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Ha ha - thanks Fanny - great to hear from you! Those cows were in danger of becoming steaks if they hung round on the road any longer. I was on the way back for dinner and getting hungry, ha ha 😃

Hey thanks Michael.

Hey thanks Nathan - really appreciate it. Yes, it's definitely one to keep on the list if you're ever over that way. All the best and thanks for watching 👍🏻

Thanks so much Lizette 🙏. I loved that little tree in the bonus shots - he was so photogenic. Good place for a little visit.

Hi Ian - welcome and thanks for the comment. I'm actually using grads less and less now, particularly when I'm travelling. I find them most useful if you have a very flat horizon such as a seascape etc - just to bring a little balance to the shot so you don't blow out highlights in the sky but to be honest, you can almost get the same results by bracketing and bringing the shots together in post. All the best and thanks for watching!

Thanks so much Shelley. After all the scrambling around I did up there, I must admit I was pretty happy when I found the little vantage point. All the best!

Cheers Peter 👍🏻

Many thanks Geoff - much appreciated. I must admit I was pretty happy when I came across the little vantage point which enabled me to get the pano. It was the perfect spot for it and I thought the result wasn't too bad. All the best and thanks for watching.

Many thanks Liz. Yes, not too far from Coober Pedy over in the direction of Oodnatta. It's quite an easy drive in there and fun to wander around up on the ridge lines to see all the vantage points. Interesting place to keep on the list for next time 👍🏻. Thanks for watching!

Many thanks Robbo. Definitely worth a little visit. Ha ha - yes, be careful with those towing weights. We're well under as our van only has a 2T tare but it helps when you're trying to get in to the more challenging ones. This one was easy though. Thanks for watching!

Many thanks Gary 🙏 Yes, we mostly had the place to ourselves - it's one of those locations which the bus loads of tourists don't quite make it to... Ha ha, the astro shot was totally unplanned - I walked outside to the car, looked up for a sec and thought hmmmmm. Great skies out there for astro 😉 All the best!

Many thanks David. Yes, you may have recognised a couple of the bonus shots were from the Breakaways. The Painted Desert wasn't too difficult to get to at all - keep it on the list. I liked that you are mostly free to roam around and look for the best vantage spots. All the best.

Many thanks Paul. Keep this one on the list too. Fascinating place. All the best!

Many thanks Merv. I agree - some of these outback trees just have so much character. Good pick up on the van tyres - I did drop the pressures there and got some footage of it but didn't want to bore everyone with too many details 😉 All the best and thanks for watching.

Hi Michael. I really like the Summit Creative bag and still have it. The only reason I'm using the Shimoda one currently is that it's a slightly smaller bag which is good for what we're doing at the moment. As you probably know, every kilo counts when you're driving around the country and I didn't bring my full arsenal of camera gear for the trip. I'll most likely switch back over to the Summit bag when we get back. All the best and thanks for watching.

if they were the same size, would you generally go for the Summit Creative instead?

@@Michael-dx8qz yes, if they were the same size, I wouldn't hesitate to grab the Summit bag. I thought they were excellent value for money too.

@ thanks, I’m weighing between both bags and it seems like the Summit bag is better feature-wise. Though I am not too sure about QC given the perception of it being somewhat of a knockoff. Regardless I think it should be relatively close given that the Shimoda bag is likely built my similar factories in China, excluding the customer service. Any thoughts?

@@Michael-dx8qzyes, everything seems to come out of China nowadays - not that it's necessarily a bad thing of course. I was very impressed with the quality of the bag. The materials feel identical to those used in other top of the range bags I've seen around the traps so no issues there. I understand your comment but I wouldn't necessarily categorise it as a knock off - as I said in the video, they seen to have taken a lot of the good ideas in the market and combined them to form a new product. Anyway, all the best with your decision 👍

Oops Brian. Damn spell check.

Ha ha all good - thanks Barry. Yes, it's quite a fascinating place. Nice that you can scramble around up the hill tops but yes, you really don't want to break down in these places! All the best and thanks for watching.

Ha ha - you have to love a great dead tree Gary 😃. Thanks and all the best 👍

Ha ha - I actually laughed out loud there Marty. Thanks as always. I have a drawer full of dead cats - maybe I should take them out of the drawer eh..... All the best 👍🏻

Many thanks Michael - much appreciated. Thanks for watching 👍🏻

Many thanks Colin - good to hear from you mate 🙏 We were only there for one night - it's so nice when it actually works out for a change eh. All the best mate 👍🏻

Cheers Barry - it was a crazy night! Thanks for watching.

Hey there Geoff - great to hear from you! I remember it well - you're from up the coast if I remember correctly. Hey, I've stood there many a time myself and it's usually a case of 5 minutes after I've packed up, the magic all happens, ha ha! Thanks for the comment - really appreciate it 👍🏻

Hey thanks Mike - good to hear from you! I must admit, it does look like there was some dodging and burning there but I think it may have just been the way the light was at the time I took the shot. There were lots of clouds passing overhead so I can only put it down to that as I didn't touch the road. I did lift the leaves on the tree on the right just a tiny amount as I found it was blending in with the background too much. "Where are we?" I thought it was funny that my mate Lefty couldn't remember either!

Couldn't agree more Debbie! It's a great location to keep on the hit list 👍🏻

Thanks so much Juanita - that's very kind of you. I thought it was funny that my mate Lefty couldn't remember where we were either! It was a bit of a whirlwind trip through the Flinders but it has such great variety for us photographers. All the best 👍🏻

Ha ha - thanks so much Fanny - really appreciate it 🙏 Yes, I thought it was so funny that my mate Lefty couldn't remember where we were either! It's a beautiful part of Australia and I would love to go back and spend more time there. We're continuing on with the lap for now though - the next video will be a good one from the following location - one of the best sunsets I've ever seen 😉 All the best!

Thanks K9 👍🏻 Yes, I tried voice isolation but the compression was really killing the whole audio track. I've got a couple of other plug-ins which didn't help much either unfortunately. What I really need to do is fix the problem at the source i.e. use my wireless mics and 'dead cats' etc - then the voice isolation would at least have have half a chance of working 😉. All the best and thanks for watching 👍🏻

@@klickinthewild Yup "fix the problem at the source." I learnt the hard way too.. All part of the video learning journey.. Cheers from Freo WA

Many thanks Richard 👍🏻 I always try to keep image sharpening very subtle, in fact I often dial down the opacity as well. I also use masks so the high contrast areas don't get too much sharpening. However, once you've done all this, exported the files and uploaded them to TH-cam, the outcome doesn't always translate to what you were going for. Oh well, got to keep moving on eh - the original high res images didn't come out too bad. Thanks for watching 👍🏻

Haha - thanks Paul 🙏 I thought it was funny that Lefty couldn't remember either! The Pano was one of those panic moments (I'm sure you've been there) where there was colour on both the left and right and I realised my 16-35 lens wasn't wide enough - then I suddenly thought..... PANO!! I was glad it came out ok 🙏

Many thanks Bryan - really appreciate it. Thanks for watching 👍🏻

Many thanks Barbara. Ha ha - yes, it's not too far from your back yard! Some beautiful spots to see up there - definitely worth a visit. Thanks for watching 👍🏻

Thanks so much Narelle 🙏 Yes, there's so much variety there from North to South. Glad you enjoyed the blooper - I had to leave that one in 😉

Many thanks Radim - really appreciate it. All the best 👍🏻

Many thanks twodogs - much appreciated. Yes I agree - I think the light was probably at its best on that shot. All the best and thanks for watching 👍🏻