Hey Simon, I too started camera trapping about a year ago. It truly is a rather large learning curve. We all can surely learn from each other. I learned from a guy by the name of Randy Robbin’s from CA on our west coast in the US how to make a water prof tube out of PVC tubing for my flashes. I expanded on his idea and attached Ram Mounts to mine so that I could mount them on a tree and 90 degrees from that mount I attached a quick mount to them so I could also if needed mount them on a tripod. I live in North Carolina in the US. I’ve watched all of your videos and enjoy your work and have learned a lot from you. Thank you!

@simoneardley

7 ай бұрын

Hi there, youre right about the learning curve. So many ideas for gizmos and gadgets to improve my setup already!! Its going to be a great journey, thanks for watching 😀

other great video mate see them coming its all good fun

@simoneardley

7 ай бұрын

Cheers Alan, will do 😃👍🏼

Got to say Simon you are reeling me in mate I may take a crack at this myself,it's great getting out in the field and waiting but so much is missed at night my CCTV at home picks things up but even with the night light the pictures are not the greatest (unless you are a burglar at the back of the house) another great video mate I'm looking forward to the next one all the best

@simoneardley

7 ай бұрын

Nice one Keith, its amazing whats knocking about at night and theres so many opportunities to capture it with todays modern gear. Thanks for watching mate 👀👊🏼

Nice one, I know it's early days but there's some nice images already, well done and keep up the great work, Mike E...

@simoneardley

7 ай бұрын

Thanks Mike and cheers for watching 👍

Merci pour ce partage 👍👍👍

@simoneardley

7 ай бұрын

De rien et merci d'avoir regardé

Interesting experiment, Simon. I'll be looking for your next issues. :)

@simoneardley

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching Clifton 👊🏼

Always excellent and very helpful

@simoneardley

7 ай бұрын

You're welcome, thanks for the visit👍🏼

@ath3263

7 ай бұрын

@@simoneardley thanks

brilliant results first time round ! maybe not the subject mater you want be great practice !! Take care man!|

@simoneardley

7 ай бұрын

Cheers Pat, amazing what turns up eh!!👍🏼😊

A great start Simon, Rats and mice in the garden was my first subject too. 😊That buzz when you open the housing and check for images never goes away, I feel like a kid at xmas everytime. Keep up the good work mate. 👍

@simoneardley

7 ай бұрын

Cheers John, quite pleased with the results. Its so handy when the setups on the doorstep and also knowing the gears gonna be there in the morning!! Catch ya soon, Si 👊

Nice video,well done. Quite an interesting and informative subject.

@simoneardley

7 ай бұрын

Cheers Mark 👍🏼

I’m enjoying this new venture. Flash is of course powerful and some softening would give a natural look.

@simoneardley

7 ай бұрын

Yeh youre right Nigel,early days yet. Shooting RAW is a big advantage too👍🏼

Simon, use the flash metre, it’s invaluable for setting up, also try to move the flashes to 45 degrees each side of the camera and use 1 as the main light and 1 as a fill set to slightly less power, then play with it from there, good luck, it gets addictive !

@simoneardley

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for the tips, learning with each setup and cheers for watching the channel 👍🏼👀

Hi again Simon, Once more, an interesting video, I am not a photographer myself, regards, James.

@simoneardley

7 ай бұрын

Cheers James

This is great Simon and thanks for letting us follow your progress, Great first attempt and look forward to seeing what's next.

@simoneardley

7 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it Phil 👍🏼

Enjoying this little series Simon and looking forward to seeing where you go with it! It's inspiring me to have a play with that kind of thing - I've actually got some Camtraptions gear that I got during the pandemic with the idea of setting something up in the garden, but then somewhere in between the weirdness of lockdown and the arrival of my daughter, it never made it out beyond a couple of quick tests... 14:26 Interetsing that the Osmo Pocket 3 didn't still manage to face track with the foreground objects - must have been the camo ;)

@simoneardley

7 ай бұрын

Thanks Geoff, aye get the gear out and give it a dust off. It was the onset of Winter and the short days that kind of spurred me to have a go at it. No reason why it cant be used all year round though. Still playing round with the Osmo settings, I suspect I had it in product mode where it switches focus the the nearest object in the frame!! All the best, Si 👊

@GeoffCooper

7 ай бұрын

@@simoneardley yeah, that might have been it with the OP3, but it was moving about which makes me think it was trying to track something... Clever wee bit of kit either way - I had the original one for years and just upgraded to the new one!

