MASTER your TELEPHOTO lens photography and IMPROVE FAST
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Today we are talking about Telephoto lens photography. If you are struggling with composition then using a telephoto lens can massively help you get great images. I am in the lakes District for a spectacular cloud invention and share 5 top photography tips.
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NIKON GEAR
Current landscape camera - Nikon Z7 - geni.us/nikonz7
Awesome telephoto lens - Nikon 70-200m f/2.8 - geni.us/nikon70200
Fav lens - Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8 - geni.us/nikon2470
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Awesome Bokeh - Fuji XF35mm F2 - geni.us/fuji35f2
Killer wide angle lens - Fuji 10-24mm F4 - geni.us/fuji1024
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Loved the cloud inversion conditions. The Fall colors and clouds make for a great combination. My vote is for the first one as the road is more clear and leads your eyes into the scene. Nice work Nigel and I love shooting with the 70-200mm as well as it seems to allow for more compositions especially when the the light is not optimal for the grand vistas.
Tripod Stability (w/telephoto lenses) Tip: Nigel, I always carry a strong supermarket carrier bag and an 'S' hook (or Karabina clip) with me when out shooting. It's usually easy enough to find a few rocks or heavy stones to fill the carrier with - you then hang this using the hook from the underside of your tripod. It improves the stability of the set up no end.
Even easier, I started carrying one of those elasticated woven ropes with metal hooks on each end and a tent peg... No swinging in high wind, no dirty hands...
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Your love for landscape photography and your enthusiasm is infectious! You make learning interesting!
Thank you Nigel!
One of the nicest people on RUclips. A Master of your craft but always helpful, always giving relevant and valuable information away to us newbies/non-pro's in easy to view videos. Like so many others, I've learned a LOT and every time I watch a video I feel like grabbing my camera and shooting. Thanks Nigel.
You got some amazing photo's from this cloud inversion, the first one should be on your next calendar!!
Oh my gracious, I ADORE that portrait photo of the road with the inverted clouds and sun cascading off the trees. It's probably my favorite photo I've seen of yours. So good.
A great insight into using a telephoto lens for landscape work, I love the step by step explanations on your video's, I find them so useful, I try and put your tips down in a small book that stays in my camera bag, I find it a great resource when out and about.
I am limited in time, money and equipment due to being a full time carer for my disabled wife so getting to places of photographic interest can be massively difficult, as for equipment I use a D7200 and dx glass so no where near the quality you produce, that said I do try. When using a telephoto lens I use my camera bag to aid stability, I purchased a climbing carabiner and use that to attach the bag to the clip on my tripod.
The timing of this blog was perfect for me, having recently bought a second hand 50mm- 140mm fuji lens. Plenty of ideas to try out. Thanks Nigel.
Wow! What a set of absolutely stunning images! Thank you so much for keeping us inspired and for sharing your knowledge.
Out of this world scenery! Great footage, my goodness! Can't wait to see your take of Lofoten!
The 70-200 will be my next lens purchase. Thanks for this tutorial.
Love your videos Nigel. Always learn a lot, thank you
Nigel, to echo the sentiment of many others: I love your enthusiasm and passion for teaching. I would kill to go on a workshop like this with you!
I've literally never seen anything so beautiful
I just got Canon 70-300 mm lens after watching this video I'm so motivated right now, I just pack my camera and go outside. As always amazing video !
Thanks again Nigel. I always learn something from your videos. As a side note, sometimes I get an unplanned shot with local wildlife when I'm using the telephoto lens, which is a nice bonus. And - my calendar arrived! Beautiful job. I am looking forward
to hanging it up in December.
I'm pretty sure those are my favorite shots yet, Nigel, esp. the twilight b-roll *before* sunrise. I missed dawn my first time going to Loughrigg Fell, I can't wait to go back and catch it with that unbelievable morning fog, fantastic work!
Great vlog, Nigel, I do struggle with longer lenses. When I survey the scene I can't seem to isolate subjects so what I've
started to do is look at scenes through the viewfinder and that helps me. Thanks again for some wonderfully informative vlogs. Chers.
Thank you Nigel, this is a great lesson about telephoto lenses.
Such outstanding light qualities up there Nigel, thanks for sharing amazing images and Video.
You are a great photographer Nigel. Thanks for sharing all your knowledge. I have so much pleasure watching and learning it!
The quality of the video is great and as always the framing of the images gives me good things to work on . Thanks
I caught myself having the fuji 50-140 as my fav lens. Love the details
Really glad I found your channel. Enjoy your quality imagery and insights. Have just bought a dslr and can’t wait to try your tips
Those cloud inversions get me everytime stunning Images. Thanks for the tips
Well Done Nigel......In fact its so well done that I will be watching it several more times. Thanks For Sharing.
I spent part of my Saturday taking photos of the changing leaves with my telephoto lens. It was a fun experiment. As always, loved your images!
Amazing stuff Nigel! Learning a lot from you. Thanks a lot
what an insightful video!
would love to use more telephoto lenses!
thanks for sharing this great content with us!
really enjoyed watching this
Watching you talk as you flew the drone was trippy. Fabulous idea!
