I'm a Sony user like yourself. I love my Venus Optics Laowa 15MM Zero-D Lens. When not shooting in full wide-angle, I switch to the 24-70MM Sony GM. Great video Mark, really like that you're now shooting on location. Can I ask what microphone you use?
My ultra-wide option is the Tokina 11-16mm, which is very sharp on my Nikon APSC body. I find that as well needing to find an interesting foreground, the ultra-wide effect often improves if shooting from lower to the ground.
I see a lot of landscape photography videos where the person is talking to the audience about what they are going to see, then bang, there is their image. What I love about your video is you show us the scene, the different angles, and talk us through your thought process while you are showing us the scene. The end result is we learn something, which is so much better.
I agree with you I like always to record a video through the lens and point with my fingers what I'm thinking about. But sometimes I feel afraid to become a comment "stop explaining, the photo is bad anyway" 😕
Awesome Mark. I think what I got out of it is how a bit of patience could pay off, how sometimes our hopes aren’t quite met with Mother Nature, and finally, why we do this to start with...to be outdoors enjoying the land!
Loved this video. Great tips about using the wide angle lens, hadn't thought about angling it down to increase the distortion to my advantage. Very restful with no music in the background, just beautiful bird song.
I was out there shooting this weekend. Great place to social distance. Focus stacking will really help get the shots I’m looking for. We saw a few rattlesnakes, it’s that time of year so be aware.
I agree with the comments below. Great job walking us through your process. Landscape photography is so much like fishing...you rarely catch “the big one” but the trip is always worth it!
Mark, I’ve been a fan of your channel for sometime now. Enjoy all your videos, but especially love the ones where you go out in the field and explain things this video gets a two thumbs up.
Great video Mark. Shows the importance of observation, patience and perseverance. Sometimes we spoiled for choice for good view points and just settle for second best. Always a pleasure to watch and never fail to learn, even after 50 years lol.
Another great video which this time perfectly demonstrates the value of patience in landscape photography but also shows that even the most patient photographer can be frustrated by uncooperative weather. Thank you Mark.
Great point about using the edge distortion at 16mm to counteract the miniaturizing of the subject. I don’t think about that nearly enough, thanks Mark.
What I loved from this video is the quote that you used twice..."It is what it is" I find that what I hope for from an image is really never what happens. Here we say "wha -evahs"... Great tips! It is amazing what a few millimeters lens movement can create such a difference in the overall perspective of the image! Thanks Mark (remember "wha-evahs"...lol)
Excellent video and tutorial. You are living my dream. You are out there with your camera...all by yourself... appreciating the best of what nature has to offer and I am sitting here in a clinic, just waiting for the next patient lol. It's a beautiful video. I really like the sound quality of this whole video, especially the ambient sounds like the sounds of thunder and birds chirping and the zipper unzipping and the screwing on of the filters etc. Oh...you made me feel as if I was doing all of it myself. Thoroughly enjoyed. Thank you very much for your time and effort.
Another great video Mark. It brought back some great memories for me. I was almost in that exact location in about 1994 with John Shaw as we roamed the southwest, but in the summer, and we had yellow and purple flowers in the foreground with the Superstitions in the background. Some clouds moved in as the sun set and John was ready to pack it up, I said "5 more minutes" and the sky lit up an incredible red. We got some great silhouettes but worth hiking back in the dark for it. I have always lived in a wide-angle world for landscape. Great tips!
Wow !! Finally a video on location Thanks a lot for the effort ❤️✌🏻 It's really hard for me to mention only 1 lens 😅 I adore my 10-20 mm lens which is smth like 15-30 on full frame. But at the same time I love the 50mm lens or even the 70-300 when it comes to woodlands and foggy days, the zoom during the fog makes the fog more heavy (I mean when you zoom to far away subjects) and gives amazing photos. So now let's continue watching 😃 @9:55 This is what made me open my 2 eyes widely and say "WAW" when I first tried my first ultra wide angle lens ever, nice feeling 😄
I appreciate your unhurried and clear presentation. More importantly I learned something new about how changing the angle affects the image. Thank you.