❤ it is a good one

@simoneardley

6 ай бұрын

Thanks Sandra 👊🏼

Cheers Simon, cracking start with some good images off the bat. All the best. 👍📷😎

@simoneardley

7 ай бұрын

Cheers Rob, thanks for watching 👍🏼

Well I never thought I'd say "Nice rat" but you got some great images here. Looking forward to Video 3 when it comes, in the meanwhile Happy Trapping!

@simoneardley

7 ай бұрын

Cheers Rik, I agree theyre quite photogenic!! 😅👍

Fantastic Simon, Rats are everywhere so great subject to practice on before you go onto the less common mammals / Birds etc,

@simoneardley

7 ай бұрын

Aye, thats the plan 👀👍🏼🐀

Some good photos Simon admire your perseverance 👏Hats of to you! How do you know your cameras are safe?

@simoneardley

7 ай бұрын

Thanks Paul, this setup was on private property where I knew they would be safe. I'm going to cover security and concealment in another film.👍🏼👊🏼

Awesome start, really looking forward to following your camera trap journey. 👏👏👏👏

@simoneardley

7 ай бұрын

Thank you Mark and cheers for watching 👊📷

I would class that as a success Simon. Your attention to detail and vision is first class when it came to planning the result you were after especially with the moss etc. Good luck with the house move and hope it’s before Christmas so you can enjoy the festive season.

@simoneardley

7 ай бұрын

Thanks Gazza, I appreciate the comments mate 👍

Well done, Simon, that has given me a push to get mine out and give it another go. Thanks for sharing.

@simoneardley

7 ай бұрын

Good stuff Martin, thats what its all about mate. Happy thats its encouraged you to get out there again !!📷😃👍🏼

Hello Simon, brilliant work as normal great to see you are having a go at something new it thas work well more brilliant things to come from you. Martin

@simoneardley

7 ай бұрын

Thanks Martin 📷👍🏼

Really interesting and so well explained! Thank you!

@simoneardley

7 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful Pat 👍🏼

Love this series your making 👍

@simoneardley

7 ай бұрын

Thanks Michael, glad youre enjoying the films 👊🏼🎥

Hi Simon good first try mate looking forward to seeing how you progress all the best Laurence.

@simoneardley

7 ай бұрын

Thanks Laurence 👊🏼

Some nice shots Simon, I tried this setup once, its great fun and makes you think about what your doing. Keep it up, it's endless what you can do with it.

@simoneardley

7 ай бұрын

Cheers Ray, its certainly addictive!!👍🏼📷

Another good informative video Simon 😁

@simoneardley

7 ай бұрын

Thanks Lee 👍🏼

Great video Simon 👍🏻 this setup will definitely get you some great shots of the badgers in the future 🙏🏻

@simoneardley

7 ай бұрын

Now thats something I'm really looking forward to !!📷👀🦡🤞🏼

Brilliant stuff Si 👍. Exciting when you come to look through the shots as you never know what you might capture . Really interesting film and loving the Mexical tache. A nice wool poncho would have been nice to keep ya warm too 😆. Cheers Simon, see ya soon Atb Rick n Billydog

@simoneardley

7 ай бұрын

Cheers Rick, a bit of Movember going on. Its gone now!!! 😄. Its quite addictive the old camera trapping!! It'd be interesting on little Cuerden!!😂 Catch ya soon, Si 👊

Ey up Si. Not bad for a hit 'n' hope session eh? Such clear focus on ol' ratty, lovely! Not award winning as you said but.....November/December shot for calendar maybe? You know I'm gonna crack on with this leg pull for another year don't you? Stay safe mucker.

@simoneardley

7 ай бұрын

I'd be disappointed if you didn't Richard!!🤣🤣 It will happen mate eventually👍🏼👊🏼

Should produce some great results. Not tried camera trapping but its a great way to catch wildlife naturally. Thanks for the video!

@simoneardley

7 ай бұрын

Youre welcome 👍🏼 Thanks for watching 👀

Greetings from Spain friend, could you tell me where I could find that casing you have to protect the camera from the rain?

@simoneardley

7 ай бұрын

Its from a company called Camtraptions. Here's the website. www.camtraptions.com/