Thanks for watching! Subscribe for more videos! More regular content from me in these places: 💌 newsletter: mwroll.com 🌄 instagram: instagram.com/mwroll 🌆 patreon: patreon.com/micaelwidell 🐦 twitter: twitter.com/micaelwidell 📷 my personal favorite macro lens: bit.ly/mwlaowa60 (I always buy Laowa lenses here - fast free shipping worldwide) Gear used in the video: - 150 mm: amzn.to/2L06SNh - 90 mm: amzn.to/2L9EyEY - 135 mm: amzn.to/2KZYLjS or amzn.to/2ukc3xf - unspecified: amzn.to/2N6TUL1 or th-cam.com/video/yFEJxuKD4HY/w-d-xo.html Most photos in the video were shot on this camera: amzn.to/2NJB7XA But the most recent photos I used my current workhorse for: amzn.to/2ulxqyq To make this video, I used this mic: amzn.to/2N4uCxj with this preamp: amzn.to/2KV9dt5 and this small video camera: amzn.to/2N5gIuW
I am sorry, but you seem to enjoy the free content without any care for the creators. How about you keep enjoying it and stop complaining about self promotion? If people would support artists more, maybe it wouldn’t be necessary. Your favorite TH-camrs also need to eat
I appreciate your controlled pace of narration. The way of explaining things with an appropriate example was perfect. This video can be an example for others " the so called gurus of photography" who post videos on TH-cam which are highly opinionated, dogmatic and cacophonic.
inspirational! I think I need to be doing this! where I live there are flowers blooming all year round. it's clear this is where I need to start my Photography (retirement hobby).
It's not boring, simplicity is Beautiful. The Heart of Fashion about flower reflect on it. Good explanation as well. thank you !I will apply your tips when am taking flowers. Thank you very much for sharing your ideas!
Great tips, Michael. I would also suggest using a small diffuser if shade isn’t an option. You can use it to not only diffuse harsh light but to catch and direct the light onto the flower/subject.
Rule #7 I usually follow, but when I first started taking photos I often took them at high noon on my lunch break. When it came to Portulaca, the flowers glowed so vibrantly in full sun that to this day it is one of my favorite photos. It was sheer serendipity because I knew very little about the best lighting techniques. The portulaca is at 4:39 in my Succulent Treasures video. Sometimes at just the right angle full sun can be used for a stained glass effect with certain flowers.
I always lower the exposure compensation to -1 or -2 so that the true color of the flower is photographed. The sun tends to bleach out the colors of a flower....
Superb video! Very informative and no long drawn out explanations. Now all I need is a macro lens! I'm saving up!! I am a new subscriber and I've signed up for the newsletter. Thank you
Awesome tips, I must admit I didn't expect this video to be so instructive... and nice pictures! The Canon 100-400mm f4.5-5.6 mkII is a real beast for flower photography too, great magnification and it throws everything in the background in a beautiful bokeh
This was a great video! Informative, concise and full of simple solutions to some of the most common problems. I can't believe I've never thought about just creating the shade with my own body! So simple and yet it's escaped me all this time. So thank you!
I actually find the image at 3:15 to be one of the strongest and most interesting compositionally in the set. The in-and-out of focus leaves provide lines that swirl around the flowers and help to frame the image. Shallow depth of field flower photography with an out-of-focus background and tack sharp flower is only one approach. It can be a bit one-dimensional if overdone. What if you were to include more backgrounds, fences, buildings, people walking past in flower photography? This is a different approach but would provide great context and open up possibilites.
I really like your style. It is pretty laid back. You give a Master video, just enough information and no extraneous guff. I'll watch this again and have subscribed to your channel. One question though: what is that great background jazz? It's a great choice: just enough to complement the video without being distracting. I could listen to it all day long. Thanks Micael
Thank you for your kind words. I think the song is called The Barrier by Rupert Sachs, I got the song from epidemicsound.com which is a site where youtubers can get background music.