Mark, thanks for another great video, I appreciate the style and way that you make your videos and select your topics. They always appear to be down to earth and very well thought through. What I paticularly liked about this one is that it shows the time you spend in persuit of the right composition and conditions. This is a thing I far too often miss and constantly need to remind myself about - "take your time". My favorite lens is my 24-70mm f/2.8 lens. If I need more angle for the shot and I don't have my 16-36mm with me, I shoot a panorama.
Haha, story of my life chasing light in AZ. If I do get out for sunrise or sunset, the clouds move away, choke off the light or something frustrating. Glad to see someone else with my luck 😁✌🏽
I liked the in-screen back and forth demonstration showing the impact of distortion on the mountain. That was very powerful I making your point and I learned a lot from just that segment. Also learned a lot about how much focus stacking is needed in a composition like this. Not only foreground, middle, and background focus points, but also for the foreground element itself and how you showed the 3 focus points on the circular cactus. Really helpful!
@@MarkDenneyPhoto Yeah. No one wants to see Mark sitting at his desk, blabbering away about his five favourite this, or six favourite that. Looks like he has finally given up the desk bit. Good thing too!!
Hi Mark, amazing pictures, beautiful views and such useful tips given by you to use Wide Angle Lens at its best makes this video stand apart. Thanks for everything and have a wonderful week ahead 🙏.
I love your “in the field” videos! I learn something new from you every time. I didn’t even think to use lens distortion to increase the size of the background subject.
Great video! I just picked up my first wide angle lense. It's a 10-18. I've definitely enjoyed playing with it. The distortion really does give you more to work with as far as creativity goes. Thanks for a great video my friend!
that was great for me...you were I believe in my backyard, and yes, I often deal with cloudless skies in evening though there are generally clouds in west where sun is setting. But I also struggle at times with composition and the subject because yes, there are cactus everywhere so I can get a widescape with a forest of saguaros but these were great illustrations of the wide and putting something right in foreground and how angle removed midground clutter and reshaped leading lines. My max right now is my Fuji 18-55 or my Nikkor 24mm so essentially 24 is pretty typical for me.
Hi mark,I’ve been following you for a couple of months now.i have to say that in my opinion you are the number one educator in landscape photography. Clear, concise and relevant. I have a question sort of off topic. I’m a portrait photographer switching genres to landscape photography. I’ve been searching and searching for a good dslr backpack that allows for attaching a tripod to the bottom of the pack rather than one side. I’ve seen a couple but thought I’d reach out to get your input. My reasoning is that I would think that the weight distribution would be best carried along the bottom but also, my tripod weighs 5 pounds and the mesh pockets I’ve seen on some packs wouldn’t hold up over time to that weight. Thank you for any input you might have and keep up the great work! I look forward every day to see if you’ve posted something new😀
It’s just a privilege to see the time,care, & dedication that you put into your photos. It gives me the sense of care that I need to improve my own personal attitude & composition thought. Thanks Mark. Neville J.
Good to see you out in the field and that you go through the same struggles I do. After a number of times not "nailing" the focus, I just take multiple images with different points of focus every time! I use the Canon 5D Mark IV and find that the touch screen focus and shutter release does not focus as well as manually choosing the points using the joystick and the back button focus. Thanks for the tip re the wide-angle lens distortion.
Good to see you out in the field, Mark. Your explanations are so concise and easy to understand. I’ve just bought a Nikon 16-80mm 2.8 lens. It’s a good all purpose lens.
Really enjoyed this one, too, Mark! Your videos are more like a buddy just sharing honestly good tips and stuff with me. Thanks for all you do - keep 'em coming! Respects.
Great stuff... What contrast in the weather.. Here in Liverpool it's chucking it down... It would be great to talk more about focus stacking as a technique. How to do it.. The photos you did are great.. Love how you involve and talk to the viewer when you vlogg... Cheers..!
