The amount of work you put into your B-roll and establishing shots is incredible. To run ahead and put the camera and then head back to capture you walking or driving would add so much time to the trip but it’s so worth it for us the viewers. Thank you!
Nigel, I thought I knew all this so wasn’t expecting to learn much but as it was you I clicked on the video anyway. Thank you for a very entertaining 20 minutes while I have my Sunday breakfast and I did learn more. It must have taken you ages to scout and plan all this out. Plus of course the editing. The combination of your drone videos, explanations and photos are top drawer. It doesn’t get better than this. Oh wait, . . . the next video!
Depends what you are going to do with the photo. I doubt you would enlarge a photo with a blurred foreground. I imagine if you are blowing up the photo to huge professional sizes, like I imagine he is doing, this is probably the technique to use?
The other day you were asking, if we were missing you. Well, YES! And with this step back it is easy to see the quality of your videos with fresh eyes again. Stunning.
Nigel, your explanation and examples helped me learn the PhotoPills DOF app better than any one else explaining it. You are always teaching and I thank you for it.
I don't know why, but that apple crunch was the most satisfying thing I have heard all day. Killer video as always man! Those cinematic scenes were just stunning!
Ha ha - I liked that too! It was my 2nd attempt as first crunch didn’t work (hope that didn’t spoil the illusion!) I b-rolled Iceland to death with my drone.
I have been following you for a bit to learn all I can about photography, but what I would use in my Drone shots. NOW, I have a new Canon EOS 2000D (yes an APS-C sensor) and have come back to learn all I can!! Thank you so much for all that have done and explained, it has helped me immensely!!
Great video. My holly trinity of landscape photographers are Nigel Danson, James Popsys and Henry Turner. I've been following their channels for years and aside from great insights and advices, their videos are certainly the best and most entertaining lessons on photography one could find on RUclips.
Great video and information! Looking forward to more in the Iceland series. BTW- I use the EasyMeasure-Camera Ruler app and the AR functionality of my iPhone to get approximate distances to objects (near and far). Also allows me to save images of the measurements overlay on the pic for my location research… helpful info combined with the embedded GPS location info from the phone.
Thanks Nigel. I've been struggling with focus for a while. Knew it all in the past, but my M.E. causes memory issues. This was a great reminder and clear guide as to what to do. I had pbotopills already but on a tablet that never comes with me. Now on my phone and will be used when filming my next vlog.
I always learn something watching your videos. Your explanation demystified the theory and practical use of hyperfocal distance. Adding screenshots from PhotoPills when composing your beautiful photos was a great way to show how to determine the appropriate focus distance.
Great video Nigel, amazing scenery and some great practical scenarios to demonstrate all the technical focusing stuff using Pills. I find the hyperfocal table in Pills to be very useful as a quick reference - just navigate to find where the x and y axis meet, and you can pick AR to show where the minimum focus point is. Takes out all the jargon and complexity. Look forward to your next production - keep up the great work!
I really enjoyed this video. I just recently upgraded my equipment and am excited to take it out and try the techniques here. Thanks for a great channel.
It’s fantastic how you observe the location and combine this with you knowledge withour being overwhelmed by the fantastic views! Thanks for sharing your knowledge and the stunning images!
Simply stunning. Wow blown away. Thank you so much Nigel as always or sharing your truly beautiful images and your knowledge, you have no idea how much it’s appreciated
This video is an absolute triumph! The final shot of the waterfall was truly captivating! Can’t wait for the next few videos from the Land of Ice and Fire!
So good to see you each Sunday morning. It's so nice to enjoy all the stunning photos and videos first thing in the morning. Always learn so much each week. Thank you for all your efforts and sharing your talents!
Hey Nigel, catching up on a few old videos and found this one to be excellent, a detailed explanation of getting focussing right, or when to focus stack. Brilliant! No wonder you have so many subscribers, every video is so informative and helpful. Keep up the great work!
Nigel you are exceptional in your office in front of your computer but you were made to be out there somewhere! What an incredible video! The kind of video that can be watch multiple times and looking so forward to what’s coming! 👏👏👏✊
Didn't get a good sleep last night so my brain won't focus. Have to watch this a few times I think. Footage is mind-blowing looking forward to the next instalment. Thank you for bringing this to ordinary people like me, I learn so much.
