Agreed! My (writing) lecturers used to say, "There's no such thing as a boring subject, only boring writers." Perhaps Michael's words are an equivalent of that sentiment.
Wow! I was last there 47 years ago and had three dawns at Zabriskie. Now I really want to go back with better skills, equipment, and digital processing!
All I can say is...WOW! This was a very inspirational video, Michael. Myself and three other photographers are going to Death Valley in early January, 2023. What month f the year were you here in this video. I agree as well that you have to just learn how to use the light. I learned this from Jackson Bridges on a trip to the southwest USA. Thanks so much for sharing this video.
What a magical, other-worldly place! Hills are one of my favourite subjects, and these are sooo beautiful. Love the pace of this video, Michael. And of course, your images and video were both delicious, as always. Someone get me a toothpick...
Simply gorgeous images, and I loved how there was no indication of scale in most - if not all - of them. I found I paused the clip repeatedly, just to examine the colors and shapes/textures.
I remember a couple of months ago you mentioned that you have been in a creative crisis. Now, look at you! Not only is your photography phenomenal but also your videos are super cinematic and entertaining. I guess overcoming a crisis brings a huge potential of new ideas and creativity with it. Well done Michael, well done! 👍🏼
Nice one Michael. You certainly demonstrated there are ways to harness the light in what some would consider unflattering conditions. Ordinarily, I prefer the golden reflections as the sun dips down, but in this case I liked the defused lighting so much more.
Great work Michael! And great point about not judging a location's compositional possibilities during harsh light conditions and your example of 20 Mule Team Canyon. You really can't judge a site until you've seen it in a variety of lighting conditions ranging from time of day, time of year and atmospheric conditions. That's what makes landscape photography so addictive. You never know what you're going to get every time you go out. I think that is the second point I took from your video: adapt to what Mother Nature gives you. Thanks again, as always, for the inspiration!
As usual - Shainblum delivers the goods. Never seen better results from Zabriskie. I follow a lot of landscape guys. It's just an opinion, but you're the best. Thanks for sharing your work.
What an amazing place! Michael, can you recommend 3 or 4 American landscape photography channels please. Seem most of the ones I sub to are English, and while I enjoy them, it'd be nice to see what the good photographers in America are doing. And to see some more of that amazing landscape.
I like your work because my most used lens is my Fujifilm 70-300mm (100-450mm equivalent). I love taking clean slices of the scene using a telephoto zoom. I do enjoy the wide angle landscapes that other people create - but it always feels messy when I try.
I absolutely love how you can look beyond the typical wide angle shots and zero in on tighter images…especially when the conditions are not conducive for the grand scale image. You remind us to get creative! Very inspiring indeed!!!
Spectacular, awesome, striking - and on and on. Darn it Michael. The pictures are just so incredible and all the time your voice over is so calm and intrigued. Caught me by surprise EVERYTIME you put up another shot. I was way more than impressed, thank you. And I've been a long time fan, I know what you can do, but this tops the list. Just can't believe you've taken us on this magic journey.
Man, this is awesome. What a amazing videos and pictures you make. Can't believe my eyes and enjoy it a lot. But the colors in this video... man..... thank you for sharing this beautiful moment!!
Amazing images! You really make that Sigma sing! I will definitely visit Death Valley someday with my Sigma 100-400mm. Thanks for the inspiration, Michael!
Superb photos! The greater landscapes are amazing, but I think your abstract photography is some of the best that you share with us. More please. Lol 👍
Stunning photographs Michael!! Having just photographed Z. Point a few months ago with Out of Death Valley, this is really valuable stuff. I'm ready to head back next winter!! Thanks! Nice to see TJ again as well. You guys are the best!
Great video! I went back in February and went to Zabriskie under similar conditions but didn’t do a very good job focusing in on the patterns and colors with my telephoto and instead got wrapped up in trying to capture the whole of the scenes rock formations and background and it just didn’t turn out that well. This definitely helped me to understand how to focus in on the elements of the landscape. Thanks
Amazing colours and textures. I've also grown to learn how to make the most of the blue skies where I live and to take advantage of the light in the few hours surrounding sunset.
