Dramatic Minimalist Telephoto Zoom Lens Landscape Photography in Tuscany

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In this week's video, I'll take you an adventure to the beautiful landscapes of Tuscany in Italy. Here I discuss the advantages of photographing with a telephoto zoom lens, while photographing several different beautiful locations.
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@gonzalesiwasaki9128 13 сағат бұрын

Your sensibility is wonderful. Your music is also wonderful. I followed your photos on "X".

@cmichaelhaugh8517 2 күн бұрын

If I needed convincing re telephotos, these shots would do it!

@janewillis2421 9 күн бұрын

I love how this looks more natural than everything focus stacked. This is how I love to shoot

@Smyez 7 күн бұрын

I preferred the one without the flowers sticking up. The image is superbly balanced and striking in its simplicity!

@bv42 18 күн бұрын

It happens that I was there - with a different group - at the same time. Delightful to see many of the same subjects from different shooting perspectives, and even more delightful to experience again those incredible moments when the light "exploded." Tuscany is a photographer's paradise. If you can get there, go!

@pleclere 11 күн бұрын

I liked the photograph in which those two clouds seem to have an argument by sunset. Nice video

@SebastiaanJB 13 күн бұрын

Beatiful and well thought out photo's. Nice variety in weather conditions too.

@vinashvinisingh 18 күн бұрын

10:59 Mads looks as if there is a battle going on in the heavens 😊!!! another great Video!

@kittykat2532 18 күн бұрын

the one with the flowers sticking out into the sky! It looks like a surreal painting

@joanneoconnor247 17 күн бұрын

My favourite photo of the tree with yellow flowers clean lined one because I found it less distracting

@rlau68 18 күн бұрын

Beautiful Shots Mads! Thanks for sharing!

@pentax-paul. 17 күн бұрын

Stunning scenery , I loved the shots with the out of focus poppies in the foreground ❤

@PhotoTrekr 18 күн бұрын

Beautiful location. Beautiful light. Beautiful shots.

@ChrisHunt4497 18 күн бұрын

I love all the images with the flowers in the foreground. ❤❤❤❤❤❤

@user-fn2qe7rw3z 18 күн бұрын

Thanks for sharing, beautiful pics, love them.❤

@fateful30stm 17 күн бұрын

Soaking in every single one of your videos, so so good! ❤

@mawavoy 18 күн бұрын

Thanks for sharing your thoughts and experiences.

@sigurdrille9693 16 күн бұрын

Stunning images, great explanations… thank you!

@rolsonn 18 күн бұрын

Fantastic photos!

@koalafarm5820 10 күн бұрын

Beautiful photos and music!

@rgarlinyc 18 күн бұрын

Absolutely gorgeous photographs - of one of my most favored places on earth. Superb work Mads Peter! 👏🏻👏🏻

@vavilovita 15 күн бұрын

Прекрасные фотографии их прекрасных мест, Очень приятно наблюдать за вашими эмоциями когда вы видите этот замечательный свет

@MujiyonoSPt 9 күн бұрын

wow...very very cool

@lphilpot01 18 күн бұрын

I'll take it as a small personal victory when I'm looking at the preliminary B-roll thinking, "Hmmm... I think I'd shoot it *this* way" then Mads lines up the composition and it's *this* way! Yay!! 😀 As for the two versions, I prefer the one without the blurry foreground flowers. The scene is not inherently soft and fuzzy, but rather strongly graphical and I think the presence of the foreground blurred flowers dilutes the graphical strength of the composition and colors.

@ravenfallsphotography6254 17 күн бұрын

Agreed. I'm sure Mads disagrees, but the "blurred foreground" effect does nothing for me - probably because I used it far too often when I was first taking up photography and now look back and cringe at those efforts. Even in these images, I found myself thinking "I wish that foreground was in focus" about half the time.

@robertlee8980 17 күн бұрын

@@ravenfallsphotography6254 Agreed, could on focus stack two images so the foreground was also in focus.

@Petecycles 13 күн бұрын

Great insights and ideas. My favourite is the farmhouse under the storm clouds which bring great drama to the image.

@michaelj.1121 16 күн бұрын

Amazing what you extract from these locations and opportunities

@juanmm9297 14 күн бұрын

Beautiful pictures 👏👏👏

@todofirst5060 9 күн бұрын

Merci pour vos conseils.

