All I can say is that I'm mesmerized by everything with this channel. The enchanting forest shots with a soft English accent just brings me back each time.
Oh! Dear Courtney, I'm missing our virtual speaks,🗣 cause, I haven't heard a word, in over three weeks.🤷♂ So my Forest Princess, please avoid being shy,🙈 cause Your Kindly Poetic Friend, stopped by to say "Hi".🖖 Today is your celebration, hip, hip, hurray,🎉 where I hope, in your heart, lies a bright sunny day.🌞 Although the breeze, can get a bit wild,🌬 it appears that, for your day, its lovely and mild.🏖 Through your lens you show your love, though full of caffeine,📸☕ from black, sandblasting Iceland, to the Forest of Dean.🌋🌲 But today is your day, for us to show our appreciation,🙏 Congratulations and Thank You, for your Beautiful Inspiration.❤
The mirror lens is certainly interesting, but I don’t think I care for the effect it produces. But we all have different tastes. That’s why there are so many different choices out there!! Thanks for the video!!
I enjoyed the video as usual Courtney. I thought the mirror lens gave some really interesting image's and with the Z7 a good extra in your camera bag. Great image's as usual. Look forward to the next one.
Reflex lenses are so interesting. I quite enjoy the look they give, deepening on the subject matter. Another tool in the bag. Great video, will continue watching your stuff!
I've been watching your videos for a while now and this one absolutely "wowed" me! I was blown away by the location and the opening scene of the garlic! The light was beautiful and I couldn't believe the coverage of the forest floor! It looked like snow! Your resulting images were also beautiful (as always)! Thank you for making such entertaining videos and bringing us along in your journeys!
Kudos, to you videoing in the rain Courtney, as well as capturing the images. I've done it as well, but much prefer to not go out in the rain, so it only happens occasionally. I know in the autumn here in western Canada, when the colourful leaves fall, their colour tends to be enhanced with rain water on them, bringing out the stronger colour than when dry. Truly appreciate your video's, and after so many now, you're becoming an expert in both the video portion, the spoken portions and the editing process, so thanks for sharing with us all!
I, on the other hand, don’t mind going out in the rain, but fear I might fry my equipment. Blame it on my first digital camera, a Nikon 5700 that I _assumed_ was weather-sealed, until I found out otherwise the hard way…
Courtney - Thank you for getting me outside and into the forest. I spent this afternoon hiking with my Z8 and Nikon 105mm Macro lens. Had a great time and even found a mushroom! Shot some video and took a lot of photos. Again, thanks!
This lens is really interesting. I’ll do it gives a completely different effect on the shots, the fun thing is that your style still shines through and all the images. That’s a good thing.😉✌️
My atmosphere, close-ups and a mirror lens with beautiful blur. I personally bought a Sigma 600 mm macro mirror lens with an M42 mount. It's soft, but it's a lot of fun. You gave me some ideas and forced me to think about and implement some of the emerging ones. This was a truly great movie with even better ideas. Warm and rainy greetings from Poland, from the city of Przemyśl Fortress.
The Daydream image was so calming and beautiful, as you chose a background of ferns and foliage which complemented the bluebells perfectly. Thanks for another thoughtful video, Courtney.
Once again Courtney- great video! My take-away favorite from today is "The Stray." As in your world, mine is similar in weather: much rain, cloudy days, with a handful of sunny. I've taken many pointers from you since I started watching you. Thanks. We'll continue watching "over your shoulder" from Olympic Nat'l Park, Port Angeles, WA., USA!!! Take care!
Now you’ve inspired me to dig deep into my old camera bag where there should be a mirror lens that I purchased at least 35 years ago, I never really got on with it but I’m certainly inspired now to try it again. Your not so controlled descent of the banks were certainly better than mine as I usually end up sitting down on the part of my body where the sun doesn’t shine.
