Keep things SIMPLE to IMPROVE your photography | Fuji XT2 challenge
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- In this video I embark on a landscape photography challenge against Steven Hanna with just a Fuji XT2, 35mm F2 lens, 24 photos and a subject of Trees. I have a slight advantage as he says there are no trees in Ireland! (unlikely story).
Make sure your check out Steven's channel and his challenge video.
Steven's video - • The Tree Challenge - E...
Steven's channel - / @stevenhannaphotography
GEAR USED IN THIS VIDEO
Fujifilm X-T2 - azon.ly/pFez
Fuji XF35mm F2 - azon.ly/xqgh
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MY PHOTOGRAPHY GEAR
Full Format SLR
Main landscape camera - Nikon D810 - azon.ly/kzJM
Awesome telephoto lens - Nikon 70-200m f/2.8 - azon.ly/7T6l
Fav lens - Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8 - azon.ly/lTcP
Best for Landscapes - Nikon 16-35mm f/4 - azon.ly/yY7N
A must have for tripod - Haoge L bracket for D810 - azon.ly/0Lbo
Lightweight tripod - Benro Mach3 Carbon Fiber Tripod - azon.ly/Eals
Preferred big stopper - NiSi 10 stop filter - azon.ly/KJr7
Lee Filters Landscape Pro Kit - amzn.to/2lay5fP (fits NISI)
Other Fuji Kit
Killer wide angle lens - Fuji 10-24mm F4 - azon.ly/0Wo2
GorillaPod - azon.ly/BXvQ (as seen in previous videos)
MY VLOGGING GEAR
Yi 4K+ action camera (AWESOME) - azon.ly/5CDJ
Rode Lav Mic - azon.ly/nLV3
PHOTO PAPER I USE
Matte Papers
Fotospeed NST Bright White- amzn.to/2y0U0Re
Hahnemuhle Photo Rag - amzn.to/2fhvU9j
Baryta (semi-gloss) Papers
Fotospeed Signature Platinum Baryta - amzn.to/2y03vzN
Canson Baryta Photographique - amzn.to/2fhEghc
"Now at six and a half thousand subscribers.." Looks like you've come a long way on your channel. Love all the content.
5:24 off to the right from that vantage point. Hindsight is always 20/20.
Well done Nigel!
This is a good idea. I'm going to go out tomorrow and limit myself to a number of exposures, im sure it will help me think of composition and lighting more. Really love your channel, I've watched a lot of your videos but have never commented before but i just want to thank you for being an inspiration
Excellent. You kicked my ass with that challenge! Superb images mate!
+Steven Hanna thanks mate! 👍👊
Both, whilst I agree with you Steven, Nigel had a much easier job given the area he was able to choose versus the area you were in. I suspect it would have been a much closer thing had you both been in the same location. But then it isn't about competition what you have both done has given those of us who follow you a challenge to take up ourselves. Well done and thanks to both of you.
Steven Hanna It should have been coastline!
Mark Harris maybe round 2!
Topsyrm I suggested that in another comment, the closest one to where the tree images were taken.
I have had that exact camera and lens for over 6 years, and to this day, cannot take anything even close to your photos. I wish I knew how you did this. Stunning photos. By the way, anything that you may consider bad, is probably a lot better than even my best would be.
Not a challenge, but a blessing. I mostly use my zeiss 32mm lens lately. If it's not wide enough i make a pano. It's just a brilliant lens. TAK sharp and light.
You have a gorgeous god gifted mate. The photographic composition knowledge merged together with nature is superb. Job well done!
Excellent and I will try and get out and start taking landscapes something I have never done and will take on the the 24 shot challenge myself Thanks for the inspiration.
thank you it gave me so much to think about and put into action
So liberating to keep it simple. One lens and no filters and a ton of equipment to carry. Great vlog..
I hadn't seen this video until now. What a day this was for you with the amazing dappled light and partial cloud cover. You had some brilliant images in there. It must've been overwhelming picking out compositions as it seems nearly every angle had something promising.
Great collaboration Nigel, love the limitations you placed on yourselves. I’m also using the XT-2 for landscapes and should have vlog about that out soon. You managed to get some great shots, the colours over there at this time of the year are amazing. Thanks for sharing mate! :)
Andrew Marr I mentioned you in a comment on Kim Grant's latest video. Probably my last bit of civility to you for the next 4 months. At which point I think I’ll be in tears (thanks to a certain Mr Stokes's totally unacceptable behaviour) and you will have the right to take the p&*#!
