Welcome to my Channel. This Channel is all about helping you capture those special Wildlife Moments in Camera. I make Wildlife Photography Tutorials and In the Field Vlogs.
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Based in West Yorkshire, England, I'm a highly versatile nature photographer loving everything from local garden wildlife to the wild landscapes of Iceland. My biggest passion is Bird Photography and in these videos I'm passing on my 20+ years of knowledge. I've been in just about every situation I can think of - from building makeshift hides from branches and driftwood.. to immersing myself chest deep in freezing cold lakes (waders on of course!).
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Top marks for the photos and lugging that lot around!
I sold mine a few years agor....i have 2 R6 mark II but I bought 1DX last month just to feel the pleasure again 😁😁😁
I love bird photography at his time of the year when all the migrants are about. i tend to find that many warblers are more approachable than our resident species, but like you say - patience is the key. If i get just ONE image out of a day, I am pleased.
I use the R7 with the 600 f11 and get tack sharp shots. I use the 800 f11 (stabilizer off) on tripod and also get tack sharp shots.
Yes. Yes you can. R7 + 500 F4 is mk 1 = healthy living !
Paul finally got here. after many years wanting to go Yes, the birds are great to photograph, but boy the amount of people far too much and this was on a weekday. Only lasted two hours before the crowds just got too much for me
Shout out to the courageous mini spider at 09:51
Great photos mate, i recently got my hands on the R6mk2 and love it, but I do have a severe hunting experience with the auto focus. Using a sigma 150-600 Contemporary lens and I'll get a second or w where it's sharp and then it will completely blur everything out and it takes a good few seconds to come back. Have you had this issue?
Thanks. I don't get thi with my lenses. But never really tried that sigma lens.
@@PaulMiguelPhotography ah i hope it isnt the sigma itself, would force me to buy a different lens
I Have a canon 100mm f2.8 and with my lens I find that even though I am close to the subject and have a low fstop still the background is not blurred like yours is. Is the something to do with the settings on the lense like infinity?
What would have been helpful.. when describing the clothing. Give links below, give better description what the material is made of. You were vague and not very helpful with the muck coat.
Hi Paul. Have you ever tried to attract warblers with sound? All these songbirds are very territorial and they don't accept any other male singing in their area. Playing sound of a different male even for a 2 - 5 seconds would probably cause the bird to change its place. When you find a good spot to photograph him within his territory you can move there and play sound to attract him. I'm not talking about harrasing birds with continous playback, just to be clear.
Enjoyed the video Paul and thanks for the tips. I find song bird photography very difficult, trying to get sharp photos is not easy but hoping to practice more. Thanks!
Good video. I am thinking of getting an L lens for shooting in the rainy days. This clip show how much fun it is. Thanks
Great video, Paul! I always enjoy your content! 👍
A real experience of how to photograph small birds. Everything you said was spot on and been there so many times. But when you do get the picture, just utter satisfaction. Well done Paul👍
I'v never taken a photo of a bird that's behind something. Just klean shots from the side and moustly a littel in front so all the speks of the bird is visible.
I'm going to give you a tip. You'd get a lot more looks if you ditched the bazooka and put the 100-500 with an extender on. Then you wouldn't need to haul furniture around with you to set it on.
Everything comes to he who waits ! Nice video Paul
because it was your first time- as you said, don't think your heart was really into it --- but the second Braken fiddlehead is awesome- and yes, it does take practise
Love Sedge Warblers Paul great video 👍
You know you can Controle your camera from your phone? That way you don 't have to click the shutter button
Our spring warbler rush just ended. We have a large migration in the USA OH that attracts thousands of people. It’s truly a practice in patience! I take hundreds of photos with few keepers on the warblers. They are quick, high up and obscured most of the time. I come away with a handful of photos each year, so building up my collection slowly! Agree on spot focus for warblers. I can’t wait to retire and get more time with these amazing birds when they come through my area. Thanks for the tips, I really enjoyed watching you work!
Lovely shot Paul. Great video.
beautiful video with lovely shots, already missing the black caps and whitethroats, they left my garden here in Jeddah just two days ago.
