@@calvinbrownanimation4152 great - I’d be keen to see the result!

@@calvinbrownanimation4152 if you message me privately I have an unreleased Timelapse that I could share with you

@@alexnail ok thanks so much. I just sent you a message on instagram

Thank you. It's shot on a Sony A7RII with a 16-35 f4 lens at 18mm ISO1600 and 8 seconds. Single frame, but the balance of light was obviously very fortunate, the only thing we 'changed' was to turn down the brightness of the headlamp

@@alexnail Thanks for that Alex, I've just started carrying a DSLR after a long gap and trying to optimise what I take on a trip. That's really helpful.

@@wellsyboygreat question! They are fairly similar and it comes down to preference. But flow would allow you to unintentionally go over somewhere you had already been and increase the strength of the effect whereas opacity sets a limit. So you would have to click again to add another layer of density. In practice I find that to be faster and more precise, particularly if I set the opacity to say 30% and do 4 quick passes. To have a similar control with flow I would have to start at a lower density and take time to make sure the brush didn't ‘cross over’. But still, it is very much personal preference and some people might prefer the more organic nature of ‘time=density’ rather than ‘clicks=density’. But great question!

I suppose it would depend on the business, but as a landscape photographer if I go away to take photos of the landscape then every aspect of that trip is deductible. Obviously, that can make what someone in an office job considers a 'holiday taking photos' a work trip in my case.

@@alexnail Good to know! Was this particular expedition a workshop or just a group of friends? I'd sure like to meet some friends like these.

@@rebeldown771 it was a trip that I arranged for photographers that I've hiked with before or who are friends. It wasn't a workshop and recording videos on my workshops is very much down to the clients and the available time. It took me many years to find different groups of like-minded people!

@@alexnailone day I hope! At 7:35, you talk about the process to get the photo (multiple shots with multiple exposures/focusing), could you make a video on how to do this in the field and then in post processing? This is something I’d like to work on, I’ve noticed that my images are improperly exposed in some areas and not tack sharp throughout the image. The concept makes sense but the execution I’m still struggling with ☺️

@@timwecke3744 ah yes, the springbok fans, who will turn on their team at the drop of a hat unless they are winning. Not sure I would fit in!

@@chizter1336 I can’t remember to be honest. I think it will be between 24 and 30mm

@@alexnail thanks..it looks like it a telephoto. Maybe because of the Pano shot. Thanks

Whats funny is that I knew we were going to have a really fun day of hiking, but I didnt expect it to be anything like as good as it was photographically!

@@steviem8466 thank you Stevie :)

Joe would never argue otherwise, and besides it is all opinion. But why is it your opinion that Guy is the greatest landscape photographer in the UK? Guy is a superb photographer no doubt, but I can think of many others who are also producing superb work and I would be interested to know what you think sets him apart?

The problem with astro is the lights in the valleys, you need a decent cloud inversion. Also combining hiking with getting up at night and for sunrise gets a bit much! I did make a separate timelapse of the Drakensberg which is on KZbin. But I can’t shoot video and do timelapse, it just uses way too much battery. I would need about 20 batteries for a trip like this if shooting timelapse regularly

Well it just takes a long time to put together a body of work I am happy with! Really glad you enjoyed it!

Is that so! If that's the case then I’ll be forced to at least try!

Oh god, now you have me planning a shoot 6 years ahead. That feels slightly nuts! But you are right, 7.30am on Monday 25th November 2030, a total eclipse with the Northern Drakensberg in absolutely prime position

Thank you :)

In nature reflections still obey the laws of physics and that is where the straight lines come from. But due to the complexity of mapping the globe of vision onto a 2d image you could argue various cases both for and against paying attention to these perceived issues. For me it's a problem because a reflection *should* be directly beneath the thing being reflected. Only 2 images were necessary to get sharpness throughout.

@@alexnail i understand, but that was very marginal. Why dont you use T/S lenses? Size and weight?

@@stevef2114 yeah it only really matters if I notice it, because then it takes me out of the image. It's much the same as why I edit so carefully. An editing artefact might be marginal to someone else, but if it takes me out of the image then it becomes problematic. Yeah, the size, weight, expense and general utility of tilt-shift lenses don't really make sense for me.

Thanks Barbara!

Yeah as they go that was an incredible moment for sure! At least shooting the b-roll of other people is easier than shooting b-roll of yourself!

Thanks a lot Lenn!

Thanks Mike, it’s amazing when you get conditions like this at such an incredible place!

Thanks Howard, I think I probably agree!

Thank you Brian!

My pleasure, glad you enjoyed it

Thanks Stig!

Yeah it's a sensational spot but to get that rainbow was just crazy!

Well it was a “sorry not sorry” :P I'm sorry for the purposes of the video but otherwise not sorry at all! Actually the following day we had another rainbow (the one you saw on Instagram) and that day I decided not to vlog, largely because it's a workshop and I can't just vlog everything. But if I had even been attempting to video I think that would have delayed me enough to entirely miss that image, so it's funny how these things work out.

Thanks Ross, I'm the same! Sometimes these moments are so incredible that the best image is the obvious one!

Bloody hippies ;)

@@alexnail have sympathy Alex, I'm surrounded by them in hippy central, Hebden Bridge.

One day! Mnweni valleys and then up to the top for a couple of days and back down

Thanks, I think not panicking comes with a bit of experience, but it's certainly a place that generally makes you rush, sunrises and sunsets in particular are very fast!