The BEST camera SETTINGS for landscape photography
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 เม.ย. 2020
- There is no such thing as "the best" camera settings for landscape photography. In this video, I will share my approach and philosophy to getting the most optimal camera settings so you can improve your landscape photography. Shutter speed, aperture, and ISO can be complicated in the beginning but when you understand how little settings actually matter you will be surprised! I also share a lot of my own photos and what settings I used to get them.
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I’ve started to think that questions like “what settings should I use?” and “what gear should I buy?” are caused by people trying to find the “secret shortcut” for making nice photos. It’s understandable though, because one key takeaway from your videos is that it takes lots and lots of time and hard work to actually learn to make great photos. And even if you spend all that time there’s still no guarantee that you’ll come home with something beautiful, since there are so may things you can’t control (especially with landscape photography). So you’ll need to spend lots of time, and time is very hard to find for most of us.
I’m trying to accept that it will take me lots of time to learn and that, but it’s pretty difficult. I’m trying though, and focusing on learning and on the experience of being outdoors. Someone (maybe Charlie Waite?) said something similar to “if you’ve made 12 photos that you’re happy with in a year, then that was a good year”, and that is for a full time photographer...
Anyways, thanks for the great video Mads! Lots of things to think about.
Awesome video Mads - those iceberg shots are amazing. Shutter speed for them is always a game of trial and error...
Thanks a lot, Nigel! It surely is. It's just about hammering off and you'll probably get something ;)
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@@MadsPeterIversen I doubt very much that you are a spray and pray Photographer.. Your work is sooo inspiring..
Just mind blowing photography Mads ❤
Beautiful photos! That's what matters in the end.
Thanks Mads, another down-to-earth lesson for aspiring photographers.. As a club photographer, I do understand how images 'should be' to score well in competition and unfortunately many of us take this into the field. The sad reality is that individual creativity goes out the window in pursuit of the tick box image. The bullcrap comment was like getting slapped with a wet fish - it just made me realise that its YOUR OWN interpretation of what is in front of YOUR lens is the all important aspect. The settings of any image are - IT DEPENDS!! Thanks
Such a great video. So spot on with what you said about other photographers !
Thanks Mads for sharing so much info about your photos! Loved the video
Love your teaching style. Wonderful blend of artistic aesthetics, technique and technical elements. Learned a lot and am a big fan of yours. I am a new subscriber and look forward to upcoming videos along with catching up on all I’ve missed.
Very nicely done!
Mads, it's a absolutely invaluable for me! That's exactly what I was looking for for a long time! Thank you!!!
Fantastic video Mads
Well said! Excellent video Mads! All the best and stay safe & well!
Great video Mads ! It's really powerful with your pictures and settings and why you take the photo that way. Super !!!!!
Oh MAN, Mads, I’ve wanted you to make a video EXACTLY like this since I first subscribed to your channel! This confirmed many things for me and yet gave me lots of new things to think about and puzzle over. Perfect video.
Such an encouraging video. Thank you!
you are so right about this topic. great video 👍
Thank you very much for all that advices in your videos, it's very precious
Awesome video. Blunt, to the point, and very educative.
Brilliant Mads!
Great video... second time to watch it and still have to come back ... there is so much that you share with us here. Thank you again. Oh... started to read the free short version of the e book - it is great!
Amazing shots. Well done, sir.
Thanks Mads, great video, thought provoking.
Thank for sharing such useful tip👍
I loved you encouraging words at the end. I’m a hobbyist, so it’s nice to hear! To me, when learning, it’s important to be curious to learn more, but also to get out there and try.
These are the most practical, well explained, in-depth videos I've seen, many thanks they are absolutely brilliant.
So much helpful information. Thank you! Inspires me to get outside today and shoot.
Lighting looks great!
This was insanely valuable. I've watched countless videos of other famous landscape photographers on TH-cam and as valuable as those videos are, none come close to the upfront information and advice in this video. I will be purchasing your ebook 100%
Thank you very much! Very happy you appreciate it ☺️
I really enjoyed your video. Thank you!
Another awesome video Mads, the last minute really resonated with me.
So good to hear, Peter! Thanks :)
Well said Mads, agree with your comments about 'correct' settings and thanks for your useful tips. I have found that it's one thing planning photographs and methods/ settings at home and a totally different ballgame when in the field with the rain falling, or the cold affecting your fingers! Inspiring stuff as always. Thanks a lot.
