5 Important COMPOSITION Tips for Taking BETTER Photos! Let's take your images to the next level!

[@desmondo7042]

Always very informative, luv your willingness to share your knowledge. thank you

[@jan_wegener]

My pleasure!

[@Duade]

Awesome mate, so many amazing tips and what wonderful photos. It was a fun session with those Gang-gangs.

[@jan_wegener]

thanks mate! Sure was

[@shashwatshaurya1442]

Most detailed information video ever 🙏🏻😇

[@asifalam223]

Very useful information sharing with us... Thanks 😊👍

[@jan_wegener]

My pleasure 😊

[@DondiJoseph]

Excellent. Concise and to the point with very practical advice. Thank you!

[@jan_wegener]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@DondiJoseph]

@@jan_wegener I enjoy your videos. They are great ways to learn and stay sharp during lockdowns here.

[@wolfgangkiesewetter1492]

Very useful guidelines and absolutely great photos

[@jan_wegener]

Glad you think so!

[@ginaooiphotovideo4447]

Great information! Thanks.

[@ghlocal1]

Another great video Jan. Thank you!!

[@jan_wegener]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Jin.Sensei]

The tips about reflection are really useful. I wish I had this type of video to watch for free when I started photography. Great content Jan. Keep up the good work.

[@jan_wegener]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@johnbyrne444]

Another great video. Thanks, Jan.

[@jan_wegener]

Thank you!

[@janm2473]

@@jan_wegener Yes, this was a terrific lesson...I really enjoy your style of presentation. Thank you.

[@Chris_Wolfgram]

I hear you about having a natural ability to see good composition. I've been following a lot of the "rules" long before I knew anything about them. I think it would be hard (but maybe not impossible ?) to learn these things if they did not come naturally. BTW, I have one little thing to add.... I'm sure some people might have a problem with it, but if your bird is looking (or especially flying) to the right, a viewer will not look as closely, or as long, at the image, as they would if it were looking, or flying to the left. {at least in countries where we read from the left to the right ;) } And changing this aspect is as easy as clicking the "Rotate image Horizontally" button.

[@jan_wegener]

Interesting theory :)

[@simons9952]

Great video Jan. Really enjoyed it 👌🏻

[@jan_wegener]

Thanks so much! 😊

[@Juprat1]

Really enjoyed this video Jan. Also enjoyed learning from your master class, Extremely comprehensive and informative, I'm 74yrs and was able to to follow along quiet easily. Thanks and congratulation

[@jan_wegener]

That's awesome to hear! Thanks Rodney!

[@Aussie_Birdman]

Great tips. Thank you Jan.

[@jan_wegener]

Thanks for watching!

[@chrisluck78]

Another great video, Jan! Sharing from your personal experiences to help make us all better photographers wrt capturing and composing bird images is really appreciated. As I've stated, in my photo opps, it's birds of prey at 150-250 meters and cropping is always part of the composition. Thanks again!!

[@jan_wegener]

Thanks for sharing! Glad you liked the video

[@kimdunphy2009]

Jan, I found the video the best in helping me with improving my composition, particularly the golden rules and crop options in Lightroom. Had no idea this existed. I always try to get my composition as best I can in camera but struggled when I had to crop. That was by far the best take away from this video. Thanks for sharing. Watching all your videos to help me step up my game. K

[@jan_wegener]

Glad I could help :)

[@Gemthermakleingk]

Just Wow!!!! What a nice video, I’m very impressed with how much you take on account when shooting. Thanks for this wonderful video :)

[@jan_wegener]

Glad you liked it :)

[@rickdunlap5286]

Thanks Jan, I have progressed through photography sort of like this....basic use of a camera, sharp images, exposed images, better backgrounds, and finally better composed images. I did not do any landscape/Cityscapes at all but once I started to.....I had to compose....learning just some crude basics about composing helped me in wildlife shots. I really liked this video, thanks for this.

[@jan_wegener]

Great to hear!

[@ammadoux]

thanks great video. shared in my local birding club whatsapp group and my facebook group.

[@jan_wegener]

Thanks for sharing!! Much appreciated

[@jacobgarvelink2441]

Had not yet seen this one. Again as always: learned new things! Thanks again Jan

[@jan_wegener]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@chrisjmiller6]

Great advice, killer images!

[@jan_wegener]

Thank you!

[@gerards5858]

Very interesting video, great tips.

[@jan_wegener]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@alpinist3178]

Very helpful and informational video jan!! Thanks

[@jan_wegener]

My pleasure!

[@EdwardKilner]

Some excellent photos in this video. As far as I am concerned, those perches not in-line with the bird would be among my best shots! Fully appreciate your point, now that you have taught me about good and better. Thanks for the beauty. Excellent work.

[@jan_wegener]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@KathySierraVideo]

Thank-you! This was really helpful for me right now. I’m still very new to photography, and I keep feeling “wrong” when I’m not following rule-of-thirds, but this video helps me understand the other composition “shapes” that I have been drawn to.

