This is excellent, thanks! I love your step-by-step approach. I, too, always use my camera in manual mode, so I really appreciated your doing emphasizing that.
Thanks Nigel, enjoyed that. I've tried HDR thus bracketing several times personally. I'm using the Nikon D750 with it's pletura of settings, and find it does a more than accurate job of finding white balance using Auto1. I've only been at this for a year, so still tons to learn, but I quite enjoyed your video, and will watch for further one's you make for us!
Thank you for this wonderful video, Nigel. It is so educative for Landscape photography. Great to see that you are still using the D700 in 2016.. Out of cusriosity, in the age of 24, 36 and megapixels, what is the biggest print you have done with images from the D700 and what were the results. I ask this because I see a lot of people focusing a lot on the megapixels although they hardly print ( me included).
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So in the 3 photos did he just move a point within the frame to meter the 3 diff pics in the water, cloud, tower or did he actually focus on the 3 separately and the recompose to the same final spot??
very informative but does state that composition is most important then appears to have an obvious negative view of Canon! who cares what the badge says it the eye behind the viewfinder that counts
Thank you, very useful! I am gonna be a hell of a photagrafer! I don`t need to see the final result. I saw it! You gotta leave something to you imagination.
It is so preposterous of him to abruptly end it after simply taking those 3 differently exposed shots. I believe the post-processing part here is of prime importance, and he should have showed us the whole of it to achieve that final single HDR picture.
If you are in manual mode, what is the point of using spot metering? Becuase you cannot use exposure compensation. Is it just so that you can read the light meter?
Angels Arehere Hi. I think you will be interested in landscape photography tips which are shared in our channel. Let give a tour and watch our videos :)
is it something funny about canon using different names for the functions? I am canon user so it might sound funny to me what nikon uses ... but it is not because i dont care about the names bt about what it does
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andy sheader At least he's informative. In the one video of yours you were in your car at 05h30 and when you got to your destination an hour or so later you mentioned you had missed the sunset. Rookie error...personally
@tinydancer2607 feel free to comment on any of my videos. I'm here to learn as I'm sure Nigel is. It's very easy to say, 'great video'. If I make a mistake I'll freely admit to it. I'd be interested to know which video you refer to, personally.
andy sheader "Peak District 2017" video. I'm not a malicious person and not a keyboard warrior but this guy was trying and it's not nice to ridicule people who are not naturally gifted in front of a camera. Just didn't appreciate the comments by some folk. Good luck in your videos. I will keep an eye out for yours
I'm new to DSLR, but understand what I believe the ratio to be is 1.5 xs the focal length for a full frame sensor. So, 10mm full frsme is approx. 15-16 mm for crop sensor... :)
one more note ... you shoot raw and then you say how important is white balance for you ... you trust your camera ... normal people trust the way raw works so they can change white balance anytime later in post. ..
if 35 mm full frame is equivalent to 50 mm crop sensor camera then how a 16 mm full frame is equivalent to 10 mm crop sensor camera?? It should be logically 24 mm equivalent in crop sensor
If the crop factor is 1.6, then a 16mm lens on a Full Frame camera equals 25.6mm on a crop sensor camera. Ergo, a 35mm on a Full Frame equals 56mm on a crop sensor camera.
Thanks for the nice video. Newer cameras, like the D750 have incredible dynamic range. Knowing that blown highlights cannot be recovered, i pay attention to the clouds. I also keep in mind that bracketing water is not pleasant. I love the highlight priority setting in my D750, and find amazing how much one can recover in the shadows, darker areas!
This man was generous enough to take the time to shoot this video to help photographers, and some of the nasty comments are so childish, grow up people. Thank you Nigel for the great video.
Could someone answer a simple question for me. He seemed to be using spot focussing and metering, but then also was in manual mode. As he has selected the ISO and aperture, does the camera or the person then select the correct shutter speed? How is this different to aperture priority? If the person selected, how did he make the decision, was it by eye?
Can someone please explain why he took 3 photos exposing for the sky, the water and the tower? does he later combine them somehow? or is it to find a middle number to use to get all 3 things properly exposed?
He would merge them to bring out the details of each exposure, which would create an HDR image. He could also adjust one of the images in something like Lightroom to bring out most of those details (e.g. lower the highlights, increase the shadows etc). It would have been nice to actually see his final image.
