5 WIDE ANGLE photography MISTAKES I see all the time
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- Don't make these mistakes that I have always made with my wide angle lens.
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Thank you Nigel, I’ve followed your tutorials for 3 years or so. I’m a 75 year old Aussie Bloke and learn virtually day by day. I have wonderful assistance from a few SPECIAL PEOPLE. I will keep on keeping on. Thank you.
So many epic ... not a single "it does not get better than this"!
I loved this tutorial, as you would say - epic. Great tips for wide angle use. Glencoe looked just magical.
Thanks so much Nigel. As always your videos get me thinking about my photography. That has to be a good thing. Also, just when are Mads and you coming to Australia? 😀
Granted, you do find some amazing spots to shoot - but there's so much more. The way you can take in an entire scene, and find the beauty, the sweet spot - it's a talent very few have. I'd love to be shooting your "mistakes". But really? Your "mistakes" are "happy little accidents" (Bob Ross quote). I truly admire that you look to your own work, and critique that. You don't take other people's work and say "they should have done this or that". You are a true giant in your profession, and I cherish the knowledge you share with us. Thank you for another great video tutorial.
3:35 Nigel you are amazing!!!
OMG the rainbow at 13:53, so beautiful.
Love the print, and enjoy the trip. Looking forward to seeing your icy photos ;)
Brilliant! What a gorgeous location. I really look forward to your Sunday morning videos. Thank you Nigel.
That shot you printed Nigel was a worthy contender, what a awesome location. Have a safe trip and look forward to seeing some images. Thanks for sharing.
Love that song... that landscape is great... love your shots..... Thank you for your tutorial
Great tutorial Nigel. Really made me think. I love portrait mode and i need to remember what you said here. Thanks.
Hi Nigel, hope your back isn’t giving you too much pain? Thank you for your innovating videos🙏 A huge fan!
Very good explanation!!! I live an ultrawide when I am right too close to the background (on purpose) and can find a compelling foreground object that may actually start just inches away from from the front of the lens. Keeping mess out of the foreground is also so important. I also find that there are times when shooting at an angle instead of level can add a lot of interest and creativity to the shot.
I picked up some good tips. Thanks. The second shot turned that rivulet into a scary large waterfall. Amazing what a tight cropped perspective can do.
Phone video previews are awesome for simulating for compositions.All Your videos are best tutorial on youtube.Congrats
Very useful Tipps, Nigel. The printed image is a portfolio one. 😍😍😍
Hello Nigel Danson! Thank you for showing me a nice video! I really enjoyed it! Thank you for sharing! Have a nice day!
Just stunning results - especially that beautiful print!
Really great video and lovely shots. Especially like the one at 7.58
So much great knowledge in your videos. I am absolutely addicted to your videos. Thank you.
Great video Nigel. I love where you get in the image and show how far the mountains appear and I love love the photo you printed at the end. Safe travels to you and the crew! Can’t wait to see the videos!
Appreciate the wideangle shooting tips! I'm playing with a 12-24mm DX lens on a classic Nikon DX3400, and along with a 18-55mm kit lens, am loving the wide angle perpectives!
Thanks again...
I've experienced a few times where the light was fantastic, no matter direction you faced. Lots fun
Good advice Nigel, and wow, some insane weather conditions there. From your vlogs it seems like you're in the right place at the right time nine times out of ten.
Thanks again for great insights and inspiration. If I had scenery like yours, I would never go home.
Another excellent video Nigel, really liked the image you printed at the end - very satisfying to see images in print. Looking forward to next week!
Great vid.. I believe you could take a picture of a cow pat in a field with just one bush and make it look epic...
Great vid that print at the end is absolutely stunning
Great video Nigel. Thank you for the tips and... enjoy Antarctica!
Wonderful Glencoe. Loved that. Brought back fantastic memories of our winter photography trip there four years ago. Hopefully I've learned something since then! Hope you have a great time in Antarctica!
Another great video Nigel
Funnily enough when I first purchased my wide angle lens I barely used it because I didn't know how to compose well with it. Now it's always in my bag. Great video and points, a stunning location to show examples too.
Awesome clear tutorial 😊
Love these so much, you have established yourself perfectly as a high quality TH-camr and photographer.
Thanks Nigel , great tips again. Nigel will you ever do a video all about your settings within the camera ?? Be good to see how yours is set up ect...
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love the shot you printed!
Really enjoyed this Nigel. I find wide angle creates so much foreground it can be difficult to eliminate and isolate my landscape so this has been really helpful. Loved the images captured. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for this video Nigel, some really usfull info i have picked up from it. Liked the printed shot.
