Fine Art Seascape Photography at Midnight - My Biggest Challenge
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- čas přidán 5. 09. 2024
- Attempting Fine Art Photography at midnight
A couple of weeks ago I headed out to New Brighton Lighthouse in the pursuit of creating a few seascape images. There was a catch however, it was at midnight. Without stating the obvious but it was dark, very dark! On top of that, it was during the first of this years spring tides.
My challenge and thought process...
I wanted to create a couple of fine art seascape images during the spring tide. The high tide was either at midnight or midday! The middle of the afternoon was out of the question because I knew the beach would be packed with daytrippers. Besides, who wants to take photos during the day?
Photographing at midnight isn't as straight forward as you might think. It's difficult to see and focus plus it's a little scary!
Anyways, being the trooper I am I headed there and gave it my best shot.
I hope you enjoy the video
Feel free to leave a comment
Gary
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If you thought the second location was a failure then I wish I could fail more often. Fantastic images as always Gary. 🙌🙌
Any disaster is a valuable learning point. You got two results, and a video out of it so it wasn't a complete waste of time.
Bravo Gary! No failures as far as I'm concerned. I truly enjoy the art you create. Thank you for the honesty in your videos. Stay safe and be well.
Water lapping round your feet in the dark, on your own and still not high tide! I wondered if someone had found a washed up camera and posted what they found on it 😱
I liked both images, first worked well for me and like the light pattern on the water. Showing the processing time-lapse I find captivating, the little detail changes that make that final image sing.
Well done Sir Gary
Brilliant, so motivational.....!!!!
Fantastic images and a great vlog as always Gary, hat off to you.
You don't have to apologise for anything, you are doing a great job giving us a lot of useful information and entertainment.
Thank you
Thanks 👍
Brilliant Gary, very entertaining to watch and great effort to achieve those stunning images
Cheers as always Jim 👍🏻👍🏻
Wow Gary, those were both amazing. Great work . I’d love to see a more detailed video of the post production of those !! Thanks for sharing!
You are an absolute genius when it comes to post production and minimalism 👌🏼
Cheers Richie 👍👍
@@GaryGough Welcome :-)
Excellent Gary , 10/10 for effort , you never give up , great work.👍
Cheers Garry 👍🏻👍🏻
Hi Gary, great to see your down at New Brighton which is just around the corner from me. On the subject of the soft sand issue I've done a fair bit of seascape photography which comes from living on the Wirral Peninsula & I purchased a set of snow/sand feet from Manfrotto & they are brilliant for spreading the load of your tripod legs & are pretty universal as they have rubber straps to fasten them to your tripod legs, I've even used them on wet mud with no problems of my tripod sinking. Hope the info helps & love your channel, keep up the good work.
I own the very same set Paul. Cheers for the info though 👍🏻👍🏻
That was a mighty challenge for the professional that you are Gary. But I am pleased to see the results. You may not like them but I am amazed. Good work. 👍👍👍
Great adventure. Nice pictures. I really do like them. 😊
Cheers Gerrit 😁😁
Brilliant images fantastic vlog, thanks again Gary.
Many thanks
Brilliant Gary. You certainly have skills mate and not frightened of putting in the graft. Love the videos. Thank you. 👍🏻
Absolutely fantastic, I admire your willpower. i don't think i would have even tried. fantastic photos massive thumbs up.
Another great video Gary, You are such an inspiration.
Cheers Ian xx
I commend your motivation to get out at that time of day. Brilliant results well worth the effort, just wish I could be as motivated. Thanks for sharing Gary.
Fantastic results Gary ! Your extensive efforts are reflected in your results .
Fun, worthwhile and kind of inspiring.
You the best stunning photos 📸
Cheers Andy 👍🏻
I've done very little night photography but I love how the camera/long exposure sees things you just can't see with the naked eye, I often get shots I didn't even know where there.
Great video, thanks Gary.
Cheers John 👍🏻👍🏻
Definitely not a failure! I like both images, but the second is just outstanding.
Cheers Carlo 👍🏻
Absolutely stunning images. 👍🏻🙏🏻😊 I was on the edge during the entire video. Next time please bring your lifevest and headlight...😜
Very inspiring. Thank you so much for sharing. Looking foreward to your next.....
Both mega shots Gary. Great idea that I will follow-up on for the next supermoon on the 27th April. I have had success previously but not including any stars. The challenge is accepted from down under New Zealand.
Loved the lighthouse image Gary, really well done mate. Richard
Cheers 👍🏻
Well you're committed Gary I'll give you that.. or is it should be committed.... lol, great job under some clearly difficult conditions, as always looking forward to the next instalment.
