Mads, glad you recovered from Covid, even though it meant missing Antarctica. I hope you pursue that venue in the future, I'm excited to see what you capture. That said, your channel is one of my top favorites for both the inspiration and the education. Thanks for your wonderful work.
Thanks for a good video. So sorry you got Covid! We all really missed you on the Antarctica trip! You were the reason I knew of it and signed up. If you and Nigel and James do it again I would gladly go again! Hope to meet you soon!
Thank you, Susan! Yes, it was such a disappointment and I felt so bad for not being able to go, when people joined due to me... I hope you had a great tour nonetheless! I am sure we'll do something in the future, so I hope to see you too :)
Mads I have to tell you, I'm always so amazed when a non-native English speaker uses phrases like "potato/potato" perfectly in context lol. Great job! Beautiful photos as per always! What a neat location for a photo shoot
Macs, I’m convinced your the master of UA-cam photographer videos. The way you explained manual mode was excellently done. I’m sorry to hear about Covid and Antarctica but your expression at the end when you compared Antarctica and Denmark cracked me up. When a person can talk about a disappointment and still add a positive, well that tells me a lot about their character.
Stunning. I have always shot in Manual mode since the 80's with my old SLR's, as that is my comfort zone. I still use my DSLR as an SLR and take multiple shots with different settings. It's only been in the last 4 months that I have started using post production techniques. I suppose old habits die hard. Sorry you didn't get to Antarctica when you wanted to. Tremendous video.
What a fantastic episode Mads. For anyone wanting to learning more about moving into manual mode, then this was a great summary of the key aspects. The images this week were simply gorgeous, the colours, contrast and lighting were stunning. You have a good eye for the abstract too as these were great to see. I was so sorry to see your news from Chile and hope you get the opportunity to go back as I know you would create some magical moments with your camera if you had the chance
Thanks a lot for all the kind words, Jim, and also for the conforting messages while I was in isolation. Hopefully, I'll be able to get back to Antarctica some time in the future :)
Spectacular! You have the posing thing down to a science. I'm a bit surprised f16 doesn't turn it into a soft blob (diffraction), but maybe with blowing sand that's OK!
I have been there twice in the summer of 2020 and 2021. On that days there were not that much wind. A beautiful place. I really like the photos you took there. Thanks for the video.
Thank you so much Mads for another great tutorial with really epic shots. Love the way you do your tutorials. Always very informativ ...and very much fun. Thanks for that. 🙏🙏🙏🙏
Super tutorial. It is a very clear and easy to follow guide to manual mode. The images are incredible. We are very glad that you have recovered from Covid. In Punta Arenas Nigel told us that you had tested positive in Santiago. We were very much looking forward to meeting and learning from you. Maybe in a future workshop. Bobbi and John
Awesome what pictures you made out of this location and conditions! I will also stop complaining on my current isolation - thanks for showing another perspective
Great video, Mads! And so many gorgeous shots -- I can't decide which is my favorite. Love the abstract photos! I'm like you, in that I'm not partial to abstracts, but these are fascinating. It makes you wonder if you're seeing it up close or from high in the sky. A bit of mystery! 😀 The colors and contrasts of the warm sand against the cool dark sky are just breathtaking. Thank you so much for sharing both these amazing photos and your expertise in shooting manual mode!
My heart aches for you about your trip! Hopefully there will be another opportunity to go. I love all of your videos and photos so get well soon and thank you so much!💛
Thanks again for sharing Mads....such a great tutorial video as I learn something every time I watch your work & listen to your comments... cheers from Australia 😀
Mads, sorry to hear about Antarctica…😪. It will still be there next time! Glad you came through it ok! Loved the abstract sand shots. I have been working through what type of photography I really want to focus on and I have always loved natural abstracts. Your shots this day show this in all their beauty! Thanks for sharing!
Happy to hear you recovered fast from Covid, Mads! I'm sure you'll get another chance to go to Antarctica 😉 As you said, think positive: who needs Antarctica when you have Denmark? This country, your country, really got a little piece of my heart and your photos help to understand why. Such beautiful, beautiful shots, Mads.
OMG Mads!!! so sorry you missed Antartica... I have no words except I can fully understand the feeling. I met you in my 2nd attempt to go to Iceland as I missed the 1st try and needed to wait another year... just wanted to send you a big hug from your spanish friend
Mads, so sorry you didn't make it, I am a firm believer that life balances out in the end so something amazing will happen to you in the future to make up for it. Wonderful and inspiring abstracts in this video, inspiring.
