wide angle close-up photography techniques

[sasktank]

COOLNESS

[cmsclaudio]

Need a photographer there

[MrSvSa]

HAHAHAHAHA!

[fffaaannnggg]

Lame!

[GuerrillaStateOfMind]

Wait... This isn't HD.

[xxGLhrMxx]

Thats it? Are you kidding me?

[simpsonsheeja]

the photo sucks!!

[sayang1]

no arts...buts sucks

[JamesRobinson1993]

lmao you serious?! wow i need to start making youtube video's if this is the standard we're going by today...

[caglebagl]

you should put your link in the description

[thure1982]

What? Why use lockup? What shutterspeed did he use? 1/1000 atleast in that sun. Why would you need lockup? its not 1-5s nighttime-shoot.

[alanstarkie2001]

@xxtheleegendxx haha

[bobyo4]

wow i love abstraction but everyone is right, that last photo was pretty crappy. No sense of composition whatsoever.

[yopt3]

какое дерьмовое качество!

[grunner30]

f/22??? Can you say diffraction? With almost any lens, stopping down to f/22 limits the amount of detail your lens can resolve. This does away with the need for the mirror lockup and the tripod. Looks like there was plenty of light for f/8 and using your body to move around and find exactly the composition you want.  Look up "hyperfocal distance" chart to render everything in the foreground and background sharp.

[TheAlawiyah]

Very Nice!!!

[f4saken]

nice photograph! i like the comp =)

[MrSteveo357]

I personally would have used the brush as my subject and placed the camera very low to the ground :)

[tosykosyhaha]

@.MrSteveo357 brush as a subject? what the hell is wrong with you

[MrSteveo357]

@tosykosyhaha well I think something with some color and life would have done a lot for that picture as there is not much of a subject in that shot! I understand what he was doing but I would not have done it that way.if the stick was a snake or something like that the picture would have been a lot better.

[tosykosyhaha]

@MrSteveo357 subject = people, object = all other things, get it?

[MrSteveo357]

@tosykosyhaha the only thing I get is that you are a idiot! 

[tosykosyhaha]

@MrSteveo357 an* idiot, idiot.

[OlliTheAwesomeone]

@MrSteveo357 an Idiot, tard.

[modjoholics]

is that it???

[quickshooter100]

lovely shot! 

[pwnedmedia]

all im saying is who the hell is gonna sit there for lik 30 minutes taking a picture of the fucking beach...and then blog it up on youtube..like ppl dont know how to???the hell

[Booyaaa100]

hmm i realize he was going for lots of depth of field but f22 seems high. he mightve had a reason but it seems f16 or f11 wouldve been better just to make short enough shutter speeds for handheld photos

[ANTRASPS3]

sure why not if your walking like a "tourist" with minimum camera equipment you would do the best for handheld picture, if you want to take all your equipment like tripod yes you would use smaller Fnumber since its not a problem.

[Booyaaa100]

yes but maximum depth of feild is not always what you want. just because you can doesnt mean you should.

[ANTRASPS3]

the guy wanthed to make it to the maximum just to be sure...idk who are we to judge if his tecknique was good or bad? he got a good resault so no problems here...

[Booyaaa100]

youre right. i liked the result and he must know what hes doing, but i would use a lower f stop just to avoid any camera shake even on a tripod. also f11 is usually much clearer and the colors are more vibrant on almost all lenses.

[sarunas1989]

@Booyaaa100 'Just because you can doesn't mean you should' Really?? Nice comment. But just because you can make a comment like that doesn't mean you should...

[KEBokeh]

People are so critical to judge...simply this man was going for abstraction...we all have different tastes in photography...jesus get over it.

[sdflksdfkfh]

@KEBokeh No, the picture actually sucks.

[KEBokeh]

@sdflksdfkfh And your opinion means what to me?

[efrencrux99]

@sdflksdfkfh

[photoxloan]

@KEBokeh it's true. some people say some photographs are not interesting. well it really depends on us on how we paint it to the canvass. I'm glad you open your perception on other peoples critical judgement for they don't know the art of an individual. Well, lots of photos right now are so common but people say it's interesting cause what they have in their mind is a "subject" and a "background" which is their type of photography. Thank you. this opens up the apertures of close minded people.

[AdlerChalk]

@KEBokeh maybe but there is a wow factor that many people seem to agree with when a shot is great. I know, I get it on flikr.

[SwitchRich]

f/22. Seems a bit small in my opinion. Bear in mind that the resolution of most lenses drops off significantly once you hit those numbers.

[SwitchRich]

Why did I get so many thumbs down for stating what most photographers are already aware of?

[sumitino]

i enjoyed your succinct explanation o fthe technique however the final product left quite a bit to be desired, specificly that composition was very elementary. overall good video.

[chowmonkey2002]

Is this serious?? The guy taking pics of sand with all this equipment?? I'm sorry. I can handle a load of bullshit but this pic really can be done with a consumer cam with kitlens. And with all the light available you don't even need a tripod. This is really silly..

