Many thanks, Rico, that's really appreciated.

Thank you.

Thanks for that.

Thanks Pierre, you're probably right about the stills, but they were so colourful I wanted to throw them in. Probably have over-done it, so I might re-edit.

Hey, thanks!

Glad you enjoyed it ;)

Why, thank you.

This is only the other time the skies have been blue in the UK since you visited :)

Oh, and someone picked the yellow flowers and now there are no more left.

Nowhere near as nice, unfortunately. Sedate North Herts.

Thanks, Andy!

Many thanks for your kind comments. The clouds certainly were pretty impressive that day. Oh and Yorkshire's certainly visually more impressive than Herts.

Thanks Jason, it's not a bad place, and the scenery is quite diverse.

Thanks, again, that's appreciated.

Interestingly, my father saw this and said he expected to see more sunshine and brighter colours. So I said, but this is a REAL English summer's day. :)

Sounds good! Just don't spend too much time in one and not enough time in the other... :oD

Yep dreaming Saxon spires and belfry's would also be quintessential, as were the long grasses and poppies you captured.

Most kind, thank you.

Thanks, Eric.

Thanks, Matthew. Most of it is down to colour grading; all I tried to do whilst shooting was to manually alter the exposure to protect as many highlights as possible.

You're probably right about the stills, I just had them to hand (taken on the same day) and loved the colour saturation. If I'd had more decent footage I wouldn't have used them, I think. Thanks for your kind comments. ;)

Thanks, Wayne. I'd liked to have had more summery shots, but I just couldn't find many!

That really is very kind, Berislav, so thanks!

Many thanks.

Well that's not only very kind of you, Kelly, but also rather flattering.

As for tips, well the biggest one I can give is to watch as many short films from the people that create excellent work. Look at what they do, how they do it, and just analyse their technique (and also read every single comment they make as a lot of helpful info is to be found in their replies).

Understand basic film techniques (next time you watch a movie, look at how the scenes and composition are put together, realizing that a handful of simple rules make the difference between a professional and look and an amateur one).

Magic Bullet? This is nothing more than an easy and accessible way to use contrast, saturation, and colour correction filters to change the way your original footage looks. It's not a panacea for perfection and is usually overdone. You'll find that a decent video editor (Vegas, Final Cut, Adobe Premiere etc) all offer native post production "correction" tools that, if you make the effort to understand them, will allow you to create everything the MB does (I originally didn't think this, but I've since changed my mind). I no longer use MB, and have created a suite of presets in Sony Vegas that allows me to instantly create the look I want.

Other than that? Practice, practice, practice. Oh, and try harder. Try HARDER. :)

I look forward to seeing something from you very soon.

I'm having trouble remembering summer! If it gave you pleasure, that's thanks enough. Try harder and do something a lot better ;)