Photographing Autumn Colours in A Stunning Riverside Gorge 🍂 📷 

Here we are in spring but I never tire at looking at bright Autumnal colours. I especially liked the last picture. Thanks for taking us on your journey through Autumnal Scotland.

That last shot is spectacular. The long exposure helps with the depth of field to keep the focal point on the branch. Well done!

The over hanging branches turned out very nice. Good for you on taking a chance and trusting your creativity.

Thank you for sharing the beautiful woodland in the Fall. Another version of the serenity you find in nature.

Good Sunday morning Kim Grant enjoyed your video as always the color in the tree by the river is so beautiful awesome image ...

Yes Kim this video was much better than the last one. The compositions were better and the pictures looked sharp compared to the last video. The last video was a windy day though. Nice work though on the finni as we used to call it. I was never there at autum though. Nice colour starting to pop. Best time of year for sure.

great images Kim ,well done , your doing a great job , nice to view on a Sunday morning , roll on the next video

Beautiful photos. Your shutter speed on the water worked perfectly, especially in the first shot.

Remember film is cheap. So shoot shoot and shoot. You are doing a great job perfecting your craft! Nicely done!

Thanks Kim. Super video. I loved that final square crop 👌

Beautiful photos as usual Kim. i love Autumn. Heavy rains and strong winds knocked most of the Autumn colored leaves down in central

Beautiful photos as usual Kim. i love Autumn. Heavy rains and strong winds knocked most of the Autumn colored leaves down in central Pennsylvania. I did manage to photograph the Autumn time, Sorry for the double post,, dumb computer. Always enjoy watching your videos. Take care and be safe. The virus is bad over here again. Two of my family have it. I keeping to myself. Bless You... i

Lovely shots Kim. Looking forward to the next vid also. 👍

An excellent video 😊 from Kim, thanks very very much, keep safe.

Hi Kim, When I am shooting in bad weather I use a plastic shower cap to cover the camera and lens. Works well and it's cheap.

Great pictures and video Kim, we usually see you at the sea but now nature has something beautiful with those autumn colors

That's a crackin good shot of the rapids. Stunning. Consider a shower cap (the cheap kind) for covering your camera in the rain. Works great. And lightweight. Someone else mentioned the 1:1 ratio in the image shooting menu, I checked my Z6 and it is there. I am running firmware 3.10. Happy shooting!!

Beautiful shots all round, the last leafy square crop in particular!

Very nice Kim lovely time of the year 👍

Watching this with my morning cuppa and laughing at the gimpy run at the beginning, summarised my whole personality in one clip! 😂loved the images, amazing to see the different takes on scenes that two photographers can achieve. Looking forward to the next vid! ❤️

Lovely photographs Kim, I would have been happy to get results like that. Looking forward very much to the next instalment. Take care and be safe out there. All the best, Graham👍📷♥️

Oh Kim, these are gorgeous images! Well done!

Nice video and great photos Kim. 👌👌

Excellent vid with some excellent photos. You could carry a clear shower cap &, a small micro fiber hand towel (the kind they sell in auto parts stores) to cover & keep dry your camera equipment. It is also good when your waiting for nightscape photos to keep the condensation off of your equipment. Stay safe.

Just recently found your channel, inspiring springs to mind. You're like Brian Cox, everything explained in laymen's terms. Look forward to next vid. Keep up the excellent work

Great shots of the River and Autumn leaves. Fred in Texas

Kim In 2013 I toured New England states( Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine) for fall foliage I got pictures of lots of changing colors and covered bridges. Your photo shoot so reminded of that trip. There are so many photo opportunities it's hard to decide what to photograph.

7:07 wow. 10:16 Success Kim. ❤️ For your photos.

Great work. Watched a few of your video. Like how you have so much passion for photography. Great shots thanks for sharing 👍👍👍👍

Great point about out not walking past a scene that catches your eye. I to have been terribly guilty of regretting passing up a shot, and am trying to correct that mind set.

Kim, I believe you're shooting with your z camera. In the menu settings you can choose regular, AP-C, 4x5, 1x1 and 16x9 aspect ratios. I never had this flexibility on previous cameras and it is something that I have found can really bring out ones creativity to get it right in camera. All of a sudden, I'm shooting and enjoying 1x1 photos. Some stunning photos you made here. Good luck. Jim

Beautiful autumn colours this year

Gorgeous Scottish Autumnal colours. Cheering up a dreary morning in lockdown Wales. Thanks Kim

Love the long exposures with the gorge and leaves. 90% of our leaves are now on the ground in my part of Canada, but I put together two lovely videos. Finally I caught the peak! (Still chuckling about your glove cam)

The colours and images from this video are absolutely beautiful. My favourite image was the one at 7:03 such a beautiful shot. Thanks for sharing Kim. Take care and stay safe. ❤️

You got some cracking shots there Kim

Gorgeous photographs , stunning colours I love this time of year thank you for sharing

Watching your videos for the last couple of years.....it struck me today how watching you has been like watching a child grow up.... touching things, growing in knowledge, getting braver.... rather good stuff Kim. NOW I have a question.... when you mentioned your camera limitations.... I would have thought the Z6 could do a square crop!! For sure be on the lookout for a firmware update!

That last one was particularly good with an interesting background to the focus on the patterns of the leaves.

Brilliant river images with the autumn colours on the leaves. I think that if you see a potential image you should take it and if you are not happy with it on your computer screen then you haven't lost anything, it's better to try than not.

Great video. Love the images and how you tried a new form of your photography.