[@jan_wegener]

Great to hear! In the end every rule is just a guide and you can do whatever you want, but experimenting with different rules and ideas will definitely help to build your confidence to find the right compositions

[@dannydanquah3681]

I enjoyed and really learned a lot. You are a treasure Jan🙏🙏🙏

[@jan_wegener]

Great to hear!

[@RogerJones-mountfield]

Very useful using the "O" button in the crop menu, I never new that one>

[@jan_wegener]

Glad it was helpful!

[@guyjackson4143]

Birds are going to do what birds do! Instead of worrying about which way the birds facing I'm more concerned with getting the photo. If it happens to perched the right direction that great, but I'm not passing up an opportunity for photo hoping the subject will change position. I did enjoy the video, love the beautiful birds you have down under.

[@jan_wegener]

You don't have to pass up any opportunities, but knowing what to look out for will yield to much better photos and less missed opportunities :)

[@heidiwegener7614]

What an interesting and most entertaining video to watch. More than merely mastering the equipment, master photographers must have the eye of an artist in order to compose such brilliant photographs as you do. Learned so much. A great video indeed.

[@jan_wegener]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@markwalker8374]

Wonderful Jan, that was the best explanation of composition I have seen. Your images really capture Australian light so well. That group shot of Gouldian's bought a smile to my face.

[@jan_wegener]

Thanks Mark :)

[@Squeezesify]

Interesting and basic but absolutely very useful advices. As you point out, it is always much easier to shoot right than to edit in post processing 🤗 Thanks for showing! Kind Regards, Jan

[@jan_wegener]

Thank you

[@kmcsmart]

Lots of great information once again. Thanks to you I am thinking more in the field. BTW you have a wonderful presentation style and there is never a wasted word. Your videos are a pleasure to watch.

[@jan_wegener]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@Shutter_heart]

Another great video Jan !!!

[@jan_wegener]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@viduzzo1]

incredibly beautiful photos 👍

[@jan_wegener]

Many thanks!

[@sampotter333]

A really helpful and informative video, thanks for putting it together with so many great examples! Just curious, what is turning into your beautiful cream/yellow/orange backgrounds for many of the BIF shots? smoothed out dry grass? a wall? apocalyptic sky? It's really pretty, whatever it is.

[@jan_wegener]

Usually some dry out of focus dry grass areas. Plenty around down here

[@just36]

Great video Jan and covered all the tips that I myself do use and consider on very shoot and edit. It was really good to have the revision and confirmation. Yes I do find the reflection issue a challenge so I tend to shoot reflection images with competitions in mind (a common theme) then also do the in camera crop on the bird alone - I do both if I have time. cheers Thanks! regards Graham

[@jan_wegener]

Nice! Glad you enjoyed it

[@thomassullivan3365]

I was already some of these, but as always I learned a couple of more new tricks, Thanks Jan

[@jan_wegener]

Awesome!

[@sswildlifevideos]

Great video Jan. As a Nikon D850 user the total AF point coverage and excelent eye tracking of the R5 are really tempting. Additionally, for reflection shots, I find switching to vertical orientation helpful as I can include more space on the top and the reflection.

[@jan_wegener]

Yes, that definitely helps

[@JPLamoureuxsTravels]

Enjoyed that buddy 😉👍🏼great vid!

[@jan_wegener]

Glad you enjoyed it :)

[@Chris_Wolfgram]

I hear you on reflections. I have typically tried to include them... but especially with those long legged birds, it can be problematic. I think I will try to leave most of those kinds of reflections out in the future. I don't think its as much of a problem with larger birds, sitting right on the water, such as ducks.

[@jan_wegener]

yes, tricky subject at times

[@bjrn-einarnilsen687]

Superb video Jan. I don't like the rule-of-thirds so much on birdphotography, and feel that the golden triangle if much more pleasent for the eye. Thanks again for once again making a great video, and for sharing your knowledge to us. Greetings from a Norwegian in Brazil.

[@jan_wegener]

Totally agree! I guess it always depends on the subject, but some ratios definitely fit better than others

[@timnewby1546]

Nice video, I really liked the use of the golden triangles. I often avoid placing the subject in the centre, I much prefer placing it on thirds for most compositions.

[@jan_wegener]

Glad you liked it!

[@antonmuhlbock9486]

Great video vielen Dank

[@jan_wegener]

Gerne!

[@michaeldodak4985]

I was thinking that I had developed an eye for both taking the photos in the field and then cropping in post. I will now go back to some of these images and see if I was right. Thank you for this and all of your well produced shows and of course your excellent photos!

[@jan_wegener]

Thanks Michael! It's great to be able to share my passion with others and help them along the way. I never really looked at the fib ratios, but they fit almost all my crops when i tested it :)

[@gossedejong9248]

excellent, as always!!!

