Agreed. It's cool to see what his mind is going through when he composes a shot. And it really helps me learn how to see the potential images when I'm out and about.
The biggest thing is really just to get out, have great experiences, and learning how to be in the right place at the right time for the best light and conditions. For those feeling disconnected because of gear, it's not getting out with a 13k camera that makes work good or better. Tom's images were just as good back when shooting on the 5D mk4 - it's the photographer that makes the final image most of all. A lot of recent videos have felt like a Hasselblad ad though, rather than just the experience focused ones of the past. I get why people feel like the videos are no longer relatable.
In addition to some terrific shots, this was one of your best teaching videos! Two of the lessons I’ve learned over the years stand out: “never leave before the magic happens” and (from the days of film photography, “it’s always better to over-shoot a scene than to try to come back later and get what you missed”.
Your last couple of videos have opened my eyes again to how effective a square crop can be when composing a shot. Takes me back to when I started photography nearly 50 years ago and fell in love with Charlie Waite's work
Really nice work. Love that part of Ireland. I actually prefer the color version of the reed/mountain abstract. Something serene and fresh about the green color vs. B/W. Wife and I both really enjoy your videos as they are not focused on just technical things but on the experience of composing great landscapes. Many thanks.
Thank you sharing how beautiful the island of Ireland is and how tricky it can be to work to a plan, timescale or clock to capture any image. That's the British Isle's for you, wait 2 minutes and the weather will change. Sharing what the RAW file looked like and then the finished version helps to show us how someone can 'uplift' or 'enhance' or 'tweak' an image to possibly match what 'they' saw when 'they' were taking the photo, or just what 'they' prefer the end result to be... Thank you for sharing your art with us. 🙏
3:37 stunning 7:34 Just Beautiful 9:07 Brilliant texture and Tone 10:55 fantastic 16:16 fabulous pano 17:24 amazing image, the best in the video (so far) what a great couple of days, thanks Thomas
Hey Thomas! I like the sincerity and transparency of you showing us your thought process. You clearly have strong emotions about what you do and your style of photography, and telling us the story behind each shot (for which you evidently care a lot) is really refreshing
Hi Thomas. I have to agree with you, RobOtto was very harsh, his comment was uncalled for. I have also followed you for years, as well as other such as Adam Gibbs and Fototripper, Simon Baxter, Simon Booth, Sam J Bose and his wife Hanna, and many more. As you said, you're not going to learn something from every video. I just watch your content mainly for the adventures you all embark on, many of you cover places, I myself have been over the last 40 years, and of course, many more that I have not and could not possibly get to, owing to time constraints. It's just very entertaining. Keep up your fantastic work, it is much appreciated by the majority of us.
What's up Thomas? Another video presentation. What I like about your work is that you haven't forgotten where you came from. You still maintain your weekly videos without a whole lot of members only videos 2-3 times a month. That's why you and Gavin ranked #1 in a recent contest of some kind. You guys really earned it. God Bless you my friend. Peace!
You wouldn't be the first English man who felt that 5 days, 5 weeks or even 5 months was enough in Ireland. Some stayed 5 centuries.... 😊 Glad you had a good time there. Plenty more to see when you come back.
it’s really nice to see the raw file and the edited photos. It gives me ideas of how to edit my own photos while remaining true to the landscape. Beautiful work!
Wow! Thomas, I don't always watch your videos (camper vans, gear), but this video and others like it are why I NEVER fail to check out your posts. You're such a great photographer and vide0grapher. I love it when you invite us into your thought processes. It's beautiful! Thanks!
Fantastic and i'm glad at it seems you had a great time on our little patch of beauty, so injoyed your little venture here and hope you come back again soon, safe travels.
Although the slab loses some of its size in the wide shot, I think I prefer it to the pano. Both are very nice. And a tip Thomas...dampen a sheet of paper towel and put it under your cutting board. It won't move around on you while trying to cut your steak, lol ; ) .
Great video as always. Just one small suggestion Thomas! Please switch to a wood cutting board 😁. Every time you slice on it you get micro plastic in your system. 😀
I'm definitely interested in the 617 Club, but I'm not keen on spending close to $200US (with the 25% discount) when I have not been able to experience it to see if it is for me. I feel like a trial period, much the same as Squarespace offers is appropriate.
Good to see you get to Ireland, Thomas. You're right, there is a whole lot more to see on the south and east coasts, the midlands and the Wicklow mountains. The biggest challenge is light - which is hard to come by here a lot of the time.