Dear Nigel,I'm struggling buying a landscape lens. The objective (Nikon 16-35mm F/4) you use, in your very good reviews, are according to other reviewers, lack of sharpening by manual focussing by mis-communication between focus ring and inner focus unit. The lens is primarily targeting the professional market and thus the build quality is accordingly high. The outer barrel is made of a magnesium alloy and there are seals for dust and moisture protection. Both the zoom and focus ring work smoothly and are well damped, but at least on our review unit the focus ring showed a little play: not in the focus ring itself, but in the coupling with the actual focus unit. When changing the focus direction, it takes a few millimeters of movement until the focus unit actually follows the focus ring. This can be annoying when trying to nail critical focus, for example in Live View. Do you have the same experience? The same counts for the ""newly"" prime lenses 20, 24, 28, 35 mm F/1.8G ED. So for me as starting (hobby) landscape photographer difficult to decide which objective to buy.Please, respond.Thanks in advanceKindly regards,E. Velthorstthe NetherlandsP.S,Again: I have read your reviews with great interest.
Given the "infinity"-distance of your subjects, an aperture around 8-11 ( = optimum image quality) would have done the same exposure with a lot shorter shutter times, reducing the chance for vibrations. Dito would the removal of the camera strap have help in that, too, esp. with the center column being extended so much. If You shoot in RAW, then the white-balance setting is irrelevant, as the RAW-file contains only the pure exposure data and the WB-setting is changeable in post-processing. Otherwise an informative video for beginners. ATB, Gereon
I must admit that this video is very detailed for a newbie to Landscape Photography...But it could have been simplified on the techniques regarding how to expose for the sky, water and other part of the scene. Your video has failed to teach how expose for various part of a scene which is a technique that is so lacking in photography techniques amongst enthusiasts like me...To the point that you have resulted into using the Bracketing Method which is just guessing the scene with a digital camera. You could have saved half of your video time covering that and your video would have received Thumb Up Vote.
..I have a point and shoot Camera Nikon cool pix L 840 Am having trouble in getting those deep blue skies on clear days I have a landscape setting and a Hue setting with color code from Green to dark Red My time time exposure is very limited 10 seconds
1. Put the lens hood on. 2. Remove the strap when it's windy. 3. Use aparture mode, take a picture, check the histogram, compensate, take a final picture, post process. Job done.
Good video thanks for sharing,i used to have a D700 a very goof all rounder FX camera, now using Canon APSC. Its important to keep things simple and to the point, this is a big mistake that most video channels make in over complicating matters. Its good of you to take time to help others
A finished photo after all the instruction would probably make me subscribe. I am assuming that all this comes together with an amazing shot. I say this as I jump around to different videos with ease in an attempt to learn something. What did dawn on me that I was doing wrong was the 3 shots taken at once instead of separately as I have been doing. Although I like my finished photo the clouds look strange because of the movement that happens between shots.
Hi, very good explanation about the settings. I'm new to landscape photography and just wanted to ask why you didn't bracket the shot rather than use the focus point tracker and whats the difference?
Would you be able to do something similar (bracketing) on a landscape scene and then mesh those 3 images together through software without a tripod? I will be travelling soon but space is limited and I won't be able to bring a tripod with me.
Wow.. Thanks a lot, I just wanted to brush up before going for a shoot, it was as you simple and easy to understand, it all kept coming back, can't thank you enough. Keep the good work.
I've fallen into landscape photography almost by accident. I found myself taking two cameras when shooting birds, a Canon 7DII with a 150-600 and a 5DII with a wide angled lens for the scenery while I'm waiting for the bird shot. More and more I've enjoyed the challenge of trying to capture amazing scenery in a different way whilst relaying the magnitude of what we are seeing. This is a great video and I certainly never thought of spot metering and to be honest I've not exposed for different parts of the scene either. What I liked most of all as a disabled man is that you took your photo from an accessible location. Thank you and I'm now going in search of more of your videos. Subscribed.
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Here's a tip; In windy conditions as such, remove the bloody shoulder strap! How much vibration does that create?
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in long exposure i agree , it will make vibration , i think with a shutter speed of 1/100 or more it won't matter as much .
This is excellent, thanks! I love your step-by-step approach. I, too, always use my camera in manual mode, so I really appreciated your doing emphasizing that.
