Composition, Dramatic Light, and Astrophotography - Reviewing your Images

[@JessPedersenCPH]

These are incredible packed with editing tips. It really outlines that 50% of landscape photography are done in field of collecting the information. The last 50% are done in post processing for “selling” the vision. Excellent stuff - please do more of your editing videos. It is so good!! 🤩

[@alanhyt79]

I would describe this video as: A class in photographic arts given by a master artist.

[@bladezonwheels]

I always learn a lot of things watching your videos, thank you Nick and thanks to all the people who submitted their photos!

[@johncall293]

Nick you said you were no one special. I disagree, you are special to those of us who benefit greatly from your videos. You take your time and give it to us, I know I appreciate it and I’m sure everyone else does too. You are a talented photographer.

[@jarman1970]

Watching Nick for over 2-1/2 years now and I still get those " Huh, that's a great idea" moments. Thanks a bunch Nick.

[@richardvandenberg5820]

Thanks Nick! I really get a lot out of your critiques and hope that you will keep doing it while we are all sheltering at home!

[@backonthebay1314]

Great video Nick. I like how you take the time to explain and show us how to use these techniques to improve our images. Thanks man!

[@tjcuneo]

The critiques were very thoughtful and helpful. I picked up a couple of ideas that I will be able to apply to some of my images. Thanks.

[@Wheeljack678]

I really like how humble you are when offering what I would definitely classify as constructive critique. I only recently discovered your channel but I've picked up quite a few good tips from you. Keep up the good work.

[@honorab6220]

More critiques please. It was so useful to watch you analyze the images and bring out their best qualities.

[@cult4037]

Great pics and video. Gonna definitely create my website for my landscape photography to post the pics. Keep it up!

[@MsDonnamurray]

Really enjoy these type of critique videos. Thanks Nick. Take care

[@jhayward3766]

I very much enjoy these image reviews. I am learning something from each image you discuss and appreciate all your suggestions.

[@turnerx5]

With all your success, so much humility. Great intro - I have two of your tutorials, and you're a great teacher, Nick.

[@samarth9341]

Your critique is spot on and make me think and get better while composing and edit images ♥️♥️♥️

[@craigrichards5621]

I’m loving these critique videos Nic you are sharing some great tips and thoughts. Thanks for taking the time to do this mate

[@michaeltrue]

Loving these image reviews. Coffee with Nick this morning, perfect!

[@mariolombardi4766]

Great job Nick! Appreciate the tip on “Shutter Speed Stacking”.

[@stevechilvers1322]

Great video as always Nick. You pitch your suggestions on how to improve the photograph's just right, with a lovely clear delivery that's easy to understand & implement. Keep up the good work.

[@nb7524]

Nick, a very helpful critique. You were respectful to the participants and I learned a lot from your opinions about each composition, thank you!

[@randyschwager2515]

I am finding these reviews to be incredibly helpful! Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge!

[@MichaelSlaunwhite]

I love your comments on each photo. They are very helpful.

[@andreagallo7550]

Great video as always. So grateful for the feedbacks, I always looked as colors in terms of single tones and never considered color harmonization. New bulletpoint added to my workflow cheatsheet.

[@urmumsgstring8254]

great critique, i love how you go in and show how you would do it keep this going even after the lockdown, great job thanks.

[@daveead5955]

Thank you very much I have been learning a lot from critiques.Please keep them coming and I hope you and your Family stay safe in this trying time.

[@michael-4k4000]

beauty is in the eye of the beholder Nick!

[@Luvy08]

nick..you're just amazing..i cant tell you how much i get to learn from your videos and that also for free..thank you so much..:-)

[@lobo_viajante]

Nick, all your tips make total sense, thank you for the time you are spending with this. The hard part is remembering all these hints once out in the field. 😊

[@leopaveglio5653]

Thank you Nick. I always come away from critiques with an improved understanding of my work. One guy's opinion.

