Photographing Wild Flowers with a Telephoto Lens
A 400mm prime lens can not only be used for Wildlife and birds. Let's convert it with an extension tube into an extreme Macro lens to photograph wild flowers. Bluebells and Wild Garlic are what we are hunting today.
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Very cool. Going to try this when the birds are not around. Thank you for sharing this video.
@OliverHerbold
3 жыл бұрын
Much appreciate your lovely feedback, thank you!
Nice and clear tutorial. Waiting for the summer. :-)
@OliverHerbold
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you Kimmo. Believe me, I have already enough of Winter too 😉
Absolutely brilliant mate i am glad you have done this video to show people how it can be done.
@OliverHerbold
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much my friend! I am glad too, because I enjoyed the time up the hill in the woods a lot. "Stay tuned" Lee ;)
So clear and helpful, Oliver - thank you!
@OliverHerbold
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much Diana, I'm really glad you enjoyed watching it!
Really enjoying your videos, Oliver! Looking forward to more!
@OliverHerbold
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for your wonderful response. I couldn't think of a bigger motivation to continue!
Hi Oliver, I'm a big fan of your work and guidance. Your tutorials are excellent and you make things easy to understand. I love the "learn how to fail better" approach.
@OliverHerbold
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for this wonderful and motivational comment Sean! Trying to fail better over time was and still is my way of progressing, I'm glad you may adapt that ;)
Wonderfully informative video, and I love that your final shots are not overly processed but, instead, look like the wildflowers would look in nature.
@OliverHerbold
4 жыл бұрын
Awww, thak you very much Dot! Sometimes I get deep into processing but here the goal was to create as much as possible in camera - and I am very glad you like it Xx
Cool video, Oliver! I am going out this weekend yo shoot some wildlife and will keep these tips in mind! I have a Sigma 150 - 600 MM zoom and I am going to try this with it! ALSO!! I think I can smell the garlic!! Now I am hungry!!! I think a Pizza is in order! :-)
@OliverHerbold
4 жыл бұрын
I just had my Pizza Gary :) I have that Sigma too and it will be even easier, for two reasons: First it has 200mm more focal length and second, it has a minimum focus distance of only 2.8m, compared to the 3.5m of my 400mm prime. Good luck hunting mate!
What a great video my friend, nice presentation and informative tutorial. I can spend the whole day with these gear. Please keep it up and upload more videos.
@OliverHerbold
4 жыл бұрын
You are awesome dude! I can not think of a better motivation than your wonderful comment. I hope I won't disappoint!
@hasnayenfaisal7469
4 жыл бұрын
@@OliverHerbold Eagerly waiting for your more uploads my friend. Proud of you.
@OliverHerbold
4 жыл бұрын
@@hasnayenfaisal7469 you have no idea how much that means to me my friend. I will try not to disappoint.
Had that lens years ago still a great buy !
@OliverHerbold
4 жыл бұрын
Absolutely! It's an old construction but lightweight and razor sharp. I love it at a walk around.
Oliver, I noticed when you changed from horizontal to vertical, you were able to just spin the camera body around. What type of mount do you use? I have an old Induro (which I like) but have to literally tip my camera over. Your method is a helluva lot easier!
@OliverHerbold
4 жыл бұрын
Most telephoto lenses come with a tripod mount on the lens itself. This makes sense, because most of them are heavy and the center of gravity will be a long distance in front of the camera. These are usually detachable and allow the rotation of the entire camera/lens combination - which is what you have seen in the video. When I work with shorter lenses that don't have a tripod mount and I want to switch to portrait format, I'm using an L-Bracket. Then you don't have to switch your tripod head to a 90 degree angle. I hope that helps mate!
@brucecoulter312
4 жыл бұрын
@@OliverHerbold OMG. I'm an absolute dope! LOL When you finally see things that have been right in front of you. That's me! Thanks!
@OliverHerbold
4 жыл бұрын
@@brucecoulter312 no you're not. And it happens to all of us sometimes ;)
Hi Oliver. What tripod and head do you use in the video.
@OliverHerbold
3 жыл бұрын
Hi Rob, the Tripod is a 4-Series Gitzo, the predecessor of this one here: amzn.to/3eLuZxj. The Ball Head is a NovoFlex CB5-II: amzn.to/3yaFdPK Hope that helps!