Great video, i love the composition regarding the cloud inversion and autumnal colours. Great video.
Some lovely images and great info - thanks. Enjoyed the buttery smooth drone video.
Great video as always Nigel. 👍 Starting to become my first Sunday watch with my morning coffee. On my bucket list to come to one of your workshops in the future.
I love the quality of those prints wow and the mist just tops it all off. You're a huge inspiration to us aspiring photographers 🙌
These shots are tremendously beautiful. And your tips are stunning as always. Thanks a lot for your work. I'm really enjoying it.
This is a wonderful video. The images are stunningly beautiful. Love the drone footage too. Awesome stuff. I'm so please Squarespace are sponsoring your great work. I bet they will be delighted with this video too. You have done them proud!
Hi Nigel, only had my 70-200mm lens for about 4 weeks so your video came in very handy. Can't wait to take it out and try your tips.
Another great video with excellent photo tips! Thanks!!!
Yup, similarly, I find I do a lot of shots on my tele. My knock around standard 70-300 is one of my favorite lenses, even for nature. Also opens up so many shots and opportunities that would otherwise be unsafe to get to or capture.
Great excamples with clear explenations Nigel. Realy great spheric photo’s. Thnx for sharring.
Superb images Nigel both from the drone and your camera and looked forward to seeing your vlog this week after seeing your postings on IG
Great video ,amazing pictures thanks!
What. A. Video. !!! Amazing tips. Keep making more of these. Loving it.
Your videos are always very timely. I'm going to Penang in 2 days. I've rented an air B&B with a view of the city and mountain with the plan to practice with my telephoto lens. Thanks again!
Great video Nigel, love those misty woodland scenes with warm sun colours. Got a Nikon 70-200mm f4 ages ago but if honest I don’t use it very much and this has inspired me to give it a try.
Good stuff! Just loved the time-lapse of the fog rolling through the valley.
Thanks Nigel. Great video!
Amazing video man, one of the best i've seen in photography. Really enjoyed it.
Loved when you show wide vs telephoto. Really beautiful stuff came out of it, totally agree with you philosophy to simplify.
Much respect!
PS. That workshop in the beginning, woah, where ever you looked
Nice video Nigel very thought provoking as regards long lenses.
Oh, man...Gorgeous photographs...! Your four tips are on-the-point too, thanks ND!
You make really helpful videos with beautiful footage and photos. Thanks, it is an inspiration! Keep it up!
I really love this way of taking landscape, telephoto is a pleasure, you discover little by little new details. Thanks for yours videos I like the way you share your knowledge and tips...
Loved your images, especially the landscape version of the morning fog.
I took the plunge with a 70-200mm a wee while back and it really is an asset. Most of my images are with the 24-85mm but for all the reasons you give, the 70-200mm is always ready in the bag now. Had great fun with it by the sea when there were some serious waves coming in, isolating the crests and getting in amongst the sea without getting wet. One of my favourite landscapes was captured with an old 300mm lens. Not the sharpest glass but best I had at the time. Allowed me to select the most interesting part of a wide valley view. Lofoton sounds awesome but I think the trekking would be a bit to much for me! But Jonas is one great guy, I love his videos, always so positive and he really takes you into the wild places.
Found your channel today and watched straight 2 hours now. One of the best landscape photography channel out there!! Great tips, stunning photos and very inspiring. Can´t believe i found your channel that late..Keep up the great work!! greetings from Germany.
Brilliant - thanks so much for watching
Great video Nigel and wonderful images 👍
Beautiful images, great video. Thank you
Another excellent video with lots of valuable suggestions.
Dude, your work is spectacular. Thanks for sharing all these tips.
Buongiorno from foggy.. low cloud Italy. Wonderful light, loved the 3 trees! Very inspiring. Well l will have to get my 200mm lens out once this cloud lifts... Great vlog as always. Ciao.
Great video and a fantastic workshop, Nigel. Enjoyed every minute of both !
Thanks a lot Steve!!
NIgel
Thoroughly enjoyed this weeks vlog and completely agree on the usefulness of a telephoto in landscape work. The past six months or so, my go to landscape lens has been my trusty
Nikkor 70-200 as I'm able to capture the details of a scene and wide and just could accomplish. For the past few years my wife Diane and I have vacationed in Bar Harbor, Maine and spend a lot of time in Acadia National Park. Incredible doesn't come close to the magnificent landscape but every year, the multitude of of people in the park make capturing classic
images very difficult. With the 70-200, I am able to work around most of the crowds and still capture a brilliant scene.
BTW, I received my calendar and print and just wanted to say thanks you. Being the first calendar, I decided not to open it and am keeping it as a collector's item!
Peter
Fantastic work. The Lake District looks incredible.
Amazingly good vid
Nigel
Fabulous morning Nigel, you lucky workshopper! And some things to think about some more, thanks!
Great advise and tips. My 80-200 mm just arrived for my Nikon so looking forward to getting out with it tomorrow so ill keep you advise in mind thanks for sharing Nigel
Fantastic pictures :) And great video as always. Looking forward to next sunday. Cheers from Denmark
Just discovered you on RUclips after chatting to another photographer at a location last Friday. Really enjoying the videos I've seen so far.