Thanks for the awesome video! I bought my first camera today because i wanted to photograph flowers haha. They are so awesome. I'm not sure what all the settings mean yet but im sure I'll get better
Thanks Micael, after going through photos after a recent trip with my photography group to a botanical garden here in Utrecht and seeing many of them look like rubbish for the reasons you highlighted, this video came up in my suggested ones...like TH-cam is reading my mind haha! Well done, clearly explained, really helpful.
This is perfect because I will be doing some flower photography next month in my holidays! You always release the perfect video at the perfect time. It seems like such a coincidence!!! Unfortunately I just have the kit lens so I will have to make do with that but it should do the job, hopefully...
Agreed! I use macro lenses now, but still, some of my favorite shots were with my kit lens. If you follow the tips in Micael's vid, you can get great results! Good luck!
That is very hard due to how light and optics work. You could try shooting from more distance, using a smaller aperture (bigger f-number) or focus stacking (search for my video about focus stacking).
One of my problems with shooting flowers is failure to focus on the center of the flowers. Don't know if it is because of the lens, i.e. too short focal length, or too little light, or not enough color contrast, like in the case of pink color pedals?
Great points, Micael! I like to use shade, too. I will often add a little flash fill on subject to bring it out of the background. If you do something like that, I would love to see your approach.
Also a tip , try to tell a Story about this Flower. What makes it special you selected it. Also keep in Mind Rules of Thirds , DoF and Compositing. It pleases the Eye of the Viewer.
I shoot flowers a lot and these are generally some good tips, but I don't fully agree with you on shooting in the shade. While you can definitely get great results in the shade, I often find that it can also result in quite dull looking photos. Personally I prefer shooting in either the morning or evening sun since you get a softer light at those times of the day that can give you beautiful results. You also get more contrast in sunlight. Although I would definitely advice against shooting in the mid-day sun as that generally gives you a very harsh light and hard shadows.
I recently tried using a wide angle Tokina 11-16mm with a 12mm extension tube because I wanted to try wide angle macro. I used it at 14mm but couldn't get the lens to focus. I used the minimum focus distance on my lens 0,30. Should I be using that focus distance?
Likely you applied too much extension and the focusing point was inside your lens. For a very wide lens you need a very short extension tube. See this video: th-cam.com/video/Esxc8pbrPaI/w-d-xo.html
I really like your photos. Do you do classes, arrange excursions etc? I have and old crappy macro lens but it would be interesting to get some hands-on tips from a pro before buying more stuff :)
Hi, How do you deal with focus breathing when you want to focus stack? I am using a Nikon Nikkor AF 60mm Micro. But it focus breaths pretty bad, so i tried to use a macro rail. Does the Laowa 100mm focus breath? Thanks for any answer.
I never use the focusing ring when stacking, so focus breathing is not an issue for me. If you stack by moving the camera (handheld or with rail) focus breathing is not a problem.
Thanks for watching! Subscribe for more videos! More regular content from me in these places:
💌 newsletter: mwroll.com 🌄 instagram: instagram.com/mwroll
🌆 patreon: patreon.com/micaelwidell 🐦 twitter: twitter.com/micaelwidell
📷 my personal favorite macro lens: bit.ly/mwlaowa60 (I always buy Laowa lenses here - fast free shipping worldwide)
Gear used in the video:
- 150 mm: amzn.to/2L06SNh
- 90 mm: amzn.to/2L9EyEY
- 135 mm: amzn.to/2KZYLjS or amzn.to/2ukc3xf
- unspecified: amzn.to/2N6TUL1 or th-cam.com/video/yFEJxuKD4HY/w-d-xo.html
Most photos in the video were shot on this camera: amzn.to/2NJB7XA
But the most recent photos I used my current workhorse for:
amzn.to/2ulxqyq
To make this video, I used this mic: amzn.to/2N4uCxj with this preamp: amzn.to/2KV9dt5 and this small video camera: amzn.to/2N5gIuW
This is an example of a GOOD photography video. Lots of examples of bad and good photographs. No self-promoting gibberish. Thank you.