That brought back memories of my old Vivitar 600mm f8 catadioptric lens, which I purchased in the early 1980's and used with my Olympus OM2 35mm (I now own an OMS OM1 mark II). It was a good lens for the time: and quite lightweight.
I love the „curious“ snail, so cute. They seem overly abundant this year, I notice them everywhere in Austria and Germany so far also, gotta walk carefully.
Another great video Courtney... good location with great colour...not sure I like the rings effect but I am always interested in your comments & compositions... cheers from Australia 🦘🦘😀
Lovely close-to-ground compositions mixed in with your first impressions of a new lens. Just the thought of a mirror lens on a mirrorless body makes me chuckle 😁
I loved my catadioptric mirror lens , tamron 500mm f8 in the day was great , days of film and waiting a week for your results , and yes i miss the garlics short life , i eat wads of it while im out , and sleep like a baby off it (when im tired)
wow! I don't know if you noticed, like me, the real 3D effect when you stare at the small lilac flowers! . I think that lens offers much more than simple donut effects!!! 3D effect close up!! Beautiful place, excellent video❤
The lack of people around those trails/ forest as you were filming while taking photos made me could felt the calmness through out the video ~~~ Hope we could have this kind of places in Taiwan as a person getting embarrassed easily with 사람들의 안광🤣🤣
She had a Z8 in her hands at a Nikon show, but only for 5 minutes. I have the Z8 and lenses from 14 to 840 mm, all from Nikon. I am in heaven and owe it all to Courtney, who got me started in woodlands photography!
@@dennishaldiman6087 Z8 is a dream lens, finally Nikon actually is back at being a competitor. I own a Z6ii, its meh, has its pros and major cons. Cant afford the Z8 yet, but in the future ill def upgrade.
Cool cows, my Nephew here in Alberta has them on his farm, cool to watch and photography. Guess, you don't have any bears or cougars in your woods as I have in my location here. Our season of flowers has not really started here in Alberta but it's trying to rain which is good. I enjoy the rain it will bring life to the land around me but it also brings mosquitoes. I do enjoy your exploring.
First time seeing a lens like that. That's a very interesting effect with the circled bokah. I like the idea of creative lenses like this, but often the use-case is so limited that it's hard to justify the cost. That said, I eventually want to get a vintage Helios 44 lens for my micro four-thirds camera. The swirly bokah is so memorizing and looks especially fun for portraits or a similar single subject.
If you make it to Colombia before I make it to the UK let me know, I'd love to spend the day shooting with you. I love your videos and wanted to thank you so much for taking the time to make them..the only negative comment I have about them is that there aren't enough of them!! Great job and awesome photography, I am learning so much from you. Best wishes - Karlton
I thought that was really interesting to see you using the Nikon Z7 like mine, I appreciate both F mount and Z mount (I also own a D850) ,They are wonderful to use in their own ways!! Not sure I would want a reflex lens but Great photos as usual Courtney.
I used old vintage lenses which can produce some crazy bokeh, never considered using a mirror lens but you may just have changed my mind. Hreat video as usual that garlic looked amazing but it was a wonderful smell as well, ps you very pretty
If I remember right (it's been 40 years since using one of these), the best scenario for mirror lens shooting is [along with background distance] is subject to background contrasts. These will tone down the busy donut mess that comes with using these lenses. Mirror lenses are an acquired taste if you know how to use them being that they are limiting in composition styles.
its kinda funny seeing this, i remember in the 80s (film cameras) the 500mm f8 was all the rage for a cheap telephoto lens, i used to photograph the oxford/cambridge boat race with it, but eventually those horrible doughnut rings got the better of us and we eventually ditched them, it adds nothing to the photo but was fun at the time and got you close to the action, look forward to the next video as always.
Personally, I think I'd take a hard-pass on the mirror lens. JHMO. I have to admit I'm envious of your proximity to such a spectacular shooting location. Greetings from Oklahoma.