Thanks Nigel, enjoyed that. I've tried HDR thus bracketing several times personally. I'm using the Nikon D750 with it's pletura of settings, and find it does a more than accurate job of finding white balance using Auto1. I've only been at this for a year, so still tons to learn, but I quite enjoyed your video, and will watch for further one's you make for us!
Thank you for this wonderful video, Nigel. It is so educative for Landscape photography. Great to see that you are still using the D700 in 2016.. Out of cusriosity, in the age of 24, 36 and megapixels, what is the biggest print you have done with images from the D700 and what were the results. I ask this because I see a lot of people focusing a lot on the megapixels although they hardly print ( me included).
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I wish you had shown us the final result.
Exactly
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Good video, apart from the wind noise, but a finished with an edited shot that you have created would be a good finish.....
Graham Gillett Hi. I think you will be interested in landscape photography tips which are shared in our channel. Let give a tour and watch our videos :)
most important is u got the massage
there was a massage!?
Yes lol
I actually like the wind noise, (probably no mic sock), as it gives the feel I'm there.
i was expecting to see the final result.
I thought it was Gordon Ramsay at the start haha. Great tutorial, thanks for doing this vid.
Thank you Nigel. You just earn another subscriber.
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Can believe we did not see the final photo. Is there another video out which shows you taking the photo then doing the edit?
So in the 3 photos did he just move a point within the frame to meter the 3 diff pics in the water, cloud, tower or did he actually focus on the 3 separately and the recompose to the same final spot??
very informative, cheers Nigel
Very good, very clear.
Thank you for the great video. I did learn a lot.
Great, where's the photo?
😄😅 .. And I thought I would see results but .. at the end big nothing!
If you use Manual mode does the metering mode matter? Aren’t you selecting the exposure?
Great tutorial. Thank you for upload.
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very informative but does state that composition is most important then appears to have an obvious negative view of Canon! who cares what the badge says it the eye behind the viewfinder that counts
regards from malaysia. thank you for this.
Can i shot with Nikon d5100 ??? if not, pls give me another option with the same budget
Less Canon prejudice would be good.
Stupid question: How do you pull the three bracketed shots together to create the final image?
He would use software like Photomatix, Aurora or Lightroom CC now has it built in. I like using Photomatix.
Thank you, very useful! I am gonna be a hell of a photagrafer! I don`t need to see the final result. I saw it! You gotta leave something to you imagination.
Hi , i have nikon d90 , in ISO i have Lo-0.3 , Lo- 0.7 and Lo- 1 .... is it ISO-30 , ISO-70 and ISO- 100 ?
It is so preposterous of him to abruptly end it after simply taking those 3 differently exposed shots. I believe the post-processing part here is of prime importance, and he should have showed us the whole of it to achieve that final single HDR picture.
It is all coming for free. At least appreciate his efforts.
If you are in manual mode, what is the point of using spot metering? Becuase you cannot use exposure compensation. Is it just so that you can read the light meter?
Really nice video, don't listen to the whiners on the comments... great job👍
Angels Arehere Hi. I think you will be interested in landscape photography tips which are shared in our channel. Let give a tour and watch our videos :)
If you want to take your landscape photography to the next level then go here now: HootLand.info
is it something funny about canon using different names for the functions? I am canon user so it might sound funny to me what nikon uses ... but it is not because i dont care about the names bt about what it does
What music is at the start of this clip?
beautiful pictures I subscribe
"Precisely" no its a reference point from zone 5-18 percent gray
This guy is the Gordon Ramsay of photography, he even looks like him
Decent video covering the basics. Too many 'err's and 'erm''s for me ;)
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andy sheader At least he's informative. In the one video of yours you were in your car at 05h30 and when you got to your destination an hour or so later you mentioned you had missed the sunset. Rookie error...personally
@tinydancer2607 feel free to comment on any of my videos. I'm here to learn as I'm sure Nigel is. It's very easy to say, 'great video'. If I make a mistake I'll freely admit to it. I'd be interested to know which video you refer to, personally.
andy sheader "Peak District 2017" video. I'm not a malicious person and not a keyboard warrior but this guy was trying and it's not nice to ridicule people who are not naturally gifted in front of a camera. Just didn't appreciate the comments by some folk. Good luck in your videos. I will keep an eye out for yours
"16mm which is equal to 10mm on a crop frame camera" Did I hear that right?? Isn't there something wrong there?