@LauraF4848 18 күн бұрын

I liked the shot with the yellow flowers breaking the horizon because they were the same color as the midground. But wow, that sunset!!! Great Thomas Heaton impression-absolutely stunnin'! Love it! Cheers from the USA!

@hooroadproductions8541 18 күн бұрын

Thanks for the tips. You always demonstrate some great composition ideas for those of us who live near rolling hills and don't have much chance to travel to lakes with mountains in the background.

@paulseymour7485 18 күн бұрын

Super video and incredible shots !!! My choice is the flowers framing the tree. The photo at 10:54 is a beauty !!! The clouds look like two people reaching out to each other !!

@Cbresciani 18 күн бұрын

I really enjoy shooting landscapes with my telephoto Zoom lens!

@jakobschneeberger3965 18 күн бұрын

Great shots 👍👍👍

@BushcraftOst 18 күн бұрын

Great Photos and great video 😎🤌

@martinlennon4673 13 күн бұрын

So nice … well done 👍

@chantallabelle8571 18 күн бұрын

Beautiful photos ! Wow ! For my choice for the one with the yellow flowers : I prefer the one on the right side with some blurry flowers enveloping the tree.

@timrosenburgh8597 17 күн бұрын

Another great video Mads. I found it hard to pick my favourite out of the two image's, but i think the one with the flowers sticking up making a frame. Stunning image's as usual. Look forward to the next one.

@julianslaughter9394 18 күн бұрын

Stunning images as always. Having been to most of the locations you showed, you gave a completely different viewpoint on those iconic locations.

@MadsPeterIversen 18 күн бұрын

That's great to hear! :D

@randygerber1565 18 күн бұрын

Wonderful and informative video. Great ideas and stunning results. I will use many of these ideas in a couple of weeks at the Palouse in Eastern Washington State. Hopefully, Tuscany will be in my future someday.

@fabriziobellante9949 18 күн бұрын

Bellissime...la mia Italia ❤️

@missionlook 8 күн бұрын

Beautiful photos. At the 11 minute mark, I am VERY curious about what the two cloud figures are saying to one another!

@flogau4069 11 күн бұрын

Could you try a video shooting landspace photography with film ? This could make for a fun challenge as well and surprising results. I would love to see what you'd come up with. If you do, I definitely recommend you use medium format cameras rather than 35mm camera. Nice insight into your photography trip, as usual.

@user-pf7lj8ri6w 17 күн бұрын

The one with the flowers in front!

@rusluck6014 14 күн бұрын

Thanks for another great and useful video! Greetings from Russia =)

@scotty4418 18 күн бұрын

Stunning images Mads, especially loved the panos you shared. I have the 100-500 RF lens on my list to purchase as I do miss the longer range from time to time and the options of capturing subjects at a higher focal range

@MadsPeterIversen 18 күн бұрын

Yeah, If I was using Canon I'd probably go 15-35, 24-105 and 100-500! :D

@spelegrin 18 күн бұрын

Wonderful photos, amazing video! I've been missing Tuscany... think I'll get tickets to return ASAP.

@MadsPeterIversen 18 күн бұрын

Go for it ;D

@edwarddebruyn8717 11 күн бұрын

So went to Pienza and yes one of your viewpoints helpt a lot. A 5 AM waking-up last week and no fog at all were I was staying. But moved on the way and could see ground fog in the distance as I drove down from Pienza. And yes…Poggio Covili was surrounded with nice low fog. Went to one of your viewpoints from your location map....and wow, was able to make an epic shot… So thank you because even if I know the surroundings since many, many years I wouldn’t have the idea of going to that specific viewpoint !!!!

@edwarddebruyn8717 11 күн бұрын

Sorry, but meant: an epic shot by my standards...

@ggauravaryal 15 күн бұрын

Why do you awesome photographers have the awesome light at every location? When I go to the iconic location, the light almost certainly ends up being crappy. 😂

@MadsPeterIversen 15 күн бұрын

Probably because we try to optimize and go at the right time? 🤔 That said, we don't always get the best possible light.

@lyra9597 16 күн бұрын

Hey Mads! Tuscany photos are absolutely stunning it's almost surreal. You inspire! Do you think that tuscany hills are going to be still green at the start of july?