Good vlog Mads. Thnx
I love how you deliver your messages/teachings of photography. I have always had a big heart for photography and have just found your videos which I am working on watching. Thank you so much for your hard work and for sharing your knowledge.
This was a GREAT video....Thanks.
Thank's Mads for this video. I found it very interesting
Great tudorial!
Wow! I really love your open minded, honest, no sugarcoating way of teaching...not to mention your amazing talent, interesting & helpful content, as well as easy to understand explanations of how you create great photography!! Thank you so much!
What a great video. I will watch more.
Loved your directness and honesty! This was hugely instructional and freeing.
Thank you very much! That was the purpose :)
Excellent video Mads, outside of getting a sharp photo, composition is very important.
Thank you. Very interesting and helpful. What I miss is information about where you focused on.
Well done video. Love your approach on settings. It can be daunting for new photographers. I so remember that time and through experience have come threw it, for the most part.
A video to savour Mads. Soaking in your wisdom.
Great photos and tips on landscape shootings
Always very informative and as you said at the end if your photo is sharp and focused that’s what we are all striving for. Great job Mads.
Thanks a lot :)
clear explanation......subscribed
Great! TY!
Haha...I like your approach dude. Refreshing...look forward to your next video!
One of the best videos on the internet about landscape camera settings. What settings? It depends on so many factors as you very well explained at the end of this video. Compromise, compromise, compromise and if your subject is sharp and you like the final result then it is good.
Thanks a lot Mads.
I loved the specific instances for some of the photos..siting in the front of a bus or in the middle of the water...these were great stories from a great storyteller of great images. And for others, get Mads ebook. It has a ton of information along with many amazing photos!
Thanks for your time and effort in sharing so much of your experience. Many of us keep learning and getting inspired. Cool nice presentation with no negative judgements on other people’s opinions.
Thank you very much! :)
Great video. Pure and simple. I like the blunt honesty as well. That’s what it is all about. If YOU like the photo and the story of how YOU got it, that’s what matters.
Straight Up !!!!
Great advice. 👍
One question I always hated in regard to my photography is "what settings did you use?". As someone else mentioned "it depends" and it does.
Thank you Mads for your no nonsense common sense approach. I am by the way seriously enjoying your serious on Denmark. A wonderful country that I hope I can visit again some day.
I really liked your conclusions in the end.
Thanks for taking the photography setting critics off my back so I can learn by doing. Great freedom to think.
Great comment Mads about the difference function/features of your camera. They are there for a reason and that’s why it’s important to become knowledgable about the functionality of your camera and also to know the strengths and weaknesses of your lenses as your images and further comments demonstrated, it’s about being able to adapt to the scene in order to have the best opportunity to capture the image you are after
Amazing images. Wish I had the opportunity to shoot in some of these places, but doubt I ever will being in the sunset of my years.
Thanks for yet another great and educational video. It's nice to hear You say that there is no specific settings to use for the image to get the WOW factor. After I start picking up photographing again, and start following Landscape photographer here on TH-cam, I have realized that there is no right setting. Checking the histogram has for me been the most eye opening tip that have changed my photographing.
In the beginning I was struggling with no info in the shadow, and no info in the highlights. I went through a lot of TH-cam videos, most of the telling me to use Aperture mode. I tried that, but still most of my photos were crap. I tried and tried to control the light, no luck.
Then someone said to use the ISO, but that didn't save my blown highlights, only my shadows. so I slowly start loosing my enjoyment for photographing.
Now I have gone all manual, just for pros I have been told, not sure if I do it right, but now I finally manages to control my histogram, and save the info I lost before. The enjoyment start blooming again. So for me it's been a battle to finally figure out what you sharing in this video. Setting depend on a whole variety of possibilities.
After I changes to manual I ended up with a question I'm not been able to answer yet. Maybe since You have used Canon earlier You may have the answer.
Before I startet to use manual mode, my RAW files were kind a greyish, almost foggy, as I understand that's normal, it's something about the dynamic range someone said in a video. But after I changed to manual mode, my RAW files are more colorful??? Do the color in RAW files change from lens to lens? Does the sudden "explosion" of color in my RAW files happen because I used the Canon 18-55 mm kit lens from my old Canon 350D, and not my "cheap" second hand Sigma 10-20 mm Wide angle ??
One of the joys of digital photography is that you can see the results straight up. Take the shots again and again, change settings and try again.
As long as the light holds who cares if it takes one shot or one hundred to get the results you are after.
No green screen required for your vlogs Mads, your own photos really do a wonderful job.
Photography is definitely not a one size fits all thing. That would be rather boring .
