How to Photograph Trees, Mushrooms and Rivers | Woodland Photography Tips
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- čas přidán 2. 10. 2017
- Sometimes when the weather is a bit rubbish, but you have that nature photography itch, heading into some secluded woodland is your best bet for photographic success.
In this tutorial, official Nikon Ambassador Ross Hoddinott shows you 3 great techniques you can use to properly capture and document a woodland area.
Learn how to take beautiful woodland stream images, as well as macro photos of fungi and some creative ICM images of trees with bold shapes.
This video was produced by NatureTTL.com, in partnership with B&H Photo Video - www.bhphotovideo.com
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Manfrotto LUMIMUSE 8 LED: geni.us/0fBeB
Lastolite 50cm Reflector: geni.us/oi2GmwZ
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Canon 16-35mm f/4 EF L IS USM: geni.us/vsIEP
Learn more about nature photography at www.naturettl.com/start-here/ - Věda a technologie
I rarely subscribe...having watched only two of your videos, I did subscribe. Clear, to the point, understandable, helpful. Thank you.
I had not even thought of using a portable light source to back light a subject. Can even use it as a rim light. Duh! WOW. THANK YOU!
Nice. I especially liked the little LED light as a backlight .
Great presentation indeed! Thorough, precise, thoughtful, and filled with useful info. Thanks, Ross
off to the woods first thing in the morning ! Thanks for some great tips I can use to improve my work.
Woodlands are so difficult to photograph, thanks for making this video!
By far the best video tutorial that I've come across on CZcams. Like the other viewer said, you should totally do more videos. Great content, precisely delivered. Thank you for the effort. Learnt a lot!
Wow! 11 minutes of very useful tips presented in a thoughtful manner. Thanks, so much!
Some really great tips and content thankyou!!!
Second video I’ve watched from you... great video, and much appreciated.
A brand new photographer thanks you. 🤙
Some of the best and precise explained videos in terms of composition and technics. Lots of dense information. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for the video. Some very nice ideas, both with the motion of the tree and the use of constant light for the macro.
What a gorgeous location!
Excellent Tips, Ross!. Thank you
Just subscribed. Excellent tips, all very well delivered. Thanks!
Excellent video. Really great ideas. Thank you!!
Thanks for the tips, can't wait to try it out! Your works are amazing!
Absolutely brilliant.... given me the inspiration to go and visit some woodland near me. Thank you Ross.
Awesome, thanks Di!
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Loved this, such great usable info. thanks
I agree with the prior posting. One of the best instructional documentations of considerations in one's shooting process that I have seen.
Excellent tutorial. Very clear, concise and informative. Thank you
I love capturing images of fungi. Great tips! Will definitely get an LED light and reflector. Thanks for the video. Subscribed!
I really liked the description of why you were doing certain things to get the shot you wanted. This was very informative and helpful. The shots were really nice.
Thank you - we'll make sure there's more of that guidance!
Super useful tips. I’m keen on ICM and you were spot on with your tips.
I love your videos. Keep up the great work!
Terrific video - the macro tips at the end were very helpful
Without a doubt the best informative video I’ve seen in ages...excellent and learned so much,, thank you for sharing...just subscribed!
So beautiful thank you for sharing
Thanks again for the video and camera tips on shooting in woodlands
Great ideas, I'll definitely put them to use in my next photo projects. Thanks
Ross you inspire me to take better photos . i love nature and asp by the sea ,clouds asp. and sunrise or sunsets with a wide landscape view. .i get confused with all the maths and calculations , but your approach getting out in the open helps me to grasp the subject.your a good teacher and know you subject well. thanks a bunch.
great. very informative and getting to the point quick. good job.
Always inspired by your macro work and try to emulate your style - unsuccessfully of course but your work always makes me strive to improve - thanks
Very well done! You covered a lot of great tips. Thanks!
Top tip about white balance and overcast days. It took me a while to get out of the habit of auto WB. My camera does do a a good job of getting it fairly accurate, but it wasn't until i started setting purposeful kelvin levels and carrying a white card to set a custom WB that my nature images began to remarkably improve and have life to them.
well done, Absolutely images. Thank!
I love that place!! one of my favourite places!!
Great tips! I especially like the bit about the mushroom lighting! Thank you for sharing!
Very Nice!! Loved the fungi shot!
Thanks Mike! :)
I really enjoyed watching this!
I agree with you that a lot of photographers get hung up on foreground interest. Obviously it's important for many shots but certainly not all of them. I think that's one of the reasons many landscape photographers are switching from wide-angle to telephoto as their main landscape lens. Compressing the background, bringing everything closer to the camera and focusing more on light, shape, texture etc. can create really powerful images. This also steers you away from taking those boring, repetitive postcard shots and allows for a more creative approach that show your unique view as an artist.
You are doing a huge mistake....by not making more videos!! This is the pace, level of tips and knowledge most youtubers dont have. Looking forward to more videos :-)
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Again great video. Well done. Professional. Your presentation is spot on.
Спасибо! Отличное видео!
Good video. I enjoyed your discussion about decision making and strategy for making your photos. I learned from this video.