I'm new to DSLR, but understand what I believe the ratio to be is 1.5 xs the focal length for a full frame sensor. So, 10mm full frsme is approx. 15-16 mm for crop sensor... :)
one more note ... you shoot raw and then you say how important is white balance for you ... you trust your camera ... normal people trust the way raw works so they can change white balance anytime later in post. ..
basic setting is to remove the strap... :(
I wish you'd stop saying " as you can tell " why would I be watching this if i could ? Thumbs down for that
too many 'eh'
ermm ermm ermm ermm
Started to watch it then you licked the snot running down your lip. NOPE!
if 35 mm full frame is equivalent to 50 mm crop sensor camera then how a 16 mm full frame is equivalent to 10 mm crop sensor camera?? It should be logically 24 mm equivalent in crop sensor
He meant that you would need a 10mm lens with crop sensor to get the same results he gets with his FF body.
because 35mm on FF isn't equivalent to 50mm on a crop, it is equivalent to approximately a 24mm on a crop.
If the crop factor is 1.6, then a 16mm lens on a Full Frame camera equals 25.6mm on a crop sensor camera. Ergo, a 35mm on a Full Frame equals 56mm on a crop sensor camera.
Thanks for the nice video. Newer cameras, like the D750 have incredible dynamic range. Knowing that blown highlights cannot be recovered, i pay attention to the clouds. I also keep in mind that bracketing water is not pleasant. I love the highlight priority setting in my D750, and find amazing how much one can recover in the shadows, darker areas!
This man was generous enough to take the time to shoot this video to help photographers, and some of the nasty comments are so childish, grow up people. Thank you Nigel for the great video.
Oh look, Michael Palin's twin.
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Could someone answer a simple question for me. He seemed to be using spot focussing and metering, but then also was in manual mode. As he has selected the ISO and aperture, does the camera or the person then select the correct shutter speed? How is this different to aperture priority? If the person selected, how did he make the decision, was it by eye?
Hehe nice video man! I still use this old camera with excellent results!
nice but I wood be tempted to remove that strap.
Would
something came out of your nose and you licked it, is that correct ? Good tips tho !
Can someone please explain why he took 3 photos exposing for the sky, the water and the tower? does he later combine them somehow? or is it to find a middle number to use to get all 3 things properly exposed?
He would merge them to bring out the details of each exposure, which would create an HDR image. He could also adjust one of the images in something like Lightroom to bring out most of those details (e.g. lower the highlights, increase the shadows etc). It would have been nice to actually see his final image.
Agreed. He really should have added the final result of the merged HDR landscape image to tie it all togeher. Good video though, nonetheless.
yea to do that at the end, and not explain why, confusing.
you re talking tooooo much. click for heaven s sake ... pleeeaaase
Varun Kamal yeah telll him to use P instead
Dear Nigel,I'm struggling buying a landscape lens. The objective (Nikon 16-35mm F/4) you use, in your very good reviews, are according to other reviewers, lack of sharpening by manual focussing by mis-communication between focus ring and inner focus unit.
The lens is primarily targeting the
professional market and thus the build quality is accordingly high. The outer
barrel is made of a magnesium alloy and there are seals for dust and moisture
protection. Both the zoom and focus ring work smoothly and are well damped, but at least
on our review unit the focus ring showed a little play: not in the focus ring
itself, but in the coupling with the actual focus unit. When changing the focus
direction, it takes a few millimeters of movement until the focus unit actually
follows the focus ring. This can be annoying when trying to nail critical
focus, for example in Live View.
Do you have the same experience? The same counts for the ""newly"" prime lenses 20, 24, 28, 35 mm F/1.8G ED. So for me as starting (hobby) landscape photographer difficult to decide which objective to buy.Please, respond.Thanks in advanceKindly regards,E. Velthorstthe NetherlandsP.S,Again: I have read your reviews with great interest.