Your images and post-processing are both fantastic. I cannot believe the amount of blowing sand. I would have been afraid to take my camera out of the bag in those conditions. You are braver than me and were rewarded with excellent images. All the best. I am going to look into ordering your post-processing course. Thank you.
Superb presentation of landscape photography in a challenging terrain. The rationale behind the settings is very clear. The captures are mind-blowing. Its a Must-Watch for landscape photographers.
I am sorry that you missed Antartica. But as always Mads, your videos are a great source of inspiration and it increases my enthusiasm to get out there even more. Thnx
Amazing content in difficult conditions Mads. Sorry you missed Antarctica but really enjoyed this video and found stuff on my own camera I never knew existed after your lesson. Many thanks.
When there’s enough light, I usually shoot hand held in aperture priority mode (unless I’m taking a moving subject, or a long exposure). Once my camera is on a tripod in poorer light, I invariably shoot in manual mode using live view. That’s just the way that seems to suit me.
Beautiful photos, Mads. Very sorry you had to miss the trip, but your health comes first. If you do get there, your photos will be gorgeous. You’ve convinced me to try A mode for my landscapes, instead of M. But, for birds and other wildlife I will try S mode as the critters need to be sharp. Thank you so much, and heal quickly! Greetings from Oregon, where the Sandhill cranes are currently passing through, and the snow geese and swans have just flown north.
Yes, i add to the other comments about your miss fortune catching Covid 19 traveling to Antarctica 🙁 It must have been so disappointing to get so close & then have to miss out. Hoping you have recovered . Hoping you get there in the near future. You always give great advice. i only ever shoot in M mode, it’s now second nature. Love the dune image near halfway 👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 All the photos are great Mads👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Hi Mads. It's good that you're already healthy and that covid hasn't done you any harm. As for the movie, as always at the highest level! And the last photo like a poster for the movie Dune. Amazing! Greatings from Kbh.
Mads, you have to loosen up about 'abstract' photography, especially as you are so good at it. Why should you avoid it or apologise for it? It does not imply you are a hippy or too 'artistic' or whatever prevents you from embracing it wholeheartedly. I would suggest that what distinguishes your beautiful landscapes are the very abstract concepts you are looking for - starting with 'composition'. The geometries you find or impose are abstract concepts and perhaps we could go through all your photographs and discuss them from an abstract perspective. They are 'nature' or 'land and sea' heightened by your conceptual sensibility Perhaps these are two ends of the same spectrum in a way that your figure in a landscape is Not on the same spectrum as a portrait. It's a big subject. Antarctica now, that is a whole other kettle of abstracts. Always appreciative, A
Having been to Antarctica in 2016, I was heartbroken for you when Adam said you had to bow out due to Covid. So glad you are better and my hope is you will get the chance to go again soon! Beautiful shots and a beautiful place. Thanks for the Manual Mode refresher !!
It was certainly a huge disappointment that Antartica unfortunately had to be cancelled. But it's good to see that you're doing well again. I also think that Denmark has much more to offer than Antartica. Many greetings from the north of Germany. Thank you so much for all the great videos from you.
Mads, how fitting that you didn’t make Antarctica. Really sorry to hear that. I really loved this video and have been looking forward to something like this for ages. I particularly like to see how you get yourself in the photo when the camera is out of remote control range. Thanks!
What a bummer about Antartica and COVID. These things happen for a reason I always think. Loved the dune images and the abstract. I think I need to try more abstract, so thank you for that. I nearly always shoot manual, except if I'm photographing an event where things are fast moving and pets portraits I use shutter priority. But landscape I'm always manual.
What a stunningly beautiful place to take us to! Thanks so much for this video. This was helpful. Sometimes you really need to shoot in manual to get a good shot.
Hi Mads, thank you for yet another video from Denmark. I admire your ability to create awesone foto's out of "ordinary" scenes in Denmark. I think it is much more challenging to come up with a composition when you are NOT in Iceland, Lofoten or Antarctica! Above that the pictures of Danish countryside resemble much of my own environment in Holland, so I find those photographs much more inspiring than those from (for me) unreachable sceneries ....
I'm pleased to hear you're feeling better. At the end of the day, that's probably the lesson you should look at right at the beginning. To capture an ideal image and beside the composition (which you can do better by reading your highly appreciated composition books 🙂) in the best possible way, you need to a) know your camera and lenses well, and b) use the best possible settings in manual mode. This also speeds up the editing process.