Ah, my Favourite Mushroom Lady ... Might seem a strange thing to do ( but it what i do in " harsh light " ( assuming your not able to move the subject)) Is stick on a neutral density filter ( to bring the shutter speed down below 1:500th ) My logic being, as humans equipped with very sufficated vision, we sometimes still benefit from a little help ( in the form of sunglasses) Worth a try 🤔 Regards John .. ( the face behind " Tea Light Studio" )
I was able to get a nice Z7 with a FTZ adapter so I can use all my F-Mount lenses. Won’t be giving up my D750 or old F2 anytime soon but it is a very nice addition to my kit. And no I don’t have any Z-Mount lenses, at least yet
I have a Promaster 300mm f5.6, Bower 800mm f8, and a Russian 1000mm f10 catadioptic lenses. I fo get a kick out of the imagesthey can produce. However the fact is that I only really use the 300mm. The others are not as easy to use. The 300mm is sn old screw mount which I have a Canon EF converter on it , and then I mate it with a SpeedBooster. When mounted on my Canon R7 the telephoto effect is like a 330mm with the brightness of a f4.5 (DOF remains at 5.6) and I get a tiny bit of image quality improvement due to the compression of a FF image down to the aps-c size (this is like when you take a less than sharp image). interpolate it to a larger size, and then print it smaller). I am tempted by the Kase 200mm in an EF mount, but that is a pretty hefty price for a "novelty" lens that I may only pnay with a couple times a year. Still...maybe.
4:05 I was wondering when you'd get a Z7 (not if). That camera is such a no-brainer for Nikon users at its current going rate. Get your own copy, you'll love it.
All I can say is that I'm mesmerized by everything with this channel. The enchanting forest shots with a soft English accent just brings me back each time.
The middle class accent seems heavily exaggerated. If it isn't then, big lol. Edit: yeh it's definitely put on.
Oh! Dear Courtney, I'm missing our virtual speaks,🗣
cause, I haven't heard a word, in over three weeks.🤷♂
So my Forest Princess, please avoid being shy,🙈
cause Your Kindly Poetic Friend, stopped by to say "Hi".🖖
Today is your celebration, hip, hip, hurray,🎉
where I hope, in your heart, lies a bright sunny day.🌞
Although the breeze, can get a bit wild,🌬
it appears that, for your day, its lovely and mild.🏖
Through your lens you show your love, though full of caffeine,📸☕
from black, sandblasting Iceland, to the Forest of Dean.🌋🌲
But today is your day, for us to show our appreciation,🙏
Congratulations and Thank You, for your Beautiful Inspiration.❤
The mirror lens is certainly interesting, but I don’t think I care for the effect it produces. But we all have different tastes. That’s why there are so many different choices out there!! Thanks for the video!!
I agree, I think it has a very niche use case
I watched this whilst getting ready for work. Such a lovely calming video. Quietly narrated with soothing music. Thanks
You are absolutely Amazing; i love to watch you explore and interact with nature: Brilliant-:)
I enjoyed the video as usual Courtney.
I thought the mirror lens gave some really interesting image's and with the Z7 a good extra in your camera bag.
Great image's as usual.
Look forward to the next one.
Wonderful video. Peaceful and well paced.
Great video! I find you perspective, composition and photo titles really creative!
There is no green like the green of spring. Welcome back Courtney
Not really a fan of the cheerios but the scenery tho, love it!
Grace à vos vidéos, je retrouve l'inspiration dans mes sorties . Un grand merci.
Thank you for taking us with you on the spring photo walk Courtney. Very nice video.
A wonderful video, Courtney. Some beautifully calming images. Thank you!
Reflex lenses are so interesting. I quite enjoy the look they give, deepening on the subject matter.
Another tool in the bag. Great video, will continue watching your stuff!
