I am a real grumpy old man (from Africa) I've just watched this video (and 3 others from this "channel") and I have not used one profane word, which means you are doing a good job, so, keep it up and good fortune to you.....
Excellent tips / techniques. Where were you when I started out in the 1960s? LOL We just learnt these things by trial and error! I've been using zooms for 40 years and it made / makes it far easier to apply the techniques you have so well illustrated. Zooms used to have depth of field scales on them. It was so easy to see the effect of different focal lengths and aperture settings. You just set the zoom and read it off the printed lines on the barrel! Pity that's all disappeared. Two extra factors A. many mirrorless viewfinders are 'what you see is what you get'. I missed that when I went from a mirrorless to mirrored. Now I'm back to mirrorless! b. The the size of the sensor. That can change the 'effective' focal length of your lens (usually stated in full frame terms!)
Thanks John. I feel the same about TH-cam, I wish it was around 15 years ago when I was at uni! Yes indeed, the lie exposure & DOF in mirrorless is a game changer. Danielle
One of the clearest explanations of the subject that I have seen. The problem for people new to photography is that there are so many variables. You explain it very well without over simplification. Aside from the actual content of your video I was interested to see in the image of the cheetah at 2.04 that it had two different colours eyes. Is that common? Best wishes.
the cheetahs right eye appears to have corneal scarring, almost certainly the result of an old injury. That eye is blind. Its not a different iris colour, although I think 'heterochromia' can occur in animals as it does occasionally in humans - not sure.
@robertlawrence7958 Thanks a mil, really appreciate the comment. The cheetah's eye variation is very rare! I thought it was a unique photo because of this. It could be "heterochromia iridum", a condition where the two eyes have different colours. Either because of genetic mutation, injury or illness or a developmental anomaly. Danielle
Aside from winning the lottery, I will only be using a zoom, so it's nice to see how the factors influence the DOF. And with wanting to capture more environment in my shots, sometimes the zoom is the better choice anyway.
Thanks so much for sharing another wonderful video like always, awesome tips, I am looking forward to joining you in a safari in 2025, keep up with the awesome content 🤗
A thing that most photographers are not aware of is that the background blur is proportional with the aperture's opening in milimeters. One can „test” quite easily shooting the same object with different focal lenghts from different distances so the subject has the same height in the image. Ex. use a 70-200/2.8 and shoot at 70mm/2.8 and then at 200/8.0 from 3x the distance. You will find out that the background looks the same because the aperture's opening is the same, 25mm :-) Conclusions: 1. at the same aperture the longer focal lenght wins; 2. if we use a variable aperture lens, just do the math: focal length / F: as above.
Your very pretty in this cartoon picture 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Excellente video, I love it and thanks to share this tips. My problem is my position and the background. Very difficult to change my position when I want to take a picture of fox. First I don't want to scare him, and second a lot of time background is present all around him 😁
Subject separation is quite an easy tool to master, but composition is the dominating factor when it comes to a professional looking image. Just having perfectly blurry backgrounds doesn't tell much of a story. For me, using foreground elements to create a story is the real challenge
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Are you happy with your zoom lens ? Or would you love to own a prime?
Thank you, Danielle! 👍👍
You are most welcome! Danielle
Thanks Danielle. You always explain these concepts so well.
You're welcome! Danielle
Another great explanation - Thanks Danielle
You are most welcome! Danielle
Very well explained Danielle .Thankyou .
Dankie Sarel!
I am a real grumpy old man (from Africa) I've just watched this video (and 3 others from this "channel") and I have not used one profane word, which means you are doing a good job, so, keep it up and good fortune to you.....
😄 Lovely to know, thank you. Danielle
Great Video! Thank you!!!
You are welcome, thank you. Danielle
Another outstanding and very professional presentation by Danielle. thank you!
Thank you kindly! Danielle
TQ so much easy to follow. The speed I liked as a beginner to photography and English. TQ again hare Krishna
You are most welcome. Danielle
Another great video Danielle thank you! 👏👏👏
Thank you Kevin. Danielle
Thanks so much Danielle! That is some solid advice!