Incredibly helpful video to refresh what I need to remember when shooting in Manual. I almost always shoot in Aperture priority to lessen the things I need to think about, but do use Manual when I want to apply a bit more judgment. Great to re-learn some concepts. Glad you are recovering from Covid!
Sorry to hear you didn't make Antarctica Mads, but your health is more important. Who needs Antarctica when you have Denmark - well said. I could imagine that blowing sand was snow and ice at times. Another great video, thank you.
Thanks Mads for a really useful guide to the way you use Manual mode. The one thing I found missing was an explanation of Exposure Compensation and how to use it. Great video as always. Chris
You are welcome, Chris. You generally don't use exposure compensation when shooting manual as the exposure compensation wheel is useless. It is something you generally use in the modes where one or several of the exposure factors (ISO, Aperture, Shutter Speed) is in auto ;)
Great video again! The photos are great, just one little thing i would have love to see in the video is the settings that you used on your pictures that you showed. This because the video is al about this. This would help to understand it even more. Just want to that iam a fan of your work and keep on doing what you are doing, thank you for sharing!
I started in photography enough decades ago there was then no auto anything. For landscapes, with the camera mounted on a tripod, full manual remained my default until introduced by you and others relatively recently to the advantages of aperture priority mode, now my new default. A possible follow on video theme would be exploring cases where switching from aperture priority to full manual mode is necessary. One such is when multiple exposures will be combined in post (focus stacking, panoramas, nightscape stacking, etc) and consistent exposure of subs is required. Another, of course, is recording motion, where shutter speed choice makes all the difference.
Have been using aperture priority for landscapes but seeing more use for manual, especially with moving water or windy conditions. A difference to me is new mirrorless systems where ISO seems less of a priority.
You do a great job with your videos, and minimizing shadow noise is often an important consideration. Sometimes, though, other qualities matter more, as can be seen in the wonderful portraits by Felix Kunze and Chris Knight. If you watch their courses, they typically expose much less than ETTR, because they want to maximize quality in the range of tones that are most important for the picture, in their cases the luminosities of their subject's faces. Back with film, it's response to light levels is represented by it's characteristic curve, also called a Hurter Driffield curve. Characteristic curves are rarely straight lines. What this means is that changes in light levels are not captured by the film in a uniform manner. At some level, the capture device will respond more quickly to light level variances than at other levels. For example, with film if you wanted good tonal separation on the film, you avoid the toe and should of the graph, keeping the visually most important areas on the straight line portion of the characteristic curve. I expect that the same thing is true with digital. What this boils down to is that sometimes better results might be obtained by not exposing to the right, but instead exposing to maximize the tonal information in the most visually important area of the scene.
Really loved those last shots Mads and can only imagine what you must have felt in Santiago! I definitely think you need a coloured jacket for your selfies though😆😆I always used to shoot in Aperture priority but when I changed to mirrorless I inadvertently set my landscape preset shooting mode in Manual and on my first shoot had to play around with the settings due to light & water elements. The Exposure triangle really made sense then and I've never switched back. Part of the reason is that it forces me to think about the Aperture I want rather than leave it always on f11/f13/f16. I certainly agree that in the vast majority of cases you do not need to shoot in manual. personally I try never to use AWB and just use one of the preset White Balances as I don't want to have to worry about matching if I blend shots. It's all personal preference and whatever suits someone's workflow is fine. I do think though that even if you shoot in Aperture priority most of the time you should know and practice in manual from time to time if you are likely to want to shoot in low light and shoot water. Thanks for another very informative video and hey, I see from Nigel's newsletter there is an early 2024 Antarctica trip so something to look forward to!
Hi Mads! Great video! I send this to some friends who started with landscape photography recently and this will be a huge step forward for them!
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Regarding to white balance. My hint is just set it fixed to 5300K for landscape photography and many other situations. Don't fight with making white as white - especially when environment makes it blueish or orangish. Make always RAWs to be able to adjust WB as you wish later.
love the abstract images.. even though they aren't your.. go to shot. damn.. all the way to Santiago? and have to turn around?? bloody hell. love your vids, thanks so much.