I've been watching your videos for a while now and this one absolutely "wowed" me! I was blown away by the location and the opening scene of the garlic! The light was beautiful and I couldn't believe the coverage of the forest floor! It looked like snow! Your resulting images were also beautiful (as always)! Thank you for making such entertaining videos and bringing us along in your journeys!
Kudos, to you videoing in the rain Courtney, as well as capturing the images. I've done it as well, but much prefer to not go out in the rain, so it only happens occasionally. I know in the autumn here in western Canada, when the colourful leaves fall, their colour tends to be enhanced with rain water on them, bringing out the stronger colour than when dry. Truly appreciate your video's, and after so many now, you're becoming an expert in both the video portion, the spoken portions and the editing process, so thanks for sharing with us all!
I, on the other hand, don’t mind going out in the rain, but fear I might fry my equipment. Blame it on my first digital camera, a Nikon 5700 that I _assumed_ was weather-sealed, until I found out otherwise the hard way…
I wasn’t expecting the rings to be that pronounced. Wow!
I like the lens effect.
I love that lens. Very artistic and unusual. Great vid and location.
Lovely video Victoria. A Daydream is a gorgeous image😀👍🏻
I have a Nkon Refflex 500 mm. One of my favorite lenses in my bag. No doubt.
Get one today, Courtney!!!
Courtney - Thank you for getting me outside and into the forest. I spent this afternoon hiking with my Z8 and Nikon 105mm Macro lens. Had a great time and even found a mushroom! Shot some video and took a lot of photos. Again, thanks!
This lens is really interesting. I’ll do it gives a completely different effect on the shots, the fun thing is that your style still shines through and all the images. That’s a good thing.😉✌️
Love your photography. The snail was cute! The Kase Reflex lens was interesting
Lovely photography (as always) AND equally good videography and editing. Impressed.
Tu trabajo me encanta!!
An excellent video all the white from the garlic makes it look like a winter scene 🙂
I like the rain, mist, fog, and all
Lovely content. Your story line is solid, and video production is smooth. Learned a lot. Thanks for sharing
Schöne Bilder in schöner Gegend.
Interesting lens. Some of those shots were so dreamy. So different. Thank you.
omg so beautiful is this garlic!
My atmosphere, close-ups and a mirror lens with beautiful blur. I personally bought a Sigma 600 mm macro mirror lens with an M42 mount. It's soft, but it's a lot of fun. You gave me some ideas and forced me to think about and implement some of the emerging ones. This was a truly great movie with even better ideas. Warm and rainy greetings from Poland, from the city of Przemyśl Fortress.
The Daydream image was so calming and beautiful, as you chose a background of ferns and foliage which complemented the bluebells perfectly. Thanks for another thoughtful video, Courtney.
Once again Courtney- great video! My take-away favorite from today is "The Stray." As in your world, mine is similar in weather: much rain, cloudy days, with a handful of sunny. I've taken many pointers from you since I started watching you. Thanks. We'll continue watching "over your shoulder" from Olympic Nat'l Park, Port Angeles, WA., USA!!! Take care!
Fantastic video Courtney! what a great sea of white, so beautiful to see.
the shrug after the bluebell is what i do mentally when i take an average photo 😂
Thanks Courtney that was really interesting.👍
I thought the rings were too distracting. But it looked like a nice photo walk and scouting time.
Now you’ve inspired me to dig deep into my old camera bag where there should be a mirror lens that I purchased at least 35 years ago, I never really got on with it but I’m certainly inspired now to try it again. Your not so controlled descent of the banks were certainly better than mine as I usually end up sitting down on the part of my body where the sun doesn’t shine.
Hey Courtney, beautiful video and the sea of white garlic was really incredibly nice!
That brought back memories of my old Vivitar 600mm f8 catadioptric lens, which I purchased in the early 1980's and used with my Olympus OM2 35mm (I now own an OMS OM1 mark II). It was a good lens for the time: and quite lightweight.
ty for all the content
wow，beautiful place with stunning shots
I enjoy your photo walks. They are relaxing and informative. I'm looking forward to the next one.
really a nice setting at 3:00 of the snail and colors...
