I'm a landscape guy myself, but I do enjoy your leaf and macro insect photos a lot. The runner up image is really attractive, almost rubbery in its look.

Hey Nick! Wish I had a magic wand my friend. You have to do what is best for you, so taking a step back may be the best medicine right now. Take care of yourself and give Dexter a pat on the head for me. Cheers!

Take care of you first Nicholas. Wishing you a great 2025.

Love the framing in this video! Pure genius! It’s interesting that you’ve decided to slow down, read my community post. I can certain,y understand your reasoning and hope you can find respite from your health issues dear friend. 💜💜

Remember,... if you are spending less time out in the field taking pictures, that leaves more time to buy new camera equipment. And "new to me" cameras can be even more fun.

We've made it to a new year, for which I am thankful. I will continue to follow along and appreciate the contributions you make. Hoping for happiness and wishing you and yours the best of things to come.

Thanks for mentioning your blog. It’s a very appealing website. Visually appealing, I mean, which is what one would expect from a photographer/videographer.😊 Thank you and good luck.

Happy New Year to you and yours. That is a prodigious amount of output you have produced. Like you, most of my photography was of my back Rose garden. I am going on 81 and just shot a wedding on Tuesday. My heavy shooting kit has me in physical recovery lasting days. Please know your efforts are truly appreciated. You provide such beautiful images with good humor. All the best in this new year.

Happy New Year to all the Griswalds! I'm sure we will all continue to endure (oops) enjoy your content even if it is less frequent Nick. Above all look after yourself.

Happy New Year to you & the family Nick. See you on the bog, blog I mean atb Al

KZbin has this thing about whether an older camera sensor is still up to a specific style of photography. Unless sensors degrade over time then whatever the camera could do on release it can still do now, and if you take into consideration firmware upgrades then it is technically a better camera now than it was when it was released. I've still got my D700 from new and although I now shoot with the Fuji XH2 the limiting factor with both cameras is my ability rather than the age of the sensor. If my photos are better with the XH2 then it's because I'm a better photographer now than when the D700 was my primary camera it's not because the Fuji is better than the Nikon, even if it is in just about every way. When I first started shooting with a proper camera it was with film and the perceived wisdom was that the glass was always more important than the body. You showed that with the old Nikon lens struggling with sharpness on the 12mp sensor, and had you used a more contemporary lens then your image would have been sharper from the off. The biggest issue with the D700 these days is that the EVF on a mirrorless camera does so much heavy lifting for us so getting a great exposure from my XH2 is a lot easier than with the D700. To nail a great exposure first time with the D700, especially in changing light, you need to understand how the camera 'sees' the scene so you can expose for it. I used to be able to identify an area to spot meter from with the Nikon and more or less nail the exposure, and that took time and practice and knowing the Nikon inside out, whereas it's easy on my XH2 as the EVF and the exposure compensation dial does all that work for me. Great shot in challenging light.

What a cool tool! So useful. I had not seen one before. Thanks for posting. Happy New Year. Be well.

I missed this one.. the meike jizzed all over the canon I reckon. I have the 50m FD and it stays in the box

Quick question: do you use or need a flash diffuser when shooting macro? I don’t think I’ve seen you using one in any of your macro photography videos or heard you mention one.

You two! What a pair! Have you got a series on the BBC? Is there a DVD set?

Merry Christmas Nick and Lisa from me and Rosie

Just as I noticed Lisa carrying your gear, up popped the “Yes, Sherpa Lisa” text! Merry Christmas dear friend, and to your lovely family as well! I can’t explain it, but I have very special feelings for you my friend, and NO! not those kind!! 💜💜

Put a smile on my face did that 😂😂😂 Merry Xmas to you all 🙏🙏🙏

What a lovely couple, Merry Christmas.

All the very best to one and all!

Merry Christmas. Great post as always. Thank you.

Merry Christmas from another time. I got to see this two hours before you filmed it. Guess The Doctor was right about wibbly wobbly. Hope you have a Happy New Year too.

There’s nothing like an aphrodisiac such as this spoken with a Wales accent! Now, excuse me while I go make a few adjustments to my mandilly! 😂😂💜💜😂😂💜💜😂😂💜💜😂😂

It appears the normal supervision team has been preoccupied by the holidays. Do what you can until they get wise to you. Merry Christmas.

Hey Nick! The magnifying glass was a nice touch! "Sharpening my pencil!" Nicely played! Merry Christmas to you, your family and Dexter!

Thank you Nick for the laughs. 😂 great way to start my day!!

What a fun video, you really had me laughing out loud with this compilation, it was a great trip down memory lane. Lisa is the best, I can’t even get my wife to pose for a portrait. Merry Christmas my friend.

Good one! Merry Christmas to all and Dexter too.

Not many videos make me smile, fewer still make me chuckle out loud, but this one did several times! Far too many innuendo's to mention them all but Clematis and Man Bily do spring to mind 🤣🤣🤣. Full marks to Lisa for putting up with you. Definitely worthy of a KZbin certificate (or maybe you just need certifying!). Thanks for all the effort you have made doing the advent videos and Christmas wishes to you Lisa, Bethan and the boss Dexter. Have a great time my friend!

Okay, that got me a good morning laugh :). Merry Christmas to all of you Nick!

PMSL

Very relaxing images. Thank you for sharing. And merry eve of Christmas eve!

Great images, I always enjoy your “leaf photography” (and the other “stuff too”), I still have the one on a living room wall that I see every day.

Lovely “BORING” video Nick! Oh……wait……I rewinded (as in a cassette tape) and heard some gorgeous background music that magically transformed boring into beautiful! 😂😂💜💜😂😂

Nice work Nick, and Merry Christmas!

Boring? Never; Entertaining? Always. I must admit I've never thought to dry-out soggy leaves... god knows we have enough of them everywhere right now! Love the muted almost purple-ish colours 👏🏻

A visual feast of exquisite images. Love them all. Thanks for sharing your photography skills and knowledge. You're an inspiration. Be well. Merry Christmas 🎄

Pick me a bag of leaves up whilst you are out love I heard him say 😂 To quote a well known cheat... photographer the other day "that's not photography, that's chea... messin!!!! atb Al

What lovely controlled creativity. Your "Griswalds" certainly picked some beautiful leaves for your project. Nice to see your macro setup. Thank you for your inspirational post. Much appreciated. Stay well. Thank you for including Dexter.

Yes, the Meike is clearly the winner with much better image quality. 👍🏼💜👍🏼

Canon images would be my preference, I think the colours look a bit nicer. Love the TTArtisan 25 and 50mm f2 manual lenses, use them on my X-T10. Simply outstanding value. Bit harsh calling wee Dexter a psycho, my JRT Madison says he's a wee cutie! 🥰

Yep, I totally agree with your results. Going to try and repeat on my old Canon 7d.

All I can say is that Dexter looks good with any lens.

I think it shows what CAD lenses offer these days, like them or loathe them the Chinese really do offer excellent value. You know my soft spot for vintage glass so I agree that the Canon S.C. wins on 'cool' but the Meike is sharper. I'd still buy the Canon though 😄