Glad to see you back at it again Doug. Your videos are the first I go to when opening YT. Appreciate you and pray someday I have the opportunity to take trip with you.
Doug, so glad your back. I have always enjoyed the fact that you concentrate on great places to photograph/video wildlife in the USA. My favorite places are Cades Cove and the Okefenokee swamp.
Absolutely love Doug's videos. Viera Wetlands is a great location. It was on my must visit list when last in Florida, on the strength of Doug's previous video.
@@douggardner1 that's a shame, but hopefully you can do a mix of bite size and full shows. All of my friends I've introduced to photography have had your original series as part of their instruction. The combination of photography knowledge and appreciation of nature and the experience is unique and important.
Sure, the wild photo adventure TV series was originally produced about 10 years ago… However, thousands of people have asked for them to be republished on UA-cam and the basics of photography haven’t changed in 100 years. Each week we are republishing one of the old episodes as well as adding new videos about photography and videography tips and tricks.
concerning your exposure instructions for a dark subject starting at 5:03 ... aren't you overexposing the Coot's bill, and completely blowing it out when you do that?
Hey Tom. I’m a fairly new photographer. I was pondering the comments too on the coot. I thought the meter would read the dark coot too dark, and you would add exposure compensation to +1, not minus 1 by stopping it down. I recently shot a coot in morning light. The bill was blown out, but easily fixed in post. The bird was exposed pretty well. I shoot manual with auto iso, and use the exposure comp. I would reduced exposure compensation to minus 1 for a white bird and plus 1 for a dark bird. Maybe that is wrong thinking?
@@douggardner1 oh yeah good point about UA-cam compression ..... I commented because I have had exposure issues myself with Coot, particularly preserving the detail in the bill. If it weren't for that white bill, exposing for them would be super easy.
The bottom line is always protect the whites… Adjust your exposure until the data in your histogram touches the far right side of the last column and then back it off 1/3. If you do this, you will never overexpose the whites. One thing to also remember when you are Photographing high contrast, animals such as the coot… If the light is poor and harsh, the black feathers on the coot, will lose all details, because they will be too dark, but that is a quality of light issue. If your camera has an extremely wide dynamic range then you probably won’t have any problems at all.
They are in the process of completely redoing all the ponds. I hope they left the dead trees. But from the pictures I have seen I didn't see any. I hope they are still there.
Thank you Doug! I greatly enjoy how you seamlessly blend teaching and appreciation of the gifts of nature. Excellent!
My pleasure!
Glad to see you back at it again Doug. Your videos are the first I go to when opening YT. Appreciate you and pray someday I have the opportunity to take trip with you.
I appreciate that
Doug, so glad your back. I have always enjoyed the fact that you concentrate on great places to photograph/video wildlife in the USA. My favorite places are Cades Cove and the Okefenokee swamp.
Many thanks!
Absolutely love Doug's videos. Viera Wetlands is a great location. It was on my must visit list when last in Florida, on the strength of Doug's previous video.
You should!
@@douggardner1 We did 😃
More Wild Photo Adventures! Love to see it.
More to come, but they’re going to be in smaller more raw form. Everyone’s attention span is no more than about three minutes and 20 seconds now.
@@douggardner1 that's a shame, but hopefully you can do a mix of bite size and full shows. All of my friends I've introduced to photography have had your original series as part of their instruction. The combination of photography knowledge and appreciation of nature and the experience is unique and important.
That is so cool! We are considering moving to Florida, and this video makes me want to even more. Thanks!
You should!
Thank you, Doug!!👍🏼
Very welcome
wish i hadnt left florida i miss being able to get so close to wildlife like you can down there.
I had a job in Melbourne FL and visited Vierra. Great place to photograph Black-bellied Whistling ducks and osprey. Just watch out for the gators.
Were you able to drive around Viera?
Yes
Would you please state the original date these videos were taken
Sure, the wild photo adventure TV series was originally produced about 10 years ago… However, thousands of people have asked for them to be republished on UA-cam and the basics of photography haven’t changed in 100 years. Each week we are republishing one of the old episodes as well as adding new videos about photography and videography tips and tricks.
concerning your exposure instructions for a dark subject starting at 5:03 ... aren't you overexposing the Coot's bill, and completely blowing it out when you do that?
Hey Tom. I’m a fairly new photographer. I was pondering the comments too on the coot. I thought the meter would read the dark coot too dark, and you would add exposure compensation to +1, not minus 1 by stopping it down. I recently shot a coot in morning light. The bill was blown out, but easily fixed in post. The bird was exposed pretty well. I shoot manual with auto iso, and use the exposure comp. I would reduced exposure compensation to minus 1 for a white bird and plus 1 for a dark bird. Maybe that is wrong thinking?
Nope there is still plenty of detail in the whites. Photos presented in video and compressed in UA-cam don’t represent the actual photo properly.
@@douggardner1 oh yeah good point about UA-cam compression ..... I commented because I have had exposure issues myself with Coot, particularly preserving the detail in the bill. If it weren't for that white bill, exposing for them would be super easy.
The bottom line is always protect the whites… Adjust your exposure until the data in your histogram touches the far right side of the last column and then back it off 1/3. If you do this, you will never overexpose the whites. One thing to also remember when you are Photographing high contrast, animals such as the coot… If the light is poor and harsh, the black feathers on the coot, will lose all details, because they will be too dark, but that is a quality of light issue. If your camera has an extremely wide dynamic range then you probably won’t have any problems at all.
where is the new stuff??!!
Starting to add some new content, a little bit along and long mixed in with some of the older shows that people have been requesting.
Una lástima tanto anuncio cortando el video.
Yes, they can be annoying however, you would not have all these wonderful videos if it worked for advertising…
It’s so incredibly sad how they have ruined the area around this place. It’s unrecognizable now with all of the houses and construction.
I haven't been there in a few years...I hate to hear that. Fortunately Florida has sooo many other great places to shoot!
They are in the process of completely redoing all the ponds. I hope they left the dead trees. But from the pictures I have seen I didn't see any. I hope they are still there.
Dating diving Ducks