I love the „curious“ snail, so cute. They seem overly abundant this year, I notice them everywhere in Austria and Germany so far also, gotta walk carefully.
I really like the unique bokeh. Great video as usual
Rings look awesome and different 😎
I have got a mirror lens never thought of using it like that.
I will have it a try thanks
Another great video Courtney... good location with great colour...not sure I like the rings effect but I am always interested in your comments & compositions... cheers from Australia 🦘🦘😀
Beautiful location, almost looks like it’s snowing. The key to not getting rained on is go out any time there isn’t a school holiday 😂
Like your Enthusiastic, spiritual, Macrophotography! ❤❤
Fantastic stories. Thank you
LOL.. you got me, I got up and answered the door!
Lovely spring photo walk , a little bit of nature is good for the soul, glad you found the Scottish Cows .☀
Lovely close-to-ground compositions mixed in with your first impressions of a new lens. Just the thought of a mirror lens on a mirrorless body makes me chuckle 😁
I used a reflex lens decades ago, the doughnuts were intriguing to start with but I found that the novelty of the effect wore off quite quickly!
Another great video, and thank you.
Thanks!
I loved my catadioptric mirror lens , tamron 500mm f8 in the day was great , days of film and waiting a week for your results , and yes i miss the garlics short life , i eat wads of it while im out , and sleep like a baby off it (when im tired)
Finally you got a mirrorless cam Victoria! Hahaha it's an enjoyment to watch ur vids.both person and the content are gorgeous.
wow! I don't know if you noticed, like me, the real 3D effect when you stare at the small lilac flowers! . I think that lens offers much more than simple donut effects!!! 3D effect close up!! Beautiful place, excellent video❤
Thanks Courtney
The lack of people around those trails/ forest as you were filming while taking photos made me could felt the calmness through out the video ~~~ Hope we could have this kind of places in Taiwan as a person getting embarrassed easily with 사람들의 안광🤣🤣
Love your videos, please keep up your great work.
Ahh finally a z7 in your hands! Love it
She had a Z8 in her hands at a Nikon show, but only for 5 minutes. I have the Z8 and lenses from 14 to 840 mm, all from Nikon. I am in heaven and owe it all to Courtney, who got me started in woodlands photography!
@@dennishaldiman6087 Z8 is a dream lens, finally Nikon actually is back at being a competitor. I own a Z6ii, its meh, has its pros and major cons. Cant afford the Z8 yet, but in the future ill def upgrade.
Very nice - thank you.
Cool cows, my Nephew here in Alberta has them on his farm, cool to watch and photography. Guess, you don't have any bears or cougars in your woods as I have in my location here. Our season of flowers has not really started here in Alberta but it's trying to rain which is good. I enjoy the rain it will bring life to the land around me but it also brings mosquitoes. I do enjoy your exploring.
Thank you :)
THIS IS GOOD
Great video great weather in Cincinnati 70 / 50 at night
Back in my birding days in South Texas, I used a 500mm reflex lens with a film camera. Closeups of rare birds couldn't be captured otherwise...!
First time seeing a lens like that. That's a very interesting effect with the circled bokah. I like the idea of creative lenses like this, but often the use-case is so limited that it's hard to justify the cost. That said, I eventually want to get a vintage Helios 44 lens for my micro four-thirds camera. The swirly bokah is so memorizing and looks especially fun for portraits or a similar single subject.
If you make it to Colombia before I make it to the UK let me know, I'd love to spend the day shooting with you. I love your videos and wanted to thank you so much for taking the time to make them..the only negative comment I have about them is that there aren't enough of them!! Great job and awesome photography, I am learning so much from you. Best wishes - Karlton
Love your work 😊👍
I thought that was really interesting to see you using the Nikon Z7 like mine, I appreciate both F mount and Z mount (I also own a D850) ,They are wonderful to use in their own ways!!