A cracking video some lovely images. Really like the one at about 07:14. Thanks

Hi Kim , i really find woodland difficult , you got some lovely autumnal images here , i recently shot an image in a square crop on my 5Dmkiii , thinking i could change my mind in post if i wanted, turns out you cant. I actually did not like the 1:1 crop on the image and wanted more a 4:5 but i was stuck with the 1:1 . Its a lesson i learned that while its nice tool to have in camera to frame up the image maybe but in hindsight i was shoot natively to give me more options in post.

Particularly liked your last image.

Nice vlog! And very nice photos for someone who doesn't do this that often. Even for someone who would do it more often. Keep it up!

Kim - i had a thought about your aspect ratio dilemma. You could use a piece of cardboard or paper, make a cutout to the ratio you want and size it to the screen on the camera. You can put the paper on the back and compose. If you cut the overall size to match the screen, put the cutout in the middle. Just a thought....

I enjoyed the colours and the movement in the water Kim, especially the final image. I have read the comments below about your intention to not pass by possible images. There is a fine line to be drawn between the "it doesn't cost more to shoot more images" mindset and the ability to "see" a composition. While I would never suggest passing by a possible composition, it is a question of degree, I have a friend who comes back from half a day's photo trip with hundreds of images. You have seemed to me Kim to have a natural ability to see the composition. The use of a tripod encourages slowing down and considering what you are taking: with water of course, several exposures at different shutter speeds are advisable so that a choice can be made later as to which is the best effect.

There must not have been any wind. The last picture was very sharp with a thin branch with leaves in the foreground and the water beneath the branch had good motion blur. You picked a good spot for fall photography.

The great thing about digital photography is that it doesn't cost more to take more photos... Snap away! You got some wonderful shots! I was going going to suggest a lens hood while shooting in the rain, but your filter system wouldn't allow it. Keep up the great work and thanks for sharing!

Great advice, I myself have been guilty of driving or walking past potential images and having regret that I did not grab a shot , I just need to slow myself down and focus what I have in front of me and not what I could have

Hi Kim. Beautiful Photographs and a really nice location. (which I think is Randolphs Leap?) :-)

Hi Kim I have to say for someone who is by your own admission new to this type of photography you got some really beautiful/stunning images great work I will look forward to the next instalment but until then take care and stay safe.

Round about the same time you were enjoying the autumnal riot of colour I had the pleasure of enforced isolation through Track and Trace. This focused the mind and I had to get all creative with my limited view on the world so I filmed an episode of autumn unfolding in my garden. Now that we are all in Lockdown for a month maybe you could do something similar to inspire and stop us all going stir crazy?

a cheap shower cap ,you know the see through things you used to get in hotels ,lol ,handy for covering your camera lens in the rain, have used them myself on occasion.

The square image at 10:32 is really beautiful. I can't change aspect ratio either but I have got better at visualising square crops recently. Thanks for the video.

I too fall guilty of giving up on potential image opportunities. I guess it would be a good exercise on challenging oneself tosses the scene and find a shot within it.

Another stunning video, lovely to watch. My I ask, can you add which filter you are using on the photo you shot. Like, PL +ND 64. Look forward to your next well edited video. It's really relaxing to watch your style of creativity. That also goes for PM.

Super Awesome! This could be a big seller! 11:32

Another great vlog. Cracking images too. I’m surprised than the Z series doesn’t have the aspect ratio option as my D85O has it . I thought Nikon would have continued with that option . 👍🏻 Dave - Brisbane 🇦🇺

If there is on photo hacker tip to pass on from someone who has dealt with unpredictable climate photography, it is to always pack a plastic shopping bag or bread bag or two in your camera pack, for many reasons, but mostly for "wet" shots. covering your camera and cutting a whole for your lens front to peek out has saved me many times. I thought of this forty years ago as a teen when shooting a rugby game when it started to lightly rain. The best photo I got earned it to get published the next morning in the local sports front page. All thanks to a plastic bread sack I had put over my Nikon FE and 135mm lens

Look at the Choose Image Area in the Photo Shooting Menu for a Square crop.

Henry Turner had an inexpensive solution to your problem, rain cover for your camera in his last video (or 2). I commend you for being out there in the rain. Great images.

So fortunate you didn't have wind conditions so you could make those long exposures of the leaves. The last shot is a stunner for sure, Kim. However, please give me less of you walking. I've been walking quite well for 78 yrs and don't need any coaching on that. Love your presentation of the scene and your thoughts about composition.

I am new into photography, so my question is when you find a subject/ image, do you take several pictures and change your settings say in manual mode or any of the other modes? and pick out your favorite later while editing?

On my Z6 I go to Photo Shooting Menu>Choose Image Area and I have the choice of FX, DX, 1:1 ans 16:9. Pges 106 and 119 of the User Manual. I hope this helps.

lovely images and colours, especially with the background of the burn / river blurred in the background. Other than the polariser, what filters were you using to allow a 30 second exposure in the 1st couple of images?

The Z6 and Z7 are able to shoot in different images sizes. Look for Image Area in de settings. See here for more info: onlinemanual.nikonimglib.com/z7_z6/en/09_menu_guide_03_04.html You can even customize My Menu and add often used features in there. That is what I do.

Shower cap 👍

As to your point to stop passing by potential compositions - good decision - "You miss 100% of the shots you don't take" (quote from Wayne Gretzky)

Bring some shower caps next time. Or better: put some in your backpack... ;-)

I too walk away from potential shots. They are missed opportunities. I vow to improve. Thanks

My Canon T6 (1300) allow me to set view in live mode to 1:1, but the is just the view, the RAW image is 2:3

It's not only Nikon, with my Sony camera I can only choose 3:2 or 16:9.

Really? You can’t choose Square aspect ratio with the Z6? You can with the Z7 because I’ve done it before for portraits.