Background Blur in Wildlife Photography

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19 күн бұрын

BOKEH or background blur in wildlife photography helps your subject standout. In this video I'll share tips on how to create bokeh with any camera and lens.
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@zotlam 17 күн бұрын

Really good explanation of Bokeh, Thanks 😊

@matthewgehly 17 күн бұрын

Glad it was helpful! It doesn’t take super expensive equipment to get professional looking results. 👍😁📷

@craigpiferphotography 17 күн бұрын

Great tips. I know all these, but sometimes it's hard to put them into practice in the moment. Just have to keep working on it.

@matthewgehly 17 күн бұрын

Absolutely! It’s not always possible, but keeping these things in the back of your mind while shooting helps. 😁👍

@johnwelchphotography 16 күн бұрын

Hi Matthew, good illustrations of these points. They show how important distance to the background is and I hope help people who can't afford the $15K primes that you can get the clean bokeh simply by paying attention to this and moving your feet. And wow the deer was very tolerant! Not that way up here in NH! But I have been to Shenandoah several times and you can almost pet the deer there (not that I would try!) so I know some are more relaxed.

@matthewgehly 15 күн бұрын

This park is near a major city and there are a ton of people and dogs that walk there. It’s actually a good ways from my house, but so worth the drive for the great photo opportunities!

@dance2jam 16 күн бұрын

Bravo, Matthew. Very nice coverage of the topic in a simple and easy to understand format with examples. Nicely done. One silly point, at about 0:36s in you inadvertently stated, that the "camera" instead of what I think you meant (lens) is not goingt o be able to blur the background. I think you did an excellent job covering the topic in this video. Kudos.

@matthewgehly 16 күн бұрын

Thanks so much! Yep...the lens is really what is creating the blur. But I would also add that the lens cant record the image on it's own. Haha! :)

@dance2jam 16 күн бұрын

@@matthewgehly I wasn't going to go there! (and as you know, there are "crop" factors that apply to smaller sensors that "full frame" (not going Medium format) that make getting that shallow DOF a bit more challenging - so you are correct - the sensor has something to do with it (not even counting megapixel count). You did an excellent job, my friend. I see way to many videos on YT that make a mess of things. You did not. I'm an amatuer WL/Sports/Action (mostly) photographer for the last few years and always appreciate someone who tries to put together a cohesive story and content. Again, bravo.

@David_Quinn_Photography 16 күн бұрын

this is a great video, been doing bird photography for years and my mom's just starting so this video was sent her way, you made it super simple for beginners to understand. 7:45 for those situations, can I recommend trying environmental shots? zoom out some and bring the item an animal is eating into focus, I at times shoot something like that in f/11.

@matthewgehly 15 күн бұрын

Hi David! So cool that you’ll have a hobby to share with your mom! You’re absolutely right about zooming out and telling a more complete story by including more of the environment. I was attempting to capture more separation between subject and background for the purpose of the video, but in a typical situation, I probably would have pulled back. 😁