Hi Mark! Thank you for a very instructional video that shows just how much time-consuming care and thought goes into great landscape images. Just one point that I would like to make: I am a geologist, so I am not happy with the rock pinnacles leaning away from the center of the mountain because of the wide angle exaggerated perspective. A cactus is also leaning. This can be corrected in post, but I have found that using a shift lens enables me to frame the final image in the field and correct the exaggerated perspective right then and there. It need not be very expensive. I am using the Venus Optics Laowa solution that effectively gives me a 17mm F4 shift lens with edge to edge sharpness @ F8.
Thanks for the tips! Really seeing how you can use the wide angle lens distortion to your advantage is very helpful! I struggle with wide angle landscape photography so again, thank you 🤙
Great video and adventure with this one. I can totally relate to not having the clouds in the right place for a spectacular sunset. None the less you made some great photographs!
I really love your page. And you are an amazing photographer and share your knowledge in a pedagogical and humble way. 1000 000 thanks to you. I recommend you to all my friends gas an interest for photography. Well done man !!!!
Great video as usual Mark, the way you showed how distortion can be used in different ways was cool to see. I notice that the screen protector that came with your Sony is starting to show those annoying air bubbles, I ended up removing mine from my Sony A7M2 which was real easy to do and replaced it with a tempered glass. Keep up the great work !
Thanks for the tips for wide angle! I love using my 10-18mm on my Canon T7i. One suggestion if you don't mind doing it....Maybe take the sky from the night before and photoshop it into the round cactus photo? I know many photographers are against sky replacements to composite. But in this case you took both photos so it's not totally cheating!
My dad lives 20-30 mins from there. Love hiking out there, so much to see. Unfortunate it's too hot for my tastes 8-9 months outta the year and way too many people. I've yet to see a thunderstorm out there after all these years of visiting.
Great video Mark! Makes me want to go back. I find it funny for what passes for a mountain in the southwest and what passes for one in the Northwest. 😂 What a bummer conditions didn’t line up right. This area looks a lot like the area outside of Apache Junction near Lost Dutchman. Definitely looked like you had a smorgasbord of foreground elements to choose from. I hope you enjoyed your time there. It’s definitely a place to reset the mind from all the woodsy places in most of the US, build a diverse portfolio. Best of wishes. I really enjoy your videos.
that wide angle lens tip to use the wide angle distortion to increase the size of the mountain in the back ground was just mind blowing haha. great video.
8:39 that's the moment in the video when I really thought you had something that would look perfect on the cover of Landscape Photographer magazine. I get a lot out of your videos where you are "working" a scene. Just to try an put myself in the same situation and experience the same challenges you face when trying to create a composition. Photography is hard! I love the fact that you're shooting landscapes in portrait mode as well. I tend to shoot more portrait shots and feel like I'm doing something wrong. It is a landscape after all. Thank you for the excellent content.
I really enjoyed this interesting and informative video. It was great to see the RAW and edited images side by side too. That is a very nice touch. Very attractive images. Lovely bird song and cricket sounds in the background too.
Stacking is not something I've tried yet. A nice video Mark. Here in the U.K. Rain is almost constant just now, but my ideal lens is the Tamron 15-30. Thanks for your help. Landscape starts this spring. John. (Retired)
My favourite lens is 10-20mm 4.5-5.6 on a Nikon APS-C DSLR (d7100). It is a cheaper setup, but gets the job done. Thank You for the Tips! I am really enjoying Your videos! Cheers from Hungary!
Another calm clear and highly enjoyable video. Thank you. I was particularly interested in your continuing use of the polariser, which you used to good effect to enhance the colours and yet we are careful not to get excessive wide-angle polarising colour imbalances. I find this pretty difficult to do! And I also liked your comment of just enjoying being out there! Keep up this excellent work.
As usual Mark, great video, very instructive and seeing you in outside and in the process of making great photography is a scene for sore eyes!!! Great job man!!!
Superb video which wasn't like many that I subscribe to; it wasn't all about YOU and your adventures. Superb images. Thank you Mark. I only have one lens (!) for my XT2: 18-55 as I don't have the funds to purchase any more at present but I'm mostly happy with what I can do here in Scotland
What’s your favorite lens for landscape photography?
Canon 16-35mm F/4 is the best, but my most useful is the Canon 24-70mm F/4 for the versatility.