Great video as always Mads. I think it is slightly misleading to say that aperture priority gives you control over a scene with changing light because you are relying on your camera's meter to exposure the scene, and are therefore having to use exposure compensation to adjust each shot to taste. If you change the scene slightly you then have to readjust your exposure compensation. In manual you are fully in control of exposure so are more dialled in to observing changes in light and adjusting the shutter speed accordingly. I would only use AP if I had to grab a shot quickly handheld, just my thoughts but I feel like ive become a better landscape photgrapher by using manual as much as possible
"Who needs Antartica when you have Denmark?" Good for you! What a wonderful comment. Very happy that you are recovered but sorry you had to miss the trip at the last moment. I almost always shoot manual, but I primarily take photos of birds in flight with telephoto zoomed to 500mm. I have learned much during these 2 years of the pandemic watching you and other landscape artists and have actually made a few landscape panos (not at 500mm 😀). Keep up the good work.
Thanks for the video, MADS. You taught me something that I was not using on my Sony - the zoom in button to autofocus on macro scenes. The sunset shots turned out better than “pretty good”. I look forward to the next one.
Thanks for sharing Mads, back in the film days I had an Olympus OM--1 with just a light indicator in the viewfinder. Settings were all manual and I loved the photos I could make with that. I did an entire cross continental holiday shooting mainly with my 50mm f/1.4 prime. Nowadays I use Av mode mostly, sometimes Tv mode and use custom modes to quickly switch from sports to landscape (when I spot an interesting bird flying my way f.i.). Manual mode or exposure locking (* key on Canon) is also handy when shooting panoramas by the way
I am so glad to hear that you recovered from Covid. Once a again a wonderful and helpful video. I love the minimalistic shot just with sand and clouds. What shutterspeed did you choose for the sand streams?
Always love your content… it’s such a great way to feed the creative side of my brain and provides a healthy alternative to focusing on all the insanity going on in the world. Glad you’re feeling better!
Mads When I fo landscape photography I use AV Mode , with wildlife i use TAV Mode i set my shutter st 1/ 2000 and my Apature between F5.6 - F-11. On my older cameras I use AV for landscape and M Mode for wildlife with the same shutter and Apature settings . Obviously I have to adjust for lighting conditions to get properly exposed pictures
Thank you Mads for this guide! I also enjoyed the ebook on composition in landscape photography 👍🏼
Thank you ever so much, Walter! I really appreciate it :)
Mads, you never disappoint with the Mads-style photos of yourself. Incredible. Hats off.
Mads, glad you recovered from Covid, even though it meant missing Antarctica. I hope you pursue that venue in the future, I'm excited to see what you capture. That said, your channel is one of my top favorites for both the inspiration and the education. Thanks for your wonderful work.
Thank you, Michael! Means a lot! Yeah, I hope I'll get there eventually. Nigel said we'll give it another go in the future :)
Wow, that composition in the end with the clouds mirroring the lines in the sand, all leading to the man who made the shot... Just suberb! 🤩
Thanks for a good video. So sorry you got Covid! We all really missed you on the Antarctica trip! You were the reason I knew of it and signed up. If you and Nigel and James do it again I would gladly go again! Hope to meet you soon!
Thank you, Susan! Yes, it was such a disappointment and I felt so bad for not being able to go, when people joined due to me... I hope you had a great tour nonetheless! I am sure we'll do something in the future, so I hope to see you too :)
I used to never use Manual mode, but I've been forcing myself to do it, and I really like it now.
Mads I have to tell you, I'm always so amazed when a non-native English speaker uses phrases like "potato/potato" perfectly in context lol. Great job! Beautiful photos as per always! What a neat location for a photo shoot
Macs, I’m convinced your the master of UA-cam photographer videos. The way you explained manual mode was excellently done. I’m sorry to hear about Covid and Antarctica but your expression at the end when you compared Antarctica and Denmark cracked me up. When a person can talk about a disappointment and still add a positive, well that tells me a lot about their character.
Hi Mads
I loved that you added wind noise to two of the photos instead of your usual dreamy music. Gave it more atmosphere.
Best wishes.
Paul
Blue and yellow - a beautiful combination.
„Who needs Antarctica when you have Denmark“ - just great!!!
I will visit Denmark in April… 😊
Simply spetacular your shots! You're such an artist!!!
Best regards from Rio de Janeiro/Brazil.
Thank you ever so much, Paulo!
Hi Mads, lovely photos as usual. You really are one of my favourite you tube landscape photographers.
Stunning.
