The 55-250 is a decent budget zoom, it doesn't get me excited but for the price you can find them used they are a decent value. There is an updated 55-250 coming out at end of September that will be slightly better quality and STM. The cheap sigma and tamron zooms I am even less a fan of. Hope that helps.
Thanks for another great video. I was recently at a waterfall and encountered the issue you mentioned of having too much light (it was mid afternoon) for a long exposure shot of the falling water. I would be interested in learning more about the uses and applications of a neutral grey filter, as well as their pros and cons. I was using a Canon 70D with a kit 18 - 135mm lens. I think that another interesting experiment would be to exposure bracket a waterfall facing into the sunset and then applying some HDR finishing.
Thank you so much for these tips. I tried them out on a recent trip to WV and can proudly say that I captured some beautiful and soft waterfall photos. You've given me a bit more confidence. :)
Well as a beginner, this video definitely made sense of the countless other videos I have watched about aperture, iso and shutter speed. Thank you and make more videos with the 700d please toby
Hi again Toby, I was at local camera club the other evening and one of the older gentleman talked about shooting waterfalls and experimenting with photoshop. His tip for getting the best out of the effect of moving water into a camera shot was to shoot three consecutive shots at a faster speed of the waterfall and then apply each photo as a separate layer in PS and put them together to make one final photo, It certainly looked a lot livelier water view. Shutter speed I think was three at 1/15th of a second instead of half a second with one shot. I must confess it did seem to produce a better finished product of the actual waterfall. Over to you.
Interesting. I will have to give it a try sometime. Most photos I see of this type are just one long exposure - benefit there is not post processing needed. A benefit of your friends technique -shorter shutter speeds means you can do it even when light levels are high. I imagine it really depends on the look you are going for and the stream speed. thanks!
Without a filter you would need to go when it is darker - otherwise too much light and you can't get those long shutter speeds. Also the circular polarizer helps cut reflections.
Toby, I saw that you use the picture style set to "User Def. 2". Please, when you have the opportunity, talk about "picture style" in some of your future videos, and if there any diference even shooting in RAW! Thanks
I think you are saying 1-2 seconds? The filters also cuts down on the reflections and brings out the green in the leaves. I do agree that there isn't much difference in these examples between 1-2 seconds and 8 seconds but I have shot other images of flowing water that looked much better at 8 seconds.
The Transcend is fine but I do like the performance/value of the SanDisk Extremes - not the Pros - those are too pricey, link under video leads to more information and recommended SD cards.
great video. You are funny, I had to laugh out loud when you were talking about the polarizing lens. I know about that as well. lol. Take Care, great work in putting these videos together and we thank you for your time, keep up the great work.
You mention mirror lock-up, if you have live view on usually the mirror is up then. So if your camera doesn't have a mirror lock-up but has live view you're ok for mirror shake.
I shoot Raw 99.9% of the time so I ignore picture styles almost always, because RAW ignores them. I am not sure how it got set on that but I will certainly talk about that at some point in the future. Thanks.
I do have a blog post that covers some of what you are asking for - send me a message on facebook and I wil give you the link. My facebook is linked under the video.
Great job!!! I think we are ready for another on location long exposure video. Is there any way you could take us along with you on another long exposure video? Awesome job once again - two thumbs up and hoping to see another long exposure video sometime soon.
Nice tutorial, thanks. Have you tried long exposure of the night sky, for like 5 hours, to get the steaks of the movement of the Starts circling around Polaris, the North Star as the Earth spins? Do you have any ISO & F-stop setting recommendations for doing that? Thanks Again.
Great explaining and information, thank you so much. I have a Canon Powershot sx50 hs, only goes to f8 and max 15 sec exposure but with filters I get great shots of running water, with info I hope to make them better, thank you. P.S. I cant afford a proper DSLR yet, Do you recommend the T5i?
Very nice! Watching you get out in nature motivates me to do the same. Thanks! Question: Does the Nikon d5200 have a feature like the back button auto focus?
Tarif Anzum circular polarizers are filters that will polarize your shot. ND filters will darken the outside of your lense which will allow you to take a long exposure during the day or in brighter conditions
I like watching your videos and I get a lot of great tips and techniques. I'm just wondering what tripod are you using? I am looking for a cheap carbon fiber ebay tripod and do you think it's a good idea to buy ebay cheap CF tripod?
Hi there, I have a Canon 650D Rebel T4i and I use Class 10 16GB SD Cards. It just seems to be that every time I take a long exposure for lets say 15 seconds I need to wait for another 15 seconds after the shutter has closed and the camera says 'BUSY'. Do you have any ways to fix This problem and give me an instant view? Matt
Hi Matt, this is a camera issue not a card issue. The camera is applying long exposre noise reduction and you can turn that off - 3rd camera icon it is listed as Long exp. noise reduction. Set it to off - but your images will be noisier. Shoot RAW and post process in Lightroom for best results.
I am very happy with the way my latest video turned out. As always if you have questions, comments or suggestions let me know! Thanks!
Yes it does. Menu > Custom Setting Menu > f Controls > f2 Assign AE-L/AE-F Lock. Choose the last option.
