📷 WHERE TO FOCUS for 📌 TACK SHARP PHOTOS - Landscape Photography Tips

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Follow me on a landscape photography trip into the mountains where you'll learn some of my favorite tips for night photography & sharp focus. Take better pictures of the moon & stars using these techniques.
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[@scotty4418]

Great video Dave, loving this format with the teaching in the field then teaching in post. Final image looked great and picked up a couple of good tips there

[@donniebel]

Perfect timing- heading out to a mountain photo adventure now and I hope to capture a scene like this.

[@brianbaughman606]

Love it! Looks like a great spot!

[@lindahenderson2113]

Thanks for taking the time to video and share your skills on photography. I look forward to the next one!

[@DaveMorrow]

Thanks for watching!

[@seanconery8836]

Top advices, as always. Thanks Dave.

[@SandraBassin]

As usual - utterly remarkable video!

[@gregroberts875]

Great Video!!!

[@DrSarahS]

Super helpful- thanks!

[@Roxie409]

Very interesting and informative. It was fun to watch you in action.

[@MLC48]

Thanks so much for this detailed focusing information and very helpful tips.

[@DaveMorrow]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@windycityred9040]

Can't wait to give this a try. Thank you. Hope you had a nice Thanksgiving.🦃🍁

[@DaveMorrow]

Thanks! You too:)

[@karlzeller3615]

Thanks for another great Video Dave I have been following you for 6 years now and you have been a great help to my photography technique's ,Thanks ..

[@DaveMorrow]

You're welcome. Love to hear it!

[@chipferguson5129]

Happy Thanksgiving Dave...wonderful video.

[@DaveMorrow]

You too Chip!

[@bruce-le-smith]

Great video, thank you

[@DaveMorrow]

Anytime!

[@yuriygarnaev]

Beautiful location! Have been meaning to make it out to that area myself.

[@DaveMorrow]

Real banger to get in there. Lots of route finding & bushwacking on steep shit. Enjoy!

[@r.f.thompson4955]

Masking work is amazing. Thanks!

[@DaveMorrow]

Thanks!

[@lindatrummer-napolitano2213]

Great video

[@DaveMorrow]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@DJMcCrady]

One thing to look out for when compositing the moon is to make sure to hide the stars behind the shadowed portion of the moon. Otherwise, a gorgeous result.

[@jeremiahmontana]

I'm not a huge fan of dropping moons into a scene that didn't have it nor shooting a night sky that didn't belong to the horizon BUT your editing here is well within the confines of what your original RAW image showed and congrats for not over editing your images. This particular one and the changes from start to end show your original photo and scene were brilliantly chosen.

[@danwaldie4661]

Amazing video. I’ve been shooting photos for 50+ years and this has given me lots of tips. Do you use Lightroom?

[@danwaldie4661]

Where is this?

[@Powerstroke98]

Many do these days, using Lightroom. I've now moved to the Skylum Products, Luminar Neo currently, as well as some Topaz apps.

[@ccorProductions]

Beautiful image and informative video! May I ask what tent you are using?

[@DaveMorrow]

Z-Packs duplext. Here ya go: www.davemorrowphotography.com/backpacking-checklist

[@Sekhmet6697]

Great image! Do you keep VR on when using a tripod? I did some tests with VR on and off while zoomed in to 300mm and couldn’t really see much of a difference (if anything the VR on was a tiny bit sharper)

[@DaveMorrow]

Good question. Will put this in the Q&A List!

[@srmilk4495]

4 out of 5 stars. I’d like to give it five, but you have stars, in the edit, near the moon where the shadow side of the moon would be blocking them. But I’ll am bumping it back to 5 stars because you caught the phase of the moon with the Golden Handle! Love all your videos and adventures

[@DaveMorrow]

Good eye! you're right. I'll fix that in the final edit:) Thanks for the heads up

[@srmilk4495]

@@DaveMorrow You're welcome! I really like the concept of this photo

[@ChrisSmith-sp8pj]

Great video Dave. A Question, you mention your 2 lens 14-30 & 24-200. I use aps c so would a Fuji 14mm (aps c equivalent 21mm) prime be almost as good as carrying the heavier 14-30? trying to keep weight down. Thanks

[@DaveMorrow]

Hey Chris, Thanks. No, it won't even be close. Crop sensors for landscape don't produce great image quality. Their lenses are also not great, since it wouldn't make sense to put the really good glass on a smaller sensor. Personally, I don't like prime lenses because they confine your composition choice. Its fine to start with crop, but eventually it'll really hold your images back. When you're first starting out, completely fine though! This explains: www.davemorrowphotography.com/camera-sensor-size-guide

[@dewmeister281]

Thanks Dave! You have found the secret to a great life! I look forward to all the tips in every video!