Envious of your Antarctica trip, went there on ship a few years ago visiting places like South Georgia Sandwich islands, Falklands and on to Antarctica itself.
Looking forwards to your shots.
Good luck with the ships internet, we had limited availability and quite costly.
This, well this is a gamechanger!!!!
Absolutely epic Nigel, thank you
Great tips as always. Beautiful images too!
Thank you for queueing up some videos while you are away!
I definitely fell into the 'getting it all in' camp when I first got mine.
Excellent video; great shots that really reinforced your points, Thanks, Kathy
Brilliant mate. Have a safe trip. 👍
Great video! Definitely worth of watching a few times to remember all that and to avoid the mistakes.
love how you explained this! it's like a light bulb just went off!
There's been a few times watching you when I've thought "Nigel stop talking you're missing the shot!" Did it again when that golden glow came out 😂
Thank you for your work!
Another video filled with amazing images! Safe travels!
What a beautiful place and conditions!! Wonderful tips. I love a wide angle lens myself and often find myself doing a lot of these mistake
Gracias Nigel.
Thank you, enjoy every video you do. Learn so much. Thank you again
Looking forward to shooting with my wide angle more - will try to keep these ideas in mind
Love the content! One thing that I still struggle is with focus, I’d love to see you show where you focused on your pic examples. Sometimes I don’t know if you had to focus-stack the photos.
Great Images Nigel love your work.
I really enjoy all your clips and got quite a lot out of this one. Your lessons - and they truly are lessons, for you take your time, and methodically, patiently explain the principles you follow. You also reinforce the thoughts of others that I watch and that is always a good thing - it helps me to learn. I'm so very grateful to have found your channel. It is a finely-crafted resource, informative as well as entertaining.
Just picked up a wide angle lens. So nice timing. Can’t wait to watch this 👍
Love it! Great sow this week Nigel!!!
One gear question… what are those cool shoes 😀 your rocking? I’m a nut for cool kicks!!!
Really good points as usual Nigel. I feel like good Wide-angle photos are a good indicator of someone's skill/experience, because it's such a difficult lens to create simple, pleasing images with. Hope Antarctica has treated you well (it certainly looks like it has!) 😁
Just another day in paradise. 👍 🥂
Thanks again for such good advice. Hope you have a wonderful trip {so jealous) and can't wait to see your images. Stay safe.
Thank you so much for the extensive thought and work you put into your videos. I know how much time this takes, adding in the drone shots, setting up the camera and walking in and out of shots, especially if you are on your own, plus the time thinking about the shots themselves. Great tips too about wide angle shots.
Super video Nigel thanks for sharing
Using my 14-24 has made me very aware of the edges of my photos. That has been very helpful.
A great, moody and atmospheric shot of Buachaille Etive Mor Nigel. I've got a 20mm prime lens in my bag, and I must admit, I've hardly used it. I wonder these days whether the pano shot, where you've maybe taken three or four shots to capture a composition gives you the best of both worlds? Perhaps the subject of a forthcoming vlog? I love that you print those favourite images, it brings them alive! A final thought from me - does using your Apple setup give you a good fidelity between what you see on the screen, and the final print, because this always feels like a black art to me. Again, perhaps the subject of a vlog in the future. Have fun in Antarctica!
This was an enjoyable video. Really liked it.
Really interesting points, thank you
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13:55, headless chicken mode : ON 😁 Amazing conditions you got there Nigel! Very interesting tips, even though I don't have wide lens for now, 24mm at the lowest. But still, all you say also works somehow in my case 😊 I'm following your insta stories in Antarctica and I'm very much looking forward to seeing the videos you've prepared!
Are you kidding this channel has only 300k + subscribers? Amazing to find your channel!
I really loved this video. I use a Lumix bridge camera and my widest angle is 24mm. But I can easly make a wider angle shot using the pano composite mode that I learnd from my favorite youtuber Nigel Danson 🙂🙂
Thank you for addressing the wide angle lens, great compositions with the 14-24mm tend to be one of the biggest issues I have with my personal photography currently.
Fab video. I really learn so much from watching your channel.
Great video! One of the best bits of advice I can give regarding compositions and how to frame a shot is to spend some time using just one prime lens and no tripod! It teaches you to use your feet and move around the scene before getting in the bad habit of mounting it on the tripod straight away. I’ve just got back from the Coe this week running a workshop my god the weather was difficult!
Decent tips for the challenging end of the focal range spectrum :-)
Some invaluable tips there Nigel. Quick question for you what’s your etiquette regarding other photographers straying into your shot?