Thanks again for sharing your time and photos. And of course your knowledge.
Staying home staying safe, without the sunburn.
Exactly: shoot, evaluate, repeat! :)
Your videos are exceptional!! I've been watching many different you tubers videos giving tips etc.. But by far you have been the best I've seen.
best videos thanks
Thanks Mads, yes, I struggle with settings but composition is really what makes a photograph pop or not, but my question or I wonder if in every scene is there an epic photograph waiting to be discovered? or do you just have to be on location at precisely the right time to catch that epic light. F/8 at 1/160 on a 85mm on a water scene was incredibly sharp but you're right it has to say something to you. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and insights with us.
Photography often has many “rules” we might follow to often, creativity might have only one rule - compromise when necessary or need. Thanks Mads...
Q: What are the best camera settings for landscape photography?
A: It depends.
Couldn't say it better myself. Good to see how you tackled the individual problems each composition posed. Awesome!
John Drummond the best camera is the one you have with you😉
Program mode
Great video. How did you stitch together that panorama of the ocean shot? I ask because the waves are constantly moving. How were you able to stitch three shots? Can you make a video? Thanks.
Excellent video and some wonderful pictures. However, I wouldn't worry about the distance trees being soft in the woodland photograph. Many photographers seem to place far too much emphasis (and in many cases seem obsessed) on front-to-back sharpness when in reality it is completely unnatural. Our eyes certainly don't see things sharp front-to-back and we only see things sharp where our eyes are actually focused with everything else soft in our peripheral and distant vision. I find some landscapes just don't look 'right' when distant objects are too sharp. I've never focus stacked, and it's unlikely I ever will. I'm perfectly happy to let the distance background sharpness fall off a little and find for most landscapes I can achieve acceptable depth of natural sharpness using apertures up to f16.
Completely right, there is no “one setting” that fits all. I’m relatively new to photography and thought I’d made an awful mistake shooting a snowy landscape of my local church and surrounding landscape at f5 instead of f11. The most important part of the image was the subject (the spire with snow down one side) I focused on that, it didn’t matter that the flat field in the foreground, covered in snow needed to be sharp (it was featureless) It turned out to one of my best images to date and one I’m proud of 😉 Since that moment I experiment with settings for any given scene and usually take a couple of images at different settings to compare
Hi Mads. Your work is awesome! I hope you don’t mind me asking what L bracket you use with your Sony gear? Cheers. Sara
Thank you for sharing. I think the greatest part is the closing of the video. How said settings effect a photo is good to know, but as mentioned, conditions, timing and desired end results from the photographer is hard to get from a photo, unless you talk to said photographer. I also think our current mental condition(frustration or anger or relaxed) plays into end results as well.
Thanks a lot, yeah the end part can divide some waters - just look at the number of dislikes ;)
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Wonderful video. I loved that bull crap bit at the end :-).
Great background! By the way, you might want to use a nice background on your excellent conversations with other photographers. I liked your videos with Nigel and Kai, but the backgrounds were distracting. Regarding settings, I have progressed enough to feel that I can use the settings that are needed rather than those prescribed by experts, and that's very satisfying.
By far the best vid ive watched re choice of aperture and getting the shot you want. Most bang on about f8 f11 diffraction(which ive been doing because everyone says it) but youve really put it out to me that it doesnt really matter and with a bit of thinking, and you can execute it right, you can get the shot at any aperture.
Good Video Mads....Real Good, and yes, sometimes there can be Way to much Bull Crap out there among the self pronounced professionals. Well said. Have a Great Week and Be Safe.
Great video... thank you for sharing Mads..you’re right ... who in the end bloody cares about settings if you get/capture what you want ... we are artists not robots ..
Haha exactly! ;)
great insight mads! people like to be keyboard warriors , if they only knew what you had to deal with. always appreciate your insights dude. keep being you!
Cool
If clouds are highlighted during the golden hour, what white balance mode is correct: daylight or cloudy?
I feel you should also mention where did you focus. Was it infinity or a third of the way in etc. Great vlog though. Thanks.
I can fully agree with you that all these settings elements are highly destructive for creativity. All situations are different - this is the ELEMENT - that makes the landscape and nature photography so beautiful. The elements you do not and will never control. However when I think of myself many many years ago ... the settings questions were amongst those I asked to NPN photographers or ... let's say Guy Tal (on Flickr at that time and yes he replied many times)... And yes at some stage of your development as a photographer this kind of questions are normal and really shall not be disregarded by "The Photographers" These questions for me are a simple stage of development and many (maybe not all) have to pass through that stage... If we are really in a share spirit we shall never forget it ....
