6 Ways to Master Your 70-200mm TELEPHOTO Lens (Landscape Photography)
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In this week’s episode, we discuss 6 telephoto tips that'll actually improve your long lens landscape photography. I've spent the last week in the outdoor photographers paradise that is Southern Utah and in this video I take you along to a location that's been on my bucket list for quite some time now. And this location is the perfect place for a video all about how to improve your telephoto landscape photography. I think when most folks get started in landscape photography, a wide angle lens quickly becomes the go-to, but as one progresses, a telephoto lens can easily become the new favorite. But, using a long lens can come with a unique set of challenges that I hope you can resolve with the 6 tips covered in this video. I hope you enjoy this week's episode and as always thanks so much for watching! - Mark D.
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🌟QUICK QUESTION: What's the focal range on your longest lens?
I love shooting with my 14-30 but often find my best images come out of the 70-200
The new Fuji 70-300mm f4-5.6. It’s an absolute brilliant lens and my favorite lens at the moment.
I use the Tamron 100-400 on the Nikon z7... Great lense once I updated the firmware, but any breeze at all and it goes back in the bag!
Tamron 150-600mm. It’s my lens for wildlife but I find myself using it a lot for landscape photography while I am sitting around waiting for wildlife.
I do landscape with 70-300 Canon L and Canon 7Dm2.
I have lived in So. Utah for 30+ years, and we definitely have some of the most unique and beautiful landscapes. Thank you for showcasing Bryce in winter.
Great job identifying the tree as a foreground option.
Bryce is such an amazing place. Especially in the winter.
Learning and listening that ambient music.. omg I can watch it all day. Thanks man.
Love that composition on the last shot! Very nice!!
Great video Mark. Would be nice if you could tell the focal length also when you’re showing photos 👍
Thanks Mark. I think I can speak for everyone that we appreciate all the work you put into these videos.
Really appreciate that Tom!
I love Bryce Canyon. Some of the best colors and shapes I have ever seen. Views from the bottom are also awesome!
Yes! Next time I'm there I want to venture down the trails.
What a brilliant place you were photographing Mark, Good tip regarding the cropping definitely took that one on board. Your last image was awesome. Thanks for sharing.
That last shot is a beauty!
Thanks Dave - I'm really happy with that one
I do really like the last one, but I also love the one at 13:45!
Compose for the crop. When I began my photography journey, a lot of UA-camrs said to fill the frame with the subject. So if I'm taking pics of a flower I should get in there nice and tight. What they didn't mention was what happens if I want a different aspect rato when I printed my pics. You can't get an 8x10 or 11x14 without cropping when your sensor is 3:2. So I learned my lesson from the first time I wanted an 8x10 and I couldn't because I would have to drop something important out. Now I leave room around the outer edges.
I shared this video. My favorites were at the end of your video - the ISO 320. Important information from you in reference to the hood on your telephoto lens...I found that out the hard way with camera shoot. Thanks for everything.
The last shot was the best!
Thanks George!
Once again I really enjoyed this Mark !! That spot looked like a great place to explore and so much is what seems like a small footing !!
Wow, as busy as that canyon was, you managed to snap a couple of keepers for sure.
Great photos! Thanks for the tips.
What a beautiful location and the snow just multiplies the beauty !!
Looks like Bryce Canyon. I was there a couple months ago. Absolutely spectacular place!
If you want to really stretch the usefulness of the 100-200, pick up a 67 to 77 step up ring and the Canon 500D close-up diopter.
It will give you a very close focusing macro range lens with great working distance! The combination is amazingly sharp!
Now that's a creative idea - love it Bill! You've got my wheels spinning!
The NiSi Close Up Lens Kit NC 77mm comes with 67 and 72 step-up rings in a nice hard case. :)
That last shot looks fantastic Mark! Ironically, at the end of a Long Lense tutorial VLOG LOL!
🤣🤣🤣right!
Nice area, thanks for sharing! Gorgeous. I like my Nikon 200-500. Seems to be pretty versatile, sharp and fast for the wildlife I shoot most.