[@mikehines14]

Great video Nick! I completely agree with your advice that the milky way should not be the primary subject and that it needs foreground. I believe the reason this happens often is because the milky way is so difficult to capture. It needs to be the right season, no clouds, new moon, no light pollution, etc. A beginner would think their photos are great simply because they actually captured it! They might have tried 10 times before they actually got it and they believe that successfully seeing the milky way = a successful picture. I think this advice can go one level deeper because this is common with photos that are difficult to get. The sensation of capturing a rare photo overtakes the fact that there might be a better way to compose the image. In wildlife photography someone may get excited because they just so happen to see a bear in the woods and they just so happen to have a telephoto lens with them. Taking a picture of a bear may be a moment of a lifetime for them! In photography though, a regular photo of a bear isn't necessarily special. What makes it special is if he is climbing a tree, or growling, or catching a fish. The advice that I would give is, after you've researched how to put yourself in the right situation to be able to take a rare photograph, don't forget to also research what can take that rare photograph from regular to special.

[@JoshProstejovsky]

I really enjoyed the video! Very interesting. Hopefully there will be more like this to come!

[@cjjuan570]

Thank you Nick, wonderful points and thoughts from a different perspective! Really enjoyed watching as I always do.. Continue clicking!

[@slowlyrusting4044]

Thanks Nick. I am most definitely going to be more critical of my choice of foreground interest when "shooting" night skies.

[@chrishall6364]

Really enjoying these critique videos; thank you!

[@cstevenett2779]

Hey Nick, Thanks for you "words of wisdom" towards my image (3:05) of the green waters of the Athabasca River near Jasper, Alberta. I do very little editing of my images but this one I will agree was possibly a little "over sharpened". I also agree on your thoughts on the shutter speed changing the water but I have had creative problems before in similar situations with the floating ice in the calm water in the middle of the frame. The slow shutter speed causes the moving ice to blur out any reflections and the subtle reflections are what I was trying maintain for this shot. Also.... I had a shutter speed of 125 to account for the fact that this is hand held and I didn't want any camera movement. (I know, I know.........Always pack a tripod!!) Ultimately the reason I took the image was the emerald green of the glacier water.......Always epic!! Thanks again! Sincerely, Craig Leslieville, Alberta.

[@Mark-qn9xl]

Thanks for the review of all the images Nick. There was certainly a lot of points that will be of value in the future. Mine was the Namibia balloon image. I re-processed it again for about the 10th time to try and get the colours better. I think I achieved that. As for the crop, although I agree that a little bit chopped off is bad I wasn't convinced for this shot. As I needed to straighten the horizon a little I did have a little more in the corner although still some shadow cutoff. I then made 2 variants, one with the suggested crop and lived with them for a couple of days. Upon reflection I will go with the crop even though it changes the story slightly by making the balloon more prominent. So thank you very much for the time and effort that you went to, it is very much appreciated to get this type of feedback. Looking forward to the next one.

[@Sikhislove]

Nick love the photography you ...and the other guys...you know who i mean ...you all make a great gang

[@tobiasyoder]

Why is nick such a beast. He just talks straight sense and is a great dude.

[@AlanRJones]

Just like the recent audio Q&A podcast, so much valuable content in this. Thank you Nick.

[@josephcole3187]

Great suggestions Nick everyone needs feedback like this especially when trying to get to the next level in their journey. 👍🏻🤙🏻

[@dennisstanworth1718]

It blows me away how good you are. I feel like throwing my camera away.

[@naturebyjj]

Nick Page, landscape photographer extraordinaire, first of his line, master of the youtuber, the butcher...of names.

[@davidellinsworth22]

Really great. I learned a lot from your critique of my image in your previous video, and this video has really provided more food for thought.

[@Mackymcd]

great watching your insight at first glance of the images Nick.

[@maltem6140]

Absolutely great series. Keep it going.

[@gr8_22-15]

These vids are very informative. Straight gold mister page. Everybody take notes and I'm not joking.

[@herkekaandorp5796]

Really good insights Nick thanks!

[@CryptidHunter_official]

Great video learning a lot from you.

[@actiaint]

Thanks Nick - I learnt a lot once again.

[@wecantstayput4958]

Oh damn! I’ve always wanted you to review one of my photos.

[@vinnykeenan4215]

Great video Nick, also like your mug, that's the thing you are drinking out of and not your face :) also love your honest critique in these,

[@johncreen5957]

Great video, very informative Nick,

[@chantaljacques7664]

Great job again Nick!

