Hello Richard,thanks for your new trip,new adventure,new night challenge. I see nothing will stop you. Bad weather does not exist-for you. It is great!
Hi Richard, your travels and your photos are simply delightful. You are a true ambassador for the opportunity you give us to get to know beautiful landscapes. A big hug from Portugal.
Thanks a lot Dominic. Yes the countryside is so full of interesting historic buildings and mining areas etc .. not to mention the coast line . .see next week for that one.
Fantastic Episode 1 of your road trip with amazing tmelapse and images of the southern nightsky once again. Thanks a lot for sharing your adventures with us Richard, already looking forward for more of them to come soon.
Another awsum video Richard hope you enjoyed the trip and the weather cleared for you. What a great start finding that stone building. Keep up the good work
Love that you persevered in the inclement weather. I think sometimes the most interesting photos can come just before, or just after rain/storms, the clouds can can really another dynamic to the sky. Hope you're enjoying your trip in SA, some beautiful landscapes out there!
Richard thoroughly enjoyed this episode, it brought back memories of one of mine shoots where everything went wrong but as with your episode and some good luck things turned out great
Thanks again for watching David. We all have problems at times out there while shooting. Keep tuned in to some of my next episodes and you'll see that here as well.
Great to see you in my neck of the woods Richard. Loved those two star tracked images. The old building certainly looked amazing. Really looking forward to the rest of this roadtrip. Thanks as always.
Brilliant work Richard, looks fantastic. This is not far from where I live. I have photographed this many times but no night shots yet. You have inspired me to get back there at night and have a go.
Wicked shots, cool timelapse, that timelapse made me smile, because I thought, ooh, he's gor a bit of British weather there, lol. Love the tracked image, wicked! You inspired me to try a timelapse last night, because the weather forecast was dodgy, however I discovered when I got there, I'd accidentally left the pack with the intervalometers at home, when I'd reorganised it, just before leaving the house, I had one for my canon in the camera bag, however it decided not to work, even though I'd tested it earlier in the day. I tell you, intervalometers are the bane of my photography atm, I tried using the built-in intervalometer on the nikon, but it only took one shot, so I won't do that again. Anyway it wasn't a bad night despite the challenges and intermittent cloud. I love your road trip videos Richard, you're like a kid in a candy store, lol, you're just so much fun to watch and getting to see new places with you and your amazing captures from them whatever they may be. Thanks again, glad you had a great time. P. S can you recommend a decent intervalometer
Thanks so much as always for your generous and encouraging support Suzanne. I do enjoy the road trips and I have another sneaky one planned in a few weeks. I use cheap ebay inrevalometers usually. They do need to be looked after however as they can be a little fragile. www.ebay.com.au/itm/162460744830?hash=item25d36a3c7e:g:3x8AAMXQCZ1TdGvy
@@nightscapeimages.richard my intervalometers just go off on their own agenda, not what I have programmed, and nikon internal iv was useless last night, did not work. P. S where are you sneaking off to lol? Do you have in your video library at all, what to pack in your camera bag if you're doing a hike or going some distance from your destination
It certainly was a masterpiece!! Beautiful shots, and a superb video. I was amazed at the time lapse using aperture priority!! Great result, and it's made me want to have a go! Thanks as always for the excellent content, and I'm looking forward to watching more of your South Australian adventures.
Love the place and your fantastic pho work of art as always. Reminded me of my recent trip to Tazi. I salute to your determination and commitment. Looking forward to seeing more photos and watching more videos from SA.
Hi Richard, Thanks for sharing your road trip with us. You make it look so easy. It makes us newbees feel that we can do this. We just follow your instructions. Cheers from Vancouver😄
Great vid and thanks for the inspiration . I don't get out often enough to shoot nightscapes. I really like the jetboil/tripod combination! Brilliant and sporty.