Great video and absolutely brilliant final print! Contrast is spot-on, and everything balances perfectly, like you said.
I tend to struggle with all of these aspects when using my 20mm, so I always appreciate the tips. I think my biggest are no "star" and wrong focus point. Then definitely not quite getting the framing right.
Thanks for this great video on wide angle lenses Nigel. I struggle a lot with compositions with my 10-20mm Sigma (cropped sensor) so I do not use it very often. Your tips have given me encouragement to go out with my wide angle lens and experiment. I watched your video twice as there was so much information for me to take in in your video. Thanks again.
Nigel. great video..In my opinion, wide-angle photography is the most demanding discipline in photography. Your tips on this seem very valuable to me. I recently had a 'discussion' about wildlife photography (which I can't do at all or even try). Yet I find the images which are made WA so much more exciting than with 600mm or even more mm boring.
Thanks for sharing!
Excellent content as usual, very helpful !
Nigel, great video as always.
I recently got the Fuji 10-24 and I have to say its completely transformed the way I think about photography. It provides huge scope for creativity and I love overcoming the technical challenges that come with it, focus, shutter speed, tripod positioning and I especially love getting that super sharp detail in the foreground that really draws the eye in. As always I learned from your videos so keep up the good work and have a fab time in Antarctica.
This was really helpful! I've also loved seeing all your content from Antarctica so far 😍❄️
When you put your settings next to the stills, could you occasionally include whether or not you focus stacked? I'm still getting my sense of when it's necessary.
Hello Nigel, Hope you trip is going amazingly well? I love wide angle images but as you say some time there is just to much sky or foreground. So I have started using my Hasselblad in Xpan mode. Wow that open a whole big bag of excitement. Keep well, keep safe and enjoy your image making.
Great video nigel..
Love your photography, so inspiring 📸❤, but I noticed you did shoot most on 2.8 aperture even having a close foreground.. hv you done any focus stacked????
Great tips, thanks for sharing!
very useful as always Nigel & hope Antarctica is going well. I noted your comment on remembering to consider shooting in portrait when using a wide angle lens, for me it's the opposite way around as my default orientation with my 15-35mm lens is in portrait. I'm due up in Glencoe next month so hope I can put your tips into practice!
I have TONS of respect for anyone who can find truly interesting compositions with that wide of a wide angle. It is very, very hard to do.
Often one has to trick themselves into believing that a foreground element is far more interesting than what it _actually_ is.
(Of course this is coming from a portrait guy that lives life between 70-105).
😁😁😅 Very guilty of this! In the field, take one sunset, add a large foreground rock, boom job done. Then in post, heavily apply the belief filter 🤣
@@journeytoaphotograph Ha!! Yeah, I think geologists might be the only people who appreciate rocks more than photographers. And even that is only sometimes.
But I apply that foreground belief filter myself, of course. As a portrait guy I have a collection of pictures of blurry bushes, tree limbs and leaves that could make a Home & Garden catalog. Followed by sometimes running that belief filter through some frequency separation, too .
you really leveled up your videos with this absolutely beautiful music! thanks so much again for this very informative and inspiring video Nigel. would you be so kind and let me know the artist and songs you have used for this video?
Fantastic advice, really informative video as always!
Nice one Nigel. The use of foreground material is one which is so, so important in w/a photography, especially when in portrait format. Also, the notion of getting very close to larger background elements if you wish to still use the wide end is very important. Otherwise, I believe you have to have some decent sky formation to balance the foreground.
Nigel, all great points and inspiration to challenge me when out with my camera. I fail all the time with getting my tripod out too early and failing to do the work in finding the composition to get a foreground subject become an object of interest. I rarely go below 24mm because I simply don't challenge myself enough (and I should) with those wider focal lengths. What I do to go wide is to shot panoramas. I don't know if it would make a good video topic, but I would enjoy your take on the pros/cons of wide angles against a panorama. Thanks again for contributing these wonderful stories and tips.
Great vlog as usual Nigel. Love the printed image, which reminds me of the time I was up there in September 2021 and took a very similar image, albeit in very different conditions. Also, love the way you have processed it.
Hi Nigel,
I understood your tip was with wide-angle lens, camera points down, will make the the mountain (far background) a bit bigger than camera leveled or points up a bit?
Thanks
Fantastic video. Very helpful. Thank you! Also, please call it a Glen, not a valley. It is a Glen in Scotland. Thank you.
Great video and tips. I started using a wide angle lens and I felt a lot of my pictures were empty because of the space
Muy buen trabajo 👌