Getting Back Outside - Nature Photography Adventure with the Nikon Z6

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5 ай бұрын

In this week’s video, we take our morning nature photography adventure to explore a trail along the Dan River in North Carolina. This was my first nature photography adventure of 2024 after taking a month off from photography. Expectations were low on this February morning, but with a little luck and taking the time to explore the forest floor, I found some hidden gems. Using my newly repaired Nikon Z6 and the 24-70mm and 70-200mm lenses, I captured more intimate photos of the forest.
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@simeonbennettphotography9111 5 ай бұрын

Brilliant video 👏excellent photos 📸👍

@AcaciaFikeNelson 5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! I am glad you enjoyed the video. Have a wonderful day! 😀📸

@marvinspates924 5 ай бұрын

Hi, very nice video and photos!!! Yes, it always feels so nice to get back into the woods after a long lay-off!!! I agree with someone else about the length of your videos! Another 5 or 10 mins. would be nice. But not mandatory! Thank you for sharing your adventures!!!👍👍👍📷

@AcaciaFikeNelson 5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for watching and commenting! A month off felt like an eternity! So nice to get back out there! I also appreciate the feedback on the video length. I will definitely plan to incorporate a few longer videos! Have a fantastic day! 😀📸

@marvinspates924 5 ай бұрын

Thank you!!!

@chrisb2129 3 ай бұрын

It was tough to watch this on a day that is snowing heavily (here in Canada) 😅 I'm eager to get out. especially after seeing these beautiful shots! I really like the club moss and forest floor shots near the end. We have lots of those in the forest by my place but I haven't really figured out how to capture them yet. And I just had to do a double check that this was taken 2 months ago. We're not going to see weather like that for a few more weeks. It's somewhat weird for me to think of February as anything but freezing temperatures and piles of snow, but that's when I like to do some winter landscapes, maybe a snowshoe outing or two since the sun is high enough by then to take the edge off the cold.

@AcaciaFikeNelson 3 ай бұрын

Ugh...the dragging of winter! I lived in the mountains of Colorado for 15 years (at over 10k feet in elevation), so I am very very familiar with winter and how right now it's still winter! We specifically moved to North Carolina because we wanted a life with less snow! 😂 Hopefully, spring will makes its way to you in Canada soon! Have a fantastic day! 😀📸

@jackkelley890 5 ай бұрын

Your videos are just never long enough! Thank you so much for your hard work and dedication to posting.

@AcaciaFikeNelson 5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for watching! I'll try to throw in a longer video here in the near future! 📸😀

@TC_Conner 5 ай бұрын

7:49 in, “borough?” No. “Boro?” No. “Burl?” Yes. “A dome-shaped growth on the trunk of a tree.” 😎 Have you ever done any focus stacking? I’m still learning that technique myself. I’m so ready to get outside with my camera again too! I’m not a cold weather/yucky weather photographer! Enjoyed your vlog. 👍🏻💜👍🏻

@AcaciaFikeNelson 5 ай бұрын

Sometimes my words don't get enunciated very well, but yes burl. My habit of talking fast probably doesn't help! 🤷🏼‍♀️ I do focus stacking on occasion. Sometimes I do it manually and sometimes I will use the camera focus stacking setting. What's funny, is sometimes I think about how I could have focused stacked an image while I'm editing. There were a couple of the Clubmoss and fungi photos that I thought, I could have focused stacked that, but didn't. As an fyi....if I do ever focus stack or combine more than one photo to make an image, I always say how many photos were combined or stacked to create it when I share my camera settings. Hopefully, the weather will get better in your area soon! I know I am looking forward to spring flowers...daffodils will start blooming around the end of this month! Have a fantastic day! 😀📸

@TC_Conner 5 ай бұрын

@@AcaciaFikeNelson My enunciation can be quite unintelligible at times. I have a rather thick south-central Kentucky accent and have been asked many times "where are you from?" Although I've lived here in western PA since 1988 I havern't lost my southern accent. Sometimes I even spell that way. (Droppin(g) the "g" from words endin(g) in "ing.") I have a confession to make regarding focus stacking: I was in a small woodlot near our house and decided to focus stack an image with an interesting tree as the main subject, but I wanted the foreground and everything leading up to the tree to be in focus. I know how to do it manually, as my Canon EOS R doesn't have the auto focus stack feature. But get this, instead of moving the focus point in camera, I physically moved the camera, placing the focus point on each area! Needless to say the image was completely unuseable and looked horrible! 😂😂😂

@AcaciaFikeNelson 5 ай бұрын

@@TC_Conner haha.... that's a funny story. I think we all have at least one of those "duh" moments at some point. I definitely have had my fair share of them over the years. We have to learn somehow! 😀

@TC_Conner 5 ай бұрын

@@AcaciaFikeNelson Indeed we do. I remember my first successful focus stack, of an old stump in the back yard. I was amazed, it was one of those "AH HA!" moments.