I have always shot in Manual mode since the 80's with my old SLR's, as that is my comfort zone. I still use my DSLR as an SLR and take multiple shots with different settings. It's only been in the last 4 months that I have started using post production techniques. I suppose old habits die hard.
Sorry you didn't get to Antarctica when you wanted to.
Tremendous video.
Thanks a lot, I am happy you enjoyed the video. I bet they are ;)
What a fantastic episode Mads. For anyone wanting to learning more about moving into manual mode, then this was a great summary of the key aspects. The images this week were simply gorgeous, the colours, contrast and lighting were stunning. You have a good eye for the abstract too as these were great to see. I was so sorry to see your news from Chile and hope you get the opportunity to go back as I know you would create some magical moments with your camera if you had the chance
Thanks a lot for all the kind words, Jim, and also for the conforting messages while I was in isolation. Hopefully, I'll be able to get back to Antarctica some time in the future :)
Spectacular! You have the posing thing down to a science. I'm a bit surprised f16 doesn't turn it into a soft blob (diffraction), but maybe with blowing sand that's OK!
The wind noise adds some atmospheric drama like the photos. 👍🥂〰 Bummer about Antarctica. 😷
I have been there twice in the summer of 2020 and 2021. On that days there were not that much wind. A beautiful place.
I really like the photos you took there. Thanks for the video.
Thank you so much Mads for another great tutorial with really epic shots.
Love the way you do your tutorials. Always very informativ ...and very much fun. Thanks for that. 🙏🙏🙏🙏
Thanks a lot, Monica! I really appreciate that 😊🙏
Super tutorial. It is a very clear and easy to follow guide to manual mode. The images are incredible. We are very glad that you have recovered from Covid. In Punta Arenas Nigel told us that you had tested positive in Santiago. We were very much looking forward to meeting and learning from you. Maybe in a future workshop.
Bobbi and John
Awesome what pictures you made out of this location and conditions! I will also stop complaining on my current isolation - thanks for showing another perspective
Thanks a lot! It really is an awesome place - especially after a bit of rain :D
Great video, Mads! And so many gorgeous shots -- I can't decide which is my favorite. Love the abstract photos! I'm like you, in that I'm not partial to abstracts, but these are fascinating. It makes you wonder if you're seeing it up close or from high in the sky. A bit of mystery! 😀 The colors and contrasts of the warm sand against the cool dark sky are just breathtaking. Thank you so much for sharing both these amazing photos and your expertise in shooting manual mode!
My heart aches for you about your trip! Hopefully there will be another opportunity to go. I love all of your videos and photos so get well soon and thank you so much!💛
Thanks again for sharing Mads....such a great tutorial video as I learn something every time I watch your work & listen to your comments... cheers from Australia 😀
The images were all terrific, but the last was my favorite. Sorry that you couldn't go on the cruise. I would have loved to see your antarctic photos.
Mads, sorry to hear about Antarctica…😪. It will still be there next time! Glad you came through it ok! Loved the abstract sand shots. I have been working through what type of photography I really want to focus on and I have always loved natural abstracts. Your shots this day show this in all their beauty! Thanks for sharing!
Happy to hear you recovered fast from Covid, Mads! I'm sure you'll get another chance to go to Antarctica 😉 As you said, think positive: who needs Antarctica when you have Denmark? This country, your country, really got a little piece of my heart and your photos help to understand why. Such beautiful, beautiful shots, Mads.
Thanks Mads. The sand abstract is very compelling. I particularly like the play of the light. Amazing to see in such a relatively small scene.
Thank you, yes, the abstracts were certainly begging to be photographed here :)
OMG Mads!!! so sorry you missed Antartica... I have no words except I can fully understand the feeling. I met you in my 2nd attempt to go to Iceland as I missed the 1st try and needed to wait another year...
just wanted to send you a big hug from your spanish friend
Mads, so sorry you didn't make it, I am a firm believer that life balances out in the end so something amazing will happen to you in the future to make up for it. Wonderful and inspiring abstracts in this video, inspiring.
Reinforced what I knew … thanks. Accompanying images from the dunes were very much enjoyed. Hi from Vancouver Island . Lloyd🙋🏻♂️
Your images and post-processing are both fantastic. I cannot believe the amount of blowing sand. I would have been afraid to take my camera out of the bag in those conditions. You are braver than me and were rewarded with excellent images. All the best. I am going to look into ordering your post-processing course. Thank you.
Excellent !! I am blown away !!!