Thanks! I am glad to know someone appreciates my humor :) And I appreciate the rest of your comment too.
Yes! I hope to have some videos on that topic soon.
this is very informative, i even took notes! thanks bro
NEOMASS Great - always happy to answer questions too - here or on facebook.com/Digital.Photo.Recommendations
The 55-250 is a decent budget zoom, it doesn't get me excited but for the price you can find them used they are a decent value. There is an updated 55-250 coming out at end of September that will be slightly better quality and STM. The cheap sigma and tamron zooms I am even less a fan of. Hope that helps.
yes - good point. Thank you. 2-second delay works in a pinch.
Totally cool tips. Great photos Toby. I'm going out to try this today.
Thanks for another great video. I was recently at a waterfall and encountered the issue you mentioned of having too much light (it was mid afternoon) for a long exposure shot of the falling water. I would be interested in learning more about the uses and applications of a neutral grey filter, as well as their pros and cons. I was using a Canon 70D with a kit 18 - 135mm lens. I think that another interesting experiment would be to exposure bracket a waterfall facing into the sunset and then applying some HDR finishing.
Very enjoyable and informative upload, thanks so much for this!!
Thank you so much for these tips. I tried them out on a recent trip to WV and can proudly say that I captured some beautiful and soft waterfall photos. You've given me a bit more confidence. :)
You are a great teacher! Thank you for creating and posting your videos!
Well as a beginner, this video definitely made sense of the countless other videos I have watched about aperture, iso and shutter speed. Thank you and make more videos with the 700d please toby
Very helpful. Thank you for your time and effort.
Hi again Toby, I was at local camera club the other evening and one of the older gentleman talked about shooting waterfalls and experimenting with photoshop. His tip for getting the best out of the effect of moving water into a camera shot was to shoot three consecutive shots at a faster speed of the waterfall and then apply each photo as a separate layer in PS and put them together to make one final photo, It certainly looked a lot livelier water view. Shutter speed I think was three at 1/15th of a second instead of half a second with one shot. I must confess it did seem to produce a better finished product of the actual waterfall. Over to you.
Interesting. I will have to give it a try sometime. Most photos I see of this type are just one long exposure - benefit there is not post processing needed. A benefit of your friends technique -shorter shutter speeds means you can do it even when light levels are high. I imagine it really depends on the look you are going for and the stream speed. thanks!
Without a filter you would need to go when it is darker - otherwise too much light and you can't get those long shutter speeds. Also the circular polarizer helps cut reflections.
Benro and Dolcia - I just added a link under the video to the blog post which has the gear list.
Great video, thanks so much for taking the time and making a nice presentation. Waterfalls are some of my favorite shots.
Excellent video. Thanks for the information Toby
Toby, I saw that you use the picture style set to "User Def. 2". Please, when you have the opportunity, talk about "picture style" in some of your future videos, and if there any diference even shooting in RAW! Thanks
Under the video is a link to "blog post with more info and links to all products" That has all the info.
Love you videos, very informative and easy to understand, as I'm a beginner and just brought myself a Canon t5i: )
I have some fun light painting videos planned. .for this summer :)
Thanks Bro! Can't wait to try this out. Loving the Canon 60 D
Another Great Video! I love your tripod, I was looking into getting one.
Hi, very interesting video.I never miss most of your videos since I always learn something with them.
I want to wish you the best for next year.
Bye!
RAW RAW RAW. Always RAW :) Gives you loads more latitude.
Thanks Toby! I'm a fan!
It is so very similar. Write down the settings I used and recreate on D5200. I will see what I can do about making a video in the future.
Thanks Toby..good tutorial.
great video toby. I see what looks like lens flare on top right and left of images or is this just sun reflections on the lcd screen.
I think you are saying 1-2 seconds? The filters also cuts down on the reflections and brings out the green in the leaves. I do agree that there isn't much difference in these examples between 1-2 seconds and 8 seconds but I have shot other images of flowing water that looked much better at 8 seconds.
If you saw this in the video of the back of the camera, yes - there was some reflection on the LCD but none if the final photos that I saw.
The Transcend is fine but I do like the performance/value of the SanDisk Extremes - not the Pros - those are too pricey, link under video leads to more information and recommended SD cards.
The best explanation so far...
I learned alot so thank you for being very informative!
Thanks Man!
great video. You are funny, I had to laugh out loud when you were talking about the polarizing lens. I know about that as well. lol. Take Care, great work in putting these videos together and we thank you for your time, keep up the great work.
Your videos are very informative! Love it.. keep it up! Thanks
Thanks Brad - many of my ideas for videos come from subscriber questions - so don't hesitate to let me know if you have any.
You mention mirror lock-up, if you have live view on usually the mirror is up then. So if your camera doesn't have a mirror lock-up but has live view you're ok for mirror shake.
Thanks and please share your results!
To help you with camera shake you can buy IR remote for 5-6$. I found it on ebay.
Enjoyed the tips. Don't you get automatic mirror lockup when you use live view?
Yes. Good point.
Sunset long exposure!
thanks for the video...I learn t a lot about photography.