@AcaciaFikeNelson 5 ай бұрын

@@TC_Conner I love those Ah-Ha moments. I remember the first time I took a photograph of a waterfall and smoothed the water out with a slow shutter speed, I am pretty sure I did fist pump when I finally understood HOW to do it! 😀

@petermcginty3636 5 ай бұрын

Thank you Acacia, fun video. IMHO I really liked the photo of the rock. Thank you for your beautiful images. Cheers, Peter. 🎉🎉🎉🎉

@AcaciaFikeNelson 5 ай бұрын

Thank you Peter! I do love the way that photo came out. 😀 I would really like to see that area of the river when it's lower because I think there are additional rocks and color patterns present. So I definitely plan to head back again later on in the year. Thanks again for watching and commenting! Have a fantastic week! 😀📸

@daviddaw999 5 ай бұрын

Acacia, we missed you. Great to be with you as wander through the forest and drink in its beauty. I like the fungi shots, especially the green ones on the log.

@AcaciaFikeNelson 5 ай бұрын

Thank you David! It was so nice to get back outside! The green fungi on the log were so cool. With the way the sun was breaking through the tree's branches, it made me think of the way the sun breaks through the surface of the ocean and you get that ripple effect. Like I could have been looking at a coral reef or something. Looking forward to getting back out there again soon! 😀📸

@williammorrison5739 5 ай бұрын

I always enjoy your videos Acacia, have a wonderful week😀

@AcaciaFikeNelson 5 ай бұрын

Thank you! I appreciate that! You have a wonderful week also! 😀

@tkn648 5 ай бұрын

Great to see a new video up! ~Jenny

@AcaciaFikeNelson 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching Jenny!! ❤️😀

@barrymedlin6587 5 ай бұрын

Woohoo, back out in nature and you picked a great day for an adventure!!! Love the shots, Sea of Green, Just a Rock and the last group with the log were my favorites👏🏻👍🏻😀. Well done Acacia😀

@AcaciaFikeNelson 5 ай бұрын

Thanks Barry! It felt great to get back outside! I might try to go out for a late afternoon hike today as well because it's so gorgeous! 😉🥾📸 I was very pleased with how the Just a Rock photo came out because I was hand holding that one! Have a fantastic day! 😀

@barrymedlin6587 5 ай бұрын

⁠@@AcaciaFikeNelsonoh yeah, got to take advantage when you can!!! It’s a rainy day here, so I’ll be pulling for you to have great weather😀👍🏻

@AcaciaFikeNelson 5 ай бұрын

@@barrymedlin6587 Absolutely!!

@gregwilsonnaturephotography 5 ай бұрын

Hey Acacia, I just found your channel and subscribed. It's been the same here lots and lots of rain, in fact it is raining here now.... lol It looks like you had a great time out there with some interesting shots. Thanks for sharing your adventure. Greg

@AcaciaFikeNelson 5 ай бұрын

@@gregwilsonnaturephotography Thanks for watching and subscribing! I appreciate the support! Sooo much rain this winter...I am looking forward to the spring! 📸😀

@NatureInspiredSnipsnSnaps 5 ай бұрын

like how you did the sea of green and leaf balls in the sky, great outing, thanks for sharing with us, like and sub to learn more

@AcaciaFikeNelson 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for your comment and support! I appreciate it. The leaf balls were such an interesting find. The fact that those ones in the trees were at least 10 feet from the ground tells you just how high the water level rose during the recent flash floods. 😬

@robertdavis1255 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing your experience with great comments & results ....I am a Nikon user so always interested in your thoughts although I don't have any Z camera.... cheers from Australia 🦘🦘😊

@AcaciaFikeNelson 5 ай бұрын

Thank you! I appreciate your comment. Up until 2020, I had a DSLR (Nikon D7000). When I knew I wanted to upgrade to a full frame, that's when I made the switch to mirrorless. Which Nikon are you using?

@robertdavis1255 5 ай бұрын

@@AcaciaFikeNelson hi Acacia...I am using a Nikon D500 & I still have my D7100 that I love using as a back up camera...I am only a hobbyist but since retiring I love to get out taking pics of whatever interests me... cheers 🦘🦘🙂

@AcaciaFikeNelson 5 ай бұрын

@@robertdavis1255 Very nice! I loved my D7000 and had that as my backup before my Dad bought it from me because he wanted a little upgrade. So....I am currently down to just the Z6. Hopefully, I will add a second camera in the next year or so, but will most likely buy a used one. Save some money. 📸😉

@Joe_I_Hadley 5 ай бұрын

Nice walk. What camera, lens, and shutter speed are you Vloging with?

@AcaciaFikeNelson 5 ай бұрын

I use a GoPro HERO9 Black for most of my videos (shooting at 4k and 30 frames per second). I will occasionally incorporate b-roll from my Google Pixel 7a and my Nikon Z6. Both at 4k and 30 frames per second. The settings on the Z6 are typically 1/60 second and I typically use my 24-70mm f/4 lens.

@Joe_I_Hadley 5 ай бұрын

@AcaciaFikeNelson the gopro, has very smooth video while walking.

@AcaciaFikeNelson 5 ай бұрын

@@Joe_I_Hadley It does pretty well! Very low light situations can be a challenge, but overall, I have been pretty happy with it! 😀