Great images literally right on your doorstep with a bit of imagination | Nature Photography

[@hramakrishnaiah413]

Seeing this image reminded me of a book I read a long time ago, Why It Does Not Have to Be in Focus. In fact, in my opinion, in situations like this, it should not be in focus. Your ability to capture such profound beauty and evoke deep spiritual emotion is truly remarkable. Thanks for sharing!

[@ibarrabenjamin1]

Beautiful images, as usual. It was great to learn about your process and how much attention you pay to the details. I wouldn’t have discarded the ones with the waving fern tips. Thanks for sharing!

[@samarthdev4470]

Simon you always amuse me with the way you compose shots and remind us practice, look for minute details. Thnak you again and agian for the inspiration!

[@annettethomas5781]

Love your process of selecting images, think I will give it a go as I tend to get bogged down and spend far too long on selection rather than processing. Both images are lovely and would have than on my wall. Thanks for the info helpful as always.

[@alexgimagery]

Wonderful seeing your thought process and selection method. I think the image you discarded at 12:00 is probably my favorite. I think the sharp foreground fern contrasts wonderfully with the wave-like out-of-focus blades you were interested in. And from the final two choices, the one at 23:30 appeals to me more as it is more complex, with beautiful flowing curves.

[@wongkenneth4005]

Lovey images, Simon can simply turn simple objects into good photos.

[@alwynwilliams2661]

WoW! thanks for all the information. Really enjoyed the video , | can't pick which is best either, very artistic. Cant wait for the next one. Cheers

[@JanePordon]

Great to see you actually processing your photos, must have missed others that you have done. Found your video very informative thank you.

[@SimonBoothPhotography]

@@JanePordon you’re welcome Jane

[@albertphillips447]

I’m going straight out to the backyard tomorrow morning and play in the garden with the Simon System,

[@carlarivas1238]

Thanks for walking us through your process of critiquing your images. It’s very helpful. I especially like the second image because I felt as though I was under water. Have a great week Simon.

[@siofna9709]

Hello Simon Interessting process how you chose the two images, and only al little bit processing in post. Have a nice time and thank you for the inspiration :-).

[@chrisburnard5157]

Thank you Simon. As inspirational as always.

[@robrowland71]

Thankyou😊

[@danevarkevisser4670]

Simon - Just love what you do. So much enjoyed this video - taking us from the point of capture through to your selection process and editing of the two chosen images. Inspirational as always.

[@EwanDunsmuirImages]

Hey Simon, A lovely relaxed video and amazing what you can get right actually on your door step, and how natural the video is on account of that. As you were flicking through them, there were a couple of belters there. Well done! Keep it up buddy!

[@grantnewton5705]

Great images Simon….. you never cease to amaze how you can pull out great images of seemingly ordinary scenes. I also liked the image at 14:10, but wondered if a square crop (or a crop to remove in particular, the left edge) may have been good - I agree the areas to either side of the subject didn’t help

[@duringthemeanwhilst]

thank you Simon. not just for the lovely images, but for reassuring me that having an interest in ferns and mosses is not as unusual as my family makes out!!

[@ralfkrahe2493]

@@duringthemeanwhilst You are not alone. Three makes a club!

[@SR-vb2mw]

@@duringthemeanwhilst Of course you’re not odd. The others are odd because they don’t see the beauty in the ferns and mosses!

[@ralfkrahe2493]

Lovely image! Appreciate the insights into your creative processing process.

[@TheDtac]

Simon, thanks for the exposition. I like both images, but the second has the edge.

[@ihavevitiligo]

The first one you show at the end was my pick. Moment I saw that I thought to myself: that's gonna be one of the picks! Beautiful.

[@SimonBoothPhotography]

We’ve done it so often with yours, you can probably predict my every move Kieth 😊

[@weisskm]

Thanks for a great video. Enjoyed watching the process and love the images.

[@alanclark9691]

A really interesting idea for a video Simon: something different. Well done.

[@duckfan7684]

Thanks for sharing your workflow! Very informative. Great images as usual!

[@hannabolate5657]

I really enjoyed watching the whole process. I like the softness and the composition of the final images. I've never tried that technique but it looks very interesting.

[@davidskinner274]

Less is more on processing, good lesson. Second one is my fav. Thanks, Simon

[@SuParker]

Inspiring. Love the little botany lesson bonus.

[@briannicholson2971]

What a great video Simon, nice to see how your workflow is for this , most enjoyable indeed. My preference is the second image you processed as I like how the left side with the highlights and slightly more detail initially catches my eye, and then I look into the shadow area.

[@tuftyhill]

Hi Simon you really are ruthless when it comes to deleting images aren't you? 😂 I'd have kept over half those Images. I really should follow your process to save me having to buy extra hard drives. I think it's great that you showed how to get stunning images without even leaving your house. I will be looking at trying to do some macro photography in my own garden but also at my mums house as she has a bigger garden with more flowers etc.

[@windleman1]

Wonderful

[@brianmckeever5280]

Interesting to watch the process from start to finish, thank you! Was surprised you said 1 inch instead of 25mm border.

[@SimonBoothPhotography]

Sheer laziness Brian. With a 1 inch boarder, I only have to press the keyboard once. I can’t touch type.

[@Bigfish19692008]

A photography course for zero money, a like, or a subscribe. My gosh. the internet can be a golden place.

[@luzr6613]

Great vid - enjoyable and edifying. The only disappointment was that no van turned up. All the best from a cabin in a swamp in a rainforest in New Zealand. Cheers.

[@ThomasParis]

Have you considered b&w conversions? When you were increasing the saturation on the first one, I definitely liked it better with less saturation. Horses for courses, probably. But that got me wondering about b&w... And I really like these kinds of photos. I sometimes create almost abstract photos, images that looked abstract at first but when you spend some time looking at them, you can start understanding what they really were. My kind of game ;)

[@SimonBoothPhotography]

@@ThomasParis I suppose being a big fan of nature, I enjoy the colours that come with it. I don’t mind black and white but not enough to get excited about processing my images in that way. I totally get and share your thoughts on visualisation.

[@scotskinner4350]

Very inspiring. I'm going to have to slap the macro lens on the camera and make a trip to the arboretum this week.

[@andrewilachinski9427]

great video as always, though it takes a master to see/bring-out the beauty that is at our doorstep! one quick question: what is the software you use ro dispkay the 3d virtual gallery - its a very nice visual?

[@WimHendrikx1]

Nice video. I just have one question, how do you make the background black in Lightroom so that you only see the photo?

[@SimonBoothPhotography]

@@WimHendrikx1 press the L key.

[@WimHendrikx1]

@@SimonBoothPhotography thank you.

[@paulhegarty7625]

Lovely images Simon and to think what u can get in ur own garden .By the way what is that 3D gallery u r using excellent 👍