It’s definitely not always about that big landscape image, there are so many more choices when looking through telephoto lenses. Thanks for sharing again Michael. Stay safe 🇦🇺
Images are AWESOME!!!!! but....... if I'm going to be picky. I would kick up the contrast just a nudge and I would also kick up the saturation just a nudge too. But these images are excellent.
Great images and video Michael. It's given me a new perspective for my next outing to DV. I think the colorful range in the badlands is called artists pallet. You can drive to it and get up close and personal with the incredibly changing tones.
Hi Michael! One more amazing video with stunning images, textures and plenty of colors. I`m a huge fan of your work, talking from Brazil/Rio de Janeiro. I´m looking for a trekking backpack that could also transport my photo gear (camera + lenses). Do you use a traditional trekkiing backpack with a camera bag insert or a specific one, like a Lowepro type bag? Thank you for your comments!
Great video Michael, have to hand it to you regarding how sharp those longer exposures are with the 100-400. I use the same lense and no matter what I do can't get images that sharp with anything over 1/100 🙄. Could be something to do with the fact that we rarely get a still enough day over here in Ireland! Beautiful images man
Hope to visit someday. I have a day between some stuff in early June but don't think summer is the right time to try to visit the park. Thinking I will hit Sequoia this time around.
I look forward to clear sky photography in Arizona's Superstition Mountains next month! I have a techy question: what white balance or custom color temperature do you set your camera for in that blue hour light? Thanks.
I used the Sony A7S3 for most of the filming of this vlog and then the go pro for the hiking/POV shots. I try to film with the mirrorless as much as I can, but sometimes the go pro is just so much quicker.
Love the music you use, but would love even more if you mixed up the music a bit more instead of repeating same songs from video to video. Love these shots!
“There’s no such thing as bad lighting. You just have to know how to use it.” Quote of the day!
Agreed!!!
Definitely got my attention with that statement as well.
Agreed! My (writing) lecturers used to say, "There's no such thing as a boring subject, only boring writers." Perhaps Michael's words are an equivalent of that sentiment.
That guy at 7:00. What a comp stomper. The whole desert and he’s next to you. 🤣
This was even better the second time I watched it. I wish I could like it again! Thanks Michael.
TJ THORNE!!
👋🏻
I used to hate skies like that until I tried B/W film photography for the first time. Now I love them!
Absolutely superb pictures!!!! Some of the first ones are jawdropping!!!
Wow what an amazing experience.... The pictures are breathtaking... Great work..
Your shadows at 1:20 ish walking the ridge line are cool.
Michael this is some of the most beautiful photography I have seen. Thank you for sharing.
Spectacular! Well done Michael.
Absolutely stunning.
I always learn lots of thing from you .Great video
Thanks so much!
What an amazing place. Gorgeous images.
Beautiful, almost abstracts!!👍👍
Wow! I was last there 47 years ago and had three dawns at Zabriskie. Now I really want to go back with better skills, equipment, and digital processing!
All I can say is...WOW! This was a very inspirational video, Michael. Myself and three other photographers are going to Death Valley in early January, 2023. What month f the year were you here in this video. I agree as well that you have to just learn how to use the light. I learned this from Jackson Bridges on a trip to the southwest USA. Thanks so much for sharing this video.
Stunning images Michael. I'm so jealous...
Nice touch using Cody Fry's song Pictures of Mountains. Sounds like it anyway. Great video. Thank you.
What a magical, other-worldly place! Hills are one of my favourite subjects, and these are sooo beautiful. Love the pace of this video, Michael. And of course, your images and video were both delicious, as always. Someone get me a toothpick...
Very well done photo session with incredible images.
Breathtaking!
Death Valley is like a magician, it is full of magic.
Thank you Michael.🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷
WOW, WOW, WOW!!!
Wonderful! Thank you for sharing, it is truly inspirational work.
What a beautiful video - gentle and inspiring. The photos are spectacular, and I love the music you chose. Well done!
Really glad you enjoyed it, thanks Deb!
@@MichaelShainblum I can actually make those comments about quite a few of your videos!
Wow, what a place! Some day maybe I’ll get go. Awesome photographs!
Fabulous images, great video, .....well done.
Michael I really do need to watch more of your wonderful films! Beautiful images and many wise words, thanks for sharing it all with us. 👏😀👍
Those colours are amazing! It's like someone came in with a giant watercolour paintbrush and painted the landscape just for our enjoyment.❤️📷
Simply gorgeous images, and I loved how there was no indication of scale in most - if not all - of them. I found I paused the clip repeatedly, just to examine the colors and shapes/textures.
