I really am liking your concept of “foreground bokeh” and showing the environment in which the bird Iives. I am really trying to incorporate those concepts in my shots this summer and it is making a big difference! Thanks!!
Great as always! Also, congrats on your massive health transformation. I have been working on my own for the past 8 months or so I know how hard it can be. Great work!
Impressive cliff site and very beautiful photos👍🏼 Although I don’t like the blurry foreground, I find it distracting, my eyes always wander to this bright blurry spots instead of watching the nice bird🤔
Hi Brendan. Glad you enjoyed the video . Your comment is one of the most frequent ones I get, so I'm going to see if I can work on something to give you some more tips on situations where you can't get down low or up high and might be a future video. Thanks for watching.
Great video, excellent information and fantastic photos. Only negative...please don't stand so close to the edge of the cliffs when talking to camera...it makes me very uncomfortable :)
Glad you enjoyed it, other than me being near the edge of the cliffs. Don't worry, if the footage made it on to RUclips it means I didn't fall. Thanks for watching.
Photos look amazing man. So just wanting to check see if I want to blur everything out apart from the subject do I then place the focus point box on the subject? Colin,
Yes, place the focus point on the subject. And you can increase the blur by any of: - a - using a wider aperture (smaller f number), b - using a longer focal length (zooming in) - c getting physically closer to the subject. d - blurring later in post production. D may have problems if the subject overlaps the stuff you want to blur in the image, while a lens capable of wider aperture, longer focal length or closer focusing distance may by expensive if you're already working at the limits of your lens's capabilities.
Hi Colin. I can answer that. I've also got a video coming out on that subject soon, where I'll be able to go into more detail than in this comment. I think there might be two others videos first, but keep your eye out for it. Coming back to your question. You definitely want the focus point on the subject, ideally on it's eye. There's a really easy way to blur out everything and the key to it is the distances between you, the foreground, the subject and the background. Try to make sure the background is at least twice the distance from the subject as the subject is from you. And try to make sure the foreground is nearer to you than it is to the subject. There are lots of other technical aspects that you can consider, like the aperture, but if you follow the thinking I've outlined in this comment you'll get nice blurry backgrounds and foregrounds for pretty much any aperture. It'll give you a good start until I can go into more details in the video. Thanks for your question and for watching.
I really am liking your concept of “foreground bokeh” and showing the environment in which the bird Iives. I am really trying to incorporate those concepts in my shots this summer and it is making a big difference! Thanks!!
Excellent, I'm glad to hear that and I hope it's going well. Thanks for watching.
Thanks for that Scott. You introduced me to foreground blur, and I try to incorporate it whenever possible.
Hi Scott. Excellent - I'm happy to hear that. Thanks for watching.
Great as always! Also, congrats on your massive health transformation. I have been working on my own for the past 8 months or so I know how hard it can be. Great work!
Thank you so much. I've still got some more to go, but I'll get there. I hope yours is going well too. Thanks for watching.
Great pictures and great advice, and I love the H. D. Thoreau quote.
Much appreciated. Thanks for watching.
Great tips and advice in this wonderful video Scott, so very helpful in getting that great looking image, many thanks 😊
Ah, thank you so much, Raymond.
Another fantastic video Scott
My pleasure. Thanks for watching.
Great video and advice, to convey what you see in the capture is success. Recognised the voice before you, looking good. Cheers from Australia.
Thank you so much. Glad you enjoyed it.
Great advice. In any genre,learning how to see takes practice. Once your unique look starts coming through- you know you’re getting close.
I love that comment, thanks for watching.
Impressive cliff site and very beautiful photos👍🏼 Although I don’t like the blurry foreground, I find it distracting, my eyes always wander to this bright blurry spots instead of watching the nice bird🤔
Thanks for watching.
Always learn from your videos Scott Thankyou
Hi Glenys, much appreciated. Thanks for watching.
Love your videos keep it up man
Thanks very much, glad you enjoy them.
Looking well fella. Shed a bit of timber... Great advice as always...
Cheers, I've certainly been trying to. Glad you liked the advice and thanks for watching.
Excelente! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Seus vídeos são ótimos!
E com legenda em português! 😃
Muito obrigado por compartilhar!
Fico feliz que você goste dos vídeos. Esperamos que as traduções das legendas funcionem bem o suficiente para acompanhar. Muito obrigado por assistir.
Thanks for sharing those interesting ideas. Wish I could get down lower or in Australia climb a ladder to be at more of an eye level. Cheers
Hi Brendan. Glad you enjoyed the video . Your comment is one of the most frequent ones I get, so I'm going to see if I can work on something to give you some more tips on situations where you can't get down low or up high and might be a future video. Thanks for watching.
I could not have picked a better show to start my day. I loved the framing with the flowers. I recently did that with purples at the cliffs.
Hi Jennifer. Thank you so much. I'm pleased to get your day off to a nice start. And your comment was a lovely way to end my day. Thanks for watching.
Great video, excellent information and fantastic photos. Only negative...please don't stand so close to the edge of the cliffs when talking to camera...it makes me very uncomfortable :)
Glad you enjoyed it, other than me being near the edge of the cliffs. Don't worry, if the footage made it on to RUclips it means I didn't fall. Thanks for watching.
Photos look amazing man. So just wanting to check see if I want to blur everything out apart from the subject do I then place the focus point box on the subject? Colin,
Yes, place the focus point on the subject. And you can increase the blur by any of: - a - using a wider aperture (smaller f number), b - using a longer focal length (zooming in) - c getting physically closer to the subject. d - blurring later in post production. D may have problems if the subject overlaps the stuff you want to blur in the image, while a lens capable of wider aperture, longer focal length or closer focusing distance may by expensive if you're already working at the limits of your lens's capabilities.
Hi Colin. I can answer that. I've also got a video coming out on that subject soon, where I'll be able to go into more detail than in this comment. I think there might be two others videos first, but keep your eye out for it. Coming back to your question. You definitely want the focus point on the subject, ideally on it's eye. There's a really easy way to blur out everything and the key to it is the distances between you, the foreground, the subject and the background. Try to make sure the background is at least twice the distance from the subject as the subject is from you. And try to make sure the foreground is nearer to you than it is to the subject. There are lots of other technical aspects that you can consider, like the aperture, but if you follow the thinking I've outlined in this comment you'll get nice blurry backgrounds and foregrounds for pretty much any aperture. It'll give you a good start until I can go into more details in the video. Thanks for your question and for watching.