I love watching your road trips Richard! And what a cracker of a start to your South Australian adventure. Loved the time lapse and the tracked shots were sensational! 🤩 Looking forward to the next installment. Lisa
Good to see you out enjoying yourself, you are so enthusiastic Richard, it can't help but rub off. I'm still using my Laowa 7.5mm, f/2 but now on the Olympus EM5mkiii with great results. The LiveTime feature is so useful as you can see the image developing in real time on the screen
Great start to the road trip Richard. Your persistence has paid off showing with your final images. The old Hall is an interesting subject as you know, I was a day behind you on the road trip but I had awful weather and came up with only day shots. Maybe next time I'm there in SA. 😁👌👍
Yes I think I had a couple of days of good weather before you made it over Geoff. Also it was better up north . .never mind . .always an excuse to get back over there I suppose.
❤❤❤ checked it on Google maps and looks like an cool 😎 area. It must be real dark, I guess. Beautiful building. We’d believe that there would be no one but … busy place 😂 Awesome 🤩
Finally, another piece of art, Richard. Loved watching the whole story, enjoyed every moment with you. Thanks for sharing this and will be waiting for more of this series.
The time-lapse with the clouds was incredible, sometime the weather doesn't play ball but sticking with it has it's rewards. Glad you were able to get the core on another night the images are incredible. Can't wait for another video of you SA trip.
Fantastic episode Richard looking forward to seeing what else you encounter on you trip in South Australia. As always love your enthusiasm for sharing your videos and helping other aspiring astro photographers like myself. Keep up the good work, I’m always learning from your videos, whether it be camera settings or locations to shoot. Thanks again
Great to see the first of your SA videos, Richard. A stunning building. The countryside looks very English around there (maybe that’s why it was raining! 🤣).
Love the episode, love the foreground subject. The still photo with city lights and clouds topped by stars is wonderful. I see you learned about doing nigh timelapse near a busy road, as I have. Lots of "volunteer" lighting. The rolling clouds were great, but the flashes of light.... Can't wait for more from the trip.
Amazing place, the owners are happy for people to have a look inside and around the building, they just ask that they be asked, it’s private property after all
Thanks for looking Paula. Yes it is an amazing place for sure. I wasn't sure who to ask about the building and so I was just around the edges of the property.
Brilliant video Richard. Timelapse came out very good. I see lots of old buildings like this I would like to shoot but always wonder how to get permission or do I even need it really because it’s so close to the road. Looking forward to the next video in this series.
I'm using the ioptron ipolar camera to get accurate polar alignment .. it's really good. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-K6UUtva8sJU.html
Oh, wow... Beautiful final shot with that red sky! How did you overcome the fence issue? Was the gate open? (They always seem to be locked here in the US.) Looking forward to more Southern Australia episodes!
Absolutely fantastic episode, Richard! It looks like this road trip series is going to be awesome! I loved that time-lapse and those images with the southern cross and milky way are beautiful!. Didn't the owner of the property come to see why there was someone lighting the building?. Warm regards, and looking forward to watch the next episode!
Hi Richard, first of all apologies for not commenting the last vids. Great Video and subject. Also again great music selection. little story of my last adventure two days ago. In daytime I found an outdoor museum with old cottage houses. I was happy because no fences and no light posts. All day it was cloudy but at night there was a little clear sky window. so I headed there. And what did I have to see? Yeah lights direct on the sides of the buildings. Those that create the effect of holding a torch directly at the wall parallel to it. one directing upwards one downwards. lokks great but those lights are too light for taking sky images. U get glowy effects in the sky from tose ligths. I get the point of great look for people in the evening but why do these lights have to be on after 12pm barely no one is around at this time. so it was quite unsatisfying. Greetings
Yes I feel your pain my friend. There are lots of locations around here as well that are floodlit during the night. I agree that perhaps the lights could go off after midnight. Never mind . ... we live and learn.
Great video Richard, the photos with the Milky Way were fantastic. I also loved the timelapse but I do need to ask, was that timelapse taken on the first night when it rained ? If it was, and I think so, it was a cracker! Thank you for sharing this with us and I am so looking forward to seeing the next stop on this journey 👍😁
Thanks so much for watching Duncan. Yes this timelapse sure was taken on that first night. It was raining for about the last hour of the sequence ..!!!
