Chasing Landscapes with Leica
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- Опубліковано 2 чер 2024
- Want to be a better landscape photographer? Here's what I've learned taking photos across many various landscapes with my Leica cameras, and how you can improve your landscape photography with a few small mindset shifts. See more galleries at dave.online/travels
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I've never thought about the dual or tri-tone landscapes thing. Now I'm going to have a different outlook on it. Thank for you explaining this!
Can always learn something new
Awesome, best of luck out there!
Landscape and Leica M is definitely an underrated combo. Most Leica M conversations revolve around street, travel, and portraits, but the compact form factor, glass, and resolution are great for landscape. Love the simple techniques you outlined, and your landscape shots are gorgeous. More content like this would be awesome. I shoot Sony but one of these days I hope to incorporate some Leica gear into my kit.
Thanks! I’m planning to ramp up the landscape videos throughout the year!
It’s my main camera for landscape photography :)
@@romaingautier2986 @davidherring @barakbruerd140 what are you using in terms of filter system?
Just a standard UV. I don't use filters. Too complicated for the way I shoot. I don't really use a tripod either. Just a Leica in the hand.
Dude, your landscape work is gorgeous.
Thank you!
Dave I commend you not only on the great photographs but your precise editing as well. It’s so easy to over edit but you did just enough and the consistency in which you did this was very well done. Subscribed
Thanks! I try to keep things natural while still being artistic.
Another great video with great tips and amazing images. Thank you!
Appreciate it!
I agree with your point about the 135 for landscapes and it led me to purchase a 135 Tele-Elmar for an incredible $270. Incredibly sharp and fast enough at f4. A much easier carry for long hikes. I don’t know why so many folks are afraid of using longer glass on Ms.
I need to get a 135 for my M. I rented the APO 135 a few months ago and was unimpressed. Even at f8 nearly every shot was soft. Maybe it was a bad lens?
When I migrated from Nikon to Leica one of the items I hated to depart with was the AIS 135 f2.8. That was a great lens but I like my Leica equally. Can’t say anything about the lens you tried but have to think something was wrong with it. I did have a CLA done by DAG after I got mine simply because of the age.
90mm is a super underrated focal length on Leica. I got the 90mm f2.4 Summarit a couple years ago and it absolutely blew me away. Super fun to punch in on a subject and get some good depth and separation from the rest of the scene
Agreed! I have that same lens and I love it.
Great video - practical tips and some really beautiful images. I like your approach to simplifying the gear you take and post production. 🙏👏
Thanks for the kind words!
Excellent work Dave, thanks for posting.
Thank you!
And people say Leicas aren’t for landscapes. Nonsense!
Agreed! A camera is a camera and what the person does with it is what gives the camera purpose.
A pixel is a pixel, even if they are all made by Sony
@@r423sdex it’s all about the glass. 😊
Amazing video mate, I can't remember when is the last time I saw such a breathtaking set of landscape photography that makes me pause and admire the composition and subject so much, and doesnt stick to the wide angle long exp over edit cliche 🖤
Oh man thank you so much!
A 35mm and a 90mm were not the lens combo I was expecting you to say, but the results really speak for themselves. There is some great advice in here and the examples prove what you are saying.
Thanks! Yeah the 35 / 90 is definitely a great landscape combo to cover both wide and textured shots.
I’ve started using the same lens combo in recent months and really liking it.
Thank you for this wonderful video. Love your images. I will give it a try with my M10. 😊❤❤❤
Have fun!
Stunning works Dave!
Thanks Sam!
Phenomenal shots, wowza! Very very informative, Dave! Thank you
Thank you so much!
I randomly came across your channel. Happy that I found it, awesome mix between photography and gear, love it! Keep going :)
Thank you!
These are unbelievable landscapes. Typically i have very little interest in landscapes as it seems they don't capture the feeling of being in these amazing spots...but these are doing something different. Tremendous work and very inspiring. Thanks
Thanks so much!
Great photos! Very natural looking colors, makes you feel like you can reach out and touch the scene. I shoot most of my landscapes with my Leica as well.
Thank you! While I do edit my photos, I try to keep it very natural and non-HDR feeling.
These are phenomenal photos you've shared here dude. Love your insights on the telephoto lens, I need to add one to my kit.
Thanks bro! I just need to bring a few of my Leica's and lenses out your way and let's see what happens haha.
@@davidherring Lets do it! I'll also be in Yosemite in two weeks
Amazing video Dave. So inspiring. Your tips are so useful . Glad I found a real photographer who believes that Leica M system is not only for street photography. 😊
Aww thank you!