Wow, inspirational, and broadening
Yes, TJ! Love his work and he's such an awesome human being. Awesome video as always Michael, forever an inspiration!
TJ is the best, we need to do more shoots together, thanks so much!
Stunning...... "No such thing as bad light, you just gotta know how to use it"
Spoken like a true professional.
Best wishes
Tony, Norfolk, UK
Thanks so much Tony!
Stunning landscape, captured as always beautifully!
Good stuff buddy! Cant wait to go back to DV! Very inspiring 👍🏽
I remember a couple of months ago you mentioned that you have been in a creative crisis. Now, look at you! Not only is your photography phenomenal but also your videos are super cinematic and entertaining. I guess overcoming a crisis brings a huge potential of new ideas and creativity with it. Well done Michael, well done! 👍🏼
Nice one Michael. You certainly demonstrated there are ways to harness the light in what some would consider unflattering conditions. Ordinarily, I prefer the golden reflections as the sun dips down, but in this case I liked the defused lighting so much more.
Amazing images, subtle colors, fabulous detail.
Great work Michael! And great point about not judging a location's compositional possibilities during harsh light conditions and your example of 20 Mule Team Canyon. You really can't judge a site until you've seen it in a variety of lighting conditions ranging from time of day, time of year and atmospheric conditions. That's what makes landscape photography so addictive. You never know what you're going to get every time you go out. I think that is the second point I took from your video: adapt to what Mother Nature gives you. Thanks again, as always, for the inspiration!
As usual - Shainblum delivers the goods. Never seen better results from Zabriskie. I follow a lot of landscape guys. It's just an opinion, but you're the best. Thanks for sharing your work.
Thats a really kind thing to say, Thank you so much Steve, I am honored!
What an amazing place!
Michael, can you recommend 3 or 4 American landscape photography channels please. Seem most of the ones I sub to are English, and while I enjoy them, it'd be nice to see what the good photographers in America are doing. And to see some more of that amazing landscape.
Don't know about the badlands, seems more like the great lands for photography, those colours are amazing.
Always Beautiful Images XO Thank You
Those colors are amazing. Reminds me somewhat of Oregon's Painted Hills, yet completely different.
I like your work because my most used lens is my Fujifilm 70-300mm (100-450mm equivalent). I love taking clean slices of the scene using a telephoto zoom. I do enjoy the wide angle landscapes that other people create - but it always feels messy when I try.
Beautiful - thank you.
I absolutely love how you can look beyond the typical wide angle shots and zero in on tighter images…especially when the conditions are not conducive for the grand scale image. You remind us to get creative! Very inspiring indeed!!!
Thanks so much!
So so beautiful and beautiful… what a plessure it must be to photograph. Thnx
Spectacular, awesome, striking - and on and on. Darn it Michael. The pictures are just so incredible and all the time your voice over is so calm and intrigued. Caught me by surprise EVERYTIME you put up another shot. I was way more than impressed, thank you. And I've been a long time fan, I know what you can do, but this tops the list. Just can't believe you've taken us on this magic journey.
Beauty!
Beautiful work
every single capture is absolutely stunning!
What a magical place, just amazing what different types of light can do to a scene. Thanks Michael for sharing those brilliant images.
Man, this is awesome. What a amazing videos and pictures you make. Can't believe my eyes and enjoy it a lot. But the colors in this video... man..... thank you for sharing this beautiful moment!!
Excellent ... Wish I was there.
Once again you‘re leaving me speechless… I am amazed by your work! Thank you for sharing such an inspiring content.
Fantastic images.
What an absolute wonderful video, Michael. Not only was it visually captivating, it was emotionally as well. Thank you for sharing the journey
Amazing images! You really make that Sigma sing!
I will definitely visit Death Valley someday with my Sigma 100-400mm. Thanks for the inspiration, Michael!
Superb photos! The greater landscapes are amazing, but I think your abstract photography is some of the best that you share with us.
More please. Lol 👍
Amazing video and work as always Michael. You're truly inspirational!
Great video, one of your best.
Stunning images Michael, thanks for sharing.