Cheers Andrew - appreciate it. It was fun and actually taking 24 shots was more than enough in the end. Maybe need to restrict myself to 1 or 2 shots next time and pretend I have a large format camera!
Wow, great conditions! Cool challenge, well done Nigel!
Thanks Adam - appreciate that!
Some great images Nigel & you definitely won the challenge! Good to see you using the X-T2 as I’m hoping Santa will bring me one for Christmas. Can’t wait to get my hands on it!
Many thanks, Nigel. I totally agree that restricting oneself to a single fixed lens (and a limited number of exposures) stimulates enhanced thinking about composition. With our digital cameras we tend to fire away and hope we get something good. Your analogy to the film days is an excellent one; we took our time and produced some great images like the ones you took. Cheers, Bob.
Thanks Robert - appreciate the comment
Excellent video. I was in the Lake District a week ago. I shall try to visit Holme Fell next time I visit. Some excellent tree shots.
What a spot. So many views there. So many shutter presses. What a day out. I've subscribed looking out for more. Good challenge.
Fantastic video Nigel. Wonderful location and what a great idea you and Steven had for a colloboration. I thought you captured some lovely images. I can't wait to visit the Lakes next weekend!
+Julian Baird - Landscape Photography cheers Julian - you will love it!
It has inspired me to do something similar at a fixed focal length. It also has made me think about moving from Nikon to Fuji. The quality of those images was stunning and I assume with very little editing in lightroom. You are an inspiration to us all Nigel. I feel for Steven in Ireland he did not have the joyous Lake District vista to play in.
Thanks Nigel for all your work.
+Nicky foulkes fuji is great and I think probably better out of the camera than Nikon. The only reason I stick with Nikon is I have over 10 Nikon lenses
I have been giving serious consideration to upgrading my aging D7100 which has poor ISO performance. I am so impressed with your Fuji images that I may well go Fuji. FF is probably the only upgrade for me and I do not want the weight and expense when I shoot for me. Your images alone are selling Fuji to me, more and more.They produce some beautiful prime lenses that make you focus on composition.
Lovely bit of B roll with that cow!
Great - loved it. I'm using the XT2, and the 35mm idea is a good one.
+1spitfirepilot thanks! Appreciate the kind words! Xt2 is great!!!
Great video & very insightful. As someone that has a been a 35mm & 120 film camera user until mid 2016, when I switched to a Fujifilm X-Pro2, the discipline still carries on with me. Superb images too.
+Camera Plus Thanks - appreciate it!
Fantastic video and great images, thanks so much!
What an awesome challenge. You nailed some sweet exposures there. Great work.
Might have to try this with my x100s. An awesome little camera
Hi Nigel, beautiful location and shots! Now i'm off to watch Steven's video. I liked the limitations you imposed to yourselves. I don't know if I would be particularly happy shooting at 35mm coz I do tend to shoot a bit wider, but it was very interesting to watch.
+Marieta Tsoukoukou try it - you maybe surprised! Thanks for the kind words :-)
GREAT Video - Wow!
Whow what a stunning location and some awesome images ......more please 👍😁
+Gary Pentecost many thanks - that is really kind of you. I am trying... 👍👍😂
Great video, love the challenge it is something I might try when I visit the lakes at the start of February.
Some great shots there Nigel, looks like a great location 👍
+Dan Rooke yep - stunning - I would love to go back in winter
I think this is perhaps your best upload so far Nigel, absolutely superb video and very inspiring...thank you.
That is kind of you... It certainly took the longest to edit!
Fabulous stuff Nigel. What a great idea you and Steven came up with. I've been thinking a lot lately about how we had to be more selective and choose compositions much more carefully in the old 35mm film days, so your video is very much where my photography mindset is currently. I love image number 8 and have now added Holme Fell to my 2018 locations list ! Many thanks for sharing.
Great video Nigel....now planning a day out with the same challenge albeit with the Fuji XT2.
+Chris Smith thanks! And brilliant!
Excellent photography and I liked the background music also, its very good.
Very nice video Nigel, every clicks were very nice. And very much liked the concept of limiting to single focal length.
Nice work, enjoyed it a lot. Reminded me of back in the day shooting 35mm film with my retina IV. It seemed like we had to put a greater value on our time and resources then. But as you have so aptly pointed out, we can still do it and should be doing it. Thanks for the reminder.
