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I appreciate your kind words! It's great to know that the video is helping nature and wildlife enthusiasts.

@@erickhernandezphotographyaz Simply keep doing what you do.

Thank you for the kind words!

What part of Holland are you from? Our family is originally from Leiden. We also visited family in Den Hague and Grave. It's an absolutely beautiful country!

Thank you for sharing your journey! It's amazing how much practice and understanding of your equipment can elevate your photography. I'm glad the video resonated with you, and thank you so much for supporting the channel!

Thank you! I really appreciate the support!

That is very true!

😂 I believe the jury is still out on that one.

That will be my intent. I have started working on next week's, however I am traveling so I have to work off of my very slow laptop. I will get it out as soon as I can.

@@erickhernandezphotographyaz ok, thanks, I hope it will level up my skills

⭐️Thank you for your comment! It’s so true that talent can shine through regardless of the equipment. I appreciate your support in spreading the word!🙏🏽👏🏽

It's interesting how perceptions change over time! The 50mm really is a classic lens that has stood the test of time, even if the label has shifted.

Thank you Paul, for spotting that. Late nights shouldn't be an excuse to not quadruple check my work!

⭐️Thank you for your kind words! Your journey is truly inspiring-proof that passion and skill can outperform any fancy gear! 👏🏽🔥📸

Absolutely! It's so true that the artistry behind the shot is what truly makes a photo shine, not just the gear used. 🔥🔥🔥

You're very welcome, Jacob! I am so glad this video was able to help you. G.A.S, or gear acquisition syndrome, sometimes gets the best of us all. Do you have a wide angle lens already?

@@erickhernandezphotographyaz G.A.S. has certainly got the better of me on more than one occasion. The widest lens I currently own is an 18-200mm but I have been eyeing off a 10-24mm for street and landscape

18mm is pretty wide, although if you are on a crop sensor camera, it's more of a 24-27mm field of view equivalent so you're not getting a true wide angle.

Very well said!

Few ever say that directly but the barrage of new gear reviews and the geeking out over features that never or rarely get used on new cameras by reviewers does suggest to the uninitiated that the latest and greatest gear is the only way forward. If you watch interviews with actual pros who don't make most of their living off UA-cam ads they often don't have the latest gear and those that do have frequently said they don't use the supposedly greatest features that reviewers geek out about. Like 120 FPS. Most will tell you it's just too much to sort through and gets tiresome real fast. But reviewers act like such a feature is some sort of magic that makes the impossible, possible. Never mind they show you a photo as proof that has been taken countless times with old school cameras. The new features make capturing a moment slightly easier but it's still a crap shoot. You spray and pray then sit for hours sorting and maybe you got an amazing shot and maybe you didn't. Reviewers go through cameras like beer at Oktoberfest and never once has one of them taken a photo that hasn't been done before. They might not have done it before but someone else has and long before the latest cameras came out.

It does also depend on what you're after, though. For me, for example, I don't necessarily want to take "photos that have never been taken before". For the regular events that I attend, I want to take photos that look good, and will serve as memories of those events (both for myself and the other participants). If the photos are nice enough, maybe I'll even print some. Composition is a big part of where I still have lots to learn. At the same time, it is not my intent to pursue the "perfect composition" or anything like that. Good focus, on the other hand, is important to me; so all these high end auto focus features ACTUALLY do matter for even my relatively simple use case. Same for low light capabilities, as I tend to shoot in somewhat low light frequently. And for my use, I very highly value the ability to zoom in and out (as opposed to using a prime). All those things have caused me to relatively quickly run into some limitations of previous systems that I use. In some cases I've upgraded after a year or two (60D), in others I've held off upgrading for years. I most recently upgraded to an R3 from a 5D Mk3. However the R1 definitely excites me a bit. I don't NEED all of the new stuff, but it does make parts of what I do a lot easier, and it can make me "not miss" shots I currently still sometimes miss (primarily due to autofocus in chaotic unpredictable situations).

I haven't shot Canon for many years, but from what I can see on paper the r6 seems to be a good camera. I see that the r5II has not quite double the resolution of the r6, but what is it about the r5II that you believe would help you create better photos?

@@erickhernandezphotographyaz Sorry I didn't mean to confuse you. This was a joke. I know the R6 is a quiet decent camera. I watch a lot of videos about photography. I understand - at least I think - a lot about composition, framing etc. At least when I watch the videos. As soon as I go outside and try to apply my knowledge I can't see anything to get a good photo. I do it like about 8 years now, but can't see real progress. I had a Nikon D5100 before and managed to take really good pictures. But it's always luck. So you are absolutely right about the gear. It doesn't make good photographer. Good gear makes it a bit easier to take sharp pictures in difficult light conditions for example, focusing etc. But it doesn't help to make really good pictures (on purpose).

No worries, I was pretty sure it was but I didn't want to assume. If you have trouble when you go out, try going from wide angle to detailed shots. Sometimes, the grand scene has or is better when captured in smaller or detailed shots. I do an exercise where if I see something that captures my eye, I will take my camera and use the view finder to set up the framing. Usually 9/10 times it doesn't work, so then I work the problem by moving in closer, changing angles, zoom in or out, change sides and try from a different perspective. Basically, exhaust every possibility before moving on to something else. Sometimes it will take me an hour or so working a particular scene. It does help to have a mentor where you can get instant feed back to know how and what to improve.

Hi Don, you are very welcome! I'm so glad that it was able to help you!

That is true. Cameras and lenses are tools that artists work with in order to create images. By looking at your older images, or even ones you take now, study your image(s) and see if possibly the composition could be improved, or maybe the lighting, etc. I will also look/study other photographers'/artists' images and see how they compose an image, the lighting, the elements in the frame. Then when I go out next time to shoot landscapes or wildlife images I keep in mind what I have learned from those other images and then apply that knowledge while I'm shooting.

They definitely sound like great lenses! Very good focal lengths as well, very versatile. ⭐️🔥

Kingfishers are great birds! Very slippery buggers. You really have to be on your A game to capture them, but when you do, it is very satisfying!