Amazing location. Did you tried to put your painting approach with the time-lapse? You just need to light paint the foreground and create a mask putting it in front of the foreground at the time-lapse video. That would accomplish stills and videos with the technic
Yes that is technically possible but as you noticed, there were lots of cars going past which lit the house intermittently. I think if I'd masked the house it would lose the natural organic look of the night.
Love the Jet Boil tripod adaptation! Terrific images and time lapse! Is the ability to use AP with the in-camera intervalometer a feature only of the more recent Nikon camera models? Mine (D600 from 2012) has an intervalometer, but I don't know if it can adapt to increasing or decreasing exposure times that would occur with changes in light. Since I bought it used, I don't have a manual at my fingertips, and I'm not sure a manual would specify that ability. I guess what I'm asking is if you were able to do that with your D750?
Thanks a lot Derek. The Z series of cameras are really good regarding timelapse .. no flicker at all (assuming you use native Z lenses or manual lenses like this Laowa). In my experience the older Nikon DSLR's were not as good in this regard.
Well done - Excellent video Richard. In relation to this Time - Lapse video did you use Interval Timer Shooting mode or the Time Lapse Movie mode ?? What are your thoughts on one mode over the other ?? I have the D780 which has mirrorless camera features and offers both timer modes. Looking forward to more of you South Assie trip.
Thanks a lot Michael. On the Z6ii you can shoot both at the same time. I used interval shooting as I wanted to edit the final sequence. If I want something quick and easy I'll use the timelapse movie option. However in this case I knew it would be dark and a bit gloomy so it was always going to need post processing. Having said that, it did give me a 4k video to check and make sure it all worked as it should.
Love the videos the music etc such great entertainment. Have you tried that 10 x Lumiloupe for focussing yet ? I have a Z6ii and never tried the Interval timer, how do you restrict the camera to a maximum of 13 seconds ?
Thanks for looking Spike. I actually do have a loupe but haven't used it yet. If you go into the iso settings in the menu there are a number of settings there that relate to timelapse. One of those is the minimum shutter speed setting. But generally the shutter speed will relate to the interval time in the interval shooting menu. Another thing to look at in the Interval Shooting menu is the "Interval Priority" setting. If you set this to on . .it won't go longer than the interval you set in the menu. It also depends on whether you're shooting in Aperture Priority or Manual mode. Obviously in AP the shutter speed is variable.
Great Picture !!! I wonder if you ever did a video about printing your images. I did some large sizes on white aluminum glossy, white aluminum Matt and some other surfaces. they all look great but right now I am trying to print a book and so far I have 2 disappointing experiences with the famous book printing online companies. Blurb and Photobook. The same images that look great on big sizes in aluminum they look awful on the books they printed for me. They seem to lost all detail, sharpness and quality look so cheap. I wonder if you ever tried one of this companies online for printing a book and if you have experience on printing books. I know you print calendars I wonder which company you use. Printing is a whole world when it comes to Milky Way photography. I did learn a bit about calibrating the monitor, sizes, brightness, megapixels and different finishes but with books I am lost. I follow tutorials from some book printing gurus but none of them does Milky Way photography. The people from the printing companies mention that some of those colors on my pictures (Like dark purples) are what's called "Out of Gamut" which means their printers simply don't have them. Printing is probably a good subject for a video or a section of videos. Ok sorry for this large comment. I hope you are doing great. Best !!
Thanks so much for watching. I haven't done any videos on printing specifically. I understand the issues though . .I've tried many printers and often been disappointed. I have no experience with book makers .. I'd love to produce a book sometime and I guess I may find out all about it then. My calendar images are never exactly the same as the high quality prints that I get to sell. I think it's because they are made to a specific budget.
@@nightscapeimages.richard All I can say so far is my first 2 attempts with online book printers came out really bad. One company offered me a reprint at no cost (Still waiting to see the results) The other offered an 80% discount on reprinting. Beware of their algorithm triggering an automatic Brightness + Saturation boost when they detect a dark picture. (with no warnings).