I am sorry, but you seem to enjoy the free content without any care for the creators. How about you keep enjoying it and stop complaining about self promotion? If people would support artists more, maybe it wouldn’t be necessary. Your favorite TH-camrs also need to eat
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So nice to find someone talking about this kind of flower photography as it's my favourite too.
Flower photography is incredibly beautiful. I normally don't care for it, but your photos have inspired me to think otherwise.
Creating B&W versions of the photos to diminish distractions is a great idea. Thanks! Wonderful video.
I appreciate your controlled pace of narration. The way of explaining things with an appropriate example was perfect. This video can be an example for others " the so called gurus of photography" who post videos on TH-cam which are highly opinionated, dogmatic and cacophonic.
I'm not sure I ever got this much out of a TH-cam video... this is exactly what I needed. Great tips and examples. Thank you!
inspirational! I think I need to be doing this! where I live there are flowers blooming all year round. it's clear this is where I need to start my Photography (retirement hobby).
Those little purple flowers are so beautiful, great images!
Thank you. Tiny flowers are also one of my go to macro subjects. Your suggestions are a great help!
It's not boring, simplicity is Beautiful. The Heart of Fashion about flower reflect on it.
Good explanation as well. thank you !I will apply your tips when am taking flowers.
Thank you very much for sharing your ideas!
I usually took photos of flower with lots of leaves. Now I understand why some of it looked off. This video is very helpful. Thank you so much!
Great tips, Michael. I would also suggest using a small diffuser if shade isn’t an option. You can use it to not only diffuse harsh light but to catch and direct the light onto the flower/subject.
Great tip!
Just found you here thanks so much for all this info , I do paint flowers, I take picture from them . This helps me tremendously. Please continue.
Excellent tips , loved the one about B n W when background is busy
Good gide, well done job. Micael! Slowers and mushrooms - a big part of my interest in photography )
Nice shots. You opened my eyes on the B&W photography of the flowers.
6:29 These tiny blue forest "fairies" are fantastically beautiful! Superior photos!
Thank you :)
thank you! (ah! brings back memories of when i could crouch down like that without falling over ... & get up again elegantly('ish)!)
Ha Ha, at 90 I know know what you mean. I just blow up enlargement bigger, and crop.
Rule #7 I usually follow, but when I first started taking photos I often took them at high noon on my lunch break. When it came to Portulaca, the flowers glowed so vibrantly in full sun that to this day it is one of my favorite photos. It was sheer serendipity because I knew very little about the best lighting techniques. The portulaca is at 4:39 in my Succulent Treasures video. Sometimes at just the right angle full sun can be used for a stained glass effect with certain flowers.
Excellent tip on the flat flowers, always enjoy your work and have learnt a lot from your past videos, thanks for posting this video.
Thank you for all your tips. I’m also a big fan of flower photography and I loved all your photos.
Unless it's a tiny flower, I love my Zeiss Batis 85mm. Amazing tool for the job. My go to settings are usually ISO 100 and F2.8.
Thanks for this great video. The music is very well chosen, just wonderful.
very informative!!, always love to take pictures of flowers cause there's so many of them
I always lower the exposure compensation to -1 or -2 so that the true color of the flower is photographed. The sun tends to bleach out the colors of a flower....
Superb video! Very informative and no long drawn out explanations. Now all I need is a macro lens! I'm saving up!! I am a new subscriber and I've signed up for the newsletter. Thank you
Awesome tips, I must admit I didn't expect this video to be so instructive... and nice pictures! The Canon 100-400mm f4.5-5.6 mkII is a real beast for flower photography too, great magnification and it throws everything in the background in a beautiful bokeh
love this lens too
I really enjoyed this video. More creative ideas and tips for me to follow.
Thanks Micael. Very good sound tips!
Another gem from a very talented photographer. Thank you.
I love photos like these, pretty flowers, simple little joys. Thanks for sharing!