Superb presentation of landscape photography in a challenging terrain. The rationale behind the settings is very clear. The captures are mind-blowing. Its a Must-Watch for landscape photographers.
I am sorry that you missed Antartica. But as always Mads, your videos are a great source of inspiration and it increases my enthusiasm to get out there even more. Thnx
Amazing content in difficult conditions Mads. Sorry you missed Antarctica but really enjoyed this video and found stuff on my own camera I never knew existed after your lesson. Many thanks.
Thank you Mads for your awesome videos. I love your videos and your work. I really think that you are making a great job. Wish you a wonderful day.
Mads thanks for the video, I always learn something from your videos, even on subjects I’m relatively comfortable with.
You have shown that you don't need Antarctica with some amazing sand dune images. Who knew that Denmark had sand dunes!
Manual its fun! Thank you Mads for your education videos!!!
When there’s enough light, I usually shoot hand held in aperture priority mode (unless I’m taking a moving subject, or a long exposure). Once my camera is on a tripod in poorer light, I invariably shoot in manual mode using live view. That’s just the way that seems to suit me.
Beautiful photos, Mads. Very sorry you had to miss the trip, but your health comes first. If you do get there, your photos will be gorgeous. You’ve convinced me to try A mode for my landscapes, instead of M. But, for birds and other wildlife I will try S mode as the critters need to be sharp. Thank you so much, and heal quickly! Greetings from Oregon, where the Sandhill cranes are currently passing through, and the snow geese and swans have just flown north.
Yes, i add to the other comments about your miss fortune catching Covid 19 traveling to Antarctica 🙁 It must have been so disappointing to get so close & then have to miss out. Hoping you have recovered . Hoping you get there in the near future.
You always give great advice. i only ever shoot in M mode, it’s now second nature. Love the dune image near halfway 👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
All the photos are great Mads👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Hi Mads.
It's good that you're already healthy and that covid hasn't done you any harm.
As for the movie, as always at the highest level! And the last photo like a poster for the movie Dune. Amazing!
Greatings from Kbh.
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. The steps to follow make it simple to accomplish a landscape image.
Mads, you have to loosen up about 'abstract' photography, especially as you are so good at it. Why should you avoid it or apologise for it? It does not imply you are a hippy or too 'artistic' or whatever prevents you from embracing it wholeheartedly.
I would suggest that what distinguishes your beautiful landscapes are the very abstract concepts you are looking for - starting with 'composition'. The geometries you find or impose are abstract concepts and perhaps we could go through all your photographs and discuss them from an abstract perspective. They are 'nature' or 'land and sea' heightened by your conceptual sensibility
Perhaps these are two ends of the same spectrum in a way that your figure in a landscape is Not on the same spectrum as a portrait. It's a big subject.
Antarctica now, that is a whole other kettle of abstracts.
Always appreciative, A
Wow! Those last few photos were my favorite. Stunning!
Having been to Antarctica in 2016, I was heartbroken for you when Adam said you had to bow out due to Covid. So glad you are better and my hope is you will get the chance to go again soon! Beautiful shots and a beautiful place. Thanks for the Manual Mode refresher !!
It was certainly a huge disappointment that Antartica unfortunately had to be cancelled. But it's good to see that you're doing well again. I also think that Denmark has much more to offer than Antartica. Many greetings from the north of Germany. Thank you so much for all the great videos from you.
Thank you for sharing these tips for using manual settings, very helpful.
Mads, how fitting that you didn’t make Antarctica. Really sorry to hear that. I really loved this video and have been looking forward to something like this for ages. I particularly like to see how you get yourself in the photo when the camera is out of remote control range. Thanks!
What a bummer about Antartica and COVID. These things happen for a reason I always think. Loved the dune images and the abstract. I think I need to try more abstract, so thank you for that. I nearly always shoot manual, except if I'm photographing an event where things are fast moving and pets portraits I use shutter priority. But landscape I'm always manual.
I really enjoyed this Mads. I usually shoot in aperture priority and now I feel inspired to play around with Manual mode. Thank you!
Great information as always Mads, you got done really lovely images from those dunes. Thanks for sharing
What a stunningly beautiful place to take us to! Thanks so much for this video. This was helpful. Sometimes you really need to shoot in manual to get a good shot.