Definitely committed 😂😂 Cheers Steve 👍🏻
Two excellent images Gary, dedication is what you need (record breakers) o)
lol showing your age now Rich :)
I agree with Ian...the second shot is brilliant! I really enjoyed this video, Gary.
Cheers Rob 👍🏻
Always find your videos excellent in there content, and the fact that you fully explain what you want to achieve.
bellissime foto....as always
Thank you 👍👍
I really like the imaage from the second location....brilliant
Fantastic images well done for your commitment Gary
Gorgeous image.
Cheers Daniel
Great job Gary. I live i New Brighton, and i am determined to recreate what you did. Fingers crossed. If i do half as good a job as you did, i will be a happy chappie
Two amazing shots, both worth the time you spent on them to say the least!
Great challenge, and I love your honesty about minor mistakes. Manfrotto make snow shoes for tripods, which should work equally well on sand.
The lighthouse image looks fantastic Gary!
Cracking video showing the difficulties of shooting at night Gary, also thought both images were pretty good .
Amazing work 👏. Very inspiring
Cheers xx
What wonderfully unique images Gary. I dread to think how good they'd be if you were really happy with them!
Cheers Mark 👍🏻
Never going to push your gear harder than at night doing this sort of thing .. both came out a beauty - hopefully worth missing the sleep for ;-) Cheers!!
Expertly shot on my local beach, Gary. Your post-processing skills complement all the hard work it takes to create these images. Loved the video as well.
Very entertaining Gary, well done, I will concede as a dedicated OMD man, you need full frame for very low light, I,d have drowned!!
Lol cheers Steve 👍🏻
Gary you did well. First image is killer.
Brilliant Gary ! You're a bit like Bob Ross, make it look so easy !
Great stuff as always. Thanks for sharing!🙂
Great images and they were worth your effort. Amazing what can be done with a bit of thought and planning.
Cheers Graham 👍🏻👍🏻
Brilliant mate love your photoshop skills
Cheers DAVE xx
I've got one thing to say to you Gary Gough - - - - - - WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You are always such an inspiration Gary, love your humour, your humility, your film making skills but most of all your stunning photographs.
Top knotch sir.
Many thanks, cheers Andrew 👍👍
Mali was right, no biscuits in sight! Fantastic shots Gary, more about the photographer than the camera I think. The biggest challenge was knocking about New Brighton that late at night, you sure as hell don't read the Liverpool Echo!
Thankful Teacher Gary .
Brilliant images Gary, but the second one......wow. Stunning.
Cheers Stewart 👍🏻
Absolutely beautiful images!
Top work
Cheers Stephen 👍🏻
Thanks for this video Gary, really a great challenge and your art is awesome !
I really like your enthusiastic approach to photography.
When I do long exposure at night I use the 6400 rule. Put the camera in iso 6400 and the aperture as I want. If for example the light meter says 4.5 seconds for those settings I simply switch to bulbmode and change my ISO to 100 and the time to the same amount but in minutes (4.5). Works great for me.
This is a head-scratcher 😁😁 if it works you can’t knock it 👍🏻👍🏻
@@GaryGough It works perfect. Just try it.
Great effort and the outcome was fantastic. Cheers from Australia
Great Night Photography Vlog, thansk for sharing
Great video and a really interesting project which I can't wait to have a go at. I apologise right now if I am teaching my grandmother to suck eggs but I've watched a couple of other of your videos where you discuss the tides. There is a rule of thumb called the rule of twelfths in connection with tides. From low to high tide (or the other way), which takes approximately 6 hours, the tide moves one twelfth of its range during the first hour, two twelfths the second, three twelfths the third, three twelfths the fourth, two twelfths the fifth and one twelfth during the last hour. That means that it moves half of its entire range during hours three and four, so they tend to be the scary hours if you are playing on the beach, especially on a flat sandy one. Again, apologies if you knew all that already. Anyway, thank you for your channel - I've learned loads of stuff from it.
That's dedication for ya! Excellent vlog as always👍
Really like the second image Gary. Not a fail by my estimation. :-)
Brilliant video really interesting and informative. I learn so much from your vlogs, please keep them coming.
Cheers Philip 😁
Yup, as I suspected Mr Gough ,barking, totally barking 😄
Kudos to you though ....different,interesting ,great results & wicked editing .....Love it 👍👍
fantastic images, great job Gary
Entertaining to watch. I'm well satisfied to bring home a single image and if I learn something for future visits to a location, I don't mind so much if I don't get any. Too many photographers don't know what the delete button is for. Thanks for another great video.