One of the better youtubes on photography. Useful and practical tips. Length of video is just about right. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for all your videos are very instructive and fun to watch. Regards from Chile
thanks for the tips, I´ll put them in practice to improve my flower photography. Greetings from El Salvador, Central America.
Very nice video👍👍 I will definitely use this tips next time I do photography
Simple... but I have learnt a lot... thank you !
Wow my favorite flower shot thank you for sharing
Very good video, beautifully explained and i love all the links in the description.
great job that inspires many of us
Great informational, chill, laid back video man
You just got a new subscriber
This was a great video! Informative, concise and full of simple solutions to some of the most common problems. I can't believe I've never thought about just creating the shade with my own body! So simple and yet it's escaped me all this time. So thank you!
Pretty good tips and I learnt one or two tricks - playing with colours. Here is one from me, take photos of flowers in light rain...
I actually find the image at 3:15 to be one of the strongest and most interesting compositionally in the set. The in-and-out of focus leaves provide lines that swirl around the flowers and help to frame the image. Shallow depth of field flower photography with an out-of-focus background and tack sharp flower is only one approach. It can be a bit one-dimensional if overdone. What if you were to include more backgrounds, fences, buildings, people walking past in flower photography? This is a different approach but would provide great context and open up possibilites.
If not for two of the flowers also being out of focus, and the grass seed head across the middle one, I might agree with you.
Thank you so much Micael, great tips
I really like your style. It is pretty laid back. You give a Master video, just enough information and no extraneous guff. I'll watch this again and have subscribed to your channel. One question though: what is that great background jazz? It's a great choice: just enough to complement the video without being distracting. I could listen to it all day long. Thanks Micael
Thank you for your kind words. I think the song is called The Barrier by Rupert Sachs, I got the song from epidemicsound.com which is a site where youtubers can get background music.
These are some nice Tips Micael.
Thanks for the awesome video! I bought my first camera today because i wanted to photograph flowers haha. They are so awesome. I'm not sure what all the settings mean yet but im sure I'll get better
Have fun!
Namaste from India.
I use either a point and shoot camera or my Android phone. 😊
I did learn something I'll try. I will say absolutely yes to not taking pics of flowers on a sunny day. Soft light is best
this is my favorite also. i love to take pics of flowers
Very good tips especially for a beginner.
Delightful! Very good video - thanks!
Great video great view great pictures. 👍
Nowadays I've been doing macro photography and this video is very helpful. Thank you, from Philippines😊
You are great and your work is amazing...💐💐💞💞💞💞
Thank you Micael for the tip.
Wow the photos is so good, great photoshoot, thank you for the tips, it's very helpful
A nice balanced useful video, thanks.
This is the video of flower photography tips that I've always been looking for, excellent work!
Great video. This gave me a whole new motivation to pictures flowers which are in abundance here in summers
Happy to hear that, the goal of my videos is to inspire!
Excellent video - thank you for the great tips - reverting as a last resort to B&W 👍
great tips....your photography is very good...thankyou!
Thanks Micael, after going through photos after a recent trip with my photography group to a botanical garden here in Utrecht and seeing many of them look like rubbish for the reasons you highlighted, this video came up in my suggested ones...like TH-cam is reading my mind haha! Well done, clearly explained, really helpful.
super useful video and beautiful images, thank you!
Thanks for this awesome video, I'll be watching it again and again...so much to learn and practice. 📷🙌 🌸🌺🌻🌼
I just got into photography and this video was so helpful thank you
Very nice tips and above all, all your photos are great...
Wonderful tips, thank you so much 😊
No.1 photography. 👍👌🙏🇮🇳
Love your channel. Thoughtful tips suitable for both beginners and more advanced photographers illustrated by excellent examples.
Just have me an incredible idea. Thanks 😊 Chief. Hugs from KOLKATA India 🙏
How to get these effects on mobile🤔.. For mobile photography
Thanks for the inspiration I needed some today.
Really enjoyed your video. I too enjoy flower photography. Great tips, thanks.
Thanks a lot! That was a very helpful and well made video!
