How to choose the BEST FOCAL LENGTH in Landscape Photography | from 14-200mm
Which lens do you get out of your bag when presented with a landscape photography scene? The focal length you choose can make a big difference to the final outcome. In this video I chat through my decision making criteria from 14-200mm. All my lenses to cover these focal lengths listed below.
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0:00 Introduction
3:30 Depth of field
6:06 Ultra-wide 14-18mm
10:00 Wide angle 18-24mm
12:36 Mid Range - 30-60mm
18:34 Longer lenses - 70-200+ mm
23:55 Most used focal length
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NIKON GEAR (Main STILLS camera)
Current landscape camera - Nikon Z7 - geni.us/nikonz7
Awesome telephoto lens - Nikon 70-200m f/2.8 - geni.us/nikon70200
Great wide angle lens - Nikon 14-30mm f/4 - geni.us/1430mm
Hiking mid lens - Nikon 24-70mm Z f4 - geni.us/nikon2470
Sharpest mid lens - Nikon 24-70mm Z f2.8 geni.us/2470mm28
Amazing Bokeh - Sigma 24mm f1.4 geni.us/Sigma24
Astro lens - Samyang 14mm F2.4 - geni.us/samyang14mm
Very long lens - Nikon 500mm F5.6 - geni.us/nikon500mm
FILM GEAR
Nikon Z6 - geni.us/z6nikon
Main film lens - 24mm f1.8 Z - geni.us/nikon24mm
Fujifilm X-T3 - geni.us/fujifilmxt3
Awesome Bokeh - Fuji XF35mm F2 - geni.us/fuji35f2
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I guess we are referring to the same image (see above), one I do think works! ;o) ...at least for me. It is also more difficult to take because there is no clear easy cookie-cutter recipe to fall back on-whereas object in the foreground and mountains in the background has become sickeningly common among non-creative landscape photographers (as is the colored gradient filter (pink or orange) for the sky!
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It is an occupation, some use Jesus as an example. Even he was crucified
Excellent video here Nigel. So much useful information in this one.
Amazing content, Nigel. Thank you for this one as always.
Thank you so much for this content! I feel really inspired to put more thought in to my composition as I grow in my landscape shots!
Always appreciate the detail and thought you put into every video! Alot of of effort!!!
Great images Nigel. I'm envious of the amazing locations that you and UK photographers have close by!
Nigel, another great educational video. Thanks for sharing, and giving us another look at some of your amazing body of work.
This is the most comprehensive lens guide I've seen on KZhead. Great content Nigel, I love it when you lean on the educational side.
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Really enjoyed hearing about the statistics of how many portfolio shots you got at each focal length. Great video!
One of the better videos I have seen explaining the different focal length. Thanks for sharing.
clear information, even for people who have doubts about purchasing a lens. thank you Nigel. I preordered your calendar, love your work.
Thanks Nigel for another master class.
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I appreciate your photographic knowledge, it's helping me become a better photographer. Love the images in this segment!
Probably the best video I’ve watched for choosing a landscape lens! Great insight with easy to understand examples.
Really useful to see examples with their focal lengths, thanks Nigel
your 200 mm san francisco shot is fantastic. Very inspiring.
One of your best videos yet! Thank you for this detailed walk through of focal lengths. Gives me lots of places to go from here.
Hi Nigel, great information - just what I needed. Thank you for very clear and concise explanation of this subject👏😊
17:45 Thank you very much for those woodland scenery. it's amazing
What a great video!! Very informative. I particularly like the photo examples you shared along with the side by side comparisons. I'm a big fan, Congratulations and THANK YOU!!!
Great video Nigel 👍 love how you superpose different focal lenghts on the wide angle shot to zoom into the other pictures
Thank you ND for a thought provoking video, going to see images differently after your comments. Love the heather colour recently with your silver birches.
Thank you Nigel...great material explained in an easy and practical way.
Very nice Nigel. I've seen a lot of your videos and I think this may be your best tips video because of the variety and excellent example.
That first photo right at the start at 14mm is absolutely mindblowing! And there's some really beautiful images here - love it!
I love your videos because...your images are so lovely, AND, you impart such great wisdom! In fact, I’m going to watch this one again, because it was so informative. Thanks so much for sharing!