[@DaveMorrow]

You bet!

[@gregorjeric]

Hi Dave, how does the two lenses you use compare at 24 or 30mm? Thanks

[@DaveMorrow]

Great.

[@Rocketman81601]

Thank you, Dave. Assume you used both the aforementioned 14 to 30mm f/4 and 24-200mm f/4-6.3 to make this image? Thanks for your unselfishness, man.

[@stevekendall6251]

Thanks Dave. Would you not use focus peaking to confirm focus?

[@DaveMorrow]

I don't prefer it. My eye works great.

[@canisaleph]

If you're focusing on something as far away as those first few layers of mountains, aren't you pretty much just focused at infinity anyway? Is there really an appreciable distance in the scene you showed, or would it only come up more in compositions with closer foregrounds?

[@DaveMorrow]

makes a big difference. Go test it out. Will highly depend on your camera / lens setup. Experimenting is always the best way to verify:)

[@MatthewSaville]

Make no mistake, this level of composite work is an absolute departure from the realm of *photography*, into the realm of digital art. I'm not arguing that it isn't a gorgeous work of art, because it clearly is a demonstration of the absolute highest quality composite work possible. You are truly a master of this craft, Dave. I think a lot of artists mistakenly feel attacked, saying "this is art, so you can't shove your rules down my throat!" ...of course, it's art; nobody is arguing that it isn't. What it objectively stops being, at a certain point, is /A/ photograph. What I'm curious to know your thoughts on is, the subject of why such images may (or may not) still deserve the title/categorization of "a photograph", when the final result is clearly much more complex than a single exposure. Do you notice a difference if you title your images "a photo", in terms of it being respected/appreciated/valued, as opposed to categorizing it as the seemingly less sexy title, "digital composite art"? For the record, I don't think there's anything inherently less valuable, artistically, in composite images. I think they are two distinctly different artistic mediums, with two distinctly different sources of value and appreciation from viewers. I just find it unfortunate that some artists seem to cling to the title, "I'm a photographer!" as if they need that extra boost of "this moment actually happened with this exact scale, juxtaposition, and timing" in order for their composite artwork to be valued. I think that is unfortunate for them, because their talents in the digital darkroom become a bit of a dirty little secret, instead of a creative tool they can be publicly proud of.

[@DaveMorrow]

I think you're overthinking. I just create stuff that gives me energy & always look for new adventures. it's impossible to be a prolific creator without energy & constant output.

[@MatthewSaville]

​@@DaveMorrow It certainly sounds like I'm overthinking, because you're an open, honest creator who feels secure and confident in all your prolific output. That's why I'm even bothering to comment; because I know there's an intelligent discussion to be had. Unfortunately, many "influencer" type creators on social media these days are prone to blatant dishonesty, and/or a general lack of desire to even discuss the very definition of "a photograph". They would rather allow the omission of details about accuracy to add wow factor and perceived value to their work. With that being said, here are two additional thoughts: 1.) I feel the same way as you; all that matters to me is the next adventure. Witnessing the energizing beauty of nature with my own eyes, and bringing home images that document what I saw with relative accuracy. If I get skunked on an epic sunrise, so be it. I'm not about to drop in a completely fake sky, whether a firey sunrise or the Milky Way etc. That's because the adventure is what I'm there for, not for likes on social media. 2.) Whether we like it or not, viewers automatically assume certain "truths" about an image when its title is, "a photograph". Everyone's priorities and passions are different, but I just ask myself this: how would I feel if I saw a gorgeous image of an amazing scene, only to later be told that key elements of that "photo" such as timing, juxtaposition, or scale were completely altered or faked? I would certainly appreciate the digital artwork for what it is, but I would lose a lot of respect for the artist as a *photographer*. That's just me, of course, so I pursue the creation of my body of work accordingly. To rephrase my original question more simply: I'm curious to hear your thoughts on how photographs are VALUED by viewers. Is there value (artistic or otherwise) in the notion, "this moment actually happened in this exact way, and that's why I'm labeling it as a photograph"? Thanks again for creating such high-quality content. It's truly the best adventure landscape photography stuff on KZbin, hands-down.

[@DaveMorrow]

@@MatthewSaville The only way to get confident is to pick a goal and execute. (kzbin.info/www/bejne/ap2chXmXYseCmcU) Everything else is noise. The War of Art by Pressfield is a great book to read on this topic. I'm not worried about what's valued by viewers, because it's impossible to ever guess what they want. I create things that I would have found useful when learning, and the internet will find others that think it's valuable as well. The work is done for you. If you try to guess you'll spend all your time in your head and never pump out work.