Everything wonderful about that video : the footage, the soundtrack, the pictures, the landscapes...and those little teasers for future weeks! Very much looking forward to seeing all of it!
Nigel, What an amazing video lesson! You presented your material in simple terms and had great visual aids. I really liked when we were looking through the camera as you adjusted the zoom and incorporated graphics showing the focus points. I am still a new follower and I think this is your best video that I have seen. Thank you!
Phantastic places, and excellent pictures. Thanks Nigel! I am familiar on how to use the concepts you explain, but you are capable to explain them in a crystal clear manner.
Epic footage! Looking very much forward to seeing the rest of it and fun to see the locations I've been under other conditions. You had much more snow than me :)
I used hyperfocal focussing all the time back in film days, carrying a sheet of paper around with all my lens settings and checking for every shot. It was impossible to focus stack 35mm slides! But I thought it was a lost art since the advent of digital and photoshop focus stacking. Glad you showed this. It's always better to get it right in camera.
I am mainly a flower photographer (amateur), and want to do some landscapes. I live in Arizona which is very photogenic no matter where I look. This video is exactly what I need. So far, focus has been hit or miss. Now I can't wait to get out there trying to use what you've taught us here. Thank you!
timely Nigel as I am wrapping up a trip in the high mountains of southwestern Colorado and I struggled with DOF constantly. Took a number of focus stacking shots as a result.
Hi Nigel, love the video. If you use the augmented reality part of the Photopills DOF page, it will project a hyperfocal line on your scene, taking away much of the guess work when deciding where to focus.
Brilliant! Thanks for the lesson, something I will definitely look at now. I think this knowledge is something I’ve been lacking. Can’t wait to see the next videos!!
Thanks Nigel for a concise review on focusing. Your explanations and spending time detailing the examples, especially with the use of PhotoPills app, was very helpful. Great video work on this episode looking forward to the next.
Shocking realisation in this video. I was always thinking that you had your wide-angle lens horizontal for these amazing shots with a foreground/background sharp landscape. When I saw you focussing down toward the flowers, it just made sense immediately but I'd never seen it done before. Thank you...that was such an aha moment. I swear you have just changed my photography for the better.
I have been eagerly waiting to see what you bring back from Iceland Nigel - certainly not disappointed! Looking forward the the next videos, and calendar perhaps??
I really like this video because you've captured some amazing photos on a cloudy day, whereas some photographers may just walk away and think there's nothing to photograph because it's so cloudy out.
Thank you for this tutorial, Nigel. I constantly have issues with focusing and focus stack more than I probably need to. The issue for me is when I am trying to use my 10 stop ND filters to slow down the water in the waterfall, while also including a small subject in the near distance. I have the PhotoPills app, but did not understand the fact that doubling the HFD would help a lot. I’m going to try this next time. Thanks again.
Good morning Nigel, fantastic to see you again! Many scenes in Iceland are just extremely stunning to everyone. I am certain many and many of us here are always looking forward to every next video from you. Would you consider making a "behind the scene" kind of video about how do you make a day out shooting video/vlog maybe someday? Share a bit about your thoughts and thinking process of how you do videography. And as always thanks so much for the awesome video on Sunday!
Reminds me why PhotoPills is the only app I've ever parted with hard earned cash before. Really useful tutorial Nigel and I'm delighted to see Iceland again. Amazing country!
Hi, great location, photos and video as always. Regarding focus…would you consider talking about large zone focus especially in portrait orientation(live view off). Nobody’s saying a word about it. Thank you again for such great and informative videos
Great to see this tutorial from you as I prepare for my first photography expedition to Iceland in September. You’re giving me a good feel for the landscape. Thanks!
Thanks Nigel for logic concerning hyperfocus distances, I like your approach. I'm looking forward to your coming videos, especially the volcano and that incredible sunset you showed a briefly near the end of this video. I'm going to Iceland in August for 8 days of shooting so your videos are very timely.
Great location to explain a technical subject and hold attention. Beautiful. Oh for the days when a lens had DOF scales on them. Another aspect to consider is sensor resolution and therefore the ability to see what is acceptably sharp. I remember when we went from standard def to HD video in tv production, that we would see more focus errors on shots where before the lack of resolution hid them.