Great suggestions. Am actually heading out to a national park and we have rain in the forecast for the first half of the week. So i'll take the macro and try this out.
An excellent and timely video Ross!
Thanks Les!
Great advice, thank you.
Great video really enjoyed it.
Thanks for your video I leave close to 2 nice forest and your advises will help me to be more imaginative
So good. Thanks heaps.
Great video very informative and very well presented
Great video, the first I have seen of your though I recently started getting your brilliant news letter. Personally, and this is purely a taste thing, I’m not a lover of ICM. Fantastic information all the way through with great advice. A very professionally presented video.
Great video!
thanks Ross, I have had some of my best shots in those woods, I usually visit spring and fall. for uk people this is Golitha Falls in Cornwall.
Thanks for giving the location.
I just watched this out of curiosity, but to my amazement, found that it was a very good video, TTL knew what he was talking out, no waffle, l shall take a look at TTL's other video's
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When using intentional movement during exposure, I use the delayed shutter so I am moving when the exposure starts. The reason I do that is to have a smooth image with no hard edges. Good video👍.
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I was stupid forgot the account password. I love any tips you can give me
@Watson Zaire Instablaster ;)
@Shepard Lucian i really appreciate your reply. I got to the site on google and I'm in the hacking process now.
I see it takes quite some time so I will reply here later with my results.
@Shepard Lucian It did the trick and I now got access to my account again. I am so happy!
Thank you so much, you really help me out !
@Watson Zaire you are welcome =)
Fantastic, a great really informative video, that has me itching to get out in to my local woods, definitely will do when the weather is not great , there are a lot of boring videos on CZcams, this is most definitely not one of them. Where is the next one...?
Coming every Tuesday!
enjoyed your video, like its helpful tips and well presented :)
Thank you for this video.
I learned a lot, thank you.
Great Video thanks
Great tips..
very helpful tips
Beautiful fotos 🥰
Great share!
Thanks for sharing
Thank you! I have taken notes :)
Awesome - hope it helps Angela.
me too :)
Some good advice nice one
Excellent video,great,Thanks!
Nice one Ross
Very good information , straight to the point , but I got question as I'm not pro ..well do you use manual setting for your macro pics or built in macro setting .
Thanks
Great video :)
Great tips! Never considered a polarizer in the woods.
today u have a new subcriber good job!
Thank you.
Thank you
Ty so much
very good video
Great camera height. If lowered you would lose the little stream coming in on the left side which sort of indicates an island in the center of the great composition. Thanks for all the tips.
I wish I have a camera like you...but I don't have camera like you...but I love to watch your video..as I love it n it's my interest to b a photographer
Enjoyed your video. I just purchased the D850 and I am in the process of setting it up. Do you have any recommendations for settings?
How do you like the Nikon D850. Black and white would make an interesting pic. I use ICM to take pic of lights. Christmas make a great shot. Thank you Ben
Hi Ross just stumbled across your channel whilst looking for inspiration and i was not disapointed great video and tips. Can I ask which woodland you was in the fast flowing river was awesome. I live in cambridge so its very flat and do not have rivers like that around here but was just curiuous as to where you where.
Where were you shooting? The forest looks amazing!
I like the use of the polarized lens. Is there one that will fit all different lenses without having to carry a lot of kit ? Also looks like a d850. Did you try the focus stacking on the 850?
Nice first vodeo guys.
Thanks Philip!
You great, I learn alot with you. Please which tripod is that please. Regards from Perú.
What type of polarizing filter is that ?? I can't find anything similar online...thanks
Are you at Golitha falls on Bodmin Moor?
Autumnal 😎🔥 lol
Do you adjust for the LED light in post production?
Thanks for a very useful video - beginner question please - in the first shot - where are you focusing and what sort of aperture did you use?
Hi Robert. It tends to be a case of focusing not right at the foreground, but a little bit further in. An aperture of around f/11 will render the majority of the scene sharp on a wide-angle - just check on the LCD the front to back sharpness. Check this article for more information on more precise focusing techniques: www.naturettl.com/how-to-use-hyperfocal-distance/
I might try shooting a mushroom using a mirror and light with the camera on a timer in order to get a low angle shot, that way I'll still have both hands free for lighting and angle.
Amazing job on the video. I will definitely be using this to help me with my photography.
Also i like what you did with your channel. You have my subscription would love to have your support as well.
ATB Joe 😎👊🏻
when using a sticky tripod use a piece of elastic like a bungee cord attached to the handle. It will act as a damper and reduce jerkiness
taking into account your a professional and I'm an amateur, the mushrooms DOF seemed to narrow to me, or for my tastes in photography I would have gone for a longer DOF
I think I would have focussed more towards the stalk of the fungi rather than the front edge and used a narrower aperture to capture the whole of the toadstool in focus using like a hyperfocal distance in order to keep the whole item sharp. Depth of field is always narrow when shooting macro so the background would still remain out of focus.
With regards to polarizers, can’t you just boost saturation in post and decrease highlights
Nice video but it would be nice to know what camera settings you used for each shot. Nothing too in depth, maybe just ISO, aperture and shutter speed 😊👍