As always, happy to watch your YT posts. I feel it is always challenging to "go through the process of elimination" when we are using the long telephoto lenses. To find an interesting subject and composition amidst a vista of stunning landscape is like finding a needle in the haystack. But, and if, we do so, the resultant image is almost always a master piece.
Great video, awesome location and photos !
What an amazing location. The last focus stacked image was superb. Thank you as ever. Bob from north west England
Thanks so much Bob!
Nice work, Mark.
Outstanding. Thanks so much.
Great tips and suggestions as always, Mark. Thanks so much. You're living a charmed life my friend! And the art you make is a whole new level of EXCELLENCE. Cheers.
Thanks for the kind words Don!
I didn't know a lenshood could create camera shake, thanks !
Nice to see you out and about Mark, especially with that kind of scenery. I loved the long lens shots - and final wide angle wasn't bad either.
Your best video I have seen. Could you please give us the focal lengths of the photos including the wide angle? Amazing landscape in winter.
The final image is OUTSTANDING!!! The snow really helps separate the hoodoos from each other and give more depth to the image! My longest lens focal length that I would normally use for landscapes is 300mm (FF equivalent). I also love to shoot wildlife and that lens goes to 1000mm and tack sharp!
Thanks a million Don!
Absolutely stunning shots! Thanks for the tips. Lately I've actually started using my telephoto lens more often while out in the field than I used too. Mines a Tamron 70-300mm. I've found it to be a really wonderful lens for it's price range. I know what you mean about the hood. The hood for mine looks just like yours and it can be an issue sometimes in windy conditions.
Thanks so much Kevin - great to hear you enjoyed it!
Thanks for just giving me more ideas for my 70 to 200. Which filters are you using in this shots
"Layers". I just got my first telephoto lens after nearly 50 years into the photo hobby. My defense is I just last month received my first telephoto lens, a 70-200 (believe it or not it's also my first zoom in nearly 15 years). I can't wait to try out your tips. Thank you.
The pastel shades of the sky balance the deeper orange of the rocks and the grey of the roots. Great image, Mark.
Thanks Michael!
Sure wish that I could have joined you in UT - Beautiful shots. But I did make reservations for Glacier Nat. Park. !! Whoo Hoo. Now to snag some GTTS reservation spots. I got some beauty's in Western NC just recently and will try to do you proud in Glacier and then just some ol western wandering.!!
I like that shoot for the crop ... I have been a new photographer for the past 8-10 months, and this is what I have found with my photos. I don't leave enough space in the foreground, or all I frame is the rock face. Good point to remember.
Excellent work, Mark. Shooting Bryce from the ridge is difficult as there are so many hoodoos. A pity you didn't have time to hike down into the valley as you can discover and isolate many more interesting hoodoos. I've never been in the winter, but the snow adds a interesting perspective to the area.
One of my favourite places to visit in the USA together with Alaska.
Really nice location. The rocks looks like a Fort ❤️ superb photos 😍
Thanks so much!
Wow - what an incredible location and timing! I'd be there for hours too. Love that last image...as well as all the others. :-)
Yes! Thanks so much!
Thank you for beautiful pictures and for taking us out into a very special landscape 👍🏼 love it 😃
Bryce Canon is very hard to shoot. It's one of those places where you'll get a spectacular view, but very little compelling composition wise. I had my best luck at Thor's Hammer being in and among the hoodoos as the light hit them made for really nice, contrasting compositions.
Nice video Mark! I visited here in 2011, used a Fujifilm Finepix back then, some good photos I still have.
Thanks David!!
Nice!
My longest lens is a nikkor Q 200mm f4 pre ai.
Beautiful pictures
And, there it is! Bryce looks pretty cold but GORGEOUS! Looks like it was a fun outing:).
It was amazing! Had such a great evening there!
Thanks for the video Mark!! Great stuff!! I was curious, what kind of gloves are you wearing?
Engaging and informative video.
