NATURAL BRIDGES National Monument Landscape Photography USA, Utah

[@elmaben6786]

The last photo was stunning. Great as always Mads!

[@MadsPeterIversen]

Thank you Elma! :)

[@easy56wedge]

Beautiful. I'd never heard of Natural Bridges NM but now I've got it on my bucket list! Thank you!

[@JaypeaFoto]

Such a cool place. ❤

[@emptysuit]

You’re on an EPIC pace Mads...THANK YOU!

[@MadsPeterIversen]

You're welcome and thanks a lot Will! :)

[@Snowcatnz2]

What a great series, I have just binge watched them all one after the other, some truely stunning images. I also shared each and every one via twitter google plus and Pintrest.

[@MadsPeterIversen]

Thanks so much Tim! I truly appreciate the shares :)

[@theresarice7289]

Makes me wish we'd stopped there on our road trip. Beautiful!

[@MadsPeterIversen]

Yeah it's really worth visiting! :)

[@LocaSexyGirls]

Beautiful, thank you for sharing your passion.

[@MadsPeterIversen]

You're welcome :)

[@dsneds555]

Another fantastic and informative video.

[@MadsPeterIversen]

Thanks a lot David! :)

[@frasitopoquito4144]

Excellent photography, I'm jealous. I travel from the West Coast of Canada yearly to see the wonders of Utah. Natural bridges is a spot i highly recommend. On my three trips down to the valley I don't encounter one person. The entire day spent there had the feeling as if I had discovered the area, an amazing experience. Thanks Mads, for bringing my trip to Natural Bridges to me once again.

[@MadsPeterIversen]

You are very welcome Frasito! It's a very beautiful little magical place :)

[@darrenbooker9438]

Another great video Mads. It looks like your'e having a great time travelling around the US. Thanks for sharing mate.

[@MadsPeterIversen]

Thank you Darren. Yeah we had a great time. Been home for long now sadly...

[@pausejulien8566]

Beautiful work

[@HigherOnLife]

Another beautiful and informative video Mads. Thanks for making these series. Oh and I'm pretty sure I spotted you in the local supermarket 45 mins ago :D

[@davescott2692]

Nice video.... hiked 2015 awesome

[@kentwhitney6455]

Peter, All well done and I can appreciate all the effort applied to this series... V/R The PhotogDog (Kent)

[@MadsPeterIversen]

Thanks a lot Kent :) much appreciated!

[@TonyGouge]

Another awesome video Mads! And very timely, I'll be back in the Moab/Monument Valley area in about 2 weeks. ;-)

[@MadsPeterIversen]

It's a place worth visiting for sure :)

[@epronske]

Again, fantastic

[@MadsPeterIversen]

Thanks a lot Erik :)

[@maryvoorwinde9380]

Wow, again you have blown me away, 4 weeks and counting can't wait to get there! It will be summer but we will shoot in the afternoons and mornings so we should be ok! Thanks for sharing, also another thing can you share what you pack for your hikes and what you use in gear etc.....thanks Mary

[@MadsPeterIversen]

You're very welcome Mary :) I pack water, food and proper clothing ;) Gear wise the camera I have at that moment, which is some sort of Canon full-frame and the lenses I think I'll need.

[@jongrall]

Great video, Mads! Encouraging that this park isn't overrun with tourists and photographers... I recently tried my hand at Milky Way photography in New Mexico, and even with the right gear and having studied the relevant techniques, I found it still quite tricky to get a really nice clean image with a compelling foreground that doesn't start to look fake after post processing. I think I had my best luck so far exposing a FG at dusk, and then exposing for the Milky Way a few hours later, but you can still tell it's a composite even after attempting to match noise, sharpness, WB, etc. in Photoshop. Even in a "dark" sky park, there was also still a surprising amount of ugly light pollution visible in the final pictures. I think it might be possible to get better results by long-exposing a FG after dark at low ISO, and then without moving the tripod creating a stacked noise-reduced image of the Milky Way composited using a tool like Starry Landscape Stacker to drop in for the sky. Mads, do you do something similar for your night sky shots?

[@MadsPeterIversen]

Yeah it can often be annoying. The best way to get around the lightpolution is compositing to my knowledge. I've stacked the milky way a few times, but I've mainly used the same Milky Way shot to most of my composites. Getting a clean shot is the hardest part though.

[@andrealivieri]

Stunning video as always, man. Very nice shots and very interesting prospectives & composition. Rock on! :) \m/

[@MadsPeterIversen]

Thanks Andrea! Much appreciated :)

[@vinikrish]

Hello... First of all congrats on such an amazing journey across USA and some awesome videos and pictures... I have been watching all of them over this weekend... I have a quick question, if you don't mind me asking, about the last image that was shown in this video - around 5:25... I read that ISO was 800 for that image. Have you used any tracker? Also almost in all your night images, the foreground appear very bright, even though there are some large structures included. How do you manage that? Once again, thank you for such an amazing series of videos (Y)

[@MadsPeterIversen]

Hi, nope I don't use a tracker and the bright foregrounds in this video was because of the moon :)

[@vinikrish]

@@MadsPeterIversen okay 🙂 thanks for the response

[@MikeStaubes]

Mads, what are you using as video camera (and I assume Sophie the voice activated tripod)...and what video editing software...and one more, name of the music and where can you find it? Thanks. These are the best videos I have ever seen.

[@MadsPeterIversen]

Thanks Mike. I use a Sony RX100IV as video camera. I use Adobe Premiere Pro CC as editing software and the music I've licensed through Alexander Hitchens. The first track is called Bravery and is not available online as far as I know and the 2nd track is called New Horizons but is also known under another name, but I don't remember that.

[@alisonmallon7153]

Mads,My wife Alison spent the day watching your videos as we are relatively new to landscape photography. Without question your videos are inspiring to any photographer. What would you recommend as an all around canon wide angle lens for the canon line?Thank you for the inspiration,Frank & Alison

[@MadsPeterIversen]

Thanks a lot! :) That depends if you're shooting cropped or full frame. For FF I use the 16-35mm f/4 myself, but if you have the money go for the 16-35mm f/2.8 mark III. If you're shooting cropped I was very happy with my Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8.

[@alisonmallon7153]

Mads, thank you for taking the time to respond. This information will go a long way for our next lens purchase. Frank & Alison

[@MadsPeterIversen]

No problem and you're very welcome :)

[@1968WadeR]

great video as always. Question for your night photography how do you get your foreground so light?

[@MadsPeterIversen]

Thanks :) In this the moon lit up everything.

[@johnbianchi6430]

In all your videos your most important photographic accessory appears to be Sophie.

[@MadsPeterIversen]

And she's doing a marvelous job ;)

[@cloroxbleach4087]

Damn I wish Ive the opportunity to go there. But I'm too poor 😂