6:58 "The ISO is more of a gauge" This is an great way to think about it! I've heard ISO doesn't cause the noise, but it doesn't seem intuitive when you see more noise in your images as the ISO increases. However, when I started to get into astrophotography I realized it's TRUE, ISO doesn't cause the noise. I actually get cleaner images with higher ISO's (to a point). In daytime photography the ISO is just an indicator of how much light you are capturing, and low light photos are noisier.

Another tip: Assign a recall button to ss2000 for flying shots and overexpose to 1-2 stops. Im using Aperture priority with Min SS. Faster to change ss with min ss feature rather than rotating the dial for ss.

Thank you Chelsea & Tony for these timely reminders as we gear up for “the busy season”.

Hello from Brussels. Thank you Chelsea and Tony for this video. Yes please we want more like this. Short, informative enough, a little bit of settings and technique, on the ground to show what it does in real life. Just relevant. Thank you.

@gewglesux

Ай бұрын

lOVE Brussels!!! how is it there still? still beautiful? or did it turn into the UK- still lovely but it's seen better days.

@nevmedeiros1822

Ай бұрын

Wow,Brussels! I love your sprouts.

@gewglesux

Ай бұрын

@@nevmedeiros1822 actually i like them also.

@jeroenschoondergang5923

Ай бұрын

@@gewglesux ?

@gewglesux

Ай бұрын

@@jeroenschoondergang5923 what do you want?

I shoot in Manual mode with Auto ISO. I keep an eye on ISO and adjust it by changing shutter speed and or FStop. Usually I am wide open or one stop closed. I have a Canon R7 with RF100-500. Great video.

Thank you both. I saved this video to my library and will watch it again. I changed my camera settings for moving subjects and tomorrow to see how it works. 😊

Beautiful photos of the Osprey

@TonyAndChelsea

Ай бұрын

Thank you

@MartinGollery

Ай бұрын

The osprey have returned to Lake Tahoe and I need to go check the nests!

I loved this video and every one you two have ever done ❤! Going into the archives to rewatch some of the beginning Tony and Chelsea lives! Nostalgia 🥰 Please don’t ever stop !

she does a wonderful job speaking and including the most relevant information

Great video and tips guys. After many years of landscape photography I'm getting into Wildlife in prep for a (long overdue) Safari and your insight is very much appreciated

Great video guys. Informative as usual.

Thanks again have watched you for years and it's alway informative...Too really appreciate your time and effort.

Excellent video!

Fantastic video again. Really helpful with a hint of comedy as well. Love it.

Great having a chatty video at a great location. location. I personally prefer manual exposure with auto ISO where I decide both shutter speed and aperture. Normally this means my aperture is as open as possible and I decide the shutter speed. I leave only the iso to the camera.

This is one your very best videos. I am making notes and will practice these techniques. Thank you for the work you did to make this video. The information is priceless. The presentation was very smooth, professional, and up beat.

This was very helpful! Not only you make good photos you are also very good video makers👍🏼

Loved this 👍 Clear, practical, specific advice with excellent examples. You do a great job as a team 👏

@chelseanorthrup8787

Ай бұрын

Thank you!

Nice video. Great tips. More videos like this

Great vid. Would love more.

This is the best how to improve wildlife video I’ve watched, in fact, what is in here can be applied to all genres of photography. Thanks Tony & Chelsea, that’s C H E L S E A. I love watching your videos and it’s even better when I learn something new. I’m off to set my custom buttons, thanks for that tip Chelsea and I’m going to be keeping an eye on my shutter speed and seeing what I can do to lower it and get sharper images, thanks for that one Tony.

@chelseanorthrup8787

Ай бұрын

Thanks!

I love you two! I can count on what you say. Please keep up the great work. We enjoy your diatribe.

Mental that you can seemingly be alone in nature and be around those Ospreys! Try that in the UK!

Great video Chelsea and Tony. I use the Sony A1 on AFC, High plus, Zone focus, RAW, Manual with AWB and skill for sharp shots. Luck still plays a big role too despite the best equipment 🤔

Yes I would like to see y'all do more videos about photographing things in nature, since that's my focus! 😂

I was really fortunate when traveling over Christmas last year. I had just gotten the 55-210 Sony kit for my NEX 5N. when walking around looking for things to shoot, I saw a large nest. Not even 5 minutes later a large osprey landed and I rattled off some shots. Because the NEX 5N sucks, I didn't have the best photos, but they were pretty nice, nice enough to put on my wall. Now when I see it, I feel grateful for the cool experience.