Love the coastal images at the end. We had 9 days in Sligo county on the west coast of Ireland this summer and still didn't get to see enough. 5 days isn't enough for the whole country.
You outdid yourself today, Thomas. Beautiful gallery quality images plus the b-roll with the drone. Superb. Oh, one more thing: I'll join you for the pint of Guinness! I'm a big dark brew fan.
Just got home from Ireland and we were in Kenmare for 3 nights. Loved the area, especially the Black Valley and Gap of Dunloe. We were in Ireland for 12 days….not nearly enough time! Kinsale, Kenmare, Galway, and Westport were our bases for day trips to sightsee and take photographs. Biggest frustrations were the numerous times when there was an awesome scene, great light, but no place to pull off the road to get the shot.
Thriller ..... will he fall in the river ? Will the tripod tip over and will the camera go swimming in the lake ? Loved the pictures, specially the tree ... Kind regards, Guy.
Several beautiful shots, Thomas! I really appreciated your final shot, how you didn’t give up and ended up with really beautiful images. I know the extra work doesn’t always pay off, but in this instance, it sure did!
Didn't like the B&W abstract of the reeds but did like the shot with the mountain in back. Of the last pair the pano version works for me. Nice tour of Ireland. We did Donegal to Galway and the Burren a few years ago and I keep meaning to go back for the southwestern area. Its a fabulous country, similar to Scotland but different too.
For me the best image is the one with the shark tooth with the wide angle and that green on the bottom, leading our eye into to the composition. Nice video
I"ve had Guinness for breakfast once. I'd flown from São Paulo to attend a friend's wedding in Killarney, at like, 8AM. By 12PM I was the most confident photographer on that latitude.
Some really nice images Thomas. I also noticed the light editing touch you are employing these days, the authenticity of which that I applaud. If I could dare to offer one comment, I thought you had slightly overdone the shadow recovery on that beautiful 2nd image.
Beautiful shots and scenery. I have family in southern Ireland and I've been tempted to get over to do some photography and this video has ignited my determination to go. 👍😊
Even after the previous video I see you're still clone out things lol. Ah it were only a wave or foam on the water in the last pic but it made me smile. Was on the west coast in August, loved every minute of it....even the one morning of sideways rain.
Your first image from this video reminds me very much of an image that I got this year. I made a RUclips video around it that people can watch on my channel! It’s tagged “episode 3” for those interested. Thanks as always for the inspiration Tom! Jack
Funny thing, I get really nervous when you walk away from your camera on the tripod!, even more now with the Hasselblad. I'm one who has a safety strap tethered to my body when my camera is on a tripod. LOL! Some beautiful scenery, especially along the coast. Thanks for taking us along. Have a great day!
I wondered if you could have made infrared work for that high contrast black and white? I enjoyed the IR you did summer last year I think, but you haven't said much about IR since. I'd be interested in IR on the road videos.
Thomas, I can see you don’t use a pano head to correct the parallax on your pano shots??? You’re definitely getting it with that composition, I think you could benefit from one!
Tom - the photo with the sharks fin / tooth. I’m curious why you didn’t try a long exposure and smooth out the water? I love the photo you shared but curious how you think about it?
Coincidence that back in May I did a trip to Newfoundland at the same time as Gavin Hardcastle and in September I was in Ireland at the same time as Thomas Heaton. Didn't see either of them!
Regards your new Hasselblad. I guess you are going to run into the same problems you found with your Fuji GFX 50R, particularly the lack of long native telephoto zooms. I solved mine by adapting a Canon 100-400 zoom to my GFX using a Fringer adapter. Works flawlessly if a bit heavy.
A lesson learned the hard way years ago about touring which has served me well in the years to date, always stay a minimum of 2 nights in one location to give you at least one full day to enjoy. Where did I learn this lesson? Touring the west coast of Ireland.
The two mono images of the reeds and lake are wonderful. I just wonder, given that you were concerned about the green in the ‘shark tooth’ images, they might have benefitted from mono? Great video and that steak at the end was making my mouth water!
Really stunning images Thomas! Thanks. One note though, at the end RAW/Edited, my own personal preference was the square crop with reeds could have done with more of the drama of the higher contrast and darker/moodier background of the RAW file left in the final edit. I found it just a tiny bit too light for my taste (granted I'm seeing it on my laptop, so I'm probably imagining things that aren't really there) AND, there's not a thing wrong with your edit, It's an extremely fine image. I did much prefer the wide-angle version of the "Shark's Tooth" though! Thanks again, now I finally have to get my lazy bum up this morning and head into the studio for my own editing UGH! But you've inspired me to get off my proverbial ASS and get some work done today!
