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Christian, Thank you very much for your wonderful presentation! Your illustration of long exposure and in the Lightroom is fantastic and informative, which is so helpful for me! I am also trying to get a manual focus, but it seems that it may take more time for me to be used to the manual focus. The shutter button of my camera needs to press twice, the first press on the half way for focusing the object, then the second half press for a capture. In between the two presses, my hand usually starts shaking, the focus is missed. But I am sure that with your inspiration of long exposure method, I will get better results.
Try Back Button Focus, Takes away the focus from the shutter button. It's so much better. Give it a try. Lot of video's on YT. Strange at first, but worth it.
Thank you for always writing these kind comments! I usually set the focus via the focus ring on the lens instead of pushing a button, while I zoomed in on the display to get the focus right. One thing that would make it much easier for you doing it your way would be to use a tripod, then you have all the time you need and the camera would not shake!
@@ThePhlogPhotography Christian, Great thanks to you for that you have taken a time to write to me the wonderful, explicit and detailed response! I am learning more from you!
Thanks a lot! I put the focus somewhere in the upper third (I did plan on focus stacking but as I edited the image, the focus was good enough for me in this single raw file :-) )
Thanks for the comment! I was thinking about removing it, also had it removed for a different version, but to me it does look better with the post in the image
I recently discovered your channel and you have quickly become my new favorite! I love your attention to detail and how you go beyond.The excitement and pleasure you express as you you make the changes makes me more excited to try. Thanks so much and keep on presenting such great videos. I would personally love to see how you would address a photo I am stuck on of Emerald Bay Lake Tahoe. It is sunset with a lot of shadows from the heavy forest surrounding the bay. I don't know whether to silhouette or bring up shadows which would introduce a lot of noise for a large print. If you come across something in that category I would love it! Thank you so much!
Thank you so much for the kind comment, that means so much to me! We're almost in hiking season again here in southern Germany, so I'm sure I will get a fitting photo the upcoming months to help with your problem! :-)
What “looks good” is entirely subjective, and so telling people they can’t be good photographers unless they follow your click-bait post is both untrue and, well, click-bait for “influencer” acolytes. Your post takes you so far down in my consideration that I’m unsubscribing.
It is subjective you're right. But please tell me where I told people they cant be good photographers? I have shown a specific photo where long exposure works better than a short exposure plus I gave a few other examples. This doesn't even have anything to do with click bait. Guess I cant please everyone. Feel free to do it better and record your own videos in your free time.
@@ThePhlogPhotographyIt’s not that you told people they “can’t be good photographers”. This is far from what I said. It’s that you presented two photographs - one of short exposure and one of long - and asserted that the one of long exposure looks better for that fact alone when you and I, and anyone who has edited photos, knows that either photo can be fantastic (to different effect for sure, given the different taking techniques) if the same attention is given in the developing process, such as you did for the long but, crucially, not the short exposure photo. Long exposure is simply one technique used for a particular look and feel, among many techniques all of which can yield fantastic results. There is not a single be-all-and-end-all method one must follow for great photos. No: both photos you presented had the potential to look great but, crucially, you did not give the short exposure as much attention in editing and presented it as not being as “good” for a different reason. A stylistic difference is perhaps neither good nor bad in the eye of the beholder, but editing shortcomings will certainly be so. It is the difference in editing that gave the fundamental difference in punch between those two photos. Long exposure is simply one flavor in a photographer’s taste pallet. What I objected to was the empirical stance (many RUclipsrs have it) of “Your stuff can’t be good if you do (whatever it is that’s different from me)”. It’s disingenuous, a little needy for affirmation, and counter to exploration and fun. Tell them to explore every technique. Saying to people (particularly who are starting out) that their photos can’t be good if they don’t do it one way is not encouraging them to explore how wide an art form it can be.
Hey, hope you could learn something new from this video!
If you want to support this channel, maybe you want to become a member? :-)
www.youtube.com/@ThePhlogPhotography/join
or become a Patreon
www.patreon.com/phlog
Excellent and thank you. Very easy to follow for all.
Thanks a lot!
This might be the best channel I have ever come across. I am learning so much, thank you!
Thank you so much!
Great result. It looked good halfway through , but your continuation took it to the next level. Thanks for posting.
Thank you so much!