Very useful video. Tips like the exposure compensation differences for white birds and Dark/black birds in different light situations was very useful. Regards, KC

Great video, so helpful, an eye opener. Went out to experiment today with lower shutter speeds, huge improvement … thank you. More videos like this and less gear.

Great advice and tips

Great advice on the working your way down on the shutter Chelsea, I use that same technic when trying to get props in full disk. Depending on how windy it is, I'll start around 1/250 and work my way down to 1/100-1/60

Fantastic information given, thank you very much. From Adelaide.

love a dslr/mirrorless on telescope edition the settings equation triangle is next level the seeing ect settings explanations are so good

Ty for tip about easing up on shutter speed, this will help w/shooting warblers in this cloudy murk or when they slow down a little at sunset.

Thank you both a lot .🍺🍷😊

Thanks for a great video. The shutter speed detail was very helpful. Excellent timing as I am headed to the Florida Everglades and Keys next week. Hook ‘Em from Texas!

Very Informative thank you both 👍

Love this do you have one for sports

8:10 = I would keep this as the main final picture. Awesome shot!

I assign the extra button on the lens to high shutter speed wide open for birds flying by while I’m shooting a slow shutter for a perched one.

Good info! I tend to keep my shutter speed at 1/2000 when it isn't needed, that will change.

Very helpful.

Thanks!

Interesting thought, lack of light causing noise ! A new way of thinking for me 👍👍

@natureredux1957

Ай бұрын

But it's not just the lack of light, increasing ISO also amplifies that noise. Anyone saying otherwise is wrong.

@hassanbensober2768

Ай бұрын

I think Tony has a video he did on this subject. It was eye opening pun intended....

Thanks for sharing those tips, I’m quite in line with them. What would you think of a specific mode that would automatically decrease the shutter speed during the burst ? Something that you could tune to start with one pic at 1/4000, 2 at 1/2000,….,10 at 1/125.

Hi Tony, Love your channel and following for years. But I can’t watch your video on TV because sometimes video stucks due to 60fps. Any solution?

I really like this kind of videos, I have a cannon r10, and I like wildlife photography. What lenses u suggest me to start.

Thanks for the tricks and tips. You mentioned adjusting shutter speeds but what shutter speed would you recommend turning off Vr Thanks

@felix.laak0441

Ай бұрын

i personaly wouldn't ever turn the Stabilisor off. At high shutter speeds it still helps keep the image in the viewfinder more stable and that makes it easier to track your subject

Enjoyed the video very much I am a long time fan. I have not had much luck with the slower shutter speeds with hand held long lenses am I missing something?

I still not have a "style" because I just started... I have sony a6700 and will come the lens 70 350. For sure is not the same of your super expensive lens of your video 😁 but I think is a good starting point. I will try to use the priority on shutter speed as you described at the beginning and let's see! Thanks for the super useful info!

Thanks, guys

Thank you! Very helpful. I was always blaming high ISO for noise. It makes so much sense for me now knowing how it’s the lack of appropriate light that causes it!!!

@TonyAndChelsea

Ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Thanks so much for sharing another wonderful video like always, I am having an awesome time taking photos of all the Ospreys in my area of Long Beach Ny 🐦👍

More like this please...;) Love the outdoors, living in S. Fl. lots of birds here so why not shoot 'em? ;) Slowly getting into bird photography, appreciate the insights!

Great video! Put a MF/AF hold button on a custom slot on your camera. Will save the day sometime! On my A1 I have the AEL button programmed for MF/AF hold. Bird lands in a tree camera grabs a moving limb press and hold the AEL button adjust the focus and take the shot! BTW I have learned so much from you guys. I have also bought a lot of gear based on what you have said. Thanks for being honest! Avid hobbyist looking to get better.

@gregboyce360

16 күн бұрын

It's super annoying when the autofocus does that, and won't let go! Thx for this tip.

Please can you give your start up settings for bird photography...so one can just adjust on camera. I have Sony A7iv. Thanks.