Given the "infinity"-distance of your subjects, an aperture around 8-11 ( = optimum image quality) would have done the same exposure with a lot shorter shutter times, reducing the chance for vibrations. Dito would the removal of the camera strap have help in that, too, esp. with the center column being extended so much. If You shoot in RAW, then the white-balance setting is irrelevant, as the RAW-file contains only the pure exposure data and the WB-setting is changeable in post-processing. Otherwise an informative video for beginners. ATB, Gereon
I must admit that this video is very detailed for a newbie to Landscape Photography...But it could have been simplified on the techniques regarding how to expose for the sky, water and other part of the scene. Your video has failed to teach how expose for various part of a scene which is a technique that is so lacking in photography techniques amongst enthusiasts like me...To the point that you have resulted into using the Bracketing Method which is just guessing the scene with a digital camera. You could have saved half of your video time covering that and your video would have received Thumb Up Vote.
..I have a point and shoot Camera Nikon cool pix L 840 Am having trouble in getting those deep blue skies on clear days I have a landscape setting and a Hue setting with color code from Green to dark Red My time time exposure is very limited 10 seconds
1. Put the lens hood on. 2. Remove the strap when it's windy. 3. Use aparture mode, take a picture, check the histogram, compensate, take a final picture, post process. Job done.
Good video thanks for sharing,i used to have a D700 a very goof all rounder FX camera, now using Canon APSC. Its important to keep things simple and to the point, this is a big mistake that most video channels make in over complicating matters. Its good of you to take time to help others
A finished photo after all the instruction would probably make me subscribe. I am assuming that all this comes together with an amazing shot. I say this as I jump around to different videos with ease in an attempt to learn something. What did dawn on me that I was doing wrong was the 3 shots taken at once instead of separately as I have been doing. Although I like my finished photo the clouds look strange because of the movement that happens between shots.
Hi, very good explanation about the settings. I'm new to landscape photography and just wanted to ask why you didn't bracket the shot rather than use the focus point tracker and whats the difference?
Would you be able to do something similar (bracketing) on a landscape scene and then mesh those 3 images together through software without a tripod? I will be travelling soon but space is limited and I won't be able to bring a tripod with me.
Wow.. Thanks a lot, I just wanted to brush up before going for a shoot, it was as you simple and easy to understand, it all kept coming back, can't thank you enough. Keep the good work.
Erm, erm, erm, erm, as soon as I noticed just how often you said that I had to turn this video off.
nice !
ISO is one word and not an acronym
I also missed the final result and was irritated by the shoulder strap. Also I missed information about the mirror.
Thanks for the tips. I was waiting for the final result... but anyways, im subscribing right now:)
I didn't understand the 2 options He use at the same time for focus with tripod, please someone tell, thanks.
To many Erms and ers, it distracted me from what could have been a god training video.
I’m still waiting for the basic settings to use for landscape photography
And take the Neck strap off if it's windy and the exposures are of any length.
I know focus f 11 low is0
Of the trhe photosyou have taken do you combine them or leave separated.??
I've fallen into landscape photography almost by accident. I found myself taking two cameras when shooting birds, a Canon 7DII with a 150-600 and a 5DII with a wide angled lens for the scenery while I'm waiting for the bird shot. More and more I've enjoyed the challenge of trying to capture amazing scenery in a different way whilst relaying the magnitude of what we are seeing. This is a great video and I certainly never thought of spot metering and to be honest I've not exposed for different parts of the scene either. What I liked most of all as a disabled man is that you took your photo from an accessible location. Thank you and I'm now going in search of more of your videos. Subscribed.
When I say "shooting birds" I mean with a camera.
How do I know if my camera will allow the focus point to also be the spot meter area?
Thanks Nigel. A very articulate, useful and balanced approach.
Simple settings but loads of useful information. Much appreciated!
The way u look at the Camera tell all about your love and Passion for Photography
Brilliant shots
Very instructive but it would have been nice to have see the end result.
Errrmmmm...........
Erm.........and.......
Erm......
Very good video. Thanks for your walkthrough!
This is when train spotters start making photo vlogs.
Very very very very informative...thank u sir.
I am enjoying becoming a better photographer!
Where the result sir?
Liked the video very much. Thanks.
Wonderful lesson in photography, appreciated
WoW great video thanks for sharing!
he say HUMMP over ninethousand
You look like Buck from Ice Age 3
and sony?
Great video nice
yes, I agree with Jordan
Omong mlolo been kek
and the finished picture?
Thanks, Great Video
very good this pragramm
sunsets are great
Great video!!