My Woodland Landscape Photography Lenses

[@brewswithviews]

Cheers for the shout out, appreciate it. Loved the woodland here, the moss and ferns were very similar to Macc Forest when I was there Monday. Its worth a visit for photography.

[@EddieSkelson]

I’ve not been to Macc for a while but I’ll visit soon.

[@Eigil_Skovgaard]

The forest is my favorite kind of nature, a difficult place to frame and extract objects. Those ferns were spectacular. Thanks for the tour.

[@EddieSkelson]

Thanks Eigil, the woods are definitely my comfort zone.

[@fredgreen9578]

Thanks for the video. I like your style and approach. I am new to woodland photography and by chance have a 2nd hand 24/105 and a 50 which l find l need for certain shots. Great to see your other videos to pick up some more tips.

[@EddieSkelson]

Welcome to the less salubrious side of KZbin Photography, Fred. I think that 24-105 will be your constant companion in woodland and forests. It will give you that much needed width to capture nature’s little darlings attempting to spread themselves over the whole of the forest, and just enough ‘close-up’ work for when Mushroom Madness grips you in the autumn.

[@dannymacamaturephotographe6352]

cracking video Eddie. I think i might be doing something right. I have the 24 to 105 and 70 to 200 both Canon and i love them. great vid great knowledge

[@EddieSkelson]

Hard to fault that bandwidth there sir.

[@JIMcLauchlan]

was there sunday at luds church,hanging stone was wet then and really muddy and the trail race would have no doubt mad it muddier 🙂. cracking video its very helpful as im still trying to get a dlsr together and a few basic lenses so this video was ideal 😊

[@EddieSkelson]

Cheers Jim. This Vlog really only covers the bases in woodland, because that’s where I think I have at least a modicum of vision, but the general principles are the same. Get what you can afford, if money is no object get the best focal length with the best aperture, but either way try to have the ability to capture anything you would ‘generally’ expect to see on your travels. Just as an aside, I used a Canon D1300 with the kit lens for a solid year before I both felt comfortable with the technical side of photography AND realised that walking through woodland was what enjoyed the most. I only upgraded my camera / lenses when I felt I had ‘earned’ the new stuff and had identified a space in my toolbox that really needed to be filled. Walk before you can run (or take a cab) and savour the experience of applauding yourself for being worthy of new gear. Also applaud yourself if you don’t fall over.

[@malcpeart6659]

Lovely video Ed. Very informative

[@EddieSkelson]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@DavidDunlop-n1t]

Very interesting vlog…thanks

[@EddieSkelson]

Glad you enjoyed it! Cheers David

[@tuftyhill]

Hi Eddie I've actually bought a couple of lenses recently from CEX and one was basically in New condition but it was half the price of an actual new one plus as you mentioned I got a 24 month warranty!! Proper no-brainer 😊 That lens was the huge and very heavy Fuji 8-16mm which is a very challenging lens to use at the widest end (12mm Full Frame equivalent) I'm actually enjoying shooting with my Viltrox primes at the moment. If you like your prime lenses check them out. The are so sharp. I've got the 27mm and 75mm both f1.2

[@EddieSkelson]

Fantastic. I had a Sigma 25-105mm which I had to sell (to get my R5) and it was insanely heavy. Great lens but I was glad to be able to move to the RF.

[@craig.yates_photography4907]

Good round up of your lenses. Interesting that both of us hardly use our wide angle lenses. Should we go on a woodland trek only taking the wides and see what we can get?

[@EddieSkelson]

Thing is, we can cheat with high megapixel cameras. The joy of that immense crop capability.

[@paulcooper9187]

Bit of a divergence there from the normal Mr S, but the woodland shots were very good.

[@EddieSkelson]

Thanks Paul, the woodland around Lud’s Church is great in the autumn. Well worth a trek,

[@farid4483]

Nice content!

[@EddieSkelson]

Thanks!

[@alanwatkiss7993]

Just a thought Eddie, wonder if thats were the cannibal story came from. People watching the stream run red and thought some family upstream were cutting bodies up. Don't know but people thought strange in folk law days. Always enjoy your vlogs Edd, keep it up mate.

[@EddieSkelson]

From my reading (and there’s not much to be sourced) the tale is more than likely entirely fabricated. Pure Folklore. However, you are quite correct that natural occurrences can lead to substantial belief in dark tales in any given region. Consider the Witch Trials and the effect the imagination of a few hysterical young girls had on a community. A cow dying of a bug and that then leaping from field to field soon has fingers pointing, and those fingers are usually attached to sad wankers or people who see an opportunity to profit from the fall from grace or death of a rival. Gotta love the simple times.