You're welcome! 😊
Great Video Danielle
Thank you Peter. Danielle
Excellent tips / techniques. Where were you when I started out in the 1960s? LOL We just learnt these things by trial and error!
I've been using zooms for 40 years and it made / makes it far easier to apply the techniques you have so well illustrated.
Zooms used to have depth of field scales on them. It was so easy to see the effect of different focal lengths and aperture settings. You just set the zoom and read it off the printed lines on the barrel! Pity that's all disappeared.
Two extra factors
A. many mirrorless viewfinders are 'what you see is what you get'. I missed that when I went from a mirrorless to mirrored. Now I'm back to mirrorless!
b. The the size of the sensor. That can change the 'effective' focal length of your lens (usually stated in full frame terms!)
Thanks John. I feel the same about TH-cam, I wish it was around 15 years ago when I was at uni! Yes indeed, the lie exposure & DOF in mirrorless is a game changer. Danielle
Good video thanks 👍
Glad you enjoyed it! Danielle
One of the clearest explanations of the subject that I have seen. The problem for people new to photography is that there are so many variables. You explain it very well without over simplification.
Aside from the actual content of your video I was interested to see in the image of the cheetah at 2.04 that it had two different colours eyes. Is that common?
Best wishes.
the cheetahs right eye appears to have corneal scarring, almost certainly the result of an old injury. That eye is blind. Its not a different iris colour, although I think 'heterochromia' can occur in animals as it does occasionally in humans - not sure.
@davekettles4371 👍..yes, I've also seen different coloured eyes in dogs on a number of occasions.
@robertlawrence7958 Thanks a mil, really appreciate the comment. The cheetah's eye variation is very rare! I thought it was a unique photo because of this. It could be "heterochromia iridum", a condition where the two eyes have different colours. Either because of genetic mutation, injury or illness or a developmental anomaly. Danielle
Aside from winning the lottery, I will only be using a zoom, so it's nice to see how the factors influence the DOF. And with wanting to capture more environment in my shots, sometimes the zoom is the better choice anyway.
For sure, not having a prime isn't the end of the world 🙂
Thanks so much for sharing another wonderful video like always, awesome tips, I am looking forward to joining you in a safari in 2025, keep up with the awesome content 🤗
Thanks a mil! Hope to see you on safari 🙂 Danielle
This video is especially useful now that light, good quality/high aperture zooms are becoming so popular in wildlife photography.
Thanks Shem
A thing that most photographers are not aware of is that the background blur is proportional with the aperture's opening in milimeters.
One can „test” quite easily shooting the same object with different focal lenghts from different distances so the subject has the same height in the image.
Ex. use a 70-200/2.8 and shoot at 70mm/2.8 and then at 200/8.0 from 3x the distance.
You will find out that the background looks the same because the aperture's opening is the same, 25mm :-)
Conclusions:
1. at the same aperture the longer focal lenght wins;
2. if we use a variable aperture lens, just do the math: focal length / F: as above.
Interesting thanks!
Your very pretty in this cartoon picture 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Excellente video, I love it and thanks to share this tips.
My problem is my position and the background. Very difficult to change my position when I want to take a picture of fox. First I don't want to scare him, and second a lot of time background is present all around him 😁
That does sound tricky. Then you can only use focal length and aperture I guess.
@@C4PhotoSafaris And I try to do it of course 👍
Subject separation is quite an easy tool to master, but composition is the dominating factor when it comes to a professional looking image. Just having perfectly blurry backgrounds doesn't tell much of a story. For me, using foreground elements to create a story is the real challenge
Composition definitely is another factor together with subject separation which that assists in simplification as the ultimate goal.
My Z 180-600 on the Z8 .. gives amazing Bokeh
That lens is turning out to be a winner :-)
I saw your drawing of a lion - good and right as your photographs are, i think you're wasting your talent. Cheers!
At least someone saw my artwork 😆. Danielle
Yay DANIELLE ! 🥰
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