Wildlife Videography Tips & Tricks MADAGASCAR
Wildlife Videography Tips & Tricks… in MADAGASCAR!! This video is all about a few of the things I do which makes my wildlife videography WAY easier.
1 - Telephoto Lenses
2 - Setting up your frame as an image then switching your camera into video mode, holding the same frame and recording from that same profile set up originally as a photo.
3 - If your camera shoots 4K at 60fps (or lower is fine too), switch to 4K and record your shot. Then in post processing you can zoom into the frame and not loose any quality, makes for great close up and with good built in stabilization or a bit of warp, you’ll be laughing. The 60fps is good because if your editing at 30fps timeline you can slow the footage to 50% and get even smoother content.
4 - Get a local guide
5 - Visit a nature reserve or wildlife park for easier viewing opportunities
6 - Be quiet and move slowly. Both I am terrible at.
7 - Stay hyper aware in the environment and have your senses dialed to 11.
Those are some of the tips covered in the video and a few additional off the top of my head writing this description. I hope you find this info helpful and interesting. Be sure to get out there exploring your own backyard for local wildlife videography opportunities.
Shout out to our local tour operator partner Mora Travel. They've been great assisting with this journey. Here's their direct contact moratravel.com/ for more info.
I hope you enjoy the videos and stay tuned for more from Madagascar. #lemur #wildlifevideography #madagascar
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Any wildlife tips I'm missing? I know there are probably a ton!! Comment below, the more we share the more we learn.
@ramirashko
5 жыл бұрын
Awesome video! may I ask what photography gear did you use for the stills? what camera body and lenses?
Some of those lemur shots were wonderful, their expressions are captivating.
@gregsnell
5 жыл бұрын
Amazing creatures eh Tony!!
The wildlife there is quite spectacular, and you did a great job with the footage! I've been really enjoying these Madagascar vlogs so far!
@gregsnell
5 жыл бұрын
🙌
You had quite the audience for the drone launch and landing :-) And the footage was gorgeous as well... and the wildlife photos, and especially the video. Great vlog! Thanks
Animals and birds in trees are often heavily backlit. Set exposure to compensate anywhere from plus-1/2 stop to plus-2 stops, depending on how bright the background is.
@gregsnell
5 жыл бұрын
Great tip!!
I’m so excited with all your beautiful video in Madagascar 🇲🇬❤️❤️❤️
Beautiful photography and videography. Coming from Madagascar, this makes me happy. Thanks for sharing!
Great tips Greg! Love the one about getting the shot then switching immediately to video.... works really well when you put it into a vlog! My biggest tip for wildlife photography is to not be afraid to shoot at a higher ISO noisy images are better than blurry ones. Safe travels!
Fantastic video. Great looking location and some really nice images.
@gregsnell
5 жыл бұрын
John!! Cheers man.
Watched this on my lunch break and didn't have time to comment before but now that I am out of work I wanted to let you know this was excellent! Such a beautiful place and your way of sharing your experience makes all those watching feel like they are a part of the experience. I feel like I could walk up to your driver as an old friend, the nature guide including a few comments makes him real to the viewers, also the dude has animal skills. Someday I would love to see my home state bring you and Nellie here to promote our tourism industry and of course a meet and great for your viewers from Maine. Keep doing your videos your way and being yourself it's great.
Excellent drone footage. As much as I like the drone footage I agree with locations restricting their usage, this way you can avoid saturation and over exposure of a location!
Awesome video and images of the wildlife. loved it.
@gregsnell
5 жыл бұрын
Steffen!! Thanks man 🙌
I am flying to Toamasina this night, great warm up video:D I am pretty excited testing the sel200600 or A7r4 there:)
Good stuff, as usual. Some hard won images. Rock on!
Great episode, and some beautiful images!
Great video. The smiley faces ~ wildlife ~ etc ~ Looking forward to the "next one"
Nice location and definitely a lot to learn from, nice to see it from the drones eye. Thanks for sharing
Wonderful wildlife shots Greg, you are so good at video and still photography vlogs. Please keep on with wildlife stuff.
Awesome video. For someone who doesn't do much wildlife photography, you're quite good at it. Also, you may be the only person who has taken drone footage of that area, and it's really nice footage too. Thanks for sharing. Morten Hilmer definitely should visit Madagascar.
Great footage thanx
@gregsnell
5 жыл бұрын
Cheers Scott 👍
Greg thought you bagged yourself some great images there and cant imagine it was easy getting the animals in the right moment. Was cool to see about of aerial footage as well. Would be interesting to hear your thoughts on the development of environmental tourism in Madagascar as i suppose there is will be challenge in developing tourism and supporting the economic development of the country whilst at the same time maintaining a balance in protecting the natural environment
@gregsnell
5 жыл бұрын
Scott!! Cheers man, yeah I'm glad with how they turned out.
Good job
@gregsnell
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks :)
This was a great video. I have a question about the tip switching from photo to video. Do you leave your shutter speed where it was, such as at 1/1000 of a second, or do you lower it so that it's closer to double the frame rate like with normal footage? And, if you're doing longer clips than just a few seconds, do you do the same - high shutter speed or double frame rate? I'm just getting into video, and these tips definitely help a lot. :)
My home!!!
Sehr gut mein freund haha
@gregsnell
5 жыл бұрын
Haha!! Dankeschön.
Come to India if you love wild life :)
@gregsnell
5 жыл бұрын
I've been to India twice. Have yet to see tigers in the wild though... will need to go back soon.
I thought drones are not allowed in Madagascar?