I'm a Sony user like yourself. I love my Venus Optics Laowa 15MM Zero-D Lens. When not shooting in full wide-angle, I switch to the 24-70MM Sony GM. Great video Mark, really like that you're now shooting on location. Can I ask what microphone you use?
@@BruceLauderdale Thanks Bruce! I use the Rode Video Micro when I'm on location.
Mark Denney Thanks buddy!
My ultra-wide option is the Tokina 11-16mm, which is very sharp on my Nikon APSC body. I find that as well needing to find an interesting foreground, the ultra-wide effect often improves if shooting from lower to the ground.
I see a lot of landscape photography videos where the person is talking to the audience about what they are going to see, then bang, there is their image. What I love about your video is you show us the scene, the different angles, and talk us through your thought process while you are showing us the scene. The end result is we learn something, which is so much better.
I agree with you
I like always to record a video through the lens and point with my fingers what I'm thinking about.
But sometimes I feel afraid to become a comment "stop explaining, the photo is bad anyway" 😕
This is great to hear Dan! Really appreciate the feedback!
@@MarkDenneyPhoto thats why im always excited for your on location videos
Agreed
I like how you just focused on content without a lot of music in the background. Felt very natural.
Thanks Drew!
I’ve never heard anyone talk about using wide angle lens distortion to help increase the size of your background. Great tip & video!!
Thanks Don - glad the video was helpful!
Yes, that was a great take away for me as well
You are one of the very few people who actually show the process which goes into taking an amazing photograph.. Loved the photos that you took..
Awesome Mark. I think what I got out of it is how a bit of patience could pay off, how sometimes our hopes aren’t quite met with Mother Nature, and finally, why we do this to start with...to be outdoors enjoying the land!
James Corral Thanks James!!
As much as I appreciate your tutorials videos it is nice to see you outside the house also.
Some of my best shots to date are from there. So cool! Thanks for all your help Mark!
BLADE4 Productions Such an amazing location! Glad to hear ya enjoyed the video!
Loved this video. Great tips about using the wide angle lens, hadn't thought about angling it down to increase the distortion to my advantage. Very restful with no music in the background, just beautiful bird song.
Thanks so much Paula! Glad you enjoyed it!
I used your tips yesterday, e.g. "the hand shot" while focus stacking is a simple but enormous advance for post-processing! Worked out really great!
I was out there shooting this weekend. Great place to social distance. Focus stacking will really help get the shots I’m looking for. We saw a few rattlesnakes, it’s that time of year so be aware.
You're my new favorite Mark!!
howlinhog Thanks so much!
Great video Mark! Cool tip on using the wide angle distortion :D
Thanks so much! Really appreciate it!
I agree with the comments below. Great job walking us through your process. Landscape photography is so much like fishing...you rarely catch “the big one” but the trip is always worth it!
Indeed! Thanks Jimmy!
Mark, I’ve been a fan of your channel for sometime now. Enjoy all your videos, but especially love the ones where you go out in the field and explain things this video gets a two thumbs up.
Great video Mark. Shows the importance of observation, patience and perseverance. Sometimes we spoiled for choice for good view points and just settle for second best. Always a pleasure to watch and never fail to learn, even after 50 years lol.
Nice to see you out and I learned a lot about what to look for with a wide angle lens. Thank you
Appreciate ya Pace!
I tried changing the the angle of the subject by tilting my 24mm
Lens to get a desired look it works
Amazing
Another great video which this time perfectly demonstrates the value of patience in landscape photography but also shows that even the most patient photographer can be frustrated by uncooperative weather. Thank you Mark.
I used to live in Phoenix and have hiked in the Superstitions many times. Beautiful.
THx for sharing the video.Crazy how fast the wether chainges.Beutifull landscape and great pictures Greetz for Germany
Glad to do it!
We have seen a lot of your home. Now its time to get out a little bit. Great decision. Love it. Thank you.
Brano Thanks Brano!
Looks like the view from Lost Dutchman State Park, I had view from my camp site.
Love seeing people out spending time in nature creating art 💜🖼. I need to start getting out more! Thanks for sharing!!
