Madeira is an epic place for landscape photography. There are so many incredible photo locations here, including from above the clouds. Visit: www.squarespace.com/brendanva... My Madeira Photography Trip: brendansadventures.com/travel...
I agree on the landscape version of the sun star shot. Epic for sure and so much deeper. I might be tempted to take the hikers out as you don't really need them for scale in this case and there is a lot going on in the image. The path and everything is so perfect!
It’s a truly magical place. I got some of my best ever shots there. I cannot wait to go back. I think this time I’ll do the “live in the hire car for the weekend” type mission 😂
That looks incredibly epic! I feel like I could spend many hours at the top there exploring the mountaintops and taking pictures there with all the clouds below.
Epic images Brendan, it’s not hard to see why you have been drawn to the island and look forward to seeing what you capture in the weeks and months ahead
9:14 Even though the landscape orientatation gives more context, the vertical on focuses more and the subjects sun and trail and it ends up being more catchy, i think 10:48 sequence of photos is eeeeepic
@@BrendanvanSonCan definitely recommend! Maui and Kauai in particular. To be fair: Madeira is called the Hawaii of Europe, sooo you’ve practically been to Hawaii anyway!
That sunstar photo from sunset made me shout out from my couch "woah!" I freaking love that shot man. I love a sunstar too and have been thinking of picking up that 15mm nisi sunstar lens for it.
I went to Madeira in September for the first time. Really enjoyed being there. Did the sunrise at Pico do Arieiro which was touch and go due to the weather but got some decent shots but not the epic inversion ones you see. So will just have to go back sometime soon.
I prefer the landscape version of that image. I see see opinions are split! 😂 They both work. You rarely crop, but the portrait version has too much blank sky and I would crop it way down.
Re: your question at around 9:11, I've gone back and forth between the two photos, and I think the portrait one is the one that speaks to me more. The second one is more "pretty", but it seems to lack focus. The portrait tells a story, I guess I could say. Because of that, it has more of an impact to me. The brightly-lit golden path leads to the bright sun through the shadows of the mountain, with the golden clouds also countering countering the shadows, while crossing the gap they create. My thoughts...
Oh man, I want to go back🤩🤩 The last location was epic, did some Astro photography here last week!!! When it comes to the images with the trail, I do prefer the landscape version!!
What a place! On the path image, like the landscape better, but portrait version would be an easy sell to Madeira Tourism for a brochure/mag cover or vert social media post of course...
