Thank you so much, Simon! You are my favorite photographer to follow on RU-vid. You have a slow, methodical approach to your art that I just love. I actually consider you a bit of a mentor to me as I am about to step into vanlife full time here in the States. I'll be following your example as I grab my camera and go beauty hunting anytime I see a new, interesting patch of wild country to explore.
Excellent video Simon thank you very much for sharing it such a beautiful location and amazing photos. We all should spend a little more time enjoying the beauty of nature really enjoyed the video
Incredible. Feels like you let us in to see the real world-not the made-up cities, social constructs and overdeveloped chaos we think of as the world, but the real world. I had missed your trips through woodland, which act as holidays for my spirit.
A great video as usual, life on the edge might be my favorite. The last shot was outstanding as well. Of course the keeper was the shot of Meg. Thanks again your work is always very soothing.
Wow! What magical images. Thank you talking us through your composition process, it’s been a very helpful and constructive video. Good to see you out and about again
Enjoyed that thoroughly Simon, I'm looking forward to seeing what you do with it. Well, I know what you're going to do, capture it's essence then sashay off into the sunset with Meg. I'm looking forward to seeing the results.
Really enjoyed the detailed guide through each new location and how the beginnings of an image were formed..thanks Simon and good to see you the other weekend.
Thanks for your insights into the subject of scouting. The phone does provide mobility to explore more freely. Love seeing Meg, her tail never stops wagging with glee
Great video again! Love your style of photos, ànd your style of video making. I can feel the relaxed atmosphere one is looking for in a woodland. It also inspires me to look differently at my forestphotography and my local forests and trees! Thanks!
Always so nice to get to follow along you and Meg out into the nature. I like the slow tempo you have in your videos. Many many thanks for sharing that with us viewers.
Great to see you back out with Meg exploring new wonders. We lost our girl over the summer, she was a great woodland companion for 12 years and is sorely missed. I have lovely memories of her hounding around, and photo bombing my pictures. Nothing better than exploring a new area with your friend and finding a gem like the oak on the rock. Happy times.
Nice to see you back in the woods. Congrats for the expo by the way. Hoping that the weather finally gets wet here in The Basque Country to get back to the forest. Bye
Such a difficult subject, yet you're helping us learn how to see the compositions in the chaos. It's wonderful seeing you with Meg again. Maybe I need to take a dog along...
A moment to sit down and enjoy this one Simon, What a opening Oak, and the way you managed and negotiated the shot was belting! Look forward to seeing you come back here with the right conditions. I noticed some Chaga on the Abduction trees, love that shot. Thanks for the mention, twas a cracking chat. Great to see you back out 👍
Many thanks, Mali! Slightly confused though as I got the images in the right conditions. Although I feel confident that there's more to come from the location 😃
Great to see you back in your familiar place Simon. I get so much inspiration from your videos, I have really missed them. I'm glad your exhibition was a success.
Cracking video Simon, the oak in ‘Life on the edge’ gives me Lion King vibes in the sense that it’s on its very own pride rock, and rightly so 👌 looking forward to more images from this new location 😊
So nice to see this one Simon - you were right about Meg enjoying the woodland floor! She was in her element! Such a happy puppy!! Really, really enjoyed the approach of being with you in a scouting wander and then the images you captured later when conditions were different. Loved the sense of wonder and awe - excitement at seeing something for the first time that just captivates our imagination and potential for creative expression. I think that's what I love about new places - what's next, what else will just light up my senses. Thanks so much for this video.
Great to see you back in the woods. And an inspiring and motivating view into your scouting session, followed by the photos in the mist. Thank you for this moment of beauty and reflection.
Perfect timing to lift my spirits. Being hospitalised again it’s been a while since I’ve been out into the woods. So really you taking me on your journey. Loved the wander, pace and music you choose. Top work as always Simon 👍😊
Delighted you're back. Along with the magnificent trees, I'm intrigued with the rock formations there. I'm sure there is history and are stories to tell in photos about those as well.
