Can I better my best ever Landscape Image using a Nikon Z8 - 6 years later!

In this video, I try to better my favourite landscape image of all time. It's six years later: did I manage it?

Earlier this week, I headed to Wales to try to better my favourite landscape image of all time. I captured the image at South Stack Lighthouse in Anglesey in May 2018.

It's quite a complex image to capture. It's made particularly difficult due to a few factors. Firstly, the conditions have to be perfect. A dark sky with no moon for one and a clear sky is a must. Then, onto the camera settings. A quickened shutter speed is of paramount importance to freeze the lights. As we all know, trying to attain a fast enough shutter speed during the darkest of night can only be achieved by shooting with a very wide aperture and a screamingly high ISO. On top of that, you need a reasonably robust post-processing workflow to take care of the noise that's produced.

I captured each image at roughly 1.5 seconds using a super-fast NIKKOR Z 24MM F/1.8 S LENS. My ISO never fell below 8000!

I originally captured the image using my Canon 5D MK3, which, incidentally, was released in 2012.
Surely my current "Camera of the Year" 2023 Nikon Z8 would fare much better?

Take a gander at the video and see the result.

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