[@TheKevvers]

Great video with masterful tips and critiques! I'm still learning Photoshops, but I can't seem to figure out where to find 'Lumenzia' tab is in PS. Can someone tell me if this is a some kind of Plug in you have to install?

[@PropDusting]

Excellent video and advice! Thanks!

[@Shivaess]

Great stuff. Definitely hoping you hit mine but I’ve already learned a few things in this first batch.

[@benoloughlin1557]

Great video, Nick!

[@ric8167]

10:30 Great image! If it was mine would certainly go on my wall.

[@RishiDevanoor]

nice work Nick.

[@alpinewonders]

the shot at 12.30 is next to a busy road in the Dolomites. The half-lit trees may be from a passing car`s headlight

[@wyngaart1]

I enjoyed the video en picked up some ideas to work with. Also I'm looking for some photos to send to you for a review.

[@PentaxLife]

Great video and good info.

[@jelco5514]

Hi Nick ! Good job, your videos are great, continue to help us ! As you use a Wacom tablet, I have a question for you : I have an Intuos Pro M which I can configure for Lightroom (mine is LR 6.14 running under Windows 10), but then, when trying to use it with LR it seems that the tablet does not recognize that LR is on and running. ExpressKeys - for example - are always reacting as for all/other apps running ! No way to have it react as programmed for LR !!! Could you help ? Thanks in advance. J-Louis

[@danielbeaumont-thomas6923]

Hey Nick, awesome insight as always, thanks for posting these vids. You paid mention to 'clicking down' the shutter speed and compensating by 'clicking up' the aperture etc. Is there a video where this operation is elaborated on? If you, or anyone else reading this for that matter, could point me in the right direction I'd be eternally grateful. Cheers in advance. Dan

[@NickPage]

I feel like i have talked about it in my in the field videos somewhere.. but essentially, its "counting the clicks." if you speed up your shutterspeed by three clicks.. (1 stop) you need to compensate with three clicks of either iso or aperture, or a combo of the two. It sounds more confusing that it is... perhaps I need to make a video on it

[@denisgrehan242]

Great critiquing Nick.

[@maikpankow7706]

Hy Nick, your Review is very useful. There were great Pictures again. Is there a topic for the next Review ? Greetings from Germany. Thank you 😊

[@MarkKerton]

Fantastic as always👍🏻

[@GuakDian]

The magician is back 🤘🏻

[@johnsholian4318]

Nick Page matters.

[@MDavisClarke]

It would seem that you and Steve Arnold (a British photographer based out of Australia) feel the same way about night shots/milky way shots and the foreground.

[@clarerynhart3855]

Could you please tell me the name of the lens wipes. I can't remember where I heard you talking about them. Cheers

[@NickPage]

kimtech scientific wipes

[@clarerynhart3855]

@@NickPage thankyou 💜

[@romiemiller7876]

Another thihng: I don't like the watermark in the middle of the photo at the bottom. I put them far lower right and smaller.

[@forrestproductions]

"OCD nightmare". LOL. Like when I deliberate over .15 and .2 exposure increase on an image.....

[@29chhangte]

To me, Art is creativity

[@andrewcrisp9700]

Afternoon/evening Nick

[@doughunwick766]

very interesting critiques from a gun

[@davidbruceod]

Thanks, Nick, great job, very helpful! P.S. no need to apologize for having an opinion, so if you would just apologize for apologizing we're all good ;-{)

[@davidbodine6465]

Mistakes, my images. Never

[@dannyhead6938]

Love the image review videos. Lots of great images made even better. I just used Square Space to build www.dannyheadphotography.com....and was very pleased.

[@NickPage]

thanks Danny! your site is looking great by the way!

[@MrCochise71]

I'd need a big gulp cup of coffee if I had 700 emails. 😆☕

[@bebala7848]

700 emails you might need more coffee man!

[@stathispolydorou4050]

Man, u sound like Joe Rogan :D

[@ravondal1958]

When you critique pictures, which is fine, but it would be very helpful if you show the changes you are talking about. Difficult to take your opinion without proof!

[@NickPage]

You need to watch longer then because I do show the changes

[@flameout12345]

than why you saying it if its not facts? lol