Firstly, whilst I couldn't get down to see the exhibition in person, I received my copy of tge exhibition book and have to say the images from you both are incredible. It's also really nice to see you out and about again and I loved watching you go through your finds on your new location. One question i did want to ask (or maybe this is a thought for another video) is your use of mapping software to pick your locations. It would be really helpful to know what catches your attention from that very first scan of the area.
So very nice to see you and Meg out and about again. Congrats on the recent art exhibition. Really wish I'd been able to get there, but Tasmania is a long way from England. Oh well. Next time maybe.
Congratulations on the exhibition. Great to see you and Meg back on location. Regardless of the time between videos, I will be in the audience. Loved seeing the scouting, then final image. Abduction is gorgeous. Did you clone in some leaves to reduce bright sky elements or did the conditions change? I learned, from a nature observation book, of scatter vision (great for locating wildlife) vs spot vision (which we predominantly use), but I hadn’t heard of lantern consciousness. Thanks for that important lesson. Also, beautiful job of integrating footage of the glorious spirit of joy called Meg.
Simon at 4.19 that rock looks like a face wearing the oak as a helmet! Kind of like one of those statues from Easter Island... To me anyway! Has a nose and lips!
Oh my word that Oak tree wow....now if that was me out scouting I would of seen that beauty and not even attempted an image. Why ? Well I have got into the habit now of ignoring scenes that show sky......yep sky.....maybe too may times I've missed a good shot just because there's too much highlights.....but you make it work...please tell me....how do I make woodlands with sky work without blow out......
Have you added the big ones to the Ancient Tree Inventory (if not on it already). If needed, please contact your local Ancient Tree Forum rep (part of Woodland Trust).
Welcome back Simon. It is nice to see you and Meg back in the field. Congratulations on the success of the exhibition. It looks like a beautiful location with some great potential. These days I tend to do more photography with my mobile phone rather than taking my main camera and lenses out. I especially loved the mobile phone versions of the woodland. I think my favourite was the oak tree and boulder. Beautiful images. thank you for sharing.
@@SimonBaxterPhotography Yes. With most electronic media that images are viewed on I, personally, can't see a difference. Even printing from both mobile phone and full frame up to A3 they are almost indistinguishable. Bigger prints such as those in your exhibition is where the bigger cameras shine. Although it would be interesting to put a couple of prints from a mobile phone in the mix and see if anyone picks up the difference and comments.
@@johnbentley1056 Interesting but also surprising. There's a huge difference between the two which would most definitely be very noticeable on an A3 print. The composition is also more refined in the main camera images. The quality of the phone shots is really quite poor for the most part but they certainly serve their scouting purpose very well 😃
@@SimonBaxterPhotography Interesting. There have been a number of landscape photographers that have done this exercise on youtube and say they can't discern a difference. However there are a lot of variables and I have no doubt this can effect the outcome. More recent mobile phones have really advanced in imaging quality due to the massive amount of money spent on R&D.
@@johnbentley1056 have you tried it yourself? I can categorically say that these particular phone shots would not hold up very well as prints. Use a very good phone in good light and view the print at the intended viewing distance and then you stand a chance. Phones don't cope very well with the complex detail and often low light in woodland. However, it all depends upon the intended use of the images and how an individual wants to enjoy photography. I very much enjoy snapping away with a phone, but the quality from my Sony phone is pretty poor for the most part.
It's very interesting how you didn't try to use a panoramic mode for taking a picture of the oak tree. Any reason for that? Ah actually I realized that the final image for not taken on the phone, and it was just a scouting picture...
Just a thought you might want to know there is free phone app that will give you the longitude and latitude locations. All you have to do is take a picture. The app name is GPS Map camera lite. I find this to be very helpful.
Hi Wendy. Thanks for that. My phone plots it too, but it's not always entirely accurate which is key with woodland. I use it as a guide when needed, but prefer to rely entirely on memory :)
Is it just me or did anyone else se the face of a gorilla in the side aspect of the large boulder under the oak and just below in the face on shot to the root lower right of frame there is a monkeys face in one of the stone 😩 I been watching to much Indiana Jones 😮