This is really amazing, almost like it's captured on a different planet.
thanks so much!
Stunning photographs Michael!! Having just photographed Z. Point a few months ago with Out of Death Valley, this is really valuable stuff. I'm ready to head back next winter!! Thanks! Nice to see TJ again as well. You guys are the best!
Such an amazing landscape, but your edit once again really brings those shots to life!
Great video! I went back in February and went to Zabriskie under similar conditions but didn’t do a very good job focusing in on the patterns and colors with my telephoto and instead got wrapped up in trying to capture the whole of the scenes rock formations and background and it just didn’t turn out that well. This definitely helped me to understand how to focus in on the elements of the landscape. Thanks
Beautiful images. Thank you for sharing.
Incredible work. Incredible presentation. This is as good as it gets.
I really apprecite that John, thanks!
Amazing colours and textures. I've also grown to learn how to make the most of the blue skies where I live and to take advantage of the light in the few hours surrounding sunset.
Nice work Michael and great color palette. I hope you parked out what you packed in.
Thanks, packed out? Nah I threw all my trash into the badlands of course ;)
@@MichaelShainblum Well, you don't have to be a smart ass about. I see a lot of trash out there.
It’s definitely not always about that big landscape image, there are so many more choices when looking through telephoto lenses.
Thanks for sharing again Michael.
Stay safe 🇦🇺
Wow Michael - looks like a painting. Print large to get full effect.
spectacular
Fabulous..
Images are AWESOME!!!!! but....... if I'm going to be picky. I would kick up the contrast just a nudge and I would also kick up the saturation just a nudge too. But these images are excellent.
Great images and video Michael. It's given me a new perspective for my next outing to DV. I think the colorful range in the badlands is called artists pallet. You can drive to it and get up close and personal with the incredibly changing tones.
How do you use blue sky in photography - crop it out 👍 Great images! DV is amazing, definitely one of my favorite spots to shoot
haha thats a bit true, I have seen some great blue sky images with the sky. But I tend to exclude it ;) Thanks so much!
@@MichaelShainblum occasionally there is a good reason to leave it in, I like the telephoto perspective
My fav by far is 5:02
You are poetic 😀
Hi Michael! One more amazing video with stunning images, textures and plenty of colors. I`m a huge fan of your work, talking from Brazil/Rio de Janeiro. I´m looking for a trekking backpack that could also transport my photo gear (camera + lenses). Do you use a traditional trekkiing backpack with a camera bag insert or a specific one, like a Lowepro type bag? Thank you for your comments!
Thank you for this amazing video 👍
Great video Michael, have to hand it to you regarding how sharp those longer exposures are with the 100-400. I use the same lense and no matter what I do can't get images that sharp with anything over 1/100 🙄. Could be something to do with the fact that we rarely get a still enough day over here in Ireland! Beautiful images man
Hope to visit someday. I have a day between some stuff in early June but don't think summer is the right time to try to visit the park. Thinking I will hit Sequoia this time around.
Video is more than wonderful ❤
Thank you :)
How to deal with boring clear skies !? You just need to go to Hawaii and you have beautiful mountains there! ❤️
I can taste the poke now!
I’d love to see the RAW files to see pre and post editing.
what the music do you use? I couldn't find it. they are so beautiful
Love your stuff man. I have an equipment question. Why Sony and not Nikon or Canon? Do you prefer them?
I look forward to clear sky photography in Arizona's Superstition Mountains next month! I have a techy question: what white balance or custom color temperature do you set your camera for in that blue hour light? Thanks.
The array of colours in the desert is incredible. Do you happen to remember how much time you have from sunset to blue hour in this area?
good video!
Thanks Alain!
Off Topic: Do you use the GoPro for the majority of the vlog? Or do you use a second camera for video
I used the Sony A7S3 for most of the filming of this vlog and then the go pro for the hiking/POV shots. I try to film with the mirrorless as much as I can, but sometimes the go pro is just so much quicker.
Love the music you use, but would love even more if you mixed up the music a bit more instead of repeating same songs from video to video. Love these shots!
Any of these shots available as NFT's M.S.?
Back on the Sony Michael??
Yes, I'm curious about the switch from Nikon to Sony.
What is the music at 4:03?
❤❤
Did you switch to Sony?