Great motivational video Thomas and great images. I always enjoy hearing your perspective on photography. Thank you.

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Another wonderful video. I happen to like the 2nd and the last photo much more than the one you patiently waited for 😅. But good push to look for a composition around Sydney again…

So true! It’s the whole moment of being out there in nature and not the final captures! Thank you Thomas!

Fantastic resilience and determination Thomas, well done, a lesson to us all 🙂

Love the video, and I think others have said but love seeing the before and after processing. Keep it up!

Amazing addition of the RAW to edited files at the end, really helpful and great to see!

A Bungie Cord, or any cord or rope, is handy for controlling tree branches

Watch Yorkshire pop top adventures, is a good starting place to learn

Two little kids :-P So I'm just waiting a few years until I get out of bed even earlier, haha. When I did a lot more landscape photography it was my main issue as-well.

Great video as always. Love to know what kit you are using - bag, tripod and magnetic filters.

Lack of places to take a dump when three and a half miles from car and civilization. Good video.

Lack of places to take a dump when half a mile from car and civilization.

I wouldn't bin your first image yet. I know it doesn't feel balanced to you but I think it has a je ne sais quoi about it that does draw me to it. Maybe dodge the bottom left corner a bit as it does feel a bit dark there but I would say give it some time, it might grow on you.

Fun fact : The Zed series was named after Zed from Pulp Fiction

I know I can't even afford the tripod you're using but which one is it? Thanks!

also for birds fotografie is it the same , get out there and wonder , i strogele to with bad whether 👍

It’s all about just being out there. I shoot a lot of nightscapes and some of my best shots have come from trips where I had no plan and didn’t expect to get anything at all.

with the first photo, and i have not really added the water in to my composition and just compose only the mountains. In you opinion, is there any reasons to take a different shot more zoomed in to only show the mountain and leave out the lake? (maybe zoomed in would cut the mountain and the composition wouldn't work. ) love watching your videos and other landscape photographers to learn different composition ideas

I do this instinctively, not sure where or how I picked it up. Regardless of expectations (I'm at Botanic Gardens, I'll be shooting plants or, I'm downtown, I'm gonna be shooting architecture) I am always looking around me at all scales, large and small, looking up, looking down, for something that just... jumps out at me somehow; a juxtaposition of color or geometry, something I haven't seen before...

Autumn in Scotland is also beautiful.

Awesome image.

take the lens cap off.

I have serious arthritis and balance problems, and use a walker. So my main problem is getting to area I want to photograph.

I call this video “Tripod Envy”

Amazing, as always!!! The "enjoy the ride" lesson is a life mantra! Thank you!

"it's gonna be a wet one" - me at some point after the third serving of chili con carne

great video, thank you,

Thank you Thomas!

Thomas, your example and resilience motivates people! Even in bad weather is nice to try something outdoors. Keep on trying!

"One Piece is Real"

Great video. I absolutely love the before and after comparisons of the photos taken in the video. Please keep doing this as its unique to your channel...

Awesome images! Thanks for taking me along!

I would say, learning how to control light in an image, paying attention to the balance/weight of elements within a scene and curation. You can’t make a bad photo good. Move on and keep shooting/learning.

Thanks again for the inspiration and reminders. Some of my best “landscape” photos were taken in my own back yard. I have no wide open majestic views, just the opposite, I am in a valley only about 40’ down from the rest of the area, immediate trees and neighbors houses are all I get to look at. I am trying to get into the habit of shooting every day, I have a long way to go. Get the camera out, walk just outside your door, and photograph what you see. You will learn where the light is coming from, what time of year are the trees full, or empty. When does the mist roll in, and burn off. I have heard it over and over, just go out and do it and you will find yourself getting better and better, then challenging yourself to go out further. Thanks for reminding me.

Couldn't agree more. Anytime I get down on myself for not having produced something in a while I look at what I've been doing. Usually it turns out I've not been getting out to places that I find interesting! I'm not a landscape photographer, but this is true of most things you do with photography. You've got to enjoy the process to get anything out of it. Great stuff Thomas!

I enjoyed the video as usual Thomas. Your right, motivation is the problem and definitely mine at the moment. Great image's as usual. Note to me. Get off your arse and get out. Catch you on the next one.

I used to teach photography at Abingdon & Witney College and this was the most important 'one thing' I told my students too. You've put it much more eloquently but it's so true. You have to put yourself in a position to take a photograph in order to take the photograph. Get out and be in that position and you might get the best shot of your life. I used to do photowalks with my students, mainly around Abingdon & Oxford, and the photographic oportunities were endless but you had to be there to take advantage of them, you'll never get the same oportunities in a classroom! Thanks for passing this message on to a wider audience!

Nature is changing. The influence of man can now be seen everywhere. Condensation trails in the sky, rubbish in nature, power lines, etc.. When we look at old photos, we see the landscape as it was back then. And we should retain this feeling and this certainty when we look at them. So no ‘cloning’, but either include the disturbances in the composition or look for a different perspective.

Time is my enemy. Time to get out is so hard these days.

I agree with your poll. With the second reason fuelling the first. I have wanted to get outdoors many time but not have a location or composition in mind. Recently by studying OS Maps online close to my area I have uncovered lots of footpaths to explore that have provided some good photos. Every point on the planet has a set of unique compositions most, probably not worth raising the camera for but some definitely are. leave no stone unturned.

Great advice! You've got to be in the game to win it, so just head outside, enjoy nature, and maybe you even get a great photo along the way. But that's just the icing on the cake

Many years ago, on a film photography training class, our intrepid instructor asked our motivation for being there, what we struggled with and what we hoped to gain from the training. He addressed those and we all enjoyed the week. One salient point he made was “enjoy yourself” and “learn from missteps”, he also said that you would not get 100% success, which was true for film. I think this update is similar and is very interesting. More please 👍👏

You’re incredible Sir ! Love from India

As a beginner, who was up till now just used to photographing landscapes on phone, I wonder why most landscape photographers i see and follow almost always use tripods to shoot? Having ordered a camera and lens recently and hoping to take up the hobby more seriously, can someone please explain? Handheld vs tripods for landscapes?

F8 and be there??!

Awesome ❤

Tom, i have been thinking about you a lot lately. In January, i will be taking my first purely photography trip in decades. I am going to Whitehorse Yukon so i have been watching the Rocky Mountains videos.

if their warranty charges you 36 bucks to get a replacement then that shows about how much they spend to make a product. you think theyd ship out a replacement for that cheap?

Unless a photo is editorial and meant to represent news, there’s nothing wrong with manipulating a photo.