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big fan of your work. keep creating magic..
based $200 zoom/discord chatroom. someone's getting greedy
It's so nice to see the originals and the edits flipped back and forth.
Agreed. It's cool to see what his mind is going through when he composes a shot. And it really helps me learn how to see the potential images when I'm out and about.
The biggest thing is really just to get out, have great experiences, and learning how to be in the right place at the right time for the best light and conditions. For those feeling disconnected because of gear, it's not getting out with a 13k camera that makes work good or better. Tom's images were just as good back when shooting on the 5D mk4 - it's the photographer that makes the final image most of all. A lot of recent videos have felt like a Hasselblad ad though, rather than just the experience focused ones of the past. I get why people feel like the videos are no longer relatable.
I love your gentle touch on the editing. No harsh, unrealistic, almost hdr stuff i see others doing. Well done 👏
In addition to some terrific shots, this was one of your best teaching videos! Two of the lessons I’ve learned over the years stand out: “never leave before the magic happens” and (from the days of film photography, “it’s always better to over-shoot a scene than to try to come back later and get what you missed”.
Your last couple of videos have opened my eyes again to how effective a square crop can be when composing a shot. Takes me back to when I started photography nearly 50 years ago and fell in love with Charlie Waite's work
Thank you Thomas for complimenting our shores. We look forward to your return.
Very nice video. I can always draw some inspiration from your shots for my own photography
Really nice work. Love that part of Ireland. I actually prefer the color version of the reed/mountain abstract. Something serene and fresh about the green color vs. B/W. Wife and I both really enjoy your videos as they are not focused on just technical things but on the experience of composing great landscapes. Many thanks.
Thank you sharing how beautiful the island of Ireland is and how tricky it can be to work to a plan, timescale or clock to capture any image. That's the British Isle's for you, wait 2 minutes and the weather will change. Sharing what the RAW file looked like and then the finished version helps to show us how someone can 'uplift' or 'enhance' or 'tweak' an image to possibly match what 'they' saw when 'they' were taking the photo, or just what 'they' prefer the end result to be... Thank you for sharing your art with us. 🙏
3:37 stunning 7:34 Just Beautiful 9:07 Brilliant texture and Tone 10:55 fantastic 16:16 fabulous pano 17:24 amazing image, the best in the video (so far) what a great couple of days, thanks Thomas
Oh Thomas, you do make me smile every time you say you'll use a 1:1 crop! Love it, lol 😂
Hey Thomas!
I like the sincerity and transparency of you showing us your thought process. You clearly have strong emotions about what you do and your style of photography, and telling us the story behind each shot (for which you evidently care a lot) is really refreshing
Hi Thomas. I have to agree with you, RobOtto was very harsh, his comment was uncalled for. I have also followed you for years, as well as other such as Adam Gibbs and Fototripper, Simon Baxter, Simon Booth, Sam J Bose and his wife Hanna, and many more. As you said, you're not going to learn something from every video. I just watch your content mainly for the adventures you all embark on, many of you cover places, I myself have been over the last 40 years, and of course, many more that I have not and could not possibly get to, owing to time constraints. It's just very entertaining. Keep up your fantastic work, it is much appreciated by the majority of us.
Wonderful video. Beautiful images. Very calm and peaceful.
Glad you enjoyed it
What's up Thomas? Another video presentation. What I like about your work is that you haven't forgotten where you came from. You still maintain your weekly videos without a whole lot of members only videos 2-3 times a month. That's why you and Gavin ranked #1 in a recent contest of some kind. You guys really earned it. God Bless you my friend. Peace!
Great idea to show raw and final image ;)
You wouldn't be the first English man who felt that 5 days, 5 weeks or even 5 months was enough in Ireland. Some stayed 5 centuries.... 😊 Glad you had a good time there. Plenty more to see when you come back.
Haven't watche photography vlogs in a hot minute. But I gotta say. The comparrision in the end between raw and final images is a realy nice touch!
Great video as always Tom….. your presenting style, transitions and editing are second to none….
Great production. The RAW comparison was a particularly nice touch.
As always, a top video and lots of brilliant quality photography that provides inspiration for all.
it’s really nice to see the raw file and the edited photos. It gives me ideas of how to edit my own photos while remaining true to the landscape. Beautiful work!
Let’s make it an annual adventure !
My Irish eyes are smiling!
Beautiful photos of a stunning landscape.thanks
Wow! Thomas, I don't always watch your videos (camper vans, gear), but this video and others like it are why I NEVER fail to check out your posts. You're such a great photographer and vide0grapher. I love it when you invite us into your thought processes. It's beautiful! Thanks!