@Michal_Kosakowski 18 күн бұрын

I love the one with out of focus poppy flowers, and the one with rain clouds bursting is epic. BTW I've seen many of your videos and today I saw you first time without the wooly hat, and it felt weird for a split second. Didn't even notice that before, but that hat became your permanent feature in my head 😂

@MadsPeterIversen 18 күн бұрын

Hehe, I am sure there are other videos where I don't use my beanie ;) But thanks! :D

@davidtaranzaphotography3324 16 күн бұрын

Beautiful photos, I especially like those at 10:40. But where did that EPIC! vibe go? I kind of miss it 😀Take care, Mads.

@verlenelewis9866 18 күн бұрын

Every single one of these photos was absolutely stunning!!

@suurvalgepealik 18 күн бұрын

11:01 would really like to see editing process of this photo. Thanks for videos, you are an inspiration

@edwarddebruyn8717 18 күн бұрын

Yes you made it, very nice video and pictures. About the picture at 5:30 prefer the one the right, like very much the flowers out of focus. Very nice, and the image 10:45, 11:00 and 13:15 me blown away, very dramatic and beautiful.  Will be in the region myself for the next 3 days and was just thinking of playing more with the foreground like you did rather than making pano’s. So yes, this video confirmed me even more of doing so. Know most of the places but didn’t know the one on 13:15….thanks for sharing. About focus stacking, don’t be afraid to do so. In macrophotography as well and end up with sometimes 70 pictures for a stack. I’m using Olympus for my macro so the images are only 17,5 Mb, nothing to see with my Sony (A7r5). But prefer the out of focus images for the landscape pictures you made. Nice !!! So bought your location map even if I know the most of them…but didn’t find the one of 10:45…  And since last year began to photograph also again with Poggio Covili…nice place but found it to obvious…was wrong. But think the 10th picture (with Scooter) is at another place.

@MadsPeterIversen 18 күн бұрын

Thanks for the long comment, Edward! The location you're asking about is along on the of the gravel roads south of Pienza, which I marked on the map ;)

@robertwhitemoto 18 күн бұрын

@5:50 I like the cleaner left photo. Your biggest problem must be... you don't have enough walls ;-)

@michaelhall2709 17 күн бұрын

“But, considering what we captured, I don’t think we can complain.” I should think not - the sky in that second photo looked like an atomic bomb had gone off.

@jimbruton9482 18 күн бұрын

Once again, great video Mads! Although I understand your reason not to focus stack one of the images you presented, I would have liked you to focus stack one of your images with the red flowers in the foreground. Just curious how that would look.

@MadsPeterIversen 18 күн бұрын

Very messy is my guess ;)

@cutiephinphinJL 18 күн бұрын

was there any filter used when u took the morning shots? Love the photos. Tuscany has been on my bucket list for years... Hopefully someday.

@MadsPeterIversen 18 күн бұрын

I hope you get to go there! It's amazing! And no, I did use a pol filter for the yellow flower photos :)

@davehayes1558 18 күн бұрын

Mads, do you find you have a similar approach to your drone photography where you use zoom functionality for compression and to assist with composition, or do you tend to stay fixed focus? I take a lot of telephoto shots and am wondering if a fixed lens will be too limiting, or if it is a ‘nice to have’ on a drone?!? Thanks as always for your awesome videos

@MadsPeterIversen 17 күн бұрын

I'm definitely seeing myself using the longer focal length lenses on my drone now that I have them :)

@nervfps 18 күн бұрын

Hey Mads! I’m looking to upgrade to a Z5 or Z7 from my rebel t3i - if I only had money for one lens at the moment for landscape, would you go higher zoom (28-400, 70-200, etc) or something like the 24-70 f4, or would you recommend a prime wide angle first to get a feel for a specific focal length? Cheers! Keep up the great vids

@MadsPeterIversen 18 күн бұрын

It generally depends where, what and how you shoot, but unless you specifically wanna do Astro landscape photography I'd get a wide-angle zoom instead of a prime.

@williamthompson5929 18 күн бұрын

Mads, see if you can find a copy of the film Vado a Riprendermi il Gatto. The shots of Tuscan countryside are just stunning.

@MadsPeterIversen 18 күн бұрын

I guess I'll need to watch that :)

@mattiamele8808 18 күн бұрын

10:55 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯 blow my mind!! Amazing! Stunning! I have no words to describe how this picture make me feel. Keep it going! I love your contents. One question: do you use the mechanical or electronic shutter? Thanks an Italian fun!

@MadsPeterIversen 18 күн бұрын

I use both dependent on the situation and thanks a lot! :D

@mattiamele8808 18 күн бұрын

@@MadsPeterIversen I would be very interested in understanding when you prefer one and when the other!