Last shot is epic, stunning details to absorb 🤘🏻
Hi Mads, thank you for yet another video from Denmark. I admire your ability to create awesone foto's out of "ordinary" scenes in Denmark. I think it is much more challenging to come up with a composition when you are NOT in Iceland, Lofoten or Antarctica! Above that the pictures of Danish countryside resemble much of my own environment in Holland, so I find those photographs much more inspiring than those from (for me) unreachable sceneries ....
The sanddynes in Denmark are fantastic!
I'm pleased to hear you're feeling better. At the end of the day, that's probably the lesson you should look at right at the beginning. To capture an ideal image and beside the composition (which you can do better by reading your highly appreciated composition books 🙂) in the best possible way, you need to a) know your camera and lenses well, and b) use the best possible settings in manual mode. This also speeds up the editing process.
Great tutorial Mads, thank you. Really love the photographs particularly the abstract work. Thanks again regards Richard.
Incredibly helpful video to refresh what I need to remember when shooting in Manual. I almost always shoot in Aperture priority to lessen the things I need to think about, but do use Manual when I want to apply a bit more judgment. Great to re-learn some concepts. Glad you are recovering from Covid!
Brilliant work just love the sand dunes shots thank you very inspirational 📷🙏
Sorry to hear you didn't make Antarctica Mads, but your health is more important. Who needs Antarctica when you have Denmark - well said. I could imagine that blowing sand was snow and ice at times. Another great video, thank you.
Thanks Mads for a really useful guide to the way you use Manual mode. The one thing I found missing was an explanation of Exposure Compensation and how to use it. Great video as always. Chris
You are welcome, Chris. You generally don't use exposure compensation when shooting manual as the exposure compensation wheel is useless. It is something you generally use in the modes where one or several of the exposure factors (ISO, Aperture, Shutter Speed) is in auto ;)
Sorry I have just found your entire video on Exposure Compensation.
Outstanding content and instructional video. Thanks Mads, you will have to come down to New Zealand sometime.
Superb video Mads !
I regret that you've missed the Antartica trip.
The last 2 pictures are stunning, love the textures and leading lines.
stunning images well worth the watch for those alone
Great video again! The photos are great, just one little thing i would have love to see in the video is the settings that you used on your pictures that you showed. This because the video is al about this. This would help to understand it even more. Just want to that iam a fan of your work and keep on doing what you are doing, thank you for sharing!
I really like the way you are explaining and doing your turorials. well done!
I started in photography enough decades ago there was then no auto anything. For landscapes, with the camera mounted on a tripod, full manual remained my default until introduced by you and others relatively recently to the advantages of aperture priority mode, now my new default. A possible follow on video theme would be exploring cases where switching from aperture priority to full manual mode is necessary. One such is when multiple exposures will be combined in post (focus stacking, panoramas, nightscape stacking, etc) and consistent exposure of subs is required. Another, of course, is recording motion, where shutter speed choice makes all the difference.
Clear and compelling. Thanks!
Have been using aperture priority for landscapes but seeing more use for manual, especially with moving water or windy conditions. A difference to me is new mirrorless systems where ISO seems less of a priority.
You do a great job with your videos, and minimizing shadow noise is often an important consideration. Sometimes, though, other qualities matter more, as can be seen in the wonderful portraits by Felix Kunze and Chris Knight. If you watch their courses, they typically expose much less than ETTR, because they want to maximize quality in the range of tones that are most important for the picture, in their cases the luminosities of their subject's faces. Back with film, it's response to light levels is represented by it's characteristic curve, also called a Hurter Driffield curve. Characteristic curves are rarely straight lines. What this means is that changes in light levels are not captured by the film in a uniform manner. At some level, the capture device will respond more quickly to light level variances than at other levels. For example, with film if you wanted good tonal separation on the film, you avoid the toe and should of the graph, keeping the visually most important areas on the straight line portion of the characteristic curve. I expect that the same thing is true with digital. What this boils down to is that sometimes better results might be obtained by not exposing to the right, but instead exposing to maximize the tonal information in the most visually important area of the scene.
As always great content easy to follow and provide a great base of knowledge
Nice review of the basics, which we all need now and then.