Thanks for the demostration/explanation on how different focal lenghts can be used in landscape photography.
This is gold for those who are just starting photgraphy. Thank you.
It’s awesome that you’ve actively used your old 70-200 for that long 👏🏽 goals right there!
A very informative video Nigel. Really enjoyed how you broke the topic down using your stunning images as examples.
I'm really baffled seeing those brilliant photos. This was somehow really inspiring. I'll get a lot more out of the house this fall. Thank you.
Really interesting video Nigel, thanks for that!!!
Fabulous video...all videos where you have explained things, be it exposure, dof, colour, composition, or this, it is always sooo much clearer than other videos/sites. Shows that your presentation of the concept is really well thought out beforehand and really well delivered! Top notch Nigel! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks for the explanation of all the different focal lengths and their strengths. Really makes me want to try them all out, hope to get back to travelling soon when these weird times in 2020 and 2021 are finally over.
Thanks again Nigel, really interesting video on understanding range and limitations of different focal lengths, something I've not really understood, up till now!
Very good video. Loved all of the examples and practical tips.
A wonderful informative tutorial. Many good advises. Have to come back watch again and again to catch all. Excellent 👍👍👍
I'm Brazilian photographer and I had learned a lot with you. Congratulations for one more great video and thankyou
Some really excellent observations Nigel; many thanks!
Such an interesting video.. Your explanation of focal lengths and when or why to use them was fantastic. So much information in one video. 👍
Thanks you sooooooo much for explaining how to most effectively and artistically use these focal lengths. Clearly explained.
Absolutely loved this video... I have been waiting for someone to explain the various focal lengths as I am learning more about photography & this is an area I did not understand...
Top content as usual !
i love your all image, especially 18:13 is literally 'fantastic' thank you!!
Another excellent in video. I am a seasoned professional and I learned so much from this video I cannot thank you enough. I'm about to watch it for a 3rd time I'm literally reading down notes.
Really enjoyed this video, learnt so much, great photographs and information about lenses and there uses, cheers Darren.
Thanks for this vid Nigel. I really liked that you showed the same images across multiple focal lengths to get a feel for what works best. I recently invested got hold of the Canon 24-105 as a single lens to cover a lot, this vid will really, really help now :-)
I have shifted to using telephoto zooms for landscapes a lot. I like the telephoto compression for the details it provides. I combine them into panoramas with many shots. When I was in Bryce Canyon NP back in Feb., I ended up with breathtaking panoramas with 100-200 shots. I wanted maximum details from the snow on the hoodoos and I wanted them up close in my photos. So I shot at 100mm.
Very valuable info to decide what will be my next lens. Thanks for sharing!
Excellent advice yet again 👏
Brilliant video, so much info, brilliant photos, makes it all so clear. I am a total fan of your work and your videos are choc full of insights and inspiration. Thank you.
Brilliant video. You explain things so well. Thanks for sharing this information.
Great and helpful video, Nigel. Thank you for sharing your experience with this beautiful images.
As far as I can see you'r the best in terms of explaining landscape photography. Excellent videos in every aspect and a real pleasure to watch because you concentrate on the content and not on your person. Thank you so much for sharing your valuable knowledge!
Looked like pebbles was having a great time another great video some lovely shots Happy Christmas looking forward to the next 3 videos
I just found your channel and as an amateur wanting to improve, your videos are gold! Thank you for sharing al of your tips and knowledge!
Absolutely beautiful landscapes. Thank you for the video. Definitely a learning tool for a beginner like me.
That pic with the swan is awesome!
The insight about losing focus on the far away trees was great. I've been trying to get everything in focus!
Brilliant explanation of different lens and the focal range, I'm now going to try use my 70-200mm more often than my 16-35mm to get more compositions when there isn't much of a foreground in the shots. Thank you for this video amongst many of the others I've been binge watching this afternoon. I seriously wish I had come across your stuff earlier!!
Fabulous video Nigel. I was just pondering what I need from a workshop that I going on next weekend in the Canadian Rockies and choice of focal length was one of them, so the timing is impeccable. Thanks again.