Great job Dave.
Thanks!
That is some impressive work. I wasn't aware you made a lot of photographs like this. Beautiful work!
Thanks Bob. This is my primary photography style, and has been for many years. My website is full of landscape galleries. I love making images like this!
Just outstanding!
Thank you!
Oh man. Perfect timing. I'm heading to Montana this summer, and I'll be on 35+90 and my Leica (and Jupiter 135/3.5 cause why not?). I usually shoot street, so these straight forward tips will definitely give me some direction when I'm having trouble seeing a shot. Great video! Consistently solid content, even more than before.
Thanks! Enjoy that trip to Montana. Landscape photography out there is such a joy.
Great work and thanks for sharing
Thanks!
thanks dave! love the talking through the photography! also... buffaloes
Thanks Jack!
Nice work Dave. Yeah, I’ve been shooting landscape with Leica Ms too. Right now my edc is a M10 with 35 and 75 mm lenses. Light and easy.
Nice! For me it's 35, 50, and 90 most of the time.
Beautiful images!
Thank you!
Great video, awesome photos
Thanks!
This is a special video 🙂👌 very inspiring. You are incredibly talented 👏
Thank you so much!
Quite a few breathtaking shots here. I subscribed
Thank you!
I have a 35mm summilux lens and I’ve really been considering adding a 90mm to my set. This video has helped me visualise what that could be like!
Look up the 90 Summarit. It's super affordable, sharp, and unless you need lower than f/2.4, all you need.
love your stuff dude!
Thanks so much!
Great video and photos. I make a lot of landscape photos with telephoto lenses. Of course, this really depends on the location but longer lenses can be very effective tools for landscape photography.
I think telephoto lenses give such a unique look to landscapes and should be openly embraced.
Wow! amazing phots!
Thank you!
I must say that your landscapes are super good! I usually shoot landscapes with 90 mm. I feel that is a great focal length.
Appreciate it. Love using the 90mm for landscapes.
This is really impressive lens work!!!
Thank you!
hi, just love the texture and tritone concepts, cheers from Montreal
Give them a try and see what you think!
I´m considereing more landscaping photographer too, and when i starting to doing with the leica cameras are gorgeous, so unique experience and the feelings that you have is superior, thanks for this video my friend :)
Thanks for sharing!
That shot of Alabama Hills is amazing.
It's one of my favorites I've ever taken. It was about 15mins before the sun came up and it was really perfect conditions.
Beautiful images Dave. You should do a little editing video on how you get your look to these too
Thanks! verygoodpresets.com has videos of me editing quite a bit.
Your photos are fantastic! Love them❤
Thanks you so much!
First time watching your content, worth subscribing for sure 👍🏼 which I did of course 😉 Thanks man, keep up the good work
Awesome, thank you! And welcome!
Leica M isn’t just street photography for sure. You would love the APO-M Telyt 135mm. Great compression. Also still works with the rangefinder with the newer models.
I rented that lens and every photo I did (focused at infinity) was soft and looked awful. Told Lensrental and they checked and said it was fine. To their credit, they refunded my rental, but I was really disappointed in that lens. Maybe it was a bad copy.
@@davidherring interesting. Maybe that lens was out of rangefinder calibration. There are older vintage 135s as well.
Stunning images Dave. There is just something about the colours in a landscape shot on a Leica M.
Thank you. Completely agree… M landscapes are beautiful.
My favourite Leica lens for landscape is my 21mm 3.4 super elmar pair with my M10 and M5 .
Thanks for sharing!
Lovely images! By the way, Oscar Barnack originally created the Leica for landscapes ie hikes and holidays. My Ms are my fav landscape kit as well. I became wiser, left all the heavy stuff at home. Thanks for sharing. Cheers
M's as a landscape camera just feels so right. Thanks for sharing!
I’m rocking a 40 and 90 m-rokkor set with my Minolta CLE, and it’s great to have such a tiny, capable setup. I also got a Konica 28/2.8, but it’s much denser, so one day I’d love to find a Minolta 28mm without the white spots…
Nice setup!
@@davidherring thanks! It also has a little buddy Canonet QL17 GIII 😹
At first buying the Leica rangefinder, MD 262, seemed to go against it being a landscape photographers camera.
You proved them wrong...!
Thank you! I really love shooting landscapes and the Leica M feels perfect for it.
@@davidherring
I live in the wilderness of Oklahoma and all I shoot are landscapes with the Leica M. The photos are mesmerizing on my computer.
I will now take the M to Italy instead of my film camera for photography, X-Rays are a bummer...!