Just amazing! And I’m taking about the place and your effort to make us understand these concepts. I really appreciate your effort to chip out your time while shooting, I understand it must be difficult. Hope to have an apple along with you someday.
Thanks for sharing ! I tend to use the aperture preview button often when I'm not sure. Also I don't like fiddling with my smartphone when I could have taken 3 photo's to stack maybe later but that's just me. Epic landscapes and I can't wait until sunday as I am in Iceland myself hopefully by then...
Nigel, I’m a subscriber to your channel, and have watched many of your videos but haven’t yet commented (until now). Just wanted to say that your content is amazing, and your explanations are very informative. I’ve recently upgraded my camera to the Nikon Z6ii and (based on your review) purchased the z24-200 f/4 lens (I’m still a beginner…). Keep up the great work, Maestro 👍🏼👏
A bit elementary but always good to be reminded of the key issues. It is interesting that you double. I generally just go beyond the HFD a bit. I think the doubling is an easier algorithm to remember and I'll change to it. Again always good to go back to the basics every now and again.
great video, I should try to get things in one shot, but I find I nearly always stack and bracket, and when using ultrawide I also tend to aim at the foreground then tilt the camera up to make the background bigger.
Great explanation of how to use PhotoPills, I can see me using it more often. Spectacular locations and as always great presentation, can't wait until the next chapter :)
Great tips. I learned a lot. The music too was fantastic. Wish you'd let us know who gets music credits. But even if you don't the photography and information was absolutely fantastic, Nigel.
The amount of work you put into your B-roll and establishing shots is incredible. To run ahead and put the camera and then head back to capture you walking or driving would add so much time to the trip but it’s so worth it for us the viewers. Thank you!
Nigel, I thought I knew all this so wasn’t expecting to learn much but as it was you I clicked on the video anyway. Thank you for a very entertaining 20 minutes while I have my Sunday breakfast and I did learn more. It must have taken you ages to scout and plan all this out. Plus of course the editing. The combination of your drone videos, explanations and photos are top drawer. It doesn’t get better than this. Oh wait, . . . the next video!
Thanks!
Depends what you are going to do with the photo. I doubt you would enlarge a photo with a blurred foreground. I imagine if you are blowing up the photo to huge professional sizes, like I imagine he is doing, this is probably the technique to use?
The other day you were asking, if we were missing you. Well, YES! And with this step back it is easy to see the quality of your videos with fresh eyes again. Stunning.
Nigel, your explanation and examples helped me learn the PhotoPills DOF app better than any one else explaining it. You are always teaching and I thank you for it.
Glad to hear that
I don't know why, but that apple crunch was the most satisfying thing I have heard all day. Killer video as always man! Those cinematic scenes were just stunning!
Ha ha - I liked that too! It was my 2nd attempt as first crunch didn’t work (hope that didn’t spoil the illusion!) I b-rolled Iceland to death with my drone.
Thanks!
Thanks
How fortunate you are to have such beauty so close to you. Magic photos and video. Thank you!
39 seconds in, and I already have to applaud your title reveal masking skills! Much wow
Thanks Tom 👍🏼
I have been following you for a bit to learn all I can about photography, but what I would use in my Drone shots. NOW, I have a new Canon EOS 2000D (yes an APS-C sensor) and have come back to learn all I can!! Thank you so much for all that have done and explained, it has helped me immensely!!
Every time I watch one of your videos I am reminded of what a great teacher you are. Looking forward to the rest of this series.
Thanks a lot
Goodness! Fantastic explanation of the techinal use of focusing. BUT! The ending or the outro of this video! I mean WOAH! SPEECHLESS!
Great video. My holly trinity of landscape photographers are Nigel Danson, James Popsys and Henry Turner. I've been following their channels for years and aside from great insights and advices, their videos are certainly the best and most entertaining lessons on photography one could find on RUclips.
Great video and information! Looking forward to more in the Iceland series. BTW- I use the EasyMeasure-Camera Ruler app and the AR functionality of my iPhone to get approximate distances to objects (near and far). Also allows me to save images of the measurements overlay on the pic for my location research… helpful info combined with the embedded GPS location info from the phone.