Fantastic and i'm glad at it seems you had a great time on our little patch of beauty, so injoyed your little venture here and hope you come back again soon, safe travels.
All the images look great but the first two are beautiful with the reflections in the water 👍👍😎
Stunning scenery and stunning images. The light was amazing!
Shame you didn't have any conversations on camera with Norman?
Beautiful set from this video. First and last one are my fav.
Although the slab loses some of its size in the wide shot, I think I prefer it to the pano. Both are very nice.
And a tip Thomas...dampen a sheet of paper towel and put it under your cutting board. It won't move around on you while trying to cut your steak, lol ; ) .
Great video as always. Just one small suggestion Thomas! Please switch to a wood cutting board 😁. Every time you slice on it you get micro plastic in your system. 😀
Really like the black and white shots with the reeds. Top stuff Thomas.
Love the sunrise colour coming through on the surprise 3 colour wave morning.
As you said, you’ve barely scratched the surface of Irish landscape photography. Plenty to come back for…
I'm definitely interested in the 617 Club, but I'm not keen on spending close to $200US (with the 25% discount) when I have not been able to experience it to see if it is for me. I feel like a trial period, much the same as Squarespace offers is appropriate.
Very helpful! Awesome images! Thanks for taking me along!
Amazing images some of your best Thomas Wow!
I agree
Great saturday night watch 🙂👍
Good to see you get to Ireland, Thomas. You're right, there is a whole lot more to see on the south and east coasts, the midlands and the Wicklow mountains. The biggest challenge is light - which is hard to come by here a lot of the time.
Love the coastal images at the end. We had 9 days in Sligo county on the west coast of Ireland this summer and still didn't get to see enough. 5 days isn't enough for the whole country.
I like the new video look great work nice content and great images....
You outdid yourself today, Thomas. Beautiful gallery quality images plus the b-roll with the drone. Superb. Oh, one more thing: I'll join you for the pint of Guinness! I'm a big dark brew fan.
Beautiful images, every one. Love the jagged rocks with the green foreground. Reminds me of something Mads would do. ❤❤❤❤
Absolutely stunning pictures.
A wonderful place!! Love your shots
Wow, beautiful scenery. Impressive. Love your images and travel adventures. Keep up the great work!
Very enjoyable video Thomas. Enjoyed chatting to you at the Irish Light Conference as well.
I love the vertical wide angle pano so much.
Very envious of you being out with Mr McCloskey, two legends doing what they love!
Just got home from Ireland and we were in Kenmare for 3 nights. Loved the area, especially the Black Valley and Gap of Dunloe. We were in Ireland for 12 days….not nearly enough time! Kinsale, Kenmare, Galway, and Westport were our bases for day trips to sightsee and take photographs. Biggest frustrations were the numerous times when there was an awesome scene, great light, but no place to pull off the road to get the shot.
Man, that's such a beautiful place! Truly enjoyed what you captured, both video and stills👍👍
Thriller ..... will he fall in the river ? Will the tripod tip over and will the camera go swimming in the lake ? Loved the pictures, specially the tree ... Kind regards, Guy.
Several beautiful shots, Thomas! I really appreciated your final shot, how you didn’t give up and ended up with really beautiful images. I know the extra work doesn’t always pay off, but in this instance, it sure did!
Just back from 10 days in Ireland. 10 days of overcast skies but lots of fun and memories.
I like what you did at the end of the video!!!
I've been seeing a lot of goats recently, and now your video has them too watching you ;)
Didn't like the B&W abstract of the reeds but did like the shot with the mountain in back. Of the last pair the pano version works for me. Nice tour of Ireland. We did Donegal to Galway and the Burren a few years ago and I keep meaning to go back for the southwestern area. Its a fabulous country, similar to Scotland but different too.
For me the best image is the one with the shark tooth with the wide angle and that green on the bottom, leading our eye into to the composition. Nice video
Great video, love those images. But no link to Norman's channel as promised :( And would have been great to see round his gallery.
Great shots, Tom. Yes, Ireland looks amazing. That is something I would really enjoy. Cheers!
I"ve had Guinness for breakfast once. I'd flown from São Paulo to attend a friend's wedding in Killarney, at like, 8AM. By 12PM I was the most confident photographer on that latitude.
Haha, confident, but all your images were out of focus with wonky horizons 😂😂
The sun be playing tricks that morning… 😂
Sunrise image reminds me of HRD back in the day.