This is inspiring me to get out to take some landscapes
Good to hear!
so inspiring, beautiful work and beautifully edited.........is there a press you love the best for these type of shots?
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Wtf dude your landscapes are amazing
Ha thanks! It's kinda my thing.
If 35 mm is not enough, simply take 3 pictures in portrait format next to each other and join them later. This will give you a wider angle of view. You can then crop the resulting panorama as you wish, as it has a very high resolution anyway.
I know this is common in landscape photography, I've just never felt like 35mm isn't enough (except in rare cases where, given the planning I had done, I brought the lens I'd want to use).
This was really inspirational. I have an M6 and M10 that I almost never take with me for landscape photography. I always think of them as better suited for more small-scale photography (portraits, street, etc). But this has me excited to take them on my next road trip. I also noticed you have a uv on your lens. No concerns about image degradation? Most of all, thanks!
You definitely should take them with you and try some landscapes. Here's the thing about UV... if shoot with it on/off and looked for any degradation, I could probably find it. But I also am jumping in/out of my car, driving with the strap around my body and the camera on my belly so I can jump out easily if I see something I like, and sometimes put the M11 in the cup holder on a roadtrip. The UV is worth protecting my Summilux lenses, even if I take a bit of a quality hit. All the photos in every gallery I have (including this video) had a UV filter on. I think they're just fine. Hope this helps!
@@davidherring Thanks for the reply! I use a UV - they make a great substitute for a lens cap on a rangefinder to avoid forgetting you have an actual lens cap on - but always wondered if I was losing a little something IQ-wise. But your shots tell me to stop worrying. Again, thanks for the reply!
Love your content brother just bought your presets I shot canon and Fuji but recently I went to local Leica store and took an M11 for a test run can’t decide between an M10R or M11 I watch all your videos hope I come up with a decision fast 😂
Thanks for the comment! I loved my M10R but now that I have moved over to an M11, I honestly only miss a few small components of it. The M11 is an incredible camera and if you can swing it, I think you'll be happier in the long run. My two cents!
@@davidherring thanks brother think ima have to swing the m11 route 😂😂 won’t lie after using it I did fall in love with it and the whole experience of using it think my Fuji opened the doors for me getting into the Leica ecosystem and your videos pushed me thru the threshold 😂
@CineVinci happy I could help! You won’t regret it.
I bought my M11 mainly to do landscapes/travel and to have the 90mm f4 Elmar (which I haven’t yet been able to afford) plus a wider lens as a two lens combo. I’m not sure whether 28mm or 35mm is the better wide angle lens. In the meantime I bought a 50mm Summicron to make it easier to stitch together panorama pics as a 50mm is likely to have less distortion at the edges than wider lenses.
Thanks for sharing!
Thanks Dave for sharing. Can tell me how you protect your Leica in bad weather conditions like rain or snow ?
Don't take my advice... I just hope for the best! I carry it inside my jacket often, or in a bag, and only pull it out for the photo and wipe it off and put it back in. If it's raining or snowing too hard, I just don't do it. But that's only happened once when I was out taking photos, and it was in the Hoh Rainforest, ironically.
Well, done
Thanks!
You should do more landscape photography videos.
I’ve got one specific to Yellowstone coming in a couple of weeks 💪🏼
Where did you get that hat? That is cold as hell 🔥
The one I’m wearing while taking? Yellow108!
All handheld Dave or do you also take a tripod out with you?
Mostly handheld. I rarely use a tripod, and if I did, it was because it was very much blue-hour and the shutter was too low to make it happen handheld.
what does everybody recommend for filter system for M lenses, from 35mm to tri-el-mar ??
I don't use filters other than a UV on my lenses so I'm not really going to be helpful in this discussion.
@@davidherring i just discovered your channel and website.. looks awesome. .great job
@ivan_gomez thank you!
All the images you displayed are from your Leica?
Not all of them. Hyper focal lengths are Sony.
@@davidherring would be nice to know next video you make which images are specifically Leica and maybe the focal length. Shoot, throw in the serial number 🤣
Thanks Dave for the tips, will defo look out for tri-tomes next time I’m out
Nice! It’s honestly not too hard to find.
Is it true that Leica uses Sony sensors.
As far as I know, Sony is the only producer of the 61mp sensor that is in both the Leica M11 & Sony A7RV. However, the sensor is just hardware. The tech that makes the sensor data applicable is vastly different between the brands.
@@davidherring Yep. Only the M11
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Haha I wish!
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GREAT video @davidherring
Thank you!