Crazy Fall Color Photography on Long Island!

Published 2023-12-09
I thought the fall colors I captured in my last video were outstanding. Connetquot River State Park turned out even better! It's almost crazy that I could point my camera almost anywhere and come up with a banger image. The only thing in my way turned out to be, ironically, the sun.


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Manfrotto XPRO ball head
NiSi V5 filter holder & circular polarizer
NiSi 100mm 3-stop, 6-stop, and 10-stop ND filters
Lee 100mm 15-stop ND filter
Lee 100mm x 150mm 3-stop medium grad ND filter
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Editing software:

DaVinci Resolve Studio 18 (www.blackmagicdesign.com/produ hicts/davinciresolve/)
Camtasia: www.techsmith.com/video-editor.html
Music: Epidemic Sound (www.epidemicsound.com/​); YouTube Studio


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All Comments (14)
  • This video illustrated the importance of light in woodland photography. I spent a lot of time waiting for either the sun to come out or for clouds to return. Did you have a favorite image in this video? Let me know. Thanks!
  • @gladysklip6984
    Amazing autumn colors John, the images are beautiful, I don't have a favourite 😁!
  • @cherid4804
    Love the autumn leaves! Like the narration.
  • @billthomas7644
    Some great shots there John. Thanks for your inspirational videos.
  • Lovely series of images John. Just what I needed to lift my spirits on a dark commute home.
  • @Duitser1981
    Nice content,got yourself a new follower on YouTube and Instagram,keep it up 👍🏻🙋🏼‍♂️
  • @drew2757
    Perfect timing and lovely images.
  • @jeffdavis7912
    Awesome work. Thank you for sharing and taking us along.
  • @withvinayak
    Amazing photos! The fall foliage nothing but admirable!!
  • @bikerbobcat
    Beautiful. I like how you say what specific settings you use, also. I have a lot to learn about photography and it helps.
  • @mikearcher6239
    Hi John! New to your channel and drawn to your eye for color. I am very new in photography but finding I am drawn to color in nature, and since I live near Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge in SW Oklahoma, I am also learning wildlife. Love the images from your video and really appreciate your before and after. Thanks for the nice video!