Super educational video without getting boring one second! You are great in this!!! Did anyone tell you that the separations in the bar beneath giving information on where you are in the video and making it super easy to go back to a certain focal length or other part of the video are just great! Also loved your idea at the end to see what works best for yourself by checking in lightroom in your portfolio! Regards
You're the first person who actually explained it clearly. Thanks
Thanks to KZhead, I can learn from other photographers from around the world. Thanks for another great video about different focal lengths.
another great video my friend... many great shots!!
You inspired me to take my photography to a stronger goal for my Hobby / business. My strength is Landscape, seascapes and floral photography
Very interesting video today I loved the explanation about the different focal lengths
Many thanks again Nigel for some very helpful tips on how to concentrate on the best focal length which has inspired me to think about taking several shots of the same scene rather than just think that I have got it right at first go!
Thank you Nigel for these videos . I've just recently purchased a entry grade canon and really found your explanations on the different aspects of photograghy very easy to get a basic guide to start taking my camera off the auto. and most important is the compositional aspects. I am a painter and find myself using 3+ different pictures too make my painting compositions and now being able to get my own pictures to make these paintings instead of using other artists photos is going to be great. Thank you again.
I greatly appreciate you and your body of work. Thank you for doing what you do - and how you do it.
Wonderful video....as usual. I very much enjoy watching your photos and videos. I am a wildlife photographer, but seeing your amazing landscape photos makes me very enthusiastic about learning landcape photography.
Recently went for a hike. I wasn’t too happy with the photos I got. Then this video popped up in my feed. It was actually really helpful!
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A simple to understand masterclass! Thanks
Thanks so much for the great chat. Can’t wait for this Covid mess to get under control so I can attend one of your workshops. Until then, cheers. ☕️
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thank you very much for the lucid explanation on focal lengths
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As always a great informative video... Alex.
Very, very informative video about focal length use (and focus in woodland too)!! Thanks again!
Regarding UWA, I went on a landscape photography workshop quite a few years ago and the teacher told us if we're going to shoot with an UWA lens, we should be close enough we could touch the foreground. Not a rule, of course, but I do think it's a good way to remember UWA lenses tend to work better with very close subjects.
And the ones for which you need scale, proportions, and vertical/horizontal lines to be distorted. ;o) Let us not forget some of the shortcomings of such lenses.
Wow, Another great presentation, as an instructor for over 25 years and now retired, I really appreciate your casual, yet indepth exlanations!! You give great detail as to what lens or focal lenght, BUT the why reasons are so good!! Keep up the great job!! Thank you again, J Casey MN, USA👍👍
Just getting interested in landscape work (usually taking architecture, street and flowers etc) but looking to expand into landscapes and this excellent video hass really opened my eyes as to the possibilities. I always thought landscape was wide angle work, but your stunning shots at longer focal lenths has inspired me. I can now use my mostly zoom lenses to find the most common shooting length and then invest in a couple of primes. I shoot Fuji so have a chart with the 1.5 crop vs FF to emulate your distances. Thanks very much for this excellent video. Liked and subscribed!!!
Great talk about focal length choices! There really is a composition for each of the focal lengths. I use 14mm, 24-70mm, 70-200mm for landscapes.
Excellent helpful content; very well produced. Thank you.
You are a very very good photographer! I absolutely love your work!
Great video! Thanks for the info. I have been playing with my 70-200mm more for landscapes. I usually rely on my workhorse 24-70mm and it is quite a different experience using a larger focal length!
Nigel it's always so good to see the passion you inject into your photography. Whenever I watch your video's 1) I have subject envy (but realise that I've also got great locations), 2) I'm impressesed with how you're able maintain the enthusiasm regardless of whats going on around you. PS Stocksness and the Sea Stacks always make me want to jump on a plane..... Till next time, bye for now.
This was an amazing video and you nailed it! Thanks.
I just found your videos, so I am coming about two and a half years late to the party. There is a lot of good information in the videos I have watched so far. I began photography in the film era, 1966. At the camera shop where I purchased my camera and lenses (prime lenses at the time) the pro said take one lens and go to a location where you can easily return and spend the day there. You will learn the capabilities of that lens. Repeat with the others. This is something I still do. It keeps me comfortable with the lenses, having to adapt to the lens rather than change to another one. Thank you for the good advice. I look forward to future videos.
Just recently subscribed because your video is most informative also esthetically beautifully presented. I paint landscapes and now have a Nikon camera, it’s a lot to learn before I start having fun. Thank you for your videos.