Tried the apple trick the other day. I don't know if it helped my shooting any, but it helped me relax and enjoy being out, which is really the point.
I love your positive vibes you have on your adventures, makes me wait for your next video. Thanks Nigel , And its great to see ya
So excited to see Iceland’s breathtaking scenery. Can’t’ wait to see the volcanos’ images.
Thanks Nigel. I've been struggling with focus for a while. Knew it all in the past, but my M.E. causes memory issues. This was a great reminder and clear guide as to what to do. I had pbotopills already but on a tablet that never comes with me. Now on my phone and will be used when filming my next vlog.
I always learn something watching your videos. Your explanation demystified the theory and practical use of hyperfocal distance. Adding screenshots from PhotoPills when composing your beautiful photos was a great way to show how to determine the appropriate focus distance.
Great video Nigel, amazing scenery and some great practical scenarios to demonstrate all the technical focusing stuff using Pills. I find the hyperfocal table in Pills to be very useful as a quick reference - just navigate to find where the x and y axis meet, and you can pick AR to show where the minimum focus point is. Takes out all the jargon and complexity. Look forward to your next production - keep up the great work!
I really enjoyed this video. I just recently upgraded my equipment and am excited to take it out and try the techniques here. Thanks for a great channel.
It’s fantastic how you observe the location and combine this with you knowledge withour being overwhelmed by the fantastic views! Thanks for sharing your knowledge and the stunning images!
Simply stunning. Wow blown away. Thank you so much Nigel as always or sharing your truly beautiful images and your knowledge, you have no idea how much it’s appreciated
This video is an absolute triumph! The final shot of the waterfall was truly captivating! Can’t wait for the next few videos from the Land of Ice and Fire!
So good to see you each Sunday morning. It's so nice to enjoy all the stunning photos and videos first thing in the morning. Always learn so much each week. Thank you for all your efforts and sharing your talents!
Hey Nigel, catching up on a few old videos and found this one to be excellent, a detailed explanation of getting focussing right, or when to focus stack. Brilliant! No wonder you have so many subscribers, every video is so informative and helpful. Keep up the great work!
Nigel you are exceptional in your office in front of your computer but you were made to be out there somewhere! What an incredible video! The kind of video that can be watch multiple times and looking so forward to what’s coming! 👏👏👏✊
Thanks so much!!!
Yes he’s back! Welcome back Nigel. Amazing footage and video 🙏
Wow, thank you Nigel for sharing how you got these lovely images. Stunning scenery. You make it easy to follow the ‘How and Why’. So, so good.
you are the best photography teacher on RUclips . i learnt a lot from your videos .
Thanks
Wow, Nigel, this is one of your best videos ever, and that's a lot! A total joy to watch.
FANTASTIC PICTURES AND VIDEOS!!! Thank you so much for sharing and precious advices.
Didn't get a good sleep last night so my brain won't focus. Have to watch this a few times I think. Footage is mind-blowing looking forward to the next instalment. Thank you for bringing this to ordinary people like me, I learn so much.
Very nice video, very informative and great presentation. Awesome capturing as always!
Everything wonderful about that video : the footage, the soundtrack, the pictures, the landscapes...and those little teasers for future weeks! Very much looking forward to seeing all of it!
Nigel, What an amazing video lesson! You presented your material in simple terms and had great visual aids. I really liked when we were looking through the camera as you adjusted the zoom and incorporated graphics showing the focus points. I am still a new follower and I think this is your best video that I have seen. Thank you!
Phantastic places, and excellent pictures. Thanks Nigel! I am familiar on how to use the concepts you explain, but you are capable to explain them in a crystal clear manner.
Awesome captures of the epic landscapes. Very Informative tutorial, thank you. Itching to get out there and experience the great outdoors.
Breathtaking Imagery, and clear and concise information. Cheers Nigel! 👍👍👍😁✌🏻
what a beautiful, entertaining teaching video. Stunning landscapes, beautiful photos and I learned something! thank you.