+Avid Amateur thanks!
Wow! What great photos. You chose a perfect time as far as lighting. Watched this again after watching your 3 lens video as you recommended it. Composition was grand as I have come to expect -- given your "eye". Some of my favorites were the ones where you isolated the trees. I personally love that "close-in, subject isolating" look. Got even more out of my second look than the first. Thanks for your videos.
Nigel, that was really great! If I could make one suggestion and that is to let the people know in the beginning that the 35 on the Fuji is a 50mm on a full frame and that is what you are shooting with. The Fuji shooters will know like I did, but the others may not. It's a small tweak, you did an awesome job.
I thought I had but probably cut out that bit for some reason! By bad!
Great challenge and great pictures Nigel.
I mostly take out the XT2 for my landscapes too these days instead of my Canon 5D Mark III. I didn't miss it at all during my last trip to Iceland.
Looking forward to your next videos.
Great images, Thank! Nigel...,
+friendship yujin friendship, yujin thanks!!
Absolutely brilliant. Beautiful, stunning images Nigel. I personally think the Silver Birch is the best model in the tree group, but then again, what do I know? Tony
Yep - agree!
Lovely video Nigel..great sound track and drone shots...you gave the game away how difficult it can be to do these videos when we saw the second camera on the tripod..so thats two cameras on tripods, AND one handheld vlogging camera, full audio stuff AND the drone AND trying to concentrate on the content...doing mine increased my gear about 75% !!..at least you had your son and dog to help...I was staying in Buttermere for 3 nights from the weekend before you arrived and alas weather/light was rubbishbut we did at least get sonme very soggy walks in (climbing Haystacks in 45mph gusts and driving rain is NOT to be recommended to the sane !!)...so wish I lived nearer the Lakes...keep up the great content
+Nigel Morley cheers Nigel! Yep - vlogging is a real challenge. This morning I just went to take photos and had time to focus on getting the images I wanted!
Great little video Nigel. I like the concept of one lens and 24 shots. I still shoot in film sometimes with the same constraints. Only issue is, you don't know what you're getting until you develop them.
Nope - digital makes it easier on so many ways! Helps us fail faster
Looks like you had a blast Nigel. I can confirm there are plenty of trees in Ireland :)
Another great video Nigel, inspiring as always.
Beautiful place and that dog I love it. Nice photos good job 👌🏼👏🏽
+ligaya 26 Thanks - appreciate it!
Wow, wow and wow again. Love this video, outstanding images of an outstanding place. A vlog to watch again and again.
Fantastic! Just about any of those pictures would do really well as a print.
Great episode.
Jim
Great Images as always Nigel!! I may need to give a challenge such as this a go in one of my videos in the future. Very inspirational and motivating video. Cant wait for the next one!!
I like to do the same but with a long lens, as I usually don't look for those tight-cropped compositions when I've got my kit lens on, even if I've got a long lens in my bag! Great video as ever, such a good way to start my Sundays :)
Thanks - appreciate the comments. Yep - great to do with a long lens. Next week I talk about that ;-)
Excellent video Nigel, great images.
+Edward Lee thanks Edward
need more challenge like this,, real tutor for photograpy sriaght from nature
Your videos are awesome
I am learning to take "less" photos now. Thank you!
Great images both in quality of composition and editing, which looked superb. I only ever use my 75mm on my Bronica which I think equates to about 42mm on a full frame. There’s something about wider frame that’s magical. As always a brilliant video, entertaining, informing and beautiful. I think you should both do the nearest coastline to where you took the images of the trees for your next challenge.
brilliant video nigel you made it look far easier than steve but then again you were in the lake district cracking images.
+Andy Whiteside I had an unfair advantage! The location and weather !
Amazing video 👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
+A Shawes Thanks!!!!
You're a great photographer!
Great video. Love the idea of limiting how many exposures you take, did you decide on 24 because that is how many you could take on a film roll? The Lake District is one of my favourite places, so beautiful, you are lucky to live nearby. I loved the video of the cow using the rock to scratch against. Loved the silver birch trees, they stand out so well.
+sherry Davis I loved the cow as well - they are such a cute breed! Thanks for the kind comments! 👍
Another quality video.
Great images and excellent vid, self and mate did similar last year as an idea for our camera club, called it 50/50 NTA, which was 50mm lens only and No Tripods Allowed.