100-400 Z Just goes that little bit further. Its great when you are out & the pleasure of just looking & to be able to look at compositions way of in the distance but so close, it is almost therapeutic. Getting a good picture is the icing on the cake.
Really well thought out comps Mark! With some lovely video to bring it together! The telephoto lens is so needed isn’t it!
Thanks so much - really appreciate it!
I hike with 16-35 and 100-400 and a 1.4x. Sometimes I miss the 36-99 range, but since wildlife is always a part of what I'm looking for, I like the extra reach. FYI - that reminder to "like" the video really works. I don't always think about it and then when you say that, I immediately go down and click it.
Could add a 50mm fast prime for good measure.
Sigma 100-400 on a Sony A7Riv because the Fuji GFX options are not long enough...I like the rubber screw on collapsible lens hood as I agree the lens hoods are slow to use and too large for my bag.
Hi Mark, super location and interesting images. How ironic that when shooting "long", the pick of your images you said was the wider angle. The obvious skill there is seeing the different compositions and then capturing the images, making the absolute best of the location has to offer. Thanks for sharing another grand day out. I learn so much!
Thanks Steve! Glad you enjoyed the video!
Thank you for this very good video. I have a Sony Camera and a 70-210mm lens. I am loving the landscape photography so far...just started composing photos this past fall.
Great stuff Mark, what an amazing location. Beautiful images and cheers for the useful tips!
Thanks a million Michael!
That is a great wide angle shot! I hope you will consider doing a video on how you took all the different focal points and put them together for the final image.
Great video and final image Mark. Been to Bryce many times and really enjoy using the telephoto lens to isolate compositions. Also, the silence of the park is wonderful. Thanks for your work with these videos-outstanding!
Thanks Richard - such an incredible place for sure!
Lovely shots Mark and great video as always cheers man 😀✌
Really appreciate it Paul - thank you!
What a stunning location Mark and inspirational video, thank you!
Many thanks Robert!
Was this at Bryce Canyon National Park? Great photos and super helpful tips, Mark! I'm currently shooting on an XT-4 but I'm slowly thinking of getting a dedicated Fuji for photo and use my XT-4 soley for video production/vlogging. Love your content!
Another great video at a great location. Very instructive to see the time you spend planning your shots.
Thanks so much Jim - I heard the good news about CO👏
@@MarkDenneyPhoto Thanks. Really looking forward to it. A new adventure.
I was there last year at this time. Bryce Canyon with snow is amazing. My second favorite park next to Zion.
Just picked up a 70-200 lense so super helpful video man! The shots turned out fantastic!
Great to hear Johnny!
Mark focal length (longest) is Fuji 100-400 also can bump it w/1.4 converter. Have you used a converter much? O yes, noted on UT shots the square frame cropping. It's really nice. Do you frame those w/a boarder?
Amazing images!
Appreciate it Randy!
Great video and shots, especially the last image. My question is and probably a stupid one but did you focus stack all of the images that were on this clip? I have only been doing photography for about a year and have not learned how to do that yet. Thanks again for the great video and images.
I ended up with the same question about the focus stacking. If you look at his past videos, he did a really well explained tutorial, from how to take the shoots to the post processing in photoshop, on how to focus stack images.
Thanks Charlie! The only image that was focused stack was the one at the very end. The rest were all single exposures.
Yes I saw that video as well, I can’t seem to get the focus that well in the whole image. More practice I guess lol
Really enjoyed that one Mark. You captured some really nice images.
Thanks a million Scot!
Mark, thanks for you videos, they've really helped me start building a purchasing list for my gear. I do have a question about aperture, I was looking at the Tamron 70-200 f/2.8 G2 lens, this is a fixed aperture correct, meaning I cannot change the aperture. Would this lens be good for landscape photography?
Fuji XF 50-140 f/2.8 on APS-C, so pretty similar to a 70-200 on full frame. I just got it recently, so your tips came at a great time. That final (non-telephoto) shot is killer!
Absolutely love your final image with the forced perspective 👏🏻
Me as well - great to hear you enjoy it!
Good points and a terrific shot at the end.
