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It is. That is why having the widest angle lens gives you the longest exposure time with the least movement. Using a tracker makes things easier, but at this time I don't have one, so this is the compromise approach.

Definitely stunning. I'll have to try to get to Iceland or Spain for another soon.

@@michaellyons5208 i wish I could travel ;-;

​@@Gabo_KoopaI hope very much that you will get the opportunity.

It's about 5 hours drive for me, so I totally get it. I live outside Baltimore, MD and I can't see a tenth of what I could as a kid. I hope you get the opportunity to find some dark skies.

I'm so glad you enjoyed it. Thank you for the excellent compliment. My podcast will air its first episode officially this Saturday, Jan 6, with one of my Poe pieces.

Thanks very much! I'm glad you liked it. Best of the season to you and yours.

Thank you! Merry Christmas to you as well.

Thank you very much! All the best to you and yours this Christmas.

I am a fan of children's stories, very much so. Also love older folks stories. I'm kicking off a Podcast this coming January with creepy tales, etc. but I like your idea very much and will put them on the list of stories to dig into. Thanks! Thanks also for your work with the kiddos.

Thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed it!

Thank you. I hope you enjoy it.

@@michaellyons5208 It is the best one I've heard!

​@@danielvso Thanks a million! Merry Christmas to you and yours.

Hoping to get there winter and summer. I'll keep my eyes open.

Thank you, that's very kind of you.

Yeah, I'm hoping to get up there this summer a few times. Thanks for watching.😊

Thanks very much!

Thank you very much. That's very kind of you.

@@michaellyons5208 You're very welcome. I could feel the hair on the back of my neck stand up.

Thank you. I'm glad you liked it.

I appreciate the feedback on Irving's original Nineteenth Century text. It's hard to say how it compared to contemporary pieces of the era. It is certainly a period piece of writing with quite a bit of vernacular. Many consider it a classic short story, but I can understand that it isn't everyone's cup of tea.

@@michaellyons5208 I'm often shocked at how overhyped some classic literature is. Specifically american literature seems to be the worst for it. Hemingway, The Great Gatsby, Edgar Allan Poe's poetry is great but almost all of his short stories are not great. All in all american literature is pretty thin pickens and that's why I think stuff like this gets bumped up to classic status.

@@Laocoon283 Understandable.

@@michaellyons5208 do you agree or disagree?

@@Laocoon283 I can't say I fully agree. I guess in part it depends on what merits one draws such a comparison. Many people consider American literature to be rather "podunk and redneck" in comparison to English or European literature. The question is...why is that? Did Irving intend a grand epic with Sleepy Hollow? Most likely not. It was written for popular readers as a fun story inclusive of local people and places. That it became the icon of short stories it is has more to do with the consumers than the quality of the writing, in many ways. In the same way, though, one can easily say that popular music today is all pretty much garbage because it lacks originality and depth. Is Picasso "worse" than Rembrandt? Or is he a product of his time and environment? I guess it really comes down to..."compared to what?"

Thanks very much. You're very kind.

Thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed it.

Thanks very much!

Thank you. Glad you liked it.

Thank you.

Duly noted

@@michaellyons5208 Pay no heed to that remark above. Monotonous is the last word I'd use for your reading here. I've listened to quite a few readings of this classic tale here on YT and have found that only a few are done very nicely .... yours included.

@@eduardo_corrochio Thank you.

Thank you. You're very kind.

Thank you for watching, and your great comments!

Wish I had them both on my wall. I'd buy them 😊 💫

Thanks. I'm glad you enjoyed it.

Washington Irving pulled local folklore of the time and combined it with fictional characters in a very real setting with which he was quite familiar. He is in fact buried there. Sleepy Hollow is a brief drive up the Hudson River from New York City. He (supposedly) based Ichabod on a schoolteacher he knew with a different name.

@@michaellyons5208 Oh, okay. That makes sense. Thank you.

@@user-SpyroLinkFan1991 you're very welcome. Thanks so much for listening.

Duly noted. Thank you.

He's not competing with the sounds at all... There are many TV shows that do however... and movies as well... It's really bad in documentaries THIS IS EXCELLENT

You can hear everything clearly. It just adds to the realism and atmosphere. I'm sure there are other versions without the background noise, that might be more to your tastes? But no need to call something that plenty of people love rediculous. You can tell how much work was put into this! That, at least, surely has to be appreciated?

I'm busy putting together A Christmas Carol for a Thanksgiving release (if all goes well.) I'm also pondering some ghost story collections. Stay tuned!

Thanks very much. I'm glad you enjoy it.

Thanks, it was fun.

Thank you.

You're welcome! And thank you, you're very kind.

Thank you. You're very kind.

Thank you! It was great fun.

Thank you very much. I'm glad you are finding your footing again, and I hope you continue to walk with renewed strength. Find something that challenges and excites you and make it, and I hope to see it when it's done. I'm happy to have helped in some way.

You definitely need something with fully manual capabilities, a good digital camera option is the Canon T-Series. And the shortest length lens you can find like a 24 mm or less because that's going to give you the widest field and the longest possible exposure time. You can actually do it with the lens that comes with a Canon rebel but the smaller you can go the better. You can also look for used fisheye lenses that will fit or grab yourself an adapter for non-canon lenses

@@michaellyons5208 Thank you so much!

Thanks. I miss you guys, too. Once family stuff settles I'll make a point to get up there.

Thank you!

Thanks!

Hi, I'm very sorry I missed your message. I do hope you got a chance to go with your dad. Please let me know how it went.

@@michaellyons5208 I will definitely my friend 😎

Awesome! Thanks for sharing. You really are blessed. I grew up just west of Baltimore, and as a kid we could see a lot, but not nearly as much, and most of it is gone now. My plan is to call a darker location home very soon. You have quite the memories, and I wish you years more of them.

One day my friend, one day