Glad to do it and thank YOU for watching it!
Love wide angle. My favs are my 10-18 and of course my 24-75. Thanks for taking us along. Amazing landscapes.
Marc Gelbke Photography Thanks for watching Marc!
Great point about using the edge distortion at 16mm to counteract the miniaturizing of the subject. I don’t think about that nearly enough, thanks Mark.
Glad to do it Karl!
Good content. The best thing about your videos is that I usually learn something new.
Great to hear - thank yoU!
That excitement for good clouds - Love it!
I get a little giddy sometimes over weather!:)
What I loved from this video is the quote that you used twice..."It is what it is" I find that what I hope for from an image is really never what happens. Here we say "wha -evahs"... Great tips! It is amazing what a few millimeters lens movement can create such a difference in the overall perspective of the image! Thanks Mark (remember "wha-evahs"...lol)
Thanks Steve! I love that “wha-evahs”!
Excellent video and tutorial. You are living my dream. You are out there with your camera...all by yourself... appreciating the best of what nature has to offer and I am sitting here in a clinic, just waiting for the next patient lol. It's a beautiful video. I really like the sound quality of this whole video, especially the ambient sounds like the sounds of thunder and birds chirping and the zipper unzipping and the screwing on of the filters etc. Oh...you made me feel as if I was doing all of it myself. Thoroughly enjoyed.
Thank you very much for your time and effort.
Wahab Dilawar Thanks so much! Very much appreciate the kind words - means a lot!
Another great video Mark. It brought back some great memories for me. I was almost in that exact location in about 1994 with John Shaw as we roamed the southwest, but in the summer, and we had yellow and purple flowers in the foreground with the Superstitions in the background. Some clouds moved in as the sun set and John was ready to pack it up, I said "5 more minutes" and the sky lit up an incredible red. We got some great silhouettes but worth hiking back in the dark for it. I have always lived in a wide-angle world for landscape. Great tips!
David Akoubian Appreciate ya David! Such an incredible location - there’s something seriously special about these mountains👍
@@MarkDenneyPhoto it has to be in the Lost Dutchman Mines!
Wow !! Finally a video on location
Thanks a lot for the effort ❤️✌🏻
It's really hard for me to mention only 1 lens 😅 I adore my 10-20 mm lens which is smth like 15-30 on full frame.
But at the same time I love the 50mm lens or even the 70-300 when it comes to woodlands and foggy days, the zoom during the fog makes the fog more heavy (I mean when you zoom to far away subjects) and gives amazing photos.
So now let's continue watching 😃
@9:55 This is what made me open my 2 eyes widely and say "WAW" when I first tried my first ultra wide angle lens ever, nice feeling 😄
Glad you enjoyed it!!
My favourite go to lens for landscape is Nikon 18•200mm. Thanks Mark for your great help.
Always happy to do it!
Wonderful video.. you are by far my best instructor on youtube. keep up the good work.
Thanks so much!
I appreciate your unhurried and clear presentation. More importantly I learned something new about how changing the angle affects the image. Thank you.
Thanks so much Elizabeth!
Mark, thanks for another great video, I appreciate the style and way that you make your videos and select your topics. They always appear to be down to earth and very well thought through. What I paticularly liked about this one is that it shows the time you spend in persuit of the right composition and conditions. This is a thing I far too often miss and constantly need to remind myself about - "take your time". My favorite lens is my 24-70mm f/2.8 lens. If I need more angle for the shot and I don't have my 16-36mm with me, I shoot a panorama.
The wide angle disstortion tip is so helpful for a beginner photographer.
Glad to hear it!
Great video!!! Showing you process with explanation!!! please keep that up!
Thanks Matt! Glad to hear it!
Haha, story of my life chasing light in AZ. If I do get out for sunrise or sunset, the clouds move away, choke off the light or something frustrating. Glad to see someone else with my luck 😁✌🏽
Thanks Nigel, loved it! Great location and nice to see you putting the camp-a-van to good use...
Great vlog Mark👍🏻 really well produced! And stunning images as per!