For sure, I probably lifted those shadows a little too much 😂
When in Ireland, embrace the green. Just a thought. 😜 Carry on. 👍🥂
beautiful photography. enjoyed this trip
Love the last image! 🎉
Beara is one of the least visited but most beautiful peninsulas in county Cork. Great to see it featured.
Looking forward to seeing more content about Ireland!
Some really nice images Thomas. I also noticed the light editing touch you are employing these days, the authenticity of which that I applaud. If I could dare to offer one comment, I thought you had slightly overdone the shadow recovery on that beautiful 2nd image.
Great vid production Tom, fab drone shots. Love the 1 st reed shot. You can’t beat some reeds and reflections. MJ
Beautiful shots and scenery. I have family in southern Ireland and I've been tempted to get over to do some photography and this video has ignited my determination to go. 👍😊
Even after the previous video I see you're still clone out things lol. Ah it were only a wave or foam on the water in the last pic but it made me smile. Was on the west coast in August, loved every minute of it....even the one morning of sideways rain.
Haha, I do believe in last week's video I said would still be using the clone tool, just more thoughtfully. Well spotted though.
Your first image from this video reminds me very much of an image that I got this year. I made a RUclips video around it that people can watch on my channel! It’s tagged “episode 3” for those interested. Thanks as always for the inspiration Tom!
Jack
I miss the videos with your fuji
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West and South coast of Ireland is just wonderful, not forgetting the Guinness too! thank you for showing us your images they were great!
I find the RAW files flipping so useful, so great when I edit. I have to force myself not to go straight to the end.
Funny thing, I get really nervous when you walk away from your camera on the tripod!, even more now with the Hasselblad. I'm one who has a safety strap tethered to my body when my camera is on a tripod. LOL! Some beautiful scenery, especially along the coast. Thanks for taking us along. Have a great day!
Many thanks for this video and sharing with is. How do you find this beautiful spots? Can you recommend some sources?🙏
Love these photos, great video.
I wondered if you could have made infrared work for that high contrast black and white? I enjoyed the IR you did summer last year I think, but you haven't said much about IR since. I'd be interested in IR on the road videos.
Hmmm...are the reeds saturating the water or is the water saturating the reeds? Hmmmm ;-) Terrific images, thanks! Favorite: @ 17:25, very nice.
Thomas, I can see you don’t use a pano head to correct the parallax on your pano shots??? You’re definitely getting it with that composition, I think you could benefit from one!
spectacular images, esp diagonal reeds B&W. worra korkerrr!!
Tom - the photo with the sharks fin / tooth. I’m curious why you didn’t try a long exposure and smooth out the water? I love the photo you shared but curious how you think about it?
Coincidence that back in May I did a trip to Newfoundland at the same time as Gavin Hardcastle and in September I was in Ireland at the same time as Thomas Heaton. Didn't see either of them!
Keep up the great work, come back to Northern Ireland sometime!
Wow you got some amazing images there Tm ❤
Love that first BW image, superb 👌
Regards your new Hasselblad. I guess you are going to run into the same problems you found with your Fuji GFX 50R, particularly the lack of long native telephoto zooms. I solved mine by adapting a Canon 100-400 zoom to my GFX using a Fringer adapter. Works flawlessly if a bit heavy.
A lesson learned the hard way years ago about touring which has served me well in the years to date, always stay a minimum of 2 nights in one location to give you at least one full day to enjoy. Where did I learn this lesson? Touring the west coast of Ireland.
Great vid .
The two mono images of the reeds and lake are wonderful. I just wonder, given that you were concerned about the green in the ‘shark tooth’ images, they might have benefitted from mono? Great video and that steak at the end was making my mouth water!
Those cliffs at the end were something else. Nice find
I know. I was very pleased to stumble upon them.
Kinsale, County Cork is a great spot!!! would be great to see a video from there :) love the videos
Really stunning images Thomas! Thanks. One note though, at the end RAW/Edited, my own personal preference was the square crop with reeds could have done with more of the drama of the higher contrast and darker/moodier background of the RAW file left in the final edit. I found it just a tiny bit too light for my taste (granted I'm seeing it on my laptop, so I'm probably imagining things that aren't really there) AND, there's not a thing wrong with your edit, It's an extremely fine image. I did much prefer the wide-angle version of the "Shark's Tooth" though! Thanks again, now I finally have to get my lazy bum up this morning and head into the studio for my own editing UGH! But you've inspired me to get off my proverbial ASS and get some work done today!
Tom you didn't link to Norman's website.... great images btw
Received the calendar yesterday. Really nice. Thanks
Glad you like it, thanks for the support 👍
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