T&C, thanks again for the excellent and informative video! One tip at least for Nikon Z users...If you set up a button to alternate between FX and DX, it's quick and easy to get that little extra 1.5x reach "on the fly"...excuse the pun. ;-)

Suggestion, ya'll could do a segment on, "Just getting started with bird photography." What to look for in budget gear, lenses etc...

@chelseanorthrup8787

Ай бұрын

Yes! We do have budget wildlife gear videos but we can do techniques as well

Maybe this is a newbie comment. I struggle with soft shots in low light. Low light produces more noise. Even cleaned up in Topaz, they look soft. I love to shoot early morning. I have the R5 100-500 and shoot wide open at 7.1. Usually 1/800 is my starting shutter. I’ve thought the issue is the slower aperture on the lens, is that right? What techniques or advice would you give me in this case? I have experimented with pulling back to @420 mm to achieve an aperture of 6.3. My issue is soft shots in low light, and limited gear. Maybe a video on that? Any idea appreciated.

Great video! Where was it shot? Where do you find these birds?

Do any cameras offer "shutter bracketing" in continuous shooting mode? That way you could get say 4 shots at varying shutter speeds very quickly

What is your opinion on ibis when shooting at high shutter speeds?

If you have a Sony, I find Zebras very useful for making sure egrets, and birds with high contrast are not blown out. Be careful, though, as I find dark birds against a bright sky sometimes need to be a priority over blowing out the sky just a bit.

With cameras now supporting ISO invariance, why boost the ISO/exposure before taking the picture?

Perhaps I'm not clear, but noise is augmented when the sensor gain is increased with a poor signal to noise ratio (SNR). But don't higher ISO and your "match exposure" command both increase the gain applied to the sensor output? I would therefore expect them to have a similar effect on noise with a poor SNR. Pardon me if this is naive.

@TonyAndChelsea

Ай бұрын

Yeah adjusting raw exposure in post is exactly like raising the ISO, unless you pass the high gain switch on a dual gain sensor.

Hello and thank you for the video. It was very inspirational, can you tell me where you guys were in this? I was over in your area two years ago also shooting osprey and I’m looking for places that have more predator birds, can you give me few locations that I can tryin the area, I’m about an hour and a half away from your area

Is it good for aviation photography? P.s. I got the R5, and recently, after updating firmware to 2.0, I started to get blurry images.. I got Sigma 60-600. I really don't know what to do, I wrote to Canon & Sigma, no reply, but Canon, and they said that something like that could happen after updating the firmware, buy an RF lens... I can't..

Nice tips. I have a question. Is there a teleconverter for tamron 200-500 lens.

@TonyAndChelsea

Ай бұрын

Not for Sony

@michaelbowles420

Ай бұрын

@@TonyAndChelsea I use a Nikon D7000

Rather than scouting with these huge lenses it's better to use a monopod instead. Definitely your hands will tired after a while. With some kind of support you can play with different shutter speeds to keep the ISO low

@bngr_bngr

Ай бұрын

That or lay on the ground to get a better eye view perspective.

I love how Chelsea talks to the camera like she’s talking to a bestie. 😎

@chelseanorthrup8787

Ай бұрын

I mean, I know enough of you to know who I’m talking to 😊

It would have been helpful to use inexpensive lens to photograph wildlife. How about using a DSLR crop camera with a used lens?

What is that editing program she used? I am trying to find one But darktable is too complex for me 😭

That old man of yours...handing you a loaded camera. Stop that Tony! That's a rigged deal~ Good vid as usual you two.

For finding a bird species and their locations eBird is great

Unfortunately, TNC code does not work at KEH to buy.

You know what would be an interesting feature for a camera? A modifier button like CTRL or ALT on your keyboard. so you can for example set the normal shutter speed on your front dial, and the modified one on your back dial. Then when a bird sits around you can shoot away at your 1/400th of a second and as soon as it lifts of you just press your modifier button and the shutter button at the same time, and shoot at 1/200th of a second. no fiddling around with dials.

@TonyAndChelsea

Ай бұрын

I'd love that! I wish it could detect the amount of subject motion and pick the shutter based on that. Then you could just dial up or down the acceptable motion blur.

@JMichel-PaniK

24 күн бұрын

It actually exists :) I use the "Custom hold" feature and assign this setting to the focus button of the lens. The focus area, shutter speed, aperture exposure comp. can be set to override the current settings. So, let say I've set the camera for still bird, I use the back button focus and if I need to switch for a bird in flight, I use the lens focus button instead.