Breakwater shot was awesome!
Loved this video gary, one of your best in my opinion. Just want to get out there now. Great work.
Loved the first image and if you thought the 2nd one was a fail? WTH? I'd be pretty proud if I got that. Gary - you made me nervous when you kept saying it was scary. Glad it worked out though.
My local beach and ive had nearly all the same feelings, nervousness with the tides and of course the difficulty of a sinking tripod on a receding tide. And that was during the day. Really enjoyed this one and the resulting images. Will definitely try Perch Rock in the dark, not sure if id attempt the sea defences at the top end though😊
Yeah, it was pretty scary :)
Great vlog Gary, love the effort you put in, if you never try new things you'll never know....
Cheers Mick 👍👍
Great video and images Gary , I really need to know more about Photoshop !
It’s the future Rich 😁
@@GaryGough No Gary I think it's the present 😉
Cool Video.. I actually like the second shot the best! Good job!
Great video, great pictures, great Photoshop skills and a handsome man even in Blair Witch conditions 😂👌🏼 this is the push i need to stay in photography! 🙏🏼 thanks Gary
Very nice Gary👍
Cheers Carl 👍🏻
Great upload 👍👏👏👏
Thank you
Absolutely brilliant Gary.
Yeah a very hard challenge but you managed to get some amazing shots.
Chases Tim 👍🏻
What magical pictures. They keep inviting me to watch again and again. Gary you don't have to excuse yourself because you are the one who takes the initiative to take these pictures. Your way of presentation is already fun and I will take the rest as it is.
Thank you for your effort.
If anyone can do this Gary, you can! Well done sir, fantastic work as always.
Very kind, cheers 👍🏻👍🏻
Inspirational.
Pictures that have been taken with so much effort have the highest value Gary! The results are amazing and really motivating me to shoot nightscapes next. Great work mate!
Cheers Olaf 👍🏻👍🏻
Good stuff, Gary, I have a fool proof method for working out the correct exposure time for Long Exposures, that saves all the "I'll try 3 min 20 seconds... nope to dark... I'll try 3 mins 40 seconds, nope, still too dark, 3 mins 10 next..." Take a shot at really high ISO so that you can check that it's correctly exposed, Iso 12000 or higher, it will look utter rubbish but it doesn't matter as we're just interested in getting the correct exposure. Then simply use an exposure calculator (photo pills app or whatever) and stick your current settings in and change the ISO down to the one you want to use, this will then calculate exactly the exposure you need. This has a couple of benefits, for 10 stop or higher filters you get the exact setting as its rare to get a big stopper or what not that's exactly 10 stops. Secondly the camera has a greater dynamic range at lower ISO's so you'll get even more data than your preview which gives you more to play with. Since I figured this out It's saved me standing around hoping and praying that the exposure will be ok, as I know it will be correct!
Cheers Stu. I can usually tell just by looking. But that doesn’t translate very well on video 😁😁
You're being too hard on yourself...I love both of those!
Cheers 👍🏻👍🏻
Both brilliant shots. No failures here.
Cheers Andy 👍🏻
Hard work Gary, fantastic images!
Great images, you really should have a mate with you in these hairy places just in case you fall or something, you never know 👍
Awesome video mate, brilliant persistence and effort...
Superb video. Bravo!
I quite like both those images. Nice job!!
Cheers 👍🏻
Old CD’s Garry under your tripod legs help spread the wait. Worth carrying three old ones in your bag. Great video and images.
I heard that and have used it with a bit of success. Other tip I've heard is to use long spikes and push the tripod down hard into the sand.. I picked some up but haven't tried them yet.
Great job Gary, love it when you come around my area, love the photographs.
Cheers Joe 👍🏻👍🏻
Brilliant. Just only that.
absolutely superb! such an inspiration to get out there at all times!
Cheers Robin 👍🏻
A lesson to us mere mortals. Push the boundaries of your thinking and ability. Incredible stuff again Gary...
fantastic photos!
Your pics are amazing gary,no criticism its the photoshop hard to grasp.
Watching 👀👌🏼look forward to it.
Very good shots Gary and I think they both turned out great. Funnily enough I was scouting another lighthouse recently and noted when some full moons will be in a great (hopefully!) position and am planning to go there in next few months if the weather co-operates. I'm still undecided whether to get the sky as multiple stacked images or take my little star tracker where I know I can get 4-5min exposures.
Awesome ❤️ and again inspirational ... Great images many thanks 🥰
Thank you! Cheers!