Thanks a million - glad you think so!
Thanks again Mark, great video and wonderful landscape. Gabriel from Switzerland.
Many thanks Gabriel!
Ripper 👍👍
Mark, thanks for another great video. Do you ever use polarized filters on your landscape photos ?
Thanks so much! Yep - all the time, was actually using one at the start of this video.
100% agree about composing for the crop. Great tip. I do it all the time. I just never knew it had a name until I watched this video. That said, I have watched most of your videos and although I have seen the one on how you started, I am wondering if there is more to tell? Can you shoot another video on your a-z, marketing path and what you would do different had you known then what you know now? Thanks so much and as always, great job with your video.
9:45 I totally understand what you mean! A word of caution, I've actually done this to a fault. I'll say to myself, "well it's not the greatest picture but I can fix this and that in post". I envision the post processed image too much to where my standard for the SOOC image goes down! Definitely something to be careful of!
As a side note, I had a very similar day last year at Bryce! It was snowing, the canyon was filled with fog, and I spent the entire day with my 100-400 just getting shot after shot of telephoto goodness. Glad you had a good time!
Mark can you send a link to the gloves you were wearing, I really like those?
They’re from Vallerret
Great video! What gloves are you wearing? Is that a new camera backpack?
Awesome shots and vid! So cool you finally were able to go to Bryce Canyon.l have always wanted you to. It’s one of my personal favorite places to go to shoot since I live in Utah. The park doesn’t get enough attention compared to the others in Utah for how cool it is.
Really appreciate it Matt!
Great video! I really like your gloves, what's the brand and model?
They’re from Valerret
I love that last shot!
Thanks Barbara! I'm pretty happy with the way that one turned out!
I understand your rambling. Thank you.
Hahah! Thank ya friend!
Interesting, helpful, and timely video as I have recently been looking for more scene-within-the-scene opportunities for my 70-200mm f/4 lens.
Great to hear it was helpful Roger!
Great location! I would have shot a quick pano once the light started getting right.
My longest focal length right now would be 200mm on my Z 70-200mm F2.8 S Nikkor lens, which I use on either my Nikon Z6II or Z7II.
Beautiful landscape. Great advice on cropping.
Thanks Victoria!
Hello Mark -Thanks for that videos- and your photos are gorgeous- Just a comment about the sound of the video -May be due to the wind , the sound looks to be recorded very low -So not easy for a french guy to listen to you event when increasing my the speakers of my light top up to as high as possible -Bruno
Should I process my images before or after focus stacking?
This is a handy video, especially since I just picked up a used 70-200mm lens.
Glad you think so man - thank ya!
Great vid as usual. Did you pre-visualize the square crop of the final foto or decide after you got back to the 'lab'?
That was a great tip on the lens hood. I use olympus and they are kind of build in to the lenses so I always leave them on. But it is a good idea to get it of even if its a bit more work on the telephoto. I shoot with it often and have that camera shake issue a lot. Great video I just can't believe you were out there in your own. I think you're in Bruce canyon here? I was there in autumn once and there were litteraly thousands of people everywhere. Just before the last shot you say I found a great composition here can't believe I didn't notice it before. But you don't show the image. Now I'm thinking about why that is the whole day 🤣
Great advice on composing for crop.
Thanks Greg! Glad ya think so!
What point were you at when the video started? I will be there in two weeks and would love to see what I can find as well.
Love these tips :D :D and i like landscape photography
Thanks so much!
Mark which view point were you shooting from for sunset?
Very good video. One question. Which filter are you using in the video?
Best regards from Denmark
Thanks Michael! Is a CPL from NiSi
Hello Mark! I have a Canon Rebel T7 and I would like to change my kit lens. I really like the 70-200. Would you recommend that for a crop sensor camera?
Came here looking for the 70-200 video, ended up watching a video about the 100-200... great video none the less, keep up the fantastic work. On the first wide angle, did you focus stack as well?
Thank ya! It's a 100-200 on a medium format camera. No the first wide angle image is a single exposure.