Not sure I would want a reflex lens but Great photos as usual Courtney.
I used old vintage lenses which can produce some crazy bokeh, never considered using a mirror lens but you may just have changed my mind. Hreat video as usual that garlic looked amazing but it was a wonderful smell as well, ps you very pretty
Mirror lenses have their place although i currently don’t own one. Doughnuts! I love donuts.
Love the snail videos.
If I remember right (it's been 40 years since using one of these), the best scenario for mirror lens shooting is [along with background distance] is subject to background contrasts. These will tone down the busy donut mess that comes with using these lenses. Mirror lenses are an acquired taste if you know how to use them being that they are limiting in composition styles.
its kinda funny seeing this, i remember in the 80s (film cameras) the 500mm f8 was all the rage for a cheap telephoto lens, i used to photograph the oxford/cambridge boat race with it, but eventually those horrible doughnut rings got the better of us and we eventually ditched them, it adds nothing to the photo but was fun at the time and got you close to the action, look forward to the next video as always.
New video! Yes! Yes! Yes!
I enjoy your videos very much
Great vid, you make me think of Mildred Hubble🤭😇
Excellent!
Estou aprendendo muito a observar antes de fotografar assistindo os seus vídeos. Um abraço brasileiro! Thanks
❤ one reason why i love to garlic 😂
Personally, I think I'd take a hard-pass on the mirror lens. JHMO.
I have to admit I'm envious of your proximity to such a spectacular shooting location. Greetings from Oklahoma.
Bellas fotos 🎉
The locations you go to are always amazing, I'm sad thay I'm stuck in the city 🥺
Привет красавица! Завораживающее видео и магически обаятельный тембр голоса! Жду Ваших видео как сказку! Успехов и здоровья!!!🥰
Ah, my Favourite Mushroom Lady ...
Might seem a strange thing to do
( but it what i do in " harsh light " ( assuming your not able to move the subject))
Is stick on a neutral density filter ( to bring the shutter speed down below 1:500th )
My logic being, as humans equipped with very sufficated vision, we sometimes still benefit from a little help ( in the form of sunglasses)
Worth a try 🤔
Regards John .. ( the face behind " Tea Light Studio" )
schöne eindrücke und bilder grüße aus der Rhön Bavaria
I was able to get a nice Z7 with a FTZ adapter so I can use all my F-Mount lenses. Won’t be giving up my D750 or old F2 anytime soon but it is a very nice addition to my kit. And no I don’t have any Z-Mount lenses, at least yet
Don't slip, don't slip, do NOT slip, that has been my mantra for the last six months !!
Thank you Courtney, very pretty images - very dreamy. BTW did you enjoy using the Z7?
I have a Promaster 300mm f5.6, Bower 800mm f8, and a Russian 1000mm f10 catadioptic lenses. I fo get a kick out of the imagesthey can produce. However the fact is that I only really use the 300mm. The others are not as easy to use. The 300mm is sn old screw mount which I have a Canon EF converter on it , and then I mate it with a SpeedBooster. When mounted on my Canon R7 the telephoto effect is like a 330mm with the brightness of a f4.5 (DOF remains at 5.6) and I get a tiny bit of image quality improvement due to the compression of a FF image down to the aps-c size (this is like when you take a less than sharp image). interpolate it to a larger size, and then print it smaller). I am tempted by the Kase 200mm in an EF mount, but that is a pretty hefty price for a "novelty" lens that I may only pnay with a couple times a year. Still...maybe.
The kase lens is definitely not for me lol . I do absolutely love my sigma 105 macro lens though. Thank you for another inspirational video Courtney..
4:05 I was wondering when you'd get a Z7 (not if). That camera is such a no-brainer for Nikon users at its current going rate. Get your own copy, you'll love it.