PhotoNinja Thank ya buddy! Appreciate ya checking it out👍
I liked the in-screen back and forth demonstration showing the impact of distortion on the mountain. That was very powerful I making your point and I learned a lot from just that segment.
Also learned a lot about how much focus stacking is needed in a composition like this. Not only foreground, middle, and background focus points, but also for the foreground element itself and how you showed the 3 focus points on the circular cactus. Really helpful!
Hey Mark! Hope you’re doing good man! Glad to hear the video was helpful and as always thanks for checking it out!
I like these videos better than those "behind the desk" videos!
Thanks so much!
@@MarkDenneyPhoto Yeah. No one wants to see Mark sitting at his desk, blabbering away about his five favourite this, or six favourite that. Looks like he has finally given up the desk bit. Good thing too!!
Being in frigid Michigan and hearing thunder in your video makes me miss summer. That last shot at 14:15 is beautiful even without the juicy clouds.
Thanks Reid - glad you think so!
Thanks for the tip on focus stacking. I was surprised you did 3 on the cactus itself plus the others. I haven't focus stacked much so... Great tip.
Brian Coutermarsh Glad to do it Brian! I’ll probably publish an updated video on focus stacking in the near future.
Hi Mark, amazing pictures, beautiful views and such useful tips given by you to use Wide Angle Lens at its best makes this video stand apart. Thanks for everything and have a wonderful week ahead 🙏.
Thanks Anuja! Have a great week as well!
@@MarkDenneyPhoto Thanks Mark, so kind of you 🙏
I love your “in the field” videos! I learn something new from you every time. I didn’t even think to use lens distortion to increase the size of the background subject.
Jared Weaver Thanks Jared!
Another great epospde! Very informative. Love your videos, keep them coming.
Many thanks William!
Great lesson on use of wide angle lens. One of my many challenges! Will definitely try a different approach when I get outdoors again.
Thank ya Mike!
I love this vlog format!! It's giving me vibes of "Alone in the wilderness." One of the OG vlogs.
Great post! Can't wait to try this technique!
Thanks Adam!
Perfect tutorial for aspiring landscape shooters - thanks again Mark. 👍
Glad to do it Paul!
Thanks for this content and efforts. Its really nice to see you in field and show us what's going in your mind while capturing an image.
Chirag Ukani Thanks so much!
I love my 12-24mm Nikon lens for doing this. On my Pentax, my favored was the 16-50mm. That distortion element really makes the photo!
AZ is photo heaven.
For sure!
Nice work, Mark
I can see why you were so excited about publishing it
Great composition explanation and photos Mark.
Loved this week's episode Mark. Great to see you out and about in the field. Lovely image. 👌
Much appreciated Simon!
Very nice! And good to see a video of you in action again 👌
Thanks Dale!
@@MarkDenneyPhoto no worries! I was kind of missing the action
Great video!
I just picked up my first wide angle lense. It's a 10-18. I've definitely enjoyed playing with it. The distortion really does give you more to work with as far as creativity goes. Thanks for a great video my friend!
Erick Lindberg Indeed! Wide angle lenses are super versatile - so many creative things you can do with them.
LOVE seeing your creative process in the field. I appreciate how much work it must be to film yourself. This is a great video. Thanks so much!
Taryn Fagerness Thanks so much Taryn!
Such gorgeous country, You guys are so lucky. Great video, thanks , avid watcher from New Zealand.
Dutch McOven Thanks so much!
I just Loved The Music of Nature😍
Did you use the Osmo Pocket for this video? Stabilization is really good.
Todd Dominey No used my Fuji X-T3 on the DJI Ronin SC for this video
that was great for me...you were I believe in my backyard, and yes, I often deal with cloudless skies in evening though there are generally clouds in west where sun is setting. But I also struggle at times with composition and the subject because yes, there are cactus everywhere so I can get a widescape with a forest of saguaros but these were great illustrations of the wide and putting something right in foreground and how angle removed midground clutter and reshaped leading lines. My max right now is my Fuji 18-55 or my Nikkor 24mm so essentially 24 is pretty typical for me.
metamurph Glad you enjoyed it👍 Composition is hard when there’s so much going on
Mark, nice video, I really enjoyed it. I hope to see more like this "behind the scenes in the field" videos.
