00:00so good morning I drove up yesterday from Meteora to a region called Zagori in the
00:08western Pindos mountains and I've come down this morning to a village called Kipi which
00:14is just up here behind me and it is very well known for the traditional stone arch bridges
00:22such as the one you can see down the stream here behind me and so I've come down to photograph
00:29it
00:29the only problem being that we have snow forecast today and the sky is totally totally flat gray
00:39uninspiring as you can see all the way around so we'll see what we can make of it
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02:01well that was very slippery on the rocks there on the ramp coming down
02:12I practically came down on my backside sliding down because it was the safest way
02:20so I'm just trying to make my way to the river now
02:27and see if I'll be able to make anything of this bridge
02:40again once again there's a massive tree growing across the water there
02:47which kind of blocks the bridge so I'll see if I can make it across to the other side somehow
02:58um still it might be interesting anyway I'll uh set the tripod up and have a go I guess
03:06we'll see
03:07we'll see
03:08we'll see
03:08we'll see
03:38OK, so I've set my composition and I've set my ISO T160 at f11 and I'm shooting a two-minute
03:52exposure.
03:53I've got on the front a power-rise introvert to cut the flexions of the surface of the screen
03:59as well as my 10-stop neutral density focus to give me that long exposure so I can really smooth
04:05out this water.
04:07And we'll see what that gives me a little bit more.
04:16The first few snowflakes are starting to fall so this could make it even more interesting.
04:34So I'll just recompose by a slightly different composition.
04:51Adjust the polarizer again for the movement to get rid of that reflection and expose it in.
05:15I might even convert that into black and white because it's a very dark scene anyway.
05:22It's pretty graphic as well with the grey stone of the bridge and the cliff behind
05:28and the trees looking bleak as well with the snow covering them.
05:32I think it might make a nice black and white image but we'll see that later on.
05:50Okay, so I've got the camera just shooting one more exposure.
05:55I'm going to try doing a three-shot panoramic so I get this curve behind me of wall with the
06:03water underneath
06:04and then the bridge just there as well.
06:07So I'll do a three-shot panoramic and see how that turns out as well.
06:12Before I do move on to the next location what I thought I might do,
06:15there's a couple of rocks here in the stream that have frozen and have got nice little icicles.
06:22So I might try and do a long exposure of one of those with the icicles dripping as well
06:26and the water rushing around them so we'll see how that turns out as well.
06:44Let's have a look at that picture on the back of the camera.
06:48And that looks pretty nice.
06:52What I might do is focus stack it so that this rock as well is sharp and this one.
06:58So I'll do another couple of shots focusing firstly on this one and then on that one as well
07:03because at the moment I've just focused on the ice which is just there.
07:06So we'll retake that and see what that looks like.
07:17Okay so I've refocused on the nearest rock and then it goes again.
07:24And then I'll repeat the process refocusing on the top rock.
07:40Okay so the snow is starting to come down a little bit more heavily now.
07:44So as soon as I'm done taking this shot of the icicles on the rock and the water,
07:53I'll make a move to my next location.
08:27Well I'm back in the car again and unfortunately the snow is really coming down now
08:33and settling pretty fast even on the roads which is making it very difficult driving conditions.
08:40So I don't think I'll be able to get to any of the other locations to do some more photography.
08:47It's not actually, photographing in the snow is not the problem.
08:50The problem is actually getting to those places.
08:53So I think I'm going to have to call it a day here and head back to the hotel
08:58and spend the rest of the afternoon processing up these images and putting together this video.
09:04So hopefully you'll see those images in just a second.
09:08And if I can I will stop off along the way, try and get an extra image or two.
09:15So thank you again for watching, thank you for subscribing and liking my videos.
09:20And don't forget to ring the bell if you'd like to receive notifications of the next video.
09:27There will be more videos coming up from this location in Greece and others.
09:34Tomorrow is forecast to be bright sunshine.
09:37So with any luck we'll have a nice fresh layer of snow, beautiful sunlight and should make for some lovely
09:43photos.
09:44So I'll see you then. Thanks for watching. Bye.
10:09Bye.
10:33Bye.