What an astonishing beautiful place is it...I couldn’t believe that there is in a same planet
Epic footage! Looking very much forward to seeing the rest of it and fun to see the locations I've been under other conditions. You had much more snow than me :)
Yeah - lots of snow. It was a pain for composition but hey ho.
I used hyperfocal focussing all the time back in film days, carrying a sheet of paper around with all my lens settings and checking for every shot. It was impossible to focus stack 35mm slides! But I thought it was a lost art since the advent of digital and photoshop focus stacking. Glad you showed this. It's always better to get it right in camera.
I am mainly a flower photographer (amateur), and want to do some landscapes. I live in Arizona which is very photogenic no matter where I look. This video is exactly what I need. So far, focus has been hit or miss. Now I can't wait to get out there trying to use what you've taught us here. Thank you!
timely Nigel as I am wrapping up a trip in the high mountains of southwestern Colorado and I struggled with DOF constantly. Took a number of focus stacking shots as a result.
Good video as always, Nigel. I‘ll keep my fingers crossed for England tonight.
I bought the Photopills App because of this video. I have watched this over and over to learn out to best use this app. Thanks!!!
Hi Nigel, love the video. If you use the augmented reality part of the Photopills DOF page, it will project a hyperfocal line on your scene, taking away much of the guess work when deciding where to focus.
Welcome back. Fantastic video and photos. It looks like you visited another planet. Looking forward to the rest of the mini-series on Iceland.
I've been to Iceland prior to covid and by far it has been one of my top places to be for photos,nature and hiking . Your pics are amazing!
Brilliant! Thanks for the lesson, something I will definitely look at now. I think this knowledge is something I’ve been lacking. Can’t wait to see the next videos!!
Thanks Nigel for a concise review on focusing. Your explanations and spending time detailing the examples, especially with the use of PhotoPills app, was very helpful. Great video work on this episode looking forward to the next.
Shocking realisation in this video. I was always thinking that you had your wide-angle lens horizontal for these amazing shots with a foreground/background sharp landscape. When I saw you focussing down toward the flowers, it just made sense immediately but I'd never seen it done before. Thank you...that was such an aha moment. I swear you have just changed my photography for the better.
I have been eagerly waiting to see what you bring back from Iceland Nigel - certainly not disappointed! Looking forward the the next videos, and calendar perhaps??
I really like this video because you've captured some amazing photos on a cloudy day, whereas some photographers may just walk away and think there's nothing to photograph because it's so cloudy out.
Many thanks Nigel! Greatly appreciate what do you for your subscribers and the photo community. Stay well mate!
Many thanks
Thank you for this tutorial, Nigel. I constantly have issues with focusing and focus stack more than I probably need to. The issue for me is when I am trying to use my 10 stop ND filters to slow down the water in the waterfall, while also including a small subject in the near distance. I have the PhotoPills app, but did not understand the fact that doubling the HFD would help a lot. I’m going to try this next time. Thanks again.
The footage at the end felt like a movie. So cool!
Look like an awesome trip, can’t wait to see more! Photopills is awesome, still hurts my brain sometimes, lol.
You know, first off, wow photos eh. Gotta say, you know your stuff, and explaining it in examples like this really works for me. Thanks kindly.
Good morning Nigel, fantastic to see you again! Many scenes in Iceland are just extremely stunning to everyone. I am certain many and many of us here are always looking forward to every next video from you. Would you consider making a "behind the scene" kind of video about how do you make a day out shooting video/vlog maybe someday? Share a bit about your thoughts and thinking process of how you do videography. And as always thanks so much for the awesome video on Sunday!
Reminds me why PhotoPills is the only app I've ever parted with hard earned cash before. Really useful tutorial Nigel and I'm delighted to see Iceland again. Amazing country!
You take such good care of your gear. That is such a powerful example for the rest of us.
That lava looks absolutely amazing. Iceland truly is a photography paradise!
Excellent discussion and examples of DOF and getting sharp photos. I've got the app and now need to use this feature.
Nigel, these shots are superb!! Wonderful outro as well, can't wait to see it!
Amazing tutorial and breathtaking images. Thank you for your tips and for making the Hyperfocal topic so easy to follow.
Hi, great location, photos and video as always.