Thank you for another good tutorial. I am learning so much from you.
Thanks a lot!
Excellent description of your techniques, as usual! Thank you!❤
Thank you very much!
I don't see a problem to capture a picture the way it is the scene at that moment
Very good,
Christian, Thank you very much for your wonderful presentation! Your illustration of long exposure and in the Lightroom is fantastic and informative, which is so helpful for me!
I am also trying to get a manual focus, but it seems that it may take more time for me to be used to the manual focus. The shutter button of my camera needs to press twice, the first press on the half way for focusing the object, then the second half press for a capture. In between the two presses, my hand usually starts shaking, the focus is missed. But I am sure that with your inspiration of long exposure method, I will get better results.
Try Back Button Focus, Takes away the focus from the shutter button. It's so much better. Give it a try. Lot of video's on YT. Strange at first, but worth it.
Thank you for always writing these kind comments!
I usually set the focus via the focus ring on the lens instead of pushing a button, while I zoomed in on the display to get the focus right.
One thing that would make it much easier for you doing it your way would be to use a tripod, then you have all the time you need and the camera would not shake!
Colin, Thank you so much for your inspiring information! Greetings! @@colinmelhuish1254
@@ThePhlogPhotography Christian, Great thanks to you for that you have taken a time to write to me the wonderful, explicit and detailed response! I am learning more from you!
Another great tutorial !
Btw - where was your focus in this shot ?
Thanks
Thanks a lot! I put the focus somewhere in the upper third (I did plan on focus stacking but as I edited the image, the focus was good enough for me in this single raw file :-) )
I would have removed the metal beam, it seems to me that it breaks the composition. Greetings
Thanks for the comment! I was thinking about removing it, also had it removed for a different version, but to me it does look better with the post in the image
I recently discovered your channel and you have quickly become my new favorite! I love your attention to detail and how you go beyond.The excitement and pleasure you express as you you make the changes makes me more excited to try. Thanks so much and keep on presenting such great videos. I would personally love to see how you would address a photo I am stuck on of Emerald Bay Lake Tahoe. It is sunset with a lot of shadows from the heavy forest surrounding the bay. I don't know whether to silhouette or bring up shadows which would introduce a lot of noise for a large print. If you come across something in that category I would love it! Thank you so much!
Thank you so much for the kind comment, that means so much to me!
We're almost in hiking season again here in southern Germany, so I'm sure I will get a fitting photo the upcoming months to help with your problem! :-)
What “looks good” is entirely subjective, and so telling people they can’t be good photographers unless they follow your click-bait post is both untrue and, well, click-bait for “influencer” acolytes. Your post takes you so far down in my consideration that I’m unsubscribing.
It is subjective you're right. But please tell me where I told people they cant be good photographers? I have shown a specific photo where long exposure works better than a short exposure plus I gave a few other examples. This doesn't even have anything to do with click bait.
Guess I cant please everyone. Feel free to do it better and record your own videos in your free time.
@@ThePhlogPhotographyIt’s not that you told people they “can’t be good photographers”. This is far from what I said. It’s that you presented two photographs - one of short exposure and one of long - and asserted that the one of long exposure looks better for that fact alone when you and I, and anyone who has edited photos, knows that either photo can be fantastic (to different effect for sure, given the different taking techniques) if the same attention is given in the developing process, such as you did for the long but, crucially, not the short exposure photo. Long exposure is simply one technique used for a particular look and feel, among many techniques all of which can yield fantastic results. There is not a single be-all-and-end-all method one must follow for great photos. No: both photos you presented had the potential to look great but, crucially, you did not give the short exposure as much attention in editing and presented it as not being as “good” for a different reason. A stylistic difference is perhaps neither good nor bad in the eye of the beholder, but editing shortcomings will certainly be so. It is the difference in editing that gave the fundamental difference in punch between those two photos. Long exposure is simply one flavor in a photographer’s taste pallet. What I objected to was the empirical stance (many RUclipsrs have it) of “Your stuff can’t be good if you do (whatever it is that’s different from me)”. It’s disingenuous, a little needy for affirmation, and counter to exploration and fun. Tell them to explore every technique. Saying to people (particularly who are starting out) that their photos can’t be good if they don’t do it one way is not encouraging them to explore how wide an art form it can be.