answer that it is not the gorgeous places you have to visit. Sometimes it is just observing and taking the chance on things near you. Although I was shortlisted, commended and now shown in the criticque session, I'm still pure amateur and taking pictures in leisure time because my real fulltime job for financing this hobby must have my full attention. Mostly I'm photographing near my home place in bavaria. Of course it is sometimes more easy to find motivation and scenes during vacation. But the best and for sure hardest training for this is to look around your home and take pictures other will not do.
My advice to you is: Just do it and you will improve and also get noticed.
All the best,
Oskar (aka uwafot on the web)
It is great to see you back Nigel. Such pleasure! Take good care of yourself, don't overdo. We need you. Thank you for the great tips.🌺
Great critiques. Good to have you back - even for limited duty.
Glad to see you recovering. I think you can tell by the number of views that your audience is still with you, so be sure and take your time, don't rush, we are all eager to wait and see your photo journeys when you are fully 100 percent.
Good to see you vertical. I'm sure Pebbles 🐶 is anxious to take you for a walk in the woods. 👍🥂
Wonderful to see and listen to you again. Stay healthy🙂
stand strong live long , admire your work , Art .
Hi Nigel, great to have you back. Reading between the lines it sounds that you've had a difficult time recently. Hope it's all behind you now and you're on the road to a full recovery. Take care.
Fantastic to finally see you on the mend Nigel, sounds like you've had a very challenging time, thankfully you can't keep a good man down! Will be back later to watch this fab film, thank you!
Holy hell, mate I'm glad you're getting back on top of it. I had a cyst get infected on my leg and thought that was bad, but you win my friend. I can't wait to see your vlogs from out in the field as soon as possible.
So wonderful to have you back Nigel, I’ve missed your explicit breakdown of composition. Blows my mind every time. Hope your recovery continues quickly and we see you back out in the woodlands soon. 👍
WOW! Your viewers have amazing talent; such great photos. A testement to your teaching Nigel. I really hate that you're having such a rough time with your back .. prayers, best wishes, and fingers crossed for a speedy and full recovery.
Good to see you back.
Great to see you back Nigel. Hope your recovery continues on a bright and healthy path. Loved your video.
So glad to hear that you are doing better and back again. Best wishes for a full recovery and the ability to work in the field. Great tips, many of which I have learned and relearned over the years. I am trying to focus more on these elements when composing the shot in the field, trying to see it as a finished print and not just shooting with blind excitement of the moment. Thanks again and best wishes for a full recovery.
Great to see you back! Wishing you a speedy recovery!
Glad to see you're back! Wishing you a speedy recovery. These aretop tips - thanks! 👍
So glad to hear that your doing better.
So great to see you back! Hopefully you are on the mend and the remaining recovery weeks will go smoothly. Sending you healing vibes and lots of patience. Cheers!