Adi Ringer Thanks so much!
Hi mark,I’ve been following you for a couple of months now.i have to say that in my opinion you are the number one educator in landscape photography. Clear, concise and relevant. I have a question sort of off topic. I’m a portrait photographer switching genres to landscape photography. I’ve been searching and searching for a good dslr backpack that allows for attaching a tripod to the bottom of the pack rather than one side. I’ve seen a couple but thought I’d reach out to get your input. My reasoning is that I would think that the weight distribution would be best carried along the bottom but also, my tripod weighs 5 pounds and the mesh pockets I’ve seen on some packs wouldn’t hold up over time to that weight. Thank you for any input you might have and keep up the great work! I look forward every day to see if you’ve posted something new😀
Tip lens down and check size of background subject. Got it, thank you 👍🏻
Terry Newman Thanks Terry!
It’s just a privilege to see the time,care, & dedication that you put into your photos. It gives me the sense of care that I need to improve my own personal attitude & composition thought. Thanks Mark. Neville J.
Neville Jones Thanks Neville!
Good to see you out in the field and that you go through the same struggles I do. After a number of times not "nailing" the focus, I just take multiple images with different points of focus every time! I use the Canon 5D Mark IV and find that the touch screen focus and shutter release does not focus as well as manually choosing the points using the joystick and the back button focus. Thanks for the tip re the wide-angle lens distortion.
Many thanks Mary! Glad you were able to get some helpful information out of the video👍
Good to see you out in the field, Mark. Your explanations are so concise and easy to understand.
I’ve just bought a Nikon 16-80mm 2.8 lens. It’s a good all purpose lens.
Thanks so much Glenda!
Thanks for the tip on using distortion to my advantage, never knew that! Great video!
Thanks Michael!
Love this format. Great video.
Thank you!
Great ON LOCATION video, Mark. Well done!
Much appreciated - thank you!
Really enjoyed this one, too, Mark! Your videos are more like a buddy just sharing honestly good tips and stuff with me. Thanks for all you do - keep 'em coming! Respects.
Great stuff... What contrast in the weather.. Here in Liverpool it's chucking it down... It would be great to talk more about focus stacking as a technique. How to do it.. The photos you did are great.. Love how you involve and talk to the viewer when you vlogg... Cheers..!
Many thanks John!
I love this format, I enjoy your videos but I like the way you did this one!
Glad to hear it Jesse!
Another great video Mark! The Superstition Mountains are one of my favorite locations in AZ...lots of places to choose from for sure!
Michael Davis Thanks Michael! Incredible location - can’t wait to return!
Hi Mark! Thank you for a very instructional video that shows just how much time-consuming care and thought goes into great landscape images. Just one point that I would like to make: I am a geologist, so I am not happy with the rock pinnacles leaning away from the center of the mountain because of the wide angle exaggerated perspective. A cactus is also leaning. This can be corrected in post, but I have found that using a shift lens enables me to frame the final image in the field and correct the exaggerated perspective right then and there. It need not be very expensive. I am using the Venus Optics Laowa solution that effectively gives me a 17mm F4 shift lens with edge to edge sharpness @ F8.
Thanks for the tips! Really seeing how you can use the wide angle lens distortion to your advantage is very helpful! I struggle with wide angle landscape photography so again, thank you 🤙
Paul M Dillon Glad to do it Paul and thanks to you for checking out the video👍
Great video and adventure with this one. I can totally relate to not having the clouds in the right place for a spectacular sunset. None the less you made some great photographs!
Oliver A Thanks Oliver!
You're welcome Mark.
Great video....will be going to that same area the first of April, can't wait!
Scott Jeffcote Thanks Scott! Such a great location!
I really love your page. And you are an amazing photographer and share your knowledge in a pedagogical and humble way. 1000 000 thanks to you. I recommend you to all my friends gas an interest for photography. Well done man !!!!