[@jan_wegener]

Thank you!

[@garyleavens8661]

For a long time I have been trying to place the bird’s eye in the center of the frame (vertically, as you recommend at one point in the video). That seems to work pretty well. Now I sometimes try to put the bird’s eye also on one of the rule-of-thirds lines, especially the upper (horizontal) one if that makes sense. Thanks for the very interesting video.

[@jan_wegener]

Yes, there are definitely more than one way to make it work, especially with the birds being different sizes in the frame

[@KevinFox58]

I always find have the bird looking to the right and placing the subject on the right side since we read left to right. Sometimes you have to flip the image. Try it. It looks and flows much better

[@jan_wegener]

I think you meant on the left? :) Mine usually do to, unless it's a YT cover

[@kennethlui2268]

I only know rule-of-thirds. I just crop the way I like it. Coincidentally I have been using some of the tips you mentioned. Thanks for the tips again. I learned something new today.

[@jan_wegener]

Excellent!

[@simoshots3497]

Really helpful!

[@jan_wegener]

Glad it was helpful!

[@rentoulzz]

Hi Jan. A question. Sorry not about composition. I have trouble focusing while taking photos of birds into the light that are back lit.. I mostly use spot focus. Particularly in the bush or on a twig with a light background.. The R5 tends to hunt for focus and sometimes wont focus at all. Are there any settings that you use that are good for this scenario. Really like your videos thanks.

[@jan_wegener]

Shooting straight into the light can be an issue, I usually then try to focus on an area that's not directly into the light and the same distance etc. To get it to be prefocused at least and then it can find it easier. But it can be a struggle at times

[@kilohotel6750]

I definitely need to remember to take a close up head shot. I’ve passed on many shots because birds have been on man made objects and overall wouldn’t be a good image.

[@jan_wegener]

Yes, those shots can be the best images sometimes!

[@NagaHariKrishnaRachakonda]

Nice guide

[@jan_wegener]

Glad you think so!

[@shashwatshaurya1442]

The most tough situation is when I go see birds in or above dense bush or plants Make a video on this It’s one of the highly asked question by mostly everyone 🤪

[@desmondo7042]

As an opportunist wildlife photographer First thing fixed in my head is get a shot after that, can i get the light right then composition 3Rd

[@jan_wegener]

I usually try to have my exposure set long before the bird arrives, that helps a lot :)

[@danielschmaderer]

I’m not very skilled at photoshop. That being said, I see no problem with photoshop at all. At the end of the day, you still took the shot and you, the photographer, are creating what you desire.

[@jan_wegener]

Totally agree :)

[@michaelp9574]

Hey Jan, zu deiner Masterclass ene Frage. Ist alles komplett in Englisch? Ich spreche Englisch, aber halt nicht regelmäßig daher ist das Verstehen bei den Erklärungen nicht gan einfach. Wo finde ich Details zur Masterclass bzgl. Bildbeabeitung (Kosten, Angebotsinhalt usw)? Ich würde gern meine etwas eingeschränkten Bearbeitungsfähigkeiten erweitern :-) Gruß Michael

[@jan_wegener]

Hi, Details findest du hier: aviscapes.com/masterclass-editing/ Ist alles auf Englisch, aber hoffentlich nicht zu schwer zu verstehen, zur Not kannst du mir natuerlich auch ne e-Mail schicken, wenn du irgendwo mal haengenbleiben solltest. Bisher war es aber fuer alle ok.

[@DarrellMphotography]

My 6-year-old granddaughter is better at composition than myself. Very helpful video thanks you Jan

[@jan_wegener]

Ha! Glad it was helpful

[@magnustaagaard4606]

Your the best

[@jan_wegener]

thanks! :)

[@bharusiva477]

When Fibonacci himself says Indian series, why you guys are obsessed with calling it fibonacci series, Inspite of ample records and scriptures on maths and science and medicine and art and economics and governance and yoga what not waht not what not, in India that is Ancient Bharath, why you claim whatever we have found discovered as yours, Why are you people obsessed with labelling others knowledge and findings as yours. I mean don't you feel shame, though your ancestors did it, don't you fell shame to not correct it but continue the pretension. Have some conscience bro . Not only west steals but also MISAPPROPRIATES so many things. Wait and watch the day you people down on your knees and say the truth to the world louder about yourselves and how you developed by scrubbing India not only of its physical wealth but everything, every ounce of knowledge you have is basically from India, you name any area, we were the pioneers.

[@jan_wegener]

Hey, No need to be angry. I had no idea that there's a dispute about the whole thing. To me it was just a name, so some background information would've been nice. I am sure most people don't know

[@bharusiva477]

@@jan_wegener Hi, thankyou for kind response. I appreciate it.

[@bharusiva477]

@@jan_wegener And I am not into photography, into painting, but your video was useful, thankyou :)

[@viduzzo1]

you are the best

[@jan_wegener]

Thanks! :)