[Extremmist]

While photographing static objects, tripod should be a standard equipment, not something you only use when you have no other option. First it allows you more precise framing, second it slows you down and makes you think before you take the photo and third it makes your photos sharper (even if you don´t see it in low resolution photos, you will see it if you make large prints)

[davidimon]

i agree on the whole for landscape, but dont forget you often get great photos from just constantly snapping, some times you will luckily get something you really like, of course the main situation this is true is with street photography. personally i didnt think much of the photo lacked a lot of interest

[Extremmist]

Sure you do, but in addition you will get X gigabytes of trash and maybe you won´t even notice the good photos. Mostly this is the case of beginners - they can take a great photo but they simply can´t distinguish it from the bad ones.

[davidimon]

cant help but feel that beginner comment was aimed at me, lol but i know what you mean, sorting through a load of crap, especially in RAW is very annoying, guess it depends on the type of photography, obviously landscape usuall requires a little more though to do with exposure, lighting etc

[SwitchRich]

I agree with you in part, but a tripod can also be to the detriment of what would otherwise be a creative photography mission. An example would be wandering around a town taking photos of buildings and items of interest etc. Yes, a tripod can produce better pictures and is essential for some shots but I've learnt to rely on mine less and less.

[ANTRASPS3]

exactly, i say it depends on your situation anyways it feels much better when you walk lighweight and you have no tripods to carry around

[Whatdididoo]

1/2 of a second at f22. A tripod would certainly be required.

[Gatecra5her]

I agree with you about the equipment, this photo can be done with a consumer camera and kitlens, but the tripod is needed because he took a 0.5 second exposure at f/22...though I don't know why he did that either :S

[xjoncamposx]

Well. The twig certainly didn't look a mile away....

[matteoprez]

all this fuss for such an ugly picture, time waster.

[centipededesign]

In his defense, I don't think youtube is really doing the shot justice. Don't shit on people that are here trying to help. Unless you are just being a troll, then its OK.

[Byocfduck]

its not the quality is the composition that is off.

[ccccyyyrruuussss]

man with all that time and equipment and enrivoment, i woulld of taken a more beautiful photograph...

[nudawa]

I really think that pic is sucks, sorry mate

[vascularcylinder]

Agreed. Scattered visual elements, no interesting point at all.

[RyanTheTuber]

you should've used the timer...set it to 10 seconds

because when you hit the shutter button the camera shakes(which is not good, especially when you're doing sensitive long-exposure shots)

[jon780]

Mirror lockup is much much faster. You press the shutter release one time to flip the shutter down, then press the shutter release again to take the picture. You can do this very quickly, much more quickly than waiting 10 seconds to get a shot. Your way is nice if your camera doesn't feature MLU (mirror lock-up) but all medium-high end cameras have MLU.

[RyanTheTuber]

oh ok

I'll try that technique

[OreoCookieOreo]

crappy photo.

[libertadfilms]

@OreoCookieOreo lol

[joeyeire]

@OreoCookieOreo

and your photo's are where?

[OreoCookieOreo]

@joeyeire Check your wife's secret drawer. You'll find some really interesting pictures lol.

[joeyeire]

@OreoCookieOreo that would be my "male friend for life's" drawer knew he was fooling about

i'd get checked out if i were you ;-)

[OreoCookieOreo]

@joeyeire You were too "smart" to get the joke. Nevermind! Please enjoy dongale1352's photography.

[StationZeroOne]

@OreoCookieOreo says someone who even don'T know anything about photography .. kinda IRONICAL!

[MrH00]

The photo is not crappy!

[DVL1507]

@OreoCookieOreo like u can do any better than him?

[OreoCookieOreo]

@DVL1507 I can do better with my eyes closed, hands tied behind your mom's back.

[DVL1507]

@OreoCookieOreo yeah talk the talk

no proof's a bullshlt mate

[OreoCookieOreo]

@DVL1507 lol. I sense anger and frustration in your comment. Hey buddy, look at thumbs down on this video and then look at thumbs up on my comment. Keep talking. You are more entertaining than this video lol. Say hello to Don Gale, in the mirror LOL.

[larams2813]

@DVL1507 Well he certainly didn't set the bar very high. I think there is a good chance we could all do better.

[DiamondDudeFilm]

that picture sucked!

[djaditya86]

agreed

[erics1959]

Mirror slap is an issue if your shooting at 1/2 sec. Anybody who thinks different isn't being quality critical when it comes to image sharpness. I see a lot of macro shots posted on y-tube that are not sharp.

I also use a D2x and I also recommend setting the shutter to delayed release to allow the vibration to disipate before firing the shutter. For those people printing images smaller than 5 x 7 they might get away with avoiding all these precautions. But a trained eye can spot it.

[yxdcvb]

Wrong. The mirror slap takes about 1/30 to a 1/15 of a sec. At 1/2 a sec. most of the light is captured when the camera is perfectly stable. When you use 1/15 or 1/8 of a sec though mirror slap might be a problem.