Regarding focus…would you consider talking about large zone focus especially in portrait orientation(live view off). Nobody’s saying a word about it. Thank you again for such great and informative videos
You make it look so easy! Amazing Nigel. Thanks for sharing those breathtaking scenery and I can't wait to see the next one.
Great to see this tutorial from you as I prepare for my first photography expedition to Iceland in September. You’re giving me a good feel for the landscape. Thanks!
Beautiful video and photo's Nigel!!
And the focus issue clearly explained!
Thanks!!
I find your video's highly educational and inspiring!!👍👍
The Panaroma at 8.45 min mark is incredible. Great video, Nigel.
Thanks Nigel for logic concerning hyperfocus distances, I like your approach. I'm looking forward to your coming videos, especially the volcano and that incredible sunset you showed a briefly near the end of this video. I'm going to Iceland in August for 8 days of shooting so your videos are very timely.
That shot at 3;05 is literally insane! So good!!
Absolutely beautiful image,Nigel I like the explanations 👍
Great location to explain a technical subject and hold attention. Beautiful. Oh for the days when a lens had DOF scales on them. Another aspect to consider is sensor resolution and therefore the ability to see what is acceptably sharp. I remember when we went from standard def to HD video in tv production, that we would see more focus errors on shots where before the lack of resolution hid them.
Wonderful footage.. thanks for sharing. I really like that you make everything understandable for the average person.
I cant believe that green glow is real. Amazing!
Just amazing! And I’m taking about the place and your effort to make us understand these concepts. I really appreciate your effort to chip out your time while shooting, I understand it must be difficult. Hope to have an apple along with you someday.
Thanks for sharing ! I tend to use the aperture preview button often when I'm not sure. Also I don't like fiddling with my smartphone when I could have taken 3 photo's to stack maybe later but that's just me. Epic landscapes and I can't wait until sunday as I am in Iceland myself hopefully by then...
Holy shit, I had goosebumps at the end looking at the volcanos footage with the Music! 😂 epic!! Can’t wait for next week!
Very helpful explaining the photopills app. Thanks for the education, priceless to beginners like me learning as we go.
Nigel, I’m a subscriber to your channel, and have watched many of your videos but haven’t yet commented (until now). Just wanted to say that your content is amazing, and your explanations are very informative.
I’ve recently upgraded my camera to the Nikon Z6ii and (based on your review) purchased the z24-200 f/4 lens (I’m still a beginner…).
Keep up the great work, Maestro 👍🏼👏
Excellent Nigel, fantabulous even!
A bit elementary but always good to be reminded of the key issues. It is interesting that you double. I generally just go beyond the HFD a bit. I think the doubling is an easier algorithm to remember and I'll change to it. Again always good to go back to the basics every now and again.
Great images, great tips. Well worth getting up at mid-night to watch.
Realy enjoyed your video. You sure know how to build up a suspense. Can't wait to seeing the other episodes.
Great video Nigel. I tend to struggle a bit with focusing! Thanks for the very useful tips.
Thank you my friend for this amazing and informative video, I can't wait to see the next one! well done
Glad you enjoyed it!
Perfect timing Nigel, that was exactly the topic I was struggling with after getting my new tele lense 😊
How do you determine the depth field? How do you ascertain how far an object is from you? Does the app tell you that?
great video, I should try to get things in one shot, but I find I nearly always stack and bracket,
and when using ultrawide I also tend to aim at the foreground then tilt the camera up to make the background bigger.
Awesome! Thanks for this video. Well explained with great examples!
Great explanation of how to use PhotoPills, I can see me using it more often. Spectacular locations and as always great presentation, can't wait until the next chapter :)
As someone who watches your videos on 65inch 4k tv, I thank you for shooting in 4k.
Just returned from a first trip to Iceland. This crater was actually on our list of stops but alas time management prevented it. Amazing to see!
It was fairly spectacular but loads more to see in Iceland
A very interesting video! I heard about the hyper focus point which I have never considered before. Thank you,
Great tips. I learned a lot. The music too was fantastic. Wish you'd let us know who gets music credits. But even if you don't the photography and information was absolutely fantastic, Nigel.
Yet another brilliant video. Thank you for sharing your tips and advice Nigel!
Thanks for taking us with you, what a journey....