@TrueCA7777

24 күн бұрын

@@JMichel-PaniK what brand of camera?

@JMichel-PaniK

23 күн бұрын

@@TrueCA7777 Sony

Your book is great and I watch all your videos. Most of us can’t afford $5,000+ lenses that you use! Could you Please review the TT artisan 500mm lense. At $369 this lense is well within the finances of most amateurs.

What cameras have a slot so I can put in a WD_BLACK 2TB SN770M M.2 2230 NVMe SSD?

@TonyAndChelsea

Ай бұрын

No wildlife camera accepts that

Great video content-wise, but it looms like a raw VLog footage on my phone (Samsung A52) and it only briefly switches to fully graded, nice-looking video during the screen rotation from vertical to horizontal and vice versa. Looks like a compatibility issue with KZread and HDR videos on non-HDR screens...

@TonyAndChelsea

Ай бұрын

Hmm, weird. Definitely an app issue.

❤❤

I've gotta ask...is the video being shot on an R5?

@TonyAndChelsea

Ай бұрын

Sony a7S III

@JasonOverHere

Ай бұрын

@@TonyAndChelsea Cheers

Camera and lens used to film this please ?

@TonyAndChelsea

4 күн бұрын

Sony a7S III + 24 f/1.4 GM and 35 f/1.4 GM

Where to stand to stopping down the lens for sharper quality images…

just want to comment how "stunning" the video quality is

@TonyAndChelsea

Ай бұрын

Thank you!

first of all, make sure that you have good camera and long lenses

Really wish I could add a name to my 1, 2, 3.

Yes the animals like to play mind games with us, some reverse psychology is necessary

I watched you all for awhile but then your videos started to get horrible all ads for products

⚠T

@TonyAndChelsea

Ай бұрын

Haha I hate final cut

Saying “it’s not all about buying the biggest most expensive gear” while holding the biggest most expensive gear 🤦🏻‍♂️ This would have been a much better representation of the common photographer if you used a budget friendly camera and lens. Like a 70-300mm f3.5-6.4

Trouble is you guys always use expensive lenses not everyone can afford a f4 why don't you use a 600mm 6.3 and show us your photos

@chelseanorthrup8787

23 күн бұрын

We have entire videos on budget wildlife gear and show the results

@MrHajdi

20 күн бұрын

​@@chelseanorthrup8787, great video and great videos also on the gear, including budget! I do agree, it would be awesome to see you guys using budget gear to its full potential, though. Maybe a video from dirt cheap (like a 70-300 DX) to something like a Tamron 150-500 to highlight the difference and make it easier for viewers to decide for or against upgrading.

@DennisMoncla

17 күн бұрын

They have made more comparison videos for budget lenses than probably any other channel! And I’m pretty sure she is walking around with the Sony 200-600 in this video. Which is 6.3! (It’s all I shoot with and I have a bird photography show in the Art Museum of Southeast Texas right now. 12k f4 lenses are not necessary)

Obviously Final Cut betrayed you guys after your KEH advertisement.

@TonyAndChelsea

Ай бұрын

Ugh PITA!! Why would it do that without even telling me?? It should just fail.

@hassanbensober2768

Ай бұрын

Go away! Start your own site and tell the community that you can do it without any sponsors. Also why do you watch everybody has sponsors...

@DieHardEddieEdwards

Ай бұрын

@@hassanbensober2768 You’re just being loud and wrong. Theres a missing file/broken link right after the advertisement. That’s what I meant by Final Cut betraying them.

I'm more into buying expensive gear using your affiliate links, then bragging about it online and telling other people they're wrong about everything

Tony, but at f/9 you have probably entered into difraction limited photography. with a 45 megapixel camera. So your image quality is lower than it would be at f/8. This is science.

@TonyAndChelsea

Ай бұрын

Well it's not going to be much difference, but also that only applies on the focal plane and with 3-dimensional animals it'll still generally improve overall sharpness. But you do want to make sure it doesn't get into f16 or f22.

@ralphblach2952

Ай бұрын

@@TonyAndChelsea I agree that it will not make much of a difference, but I dont by expensive glass to stop down to f/9. I do want to say you and Chelsea do a very good job on your channel.