Watching your videos is so relaxing yet so informative! Just started to watch your channel and it's a pleasure! :)
Great video as usual Mark, the way you showed how distortion can be used in different ways was cool to see. I notice that the screen protector that came with your Sony is starting to show those annoying air bubbles, I ended up removing mine from my Sony A7M2 which was real easy to do and replaced it with a tempered glass. Keep up the great work !
Many thanks Robert! I need to do the same - just haven’t gotten around to it just yet.
Thanks for the tips for wide angle! I love using my 10-18mm on my Canon T7i. One suggestion if you don't mind doing it....Maybe take the sky from the night before and photoshop it into the round cactus photo? I know many photographers are against sky replacements to composite. But in this case you took both photos so it's not totally cheating!
Awesome video, thank you. I’ve just purchased a wide angel lens and it’s like learning photography all over again lol so this video is super helpful 👍
My dad lives 20-30 mins from there. Love hiking out there, so much to see. Unfortunate it's too hot for my tastes 8-9 months outta the year and way too many people. I've yet to see a thunderstorm out there after all these years of visiting.
Great video Mark! Makes me want to go back. I find it funny for what passes for a mountain in the southwest and what passes for one in the Northwest. 😂 What a bummer conditions didn’t line up right. This area looks a lot like the area outside of Apache Junction near Lost Dutchman. Definitely looked like you had a smorgasbord of foreground elements to choose from. I hope you enjoyed your time there. It’s definitely a place to reset the mind from all the woodsy places in most of the US, build a diverse portfolio. Best of wishes. I really enjoy your videos.
Chuck Hultberg Thanks so much Chuck! Appreciate ya checking out the video👍
Awesome, Mark ! Thanks !
Thanks so much Joan!
that wide angle lens tip to use the wide angle distortion to increase the size of the mountain in the back ground was just mind blowing haha.
great video.
Great to hear! It blew my mind the first time I tried it as well🤯
8:39 that's the moment in the video when I really thought you had something that would look perfect on the cover of Landscape Photographer magazine.
I get a lot out of your videos where you are "working" a scene. Just to try an put myself in the same situation and experience the same challenges you face when trying to create a composition. Photography is hard!
I love the fact that you're shooting landscapes in portrait mode as well. I tend to shoot more portrait shots and feel like I'm doing something wrong. It is a landscape after all.
Thank you for the excellent content.
Glad to do it and many thanks to YOU for watching it!
I really enjoyed this interesting and informative video. It was great to see the RAW and edited images side by side too. That is a very nice touch. Very attractive images. Lovely bird song and cricket sounds in the background too.
Thanks so much Wendy!
Stacking is not something I've tried yet. A nice video Mark. Here in the U.K. Rain is almost constant just now, but my ideal lens is the Tamron 15-30. Thanks for your help.
Landscape starts this spring. John. (Retired)
Really appreciate it John - thank you!
Great video, and yes, it's all about the journey. But I think it's a lovely image, well done.
Many thanks Allen!
My favourite lens is 10-20mm 4.5-5.6 on a Nikon APS-C DSLR (d7100). It is a cheaper setup, but gets the job done. Thank You for the Tips! I am really enjoying Your videos! Cheers from Hungary!
Thanks so much! Great to hear you’re enjoying the channel!
Another calm clear and highly enjoyable video. Thank you. I was particularly interested in your continuing use of the polariser, which you used to good effect to enhance the colours and yet we are careful not to get excessive wide-angle polarising colour imbalances. I find this pretty difficult to do! And I also liked your comment of just enjoying being out there! Keep up this excellent work.
Many thanks Philip!
As usual Mark, great video, very instructive and seeing you in outside and in the process of making great photography is a scene for sore eyes!!! Great job man!!!
Thanks so much!
Love your work keep it up! At the end when the clouds were colorful I would have shot a panorama of that area
Thanks Justin! I wish I could of but it only lasted a moment.
Superb video which wasn't like many that I subscribe to; it wasn't all about YOU and your adventures. Superb images. Thank you Mark.
I only have one lens (!) for my XT2: 18-55 as I don't have the funds to purchase any more at present but I'm mostly happy with what I can do here in Scotland
Thanks so much Jill - very much appreciate that! You live in a beautiful corner of our world.