ABSTRACT PHOTOGRAPHY - The Northumberland Coast PT 2 

Thanks Shannon 👍

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absolutely Steve 👍

Cheers mate much appreciated

Thanks Claus

Thanks Jen very kind of you 👍

Thanks Joseph 👍

Thanks Amy 👍👍

Thanks very much Howard

Thanks Nigel

Thanks mate much appreciated yeah summer landscapes are hard going, I’ll be heading up the fells

Thanks very much glad you enjoyed it

Aye the footy was crap - I know where you’re coming from though it was hazy as fook as well so even that wouldn’t have worked. Wasn’t a problem though still had a nice couple of days

Cheers mate yep really enjoyed doing these, real goldmine that spot, I barely covered 50yds lol

Thanks Sharon

Cheers Andy 👍

Cheers matey yeah an IR for days like this would be handy

Thanks Huw I didn’t find the harsh light too bad on this occasion but yeah an umbrella would be very useful 👍 thanks for watching glad you enjoyed them

Thanks Stephen 👍

Thanks Bri 👍

Thanks Steve yep David Ward is a master at this stuff, such a creative mind. Aye we’re in a world of pain at the moment lol another crap result today after super league embarrassment, season can’t finish quick enough!

Thanks Susan much appreciated

Thanks Iain yes a huge amount of opportunities on that beach I’ll be back at some point for sure

Thanks Paul yeah it was tough conditions for sure though I thoroughly enjoyed my visit here

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Thanks Dave glad to help 👍 yeah it’s been bluebird skies for weeks it seems

Thanks Sharon

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Thanks very much Simon glad you enjoyed it

Cheers Jamie yeah you’re absolutely right it’s too often a fall back for many when you should really make plans to shoot this whether it’s harsh light or not, I know I will be in the future. What’s interesting when I’m doing this is although subconsciously you’re aware of compositional elements my first instinct is looking for complimentary colour more than anything else

Cheers Ian it can be a little overwhelming figuring out the bits you want to use as the possibilities are literally endless once you start ‘seeing’ them. What’s great is because it’s not light dependent you can take your time and really refine what you’re doing.

Thanks Aleks glad you enjoyed it 👍

Thanks Sander much appreciated

Thanks Neville

Thanks Ian yes have a go 👍

Thanks Bryan

Thanks mate yeah looking at the views it’s interesting how folk seem to switch off if it’s not big grand vista stuff but each to their own lol - yeah last one was probs my fave too

@@StuartMcGlennon Their loss for switching off!

Thanks Robin 👍👍

Thanks Ivan 👍

Hi Andrew normally with standard focus stacks (vista scene focused foreground/mid/background) I normally manually do them as sometimes PS makes a pigs ear of them though with these given there was so many frames (10+) I let PS do it

@@StuartMcGlennon thanks for that , keep up the good work , enjoying your videos very much.

Thanks very much - I think your perhaps mistaken none of the stacked images had the aperture value listed against them, for reference though they were shot at F6.3, and yes because I’m not shooting directly downwards certain areas of the image were out of focus hence the need to focus stack. Two of the images shown didn’t require stacking which was mentioned 👍

Sorry I missed this Tom appreciate your comment - yeah I really enjoy doing this stuff i'll be doing a lot more in the future with it being less conditions-dependent

Thanks I think all types/genres have their place though this type of photography (for me personally anyway) undoubtedly presents more challenges than perhaps the vista stuff where the shots are perhaps a bit more obvious. I try to be as rounded a photographer as possible as there’s always something you can take from different genres and approaches and apply them in other areas

Cheers Andy

Thanks very much yeah when you’ve got conditions like this it’s easy to sit and moan a bit but there’s always something to be had just requires a bit of thinking out of the box

Cheers Brian no I didn’t haha but I’ve just seen it now 😂

Yep always a good option when the light isn’t working

Thanks Terry yes was a bit tricky getting across them, very slippy

Thanks Nick much appreciated

Very kind Andrew thanks glad you enjoyed the vid 👍

Thanks Craig, I can’t fault the lens so far, all images in this vid were shot with it and it ticks all the boxes I need from it

@@StuartMcGlennon im tempted to pick up a z6 and that lens, i shoot fuji but want to go back to full frame (worms) but i aint paying sony or canons prices :)

The super resolution thing in camera raw apparently does a good job cleaning up the worms though obviously you’re not going to want to increase every image to those kind of file sizes. All I can say with this lens is I’ve shot some of my favourite images with it so far and it’s doing a great job

@@StuartMcGlennon ive seen that on youtube its a bit of a faff i just stay clear of sharpening and clarity and they are fine, ive just realised the z6 needs xqd cards and man they aint cheap!!!

Thanks very much Jean 👍

Much appreciated Ian that’s very kind

Thanks mate these shoots have been some of my favourites I’ve done lately, far more challenging etc than grand vista stuff (not that we don’t all like a bit of that)

Ah cheers that’s great, glad you enjoyed it also 👍👍

Thanks very much glad you enjoyed it

No they’d not sell in the gallery, certainly not in a tourist market as they don’t have mass appeal and are unlikely to connect with the viewer on a personal level. However when I have trips like this I’m only really shooting for myself so it’s not a consideration for me. Like everything though in photography everyone has vastly different tastes etc and you only ever have to please yourself 👍

They might not sell in a gallery but I think they are incredibly visually appealing Stuart. Love the play of the water in one and the warm orange against the cool blue in another. Also love that quote about no such thing as bad light just the wrong subject. I always learn something from your videos and would love to hear more about your compositional thought process. You have a great eye for detail in terms of where to place each element in the scene. Just seeing that alone has taught me to be more thoughtful in approaching the scene. Great lessons for a beginner to observe, thanks.