Really loved those last shots Mads and can only imagine what you must have felt in Santiago! I definitely think you need a coloured jacket for your selfies though😆😆I always used to shoot in Aperture priority but when I changed to mirrorless I inadvertently set my landscape preset shooting mode in Manual and on my first shoot had to play around with the settings due to light & water elements. The Exposure triangle really made sense then and I've never switched back. Part of the reason is that it forces me to think about the Aperture I want rather than leave it always on f11/f13/f16. I certainly agree that in the vast majority of cases you do not need to shoot in manual. personally I try never to use AWB and just use one of the preset White Balances as I don't want to have to worry about matching if I blend shots. It's all personal preference and whatever suits someone's workflow is fine. I do think though that even if you shoot in Aperture priority most of the time you should know and practice in manual from time to time if you are likely to want to shoot in low light and shoot water. Thanks for another very informative video and hey, I see from Nigel's newsletter there is an early 2024 Antarctica trip so something to look forward to!
Fabulous photos and great video. So sorry about the trip. All the best!
Hi Mads!
Great video! I send this to some friends who started with landscape photography recently and this will be a huge step forward for them!
Regarding to white balance. My hint is just set it fixed to 5300K for landscape photography and many other situations. Don't fight with making white as white - especially when environment makes it blueish or orangish. Make always RAWs to be able to adjust WB as you wish later.
Clear, and precisely explained!
love the abstract images.. even though they aren't your.. go to shot. damn.. all the way to Santiago? and have to turn around?? bloody hell. love your vids, thanks so much.
Great video as always Mads. I think it is slightly misleading to say that aperture priority gives you control over a scene with changing light because you are relying on your camera's meter to exposure the scene, and are therefore having to use exposure compensation to adjust each shot to taste. If you change the scene slightly you then have to readjust your exposure compensation. In manual you are fully in control of exposure so are more dialled in to observing changes in light and adjusting the shutter speed accordingly. I would only use AP if I had to grab a shot quickly handheld, just my thoughts but I feel like ive become a better landscape photgrapher by using manual as much as possible
Well, change these wonderful shots to bnw and it is Antarctica. Lovely work Mads.
"Who needs Antartica when you have Denmark?" Good for you! What a wonderful comment. Very happy that you are recovered but sorry you had to miss the trip at the last moment. I almost always shoot manual, but I primarily take photos of birds in flight with telephoto zoomed to 500mm. I have learned much during these 2 years of the pandemic watching you and other landscape artists and have actually made a few landscape panos (not at 500mm 😀). Keep up the good work.
Exactly, who needs Antarctica 😅 I'll keep it up ;)
Thanks for the video, MADS. You taught me something that I was not using on my Sony - the zoom in button to autofocus on macro scenes. The sunset shots turned out better than “pretty good”. I look forward to the next one.
Sorry to hear about Antarctica. But, these were beautiful photos. Excellent tips for manual photography. Thanks!
Thanks a lot, Mike. Yes, it was a huge bummer...
Thanks for sharing Mads, back in the film days I had an Olympus OM--1 with just a light indicator in the viewfinder. Settings were all manual and I loved the photos I could make with that. I did an entire cross continental holiday shooting mainly with my 50mm f/1.4 prime. Nowadays I use Av mode mostly, sometimes Tv mode and use custom modes to quickly switch from sports to landscape (when I spot an interesting bird flying my way f.i.).
Manual mode or exposure locking (* key on Canon) is also handy when shooting panoramas by the way
I am so glad to hear that you recovered from Covid.
Once a again a wonderful and helpful video. I love the minimalistic shot just with sand and clouds. What shutterspeed did you choose for the sand streams?
Awesome photographs as usual! Good to see your doing well.
Exceptional presentation again. Stunning images Mads.
Love this episode and your images. thanks,
Always love your content… it’s such a great way to feed the creative side of my brain and provides a healthy alternative to focusing on all the insanity going on in the world. Glad you’re feeling better!
Mads
When I fo landscape photography I use AV Mode , with wildlife i use TAV Mode i set my shutter st 1/ 2000 and my Apature between F5.6 - F-11. On my older cameras I use AV for landscape and M Mode for wildlife with the same shutter and Apature settings . Obviously I have to adjust for lighting conditions to get properly exposed pictures
Great video and well explained. Great photos as well.
Beautiful shots again Mads!
Terrific Mads! Thank you!
Outstanding instructional and motivational video as always Mads Thank you so much.
Mads this was an awesome video. As always. I absolutely love the 2nd to last photo. Absolutely outstanding 👏🏻 👌🏻
Wow. Love the sand dunes. I am trying to capture snirt....a.k.a. snow dirt on the snow drifts here in North Dakota USA.
„Who needs Antarctica when you have Denmark“ - just great!!!
I will visit Denmark in April… 😊