Amazing images Nigel! Love it!
Excellent!
Nice work Nigel. Just recently subscribed... enjoying your stuff!
great video, and a wonderful place
I really licked! Life demonstration is always helpful and enjoyable for watching..! Thank You!
What a great idea Nigel. It would have been nice to have had a three way challenge with Simon Baxter. Lovely images and congrats on the subscriptions, well deserved.
Thanks - appreciate the comment. Simon is the tree master!
Great video, a refreshing outlook on landscape work (at which I am crap lol). The EOS M is going to be dragged out of retirement lol.
+david gellatly fantastic! Good luck
What a gorgeous place lovely images particularly one near end with the dog 🐕 😁
+Shaun Hilton thanks!!! Yeah I like that one! Probably biased as got Pebbles in it 👊
Fantastic video footage and still Nigel. I have just bought this camera, still learning how to use it. Your colours are amazing. Any chance letting me know your settings.Is it a simulation? Also thoughts on BBF .Many thanks from an old pensioner but avid photographer.
Really enjoyed it. good images
I think you won! haha - great idea for getting out of your comfort zone and thinking about image making
Nice video, good idea to take an challenge for only 24 pictures to focus on your composition
I love the music. Could you please mention it on the description of your videos. Thanks.
It is windshield 👍
Nice images !!
Great video!
Good inspiration!
Great job nigel👍🏻 bossed it
Know I'm late coming to this video, still use both the xt-2 and the 10-24 and have no reason to change but it did seem from the video Nigel that you don't use the lens hood on the Fuji - any reason for this? Subscribed and just loving going through your channel.
Great video and great pictures. I thought that one roll of film has 36 frames. You may come up with a video to show the landscape through 23 mm (35 in ff) and 35 mm (50 in ff):-)
Great video, I'm setting myself up for a 24 photo challenge
I noticed that you’re editing RAF files straight in LR without using Irridient X-transformer or other raf converters. How happy are you with how LR handles Xtrans raf files?
Great video, thanks learnt a lot out of this. And by the way, if you dont mind to say whats that Background music in the starting??
Hi Nigel, nice video & tips!
The track in the beginning is also nice, would you mind telling me the title & artist?
Thanks a bunch!
Excellent tips. What gear do you use for your Vlog, camera and audio?
What song is that at the beginning and end ? It was also in the 3 lens video I just cane from
Great video Nigel. Do you prefer that de-saturated look to your images. Most of the shots look less saturated than the video footage or are the shots more representative of the actual colours on the day?
The photos are more representative. I try and get a true to life look as I can. With the video it is slightly more difficult.
Enjoyed the video Nigel. Was the video filmed on an X-T2 as well?
+Larry Ross not this one. Mostly on the Nikon d810. However I film most on the Fuji 👍
I loved the shots of the silver birch against the dark rocks! Ps whats the name of the sound track used?
+Nigel WCC thanks - sober by Windshield
Simplicity at its best, great work! Do you have a list of the music you used in the video?
Thanks - I always forget to add in the music - this was Sober by Windshield
Nigel Danson thanks, beautiful music that perfectly matches the video. 🙂
I think you kicked Steve's 'us'. How do you get such vivid colour - were they jpegs SOOC?
+Alistair McNaughton RAW and then just basic processing - top section of LR. 👍
Wonderful video! I'm wondering, how do you decide when to take a tripod and what to hand hold? Because from the video, I couldn't really make out any differences between the first shots on the tripod and those that followed. Neither needed a long exposure or grad filters or the like.
+Thomas Sturm thanks Thomas. I could have handheld them all as the light was good. I would usually never handhold though as shooting in fog, at sunrise or generally low light. Anything below 1/focal length is the general rule but IOS can help reduce that. Hope that helps! 👍
Loved this video :-)
I want to buy this lens for my X-T20 and I am a landscape photographer also but wondered where it’s sweet spot is to get everything pin sharp? F/5.6 to F/8?
i like watching your video, it is insperational both the pictues, and the video itself.
Can you tell me the names or referenes of the background music?
It is Sober by Windshield
Hi Nigel. Which film simulation mode did you use for these shots on the XT2?
Some nice shots and good video. Thank you RS
Can’t remember - sorry!
That’s how to make photography fun. Try it with an urban landscape.
Music credits?
got to replace my 1855 with a 35f2 as "always on"... and i have to move to ireland!!!!!