Hello Peter what video camera did you use for this video? thanks
Would you still recommend the Sony 24-105 f4 or prefer the Sigma 24-70 f2.8?
You mentioned the RX100 Vii in your video - this is a camera that has peaked my interest of late due to its 200mm reach. What are your thoughts on this camera - is it worth investing in. As I get older I find it increasingly more dificult to carry heavy gear so I bought a Mk Va version and I am impressed with its quality - thats the lower f stops covered in reasonable light, but I would like to know how good the Mk Vii is for the long end.
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Hi Mads! I wondered how you got the people sharp in a 30s shutter exposure at 14:16 If anyone knows please let me know
Mads enjoy watching your vlogs mate,i have a question, it might be silly but I've got to ask. Do you need to use landscape mode when doing landscape? Sorry if I'm being thick 👍🏾
Do you mean as a format? Then no, or do you mean in the picture style? Then it depends if you're shooting jpeg. And I'll highly advice against shooting jpeg ;)
Yes sorry I meant picture style. I don't shoot jpeg only raw. Cheers .
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Hi Mads, how do you Fokus? Backbutton or default? Thanks - Michael
Personally, I feel that, in that second shot in the woods, 18:45, the somewhat out-of-focus background contributes to the sense of depth, and usually prefer it that way in such photos. Other times, not so much. Depends on the subject & composition. Often good for forests; otherwise, you can't see the trees for the forest.
I Mads. what is your zebra setings number? usualy i use 100+ in my sony A7III
What I seem to be missing from this is some discussion of where you are focusing in a scene to get maximum dof. hyperfocal distance? 2x hyperfocal? 1/3 into the frame etc? or you just wing it and check the sharpness in liveview at 100% ?
That's what I usually do. Every scene is different and I don't bother to count the meters to my foreground. Just checking it after I get the shot is enough 99% of the time.
I am surprised to see the low ISO used in a lot of these pics. Some look pretty overcast and dark. Maybe it's a larger sensor than my 6300 that does it or it is your knowledge.
Mads, did you really have to focus stack while shooting at f/20 and 12mm? My dof calculator shows that on a full frame camera the depth of field will run from 5 inches to infinity (focus set at 10 inches). 12:25
That's why I don't use dof calculators ;)
Yes, I had to because the lens almost touched the ice, so I had to make 3-4 photos for that part.
A question regarding the "Windmills" photo at f4.5...you stated the "foreground reflection is the same as needed for the background". This puzzles me, as the camera does not know it is a reflection, but merely another element in the image (which adds more DOF). I know it was shot at 30", but the reflection does appear out of focus and was wondering if it were due to being out of the narrow DOF you chose. TY! and hope to here your answer!
It looks in focus. Water moves, it’s a 30 seconds shot
I was confused by your 3 shot pano @ 9.39 mins. How did you stitch the image with such a dynamic wave pattern at obviously different points in their cycle across the three images? Is there an explanation to the Mads magic somewhere else in your body of videos or are you a wizard? Or am I just misunderstanding?
Again showing that personal preference is a large part of photography, with regard to the photos you took of the trees with the early morning light rays and fog: you commented that you wished the background was in sharper focus - but for me, the background was wrapped in mist or fog and I would want it slightly out of focus to increase the "moodiness" of the scene. So the fact that the background might have been slightly less sharp than the main subject was not a problem - particularly since our eyes tend to be attracted to sharper objects and you want the viewer to mainly focus on the subject of the photo: the larger trees in the foreground.
do you use AWB in sony a7riii on filters or do you set white balance manually?
Generally set it manually to either daylight or clouds.
@@MadsPeterIversen daylight -5500K or clouds - 6500K?
Does anyone bother to use a depth of field calculator when out shooting. I find the photopills app great and think I need to refer to it more.
It rarely works with my workflow. Takes too much time and I don't really have the option to measure distances in the different scenes.
Luck you say - in the last video the guy walks through the gate and stands between the trees 🌲 with a black sky above and a bed of yellow underneath - not luck, you are blessed.
"Bull crap"...love it!!
Yup. I have to mention the "mistake" shot of the trees with the yellow background. It's "a look" that I like.
Hi Mads! This was very interesting video because I have been thinking a lot of this, how to use the right aperture to different occasions. So one question, do you use the same aperture for all the photos in the serie when photo stacking?
I usually do yes, sometimes I change the last one to a sharper one.