This is perfect because I will be doing some flower photography next month in my holidays! You always release the perfect video at the perfect time. It seems like such a coincidence!!!
Unfortunately I just have the kit lens so I will have to make do with that but it should do the job, hopefully...
You can probably get some great bokeh even with a kit lens if you focus closely :)
Agreed! I use macro lenses now, but still, some of my favorite shots were with my kit lens. If you follow the tips in Micael's vid, you can get great results! Good luck!
Liesl Huddleston, thank you! :)
Is there no way to focus on both of the flowers in front and the one is the back?
That is very hard due to how light and optics work. You could try shooting from more distance, using a smaller aperture (bigger f-number) or focus stacking (search for my video about focus stacking).
Leveraging flatness is a really good and simple tip. Thank you!
Great Tutorial!
Very Helpful. Thank you for sharing.
One of my problems with shooting flowers is failure to focus on the center of the flowers. Don't know if it is because of the lens, i.e. too short focal length, or too little light, or not enough color contrast, like in the case of pink color pedals?
Keep moving the camera towards or away till you get the correct focus.
Please check this out:
th-cam.com/video/yZR_EaWQFxc/w-d-xo.html
Thank you for the suggestions. I like photographing flowers and will keep these points in mind.
Thank you for your tips Micael, it is simple but helpful. Specially about the flat side of flowers. So, now you get a loyal subscriber. :)
Great points, Micael! I like to use shade, too. I will often add a little flash fill on subject to bring it out of the background. If you do something like that, I would love to see your approach.
thanks for explaining flower photography
Also a tip , try to tell a Story about this Flower. What makes it special you selected it. Also keep in Mind Rules of Thirds , DoF and Compositing. It pleases the Eye of the Viewer.
Love it ♥️
Very helpful straight forward video. Great images as well. I’m off to macro shoot this afternoon
I shoot flowers a lot and these are generally some good tips, but I don't fully agree with you on shooting in the shade. While you can definitely get great results in the shade, I often find that it can also result in quite dull looking photos. Personally I prefer shooting in either the morning or evening sun since you get a softer light at those times of the day that can give you beautiful results. You also get more contrast in sunlight. Although I would definitely advice against shooting in the mid-day sun as that generally gives you a very harsh light and hard shadows.
Yeah that is a great tip that I didn't mention - the golden hour can give beautiful results!
very enjoyable and helpful video Micael
I recently tried using a wide angle Tokina 11-16mm with a 12mm extension tube because I wanted to try wide angle macro. I used it at 14mm but couldn't get the lens to focus. I used the minimum focus distance on my lens 0,30. Should I be using that focus distance?
Likely you applied too much extension and the focusing point was inside your lens. For a very wide lens you need a very short extension tube. See this video: th-cam.com/video/Esxc8pbrPaI/w-d-xo.html
@@MicaelWidell Thank you very much for the tips and for the link!
I really like your photos. Do you do classes, arrange excursions etc? I have and old crappy macro lens but it would be interesting to get some hands-on tips from a pro before buying more stuff :)
Sorry don’t do any of that at the moment. Might do in the future.
Can you use any of the usual rules like rule of third or symmetry
Of course :)
Good advices given, thank you!
Hi, How do you deal with focus breathing when you want to focus stack? I am using a Nikon Nikkor AF 60mm Micro. But it focus breaths pretty bad, so i tried to use a macro rail. Does the Laowa 100mm focus breath?
Thanks for any answer.
I never use the focusing ring when stacking, so focus breathing is not an issue for me. If you stack by moving the camera (handheld or with rail) focus breathing is not a problem.
I love ur video M. May I ask how to download an Adobe lightroom in laptop.. thanks for the help
Download it from adobe.com
Great video, keep going to do more videos like this , with practical advices in photography and less about a gear.
TH-cam recommendation,glad i clicked
Amazing video and really helpful tips,thanks!
And they tell me flower photography is boring. Thanks for the inspiration
Thank you for your tips.