I shoot Raw 99.9% of the time so I ignore picture styles almost always, because RAW ignores them. I am not sure how it got set on that but I will certainly talk about that at some point in the future. Thanks.
Thanks for making this video. I like the looks of your tripod. Can you share a link to where I can take a look at it and maybe get one please. Thanks.
Informative and helpful. Thanks!
I do have a blog post that covers some of what you are asking for - send me a message on facebook and I wil give you the link. My facebook is linked under the video.
Oh right - you work in Brattleboro!
Great job!!! I think we are ready for another on location long exposure video. Is there any way you could take us along with you on another long exposure video?
Awesome job once again - two thumbs up and hoping to see another long exposure video sometime soon.
A long exposure thunder storm camera setup video would be really cool!
How to capture lightning?
This is very helppfull. Thank you so much
Nice tutorial, thanks. Have you tried long exposure of the night sky, for like 5 hours, to get the steaks of the movement of the Starts circling around Polaris, the North Star as the Earth spins? Do you have any ISO & F-stop setting recommendations for doing that? Thanks Again.
I have the t5, which mode is best to capture in car photos with the background clear as well? For example I like taking my pics at a parking lot
It was very helpfull :) thanks!
sooo informational you sir have gained a subscriber
Great explaining and information, thank you so much. I have a Canon Powershot sx50 hs, only goes to f8 and max 15 sec exposure but with filters I get great shots of running water, with info I hope to make them better, thank you.
P.S. I cant afford a proper DSLR yet, Do you recommend the T5i?
The water has to be absolutely still OR a long exposure can give you some blurred reflections because over time the image of the ripples smooths out.
Very nice! Watching you get out in nature motivates me to do the same. Thanks! Question: Does the Nikon d5200 have a feature like the back button auto focus?
Thank you, from this video, I learned a lot! :)
Ha it is Stickney Brook. You from Brattleboro area?
Awesome Video!!!
gd video ! i'm shooting a waterfall with a big drop next week w t4i. let's see what i get !
Can you do a tutorial and what you need to capture pictures of stars, moon, maybe even the milky way galaxy?
awsome i was really looking for a totorial for this!
Hey Toby, which tripod is that? could you please specify the model and brand? thanks
Benro MeFoto - Benro MeFoto Tripod I love it still after a year of using it often. It doesn't get TALL but it gets tall enough and stays portable.
this helped me a lot thank u! 🐬
Thanks for informative video!
Toby, is there special trick required to shoot reflections? When I try to shoot I don't get reflections, just ripples.
Very informative video.
Great, very helpfull. Thanks
nice video...which tripod are you using toby? or do u have any recommendation??
thanks great video
Good job bro.
thanks for doing this.
you are awesome.
love from India
There are some filters on target for 11 bucks. Would those filters work also or I need some better quality ones?
are you shooting in manual mode??
wow toby nice.. T5i can do lot of things it seems. never realizes
Cool video sir thank you
Great job. Thank you.
hey, i was just wondering what is the difference between a neutral density filter and circular polarizers?
Tarif Anzum circular polarizers are filters that will polarize your shot. ND filters will darken the outside of your lense which will allow you to take a long exposure during the day or in brighter conditions
I like watching your videos and I get a lot of great tips and techniques.
I'm just wondering what tripod are you using? I am looking for a cheap carbon fiber ebay tripod and do you think it's a good idea to buy ebay cheap CF tripod?
He is using a mefoto tripod
thx...
Hi Toby! great tip, learned a lot :-) BTW, What tripod were you using here? Seemed light and not too bulky, just what I've been looking for!
Giraffe0530 That's my Mefoto travel tripod czcams.com/video/fv-paXKT1wE/video.html
great! thanks! will check it out :-)
Is that a D5200 you are shooting with?
Was just curious because that is what I currently am using.
No - it is a Canon T4i but the steps to follow along all apply to the D5200 too,
Thank you 😀
Great vid, thanks!
*Jeff Allinson* I know it's random but I like your dog. It's so cute. 😊😊😊
Hi there,
I have a Canon 650D Rebel T4i and I use Class 10 16GB SD Cards. It just seems to be that every time I take a long exposure for lets say 15 seconds I need to wait for another 15 seconds after the shutter has closed and the camera says 'BUSY'. Do you have any ways to fix This problem and give me an instant view?
Matt
Hi Matt, this is a camera issue not a card issue. The camera is applying long exposre noise reduction and you can turn that off - 3rd camera icon it is listed as Long exp. noise reduction. Set it to off - but your images will be noisier. Shoot RAW and post process in Lightroom for best results.
Thankyou so much Toby! Fixed my problem. Keep up the good videos!
Hello Toby
I have a question: Would i get the same pictures without any filters ?
What make and model of tripod are you using?
Do you normally edit photo in RAW or jpeg?
Thank u so much
Thanks, I was thinking that the RAW was affected by "picture style"...
Thank you for the good video.
Jabrdast
that was just a great review man:d
does this also work with clouds?
+GhillieGhost100 yeah
very helpful
What is the tripod
what is the maximum exposure time Canon EOS 700D. got?
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