[erics1959]

You missed your own point. 1/2 sec is longer the 1/30 or 1/15th . so that means within that 1/2 sec time frame you are capturing the duration of that 1/30 or 1/15 vibration.

[jon780]

No you're missing his point erics. He's saying that for that small fraction of the exposure a little shake doesn't matter because the exposure is so long the sensor will spend more time picking up a stable image. I do agree that mirror slap is a real problem for anyone looking for razor sharp images. Anyone who doesn't just doesn't have a good eye for sharpness or isn't using quality gear.

[prmass1]

"Im not satisfied with the picture at all..." Well, you are looking at a standard quality video. I am sure it would look nice in 720p.

[AllAmericanGuy01]

Well I am not satisfied with the photograph either.

There is no life, no excitement, no anything.

I don't care what type of quality you view the photograph, taking pictures of sand and a branch just isn't gonna cut it.

[PartTimePhotography]

Good stuff - I'll pass this along to all my newsletter subscribers.

[d1drifter87]

Im not satisfied with the picture at all...

[itsumonihon]

use mirror lockup any time you're doing a shot under 1/50th of a second on a tripod. if you're handholding mirror lockup won't help. f stop and filters have nothing to do with it. mirror lock up causes the camera to actually shake. if your shutter speed is low enough to still be open when the camera shakes due to the mirror slap, then you should be using mirror lock up and a cable/remote release or the self timer.

[macman13]

I can't imagine any situation where the shake from the mirror would be enough to make a difference in your shot. Even on a medium format camera like a hasselblad, the mirror shake isn't going to mess up your picture.

[itsumonihon]

you might not be taking very sharp pictures then. mirror slap is the biggest cause of unsharp shots on DSLRS at shutter speeds between 1/4 and 1/60th of a sec when put on a tripod. it makes a noticeable difference especially with telephoto lenses, and the effect is exaggerated when the tripod being used has a cork or soft rubber base plate instead of metal. made worse by the soft rubber used on the bottom of most pro nikon/canon bodies.

[macman13]

Maybe if you're making 1.5 meter wide prints and going over them with a loupe, anything short of that you're not going to notice it. I've made plenty of shots on a tripod and even with the cheapo tripod I use I don't get any shake. The mirror on a Nikon DX or a Canon 1.6x DSLR camera is quite small and is't going to mess up your pictures.

[itsumonihon]

Sorry but this is just plain wrong. The mirror on a D2X is quite large, as are the mirrors on any higher end Nikon bodies. If you need proof of this I can set up my D2X on a cheap tripod and show you. With any tele lens on the camera, it WILL shake and cause a soft image. Your camera might be light enough that you can get away with a cheap tripod. Your requirements for sharpness may not be as high as mine. Some cameras are also much more sensitive to shake than others - depends on the sensor.

[macman13]

I'd be quite curious to see what you're taking pictures of that you are even noticing that kind of difference. For god's sake if you need that kind of sharpness shoot film.

[itsumonihon]

it might just be that you've never taken a sharp picture? blur from using a bad tripod or not using the mirror lock up can result in a blur radius larger than 10 pixels when you're shooting at something like 70mm between 1/30th and 1/4th. there is a reason the shutter speed/focal length rule exists, and it's multiplied even more when you use a crop body camera.

[GapToN]

Ever heard of stock photography? Sharpness is THAT important. You can never be too picky, that is how you improve your photography. If you compromise all the time, you will never improve. If you have bought any photography book, you probably have heard something like this, "If your photo is not sharp enough, its useless". There are situations where blur will help express the theme/mood, but a super sharp/crisp photo will definitely stand out.

[macman13]

Actually since I last commented on this video I tried some macro photography on a cheap tripod at 1/20th of a second just to see if there was any motion blur. There wasn't, the mirror wasn't able to make enough vibration to make any difference.

Here, watch this

watch?v=CkKcbyh2CrA

I see plenty of people complaining about mirror slap but I can never see any problems in my photos even when I'm looking for them. If I use a tripod and remote release, mirror slap isn't an issue.

[v1660]

"Ever heard of stock photography?" yes, it could be fun for play, but its no good if youre serious as your messing up the picture. if youre so obsessed with sharpness, what are you doing watching dslr vids? stop whining and get yourself a mediumformat before you get an avalanche of bokehartists on your back.

the only thing that is THAT important is light, and nothing have to be "sharp enough" it only needs the right kind of sharpness which is entirely up to the artist to define.

[GapToN]

A good photo is a recipe of good lighting, composition, technique, expression and the feelings it brings to viewers. Sharpness is only one ingredient to outstanding photo. Like a top chief would use top quality ingredients, a photographer who has a high standard would also try to satisfy all elements that create a stunning photo. Sharpness is definitely one of them. If you think I'm paying all my attention on sharpness and ignoring other elements, you are simply mistaken my friend.

[Hybrid93Hatch]

Does the mirror lock-up prevent the mirror from causing shake = possible blurred image when using a filter and such high F-stop?

How do you know when (is it best) to use mirror lock up?

Thanks & Happy Shooting :-)