@guidolima 18 күн бұрын

Lovely views and photos, Mads! I have an eos R, and I’m really needing to get me a tele lens. Although I could get any of the RF system, I still also shoot with EF Dslr and slr film cameras, so I think I’ll stick with the EF for the long run. Now, what i’d like to know from you is what tele range do you think is more useful? I’m planing on get the sigma 150-600mm so I can be able to shoot some moon alignments as well, but a bit afraid of its size and weight to carry around for landscape as well as being a bit of overkill length, maybe…

@MadsPeterIversen 18 күн бұрын

How about the 100-500? :)

@guidolima 18 күн бұрын

@@MadsPeterIversen the 100-500 seems to be pretty solid, but i meant that I’d like to stick with the EF mount… I guess I’ll stick with the sigma 150-600 plan for it’s a budget lens as well…

@knight6229 17 күн бұрын

Wow! It's so amazing. which country there? I love Nature Photography and I do it with Superzoom Camera, like Sony rx10 iv.

@MadsPeterIversen 17 күн бұрын

It's Italy and the region is Tuscany :)

@knight6229 17 күн бұрын

@@MadsPeterIversen It's soooo amazing

@ShootingAndReloading 18 күн бұрын

It's interesting to look at your screen and see zebras - what do you have them set to? On my Sony, I've found that "Lower Limit" and "109+" will show zebras when I will clip any of the RGB channels. Therefore easy to ETTR with no risk of overexposure. Keep up the videos. I look forward to each one :)

@MadsPeterIversen 17 күн бұрын

For now I've just kept it on 100, as long as I see the zebra stripes I should be good, but "beyond" them I clip the highlights.

@ShootingAndReloading 17 күн бұрын

@@MadsPeterIversen really worth trying "Lower Limit" and "109+". Allows you to just dial up the exposure till you see the 1st zebras and then knock it down one notch. Basically impossible to over-expose (or at least choose which areas you are willing to sacrifice)

@iczemi 17 күн бұрын

I personally like less the ones with blurry foreground. I find it distracting.

@kentsoderstrom8378 14 күн бұрын

My thought too. I think if they have too be blurry, they should be super blurry, like fading away. These were just distracting. Would have prefered them sharp.

@daviddyephotography 18 күн бұрын

with the tree on the hill, is there any particular reason you don't use a 1:1 format ?

@MadsPeterIversen 18 күн бұрын

Nah, I generally just tend to prefer the others :)

@27photogger 18 күн бұрын

What lens was it? I couldn’t catch it

@MadsPeterIversen 18 күн бұрын

The Tamron 50-400 :)

@27photogger 18 күн бұрын

@@MadsPeterIversen tyvm cheers

@marcuswagar7246 18 күн бұрын

The left one.

@SLuelmo 18 күн бұрын

F11 seems overkill to me. At that distance I dont find it necessary and you avoid difraction of the lens. But you probably know that anyway 😅

@MadsPeterIversen 18 күн бұрын

f/11 is the sharpest part of that lens with the best corners ;)

@SLuelmo 18 күн бұрын

I didnt know that 😅😅

@kencawley3121 18 күн бұрын

Beautiful locations. Just signed up for next May's Tuscany workshop. Really looking forward to it.

@MadsPeterIversen 18 күн бұрын

That's so awesome! Looking forward to it already! :D

@lisenoergel2236 18 күн бұрын

haha, we travelled Tuscany the same time and our ways crossed at Baccoleno. I was one of the dozens of people next to you trampling down the clover

@matteoodorizzi1153 16 күн бұрын

3:00 where is this Tree pls? I've been looking for this tree for 3 years...I'm a big fan of yours, I always look forward to hearing from you

@MadsPeterIversen 16 күн бұрын

You've probably passed it many times then. It's at the chapel :)

@matteoodorizzi1153 16 күн бұрын

@@MadsPeterIversen oh very nice thank you maybe I understand where is it. Than you Mads. Where do you come in Trentino in the Dolomites, where I live.

@evemitchellanderson 15 күн бұрын

I feel like im the only one still using canon none of these KZfaqrs use canon.

@MadsPeterIversen 15 күн бұрын

Plenty of people are. I think Canon lost a lot of us pro's to Sony in the late 2010's as Sony really improved everything about their cameras and Canikon decided to lack a little with their development.