Very informative! Great teacher indeed
Wow. So very beautiful. Drone and stills both
My go to channel for learning.... Love your easy style of teaching, and your passion for it is infectious
Thanks - that is really kind of you to say!
Excellent again Nigel. I often use telephoto in my landscape photography for exactly the reason you say - picking out detail. Placing a small object by a huge element of the photo works for me. For example a small house or small building at the foot of a huge imposing hill or mountain. It gives a great sense of scale and the compressed perspective creates a slightly forboding look to the image.
PS I love the images!
Seriously cool drone footage,, great shots too,,, well done mate, thanks again, Bob
Thanks Nigel for another fascinating video! I always learn so much from you. Greetings from Havana!
Great Video Nigel!
Those long lens mist shots are amazing!
Another stunning video Nigel. I'm loving the drone shots and the time lapse
Thanks Terry!!!
Excellent video Nigel
Just the topic I needed. I use a micro four thirds camera and my 70-200 (equivalent) lens is fast becoming my favourite. Sadly at 66 with dodgy feet I can’t get climb up to those sort of heights but the principle remains even on flatter terrain.
Wooooow! Nigel, amazing work. Spectacular images & drone footage. Your videos overall quality is amazing. Love the idea of keeping drone flying and you talking into that :D Wow!
Thank you Nigel.
Hi Nigel, great to see some more ways to use my 70-200!
A year ago I bought a Fujinon 50-140mm lens for no particular reason other than somehow I got a bug that I couldn’t shake. Since then I’ve used it only a couple of times, mostly just to convince myself I didn’t waste my money. I decided to look for telephoto lens videos on RUclips and happened upon this one. It really has inspired me, especially since I saw that great image you took with this lens. I hope to see some more. My go-to-lens has been the 16-55mm f2.8 which is so versatile. But I’ve been in a rut and now I hope to break out of the rut. Thanks!
Beautiful shots, Nigel. You make everything look too easy! Haha! I love that your landscapes are fresh and not the exact same Instagram recreations I see everyday.
Thanks a lot Will!
Amazing works ! Wonderfull place and country where sensibility joined talent
Stunning
Stunning conditions and super images you captured there, really looking forward to seeing you at Bolton Camera Club in February next year for your landscape presentation.
I won't say it enough times. Nigel, love your videos and you deserve many more subs!!
Funny I just got back from a trip across the lower states, I'm Canadian and I was noticing the shots within the shots I was taking and how I could have zoomed in and picked up more powerful images. Thanks for this, solidified my purchase of a 70/200 for my sony 7r 3 :)
I always enjoy your presentation ... these telephoto images are fantastic ... I also enjoy your story
Love this... I have a new 70-200... you have again inspired me to think outside the box... just read your email where you recommend photopill, will you do a video with tips on using it? I personally learn a lot watching your videos. And as always... great background music!!
Very informative video. Really liked the time lapse of the fog. Of those two similar images, the one with the clear view of the road is my favorite, but the other has great texture of the colors and trees. Tough choice.
Quality clips, impressive pictures, amazing tips. You are the best! 💪
To kind - thanks so much! Appreciate you watching
Hi Nigel, you had some fantastic conditiond, thanks for sharing.
All the best..............Peter.
Keeping your wide angel video in mind and putting my telephoto lens, Fuji 50-140mm, also in my back I went to the Belgium Ardennes yesterday. After looking at your todays video and looking at my yesterdays wide angel images I see a lot of oppertunities where I could use my telephoto lens to capture the landscape in a more simple way. This inspires me the return to the location again and only shoot images with my telephoto lens. Thanks for sharing Nigel!
Thanks for watching!!!
You have a beautiful series here. I enjoy watching when I'm in my office doing paperwork, which requires minimal attention but is more of a necessary evil. If I've taken anything away from this particular video, it's #1 - get to a beautiful location and #2 - be there at the right time. I think a lot of good work can come out of good light in a good location for a variety of people and equipment. For me, it's a matter of having quality gear that doesn't take away from the image; too much noise, shake or less than optimal sharpness. Given a Nikon, Canon, Fuji, Sony, whatever, as long as those boxes are ticked you should be okay.
Thanks for this video, it helped to answer a big question I've had about landscape photography. It seems whenever you ask someone about lenses for landscapes, the ubiquitous answer is always: you need a ride angle lens. I have a wide angle lens but I don't always want wide open vistas... a lot of the time what I want is that mountain far off in the background. It's strange that I don't see many videos talking about using telephoto lenses for landscapes, though almost anyone who does a "what's in my bag" video almost certainly has a 70-200. Anyway thanks again for the video, love your content. And I think this has finally convinced me to bite the bullet and buy a telephoto lens.
Amazing pictures!
Great video again Nigel, yes The telephoto lens is a favourite of mine, and keeps it all simple. So many obstructions and telephone poles wires, parked cars, litter, which can all be avoided by the use of a telephoto zoom. Thanks .
Thanks Stuart
Great work Nigel, i was out the other morning on Gummers How hoping for the Inversion but no luck, such an amzing scene when you can capture them! thanks for the tips