I have no problem with your method of stacking, integrating and producing a fine art image. I too shoot an R6 II (among others) and it is a fine instrument. I am pleased that you call it an image and not a photograph. A photograph is produced with sensitized grains of silver and no digital/computer manipulation. Either form of a picture is acceptable to me if properly labeled. Carry on, sir.
Warblers and whitethroats have been my target this spring. If it was quite easy to photograph whitethroats and reed warblers, it is more difficult to photograph sedge and even more so cettis warblers. 2 weeks ago, I found the territory of my first grasshopper warblers and now I have no idea how to photograph them. They live on an area of flooded grass and there is not even a small bush to sit on. Do you think that if you put some mealworms on the path near the grass, they might fly away?
Warblers are tough. Thank you!
You perfectly demonstrated why bird photography is so difficult.... the birds simply never do what you want, when you want! I always enjoy watching your videos.
90% miss, 1% hit. Where the other 9% go is a mystery 😅
Great video and especially nice to see the r6 being used as that’s what I use for my bird photography.
Nice one Paul! Always learning from you 👍great song bird👏👏
Great tips. I heard a sedge warbler ( thanks to Merlin app) recently but could not place it and gave up. Did not know they worked their way upwards in a bush or tree. Thanks ❤
Great tips - always enjoy your videos.
Many thanks.
Thanks, Paul! I really admire your work. you put simplicity together with high quality results, without giving too much importance to the appeals of the consumer market. As a Canon user, I always learn on your channel. Best from South Brazil.
Hey nice video! I'm thinking of getting a Canon 500mm F4 L IS USM Mark 1 lens, but I would get it for my Canon 7D Mark II. Do you think this would be a good purchase?
I'm pretty sure that eye AF would work at the distance you shot. I've had success from even farther away. What do you think of playing bird songs from an app to lure them into the open? I do it, especially when the birds are up in tall trees.
That's very good if it works for you, I don't think mine would work in this situation. Yeah, I've never been a huge fan of playing calls myself, as I've felt it's changing their behaviour, but the fact is they usually don't stay long anyway.. once they figure out it's not real!
@@PaulMiguelPhotography actually birds aren't that smart. 😂 I usually only play a song for a couple of minutes, long enough to get a shot. But I've seen warblers and vireos flit almost right to where I rested the phone and they don't figure it out before I shut it off.
I always struggle with sedge warblers as they very rarely come that far up from the undergrowth. I did get a cettis warbler, but it's not quite pin sharp as I would have liked, but there were lots of branches and grasses.
That's really bad practice and can stress birds out during breeding season, leading to failed nesting attempts or abandonded nests. Please don't do that if you're into nature.
@@JohnDrummondPhotoI think the point is that the birds are busy going about their lives, feeding themselves, finding a mate, caring for young. Even a few moments investigating a bird call on your phone takes away from that. Some calls are territorial in nature, and might stress nesting birds. Not taking a position one way or the other, but can understand why some folks might not want to do that. I imagine in certain places (like National Parks) it might also be illegal.
It was really tough to get close enough to the birds in this video! Here's another photo-shoot where I managed to get more frame filling shots of the beautiful Sedge Warbler. kzread.info/dash/bejne/a6qq2ttuYKbFaZM.html
I glass birds for various reasons. First, I enjoy being outdoors and experiencing nature around me. I also photograph birds to learn about them including behavior, feeding, mating, etc. I also photograph them for artistic purposes (calendars, prints, etc) and for stock photography. Perhaps it's the thrill of the pursuit that pulls it all together. Having taken over 6,000 bird portraits of 100+ species I haven't tired of it yet... and I'm 67 years old.
Focus stacking is not cheating, a d if it was then eye tracking for wildlife therefore must also be cheating ! Technology has just moved on like fuel injection on car engines instead of carburettors !
Us stacking all the time with fungi. Typically small increments. My R7 stacks in camera and produces a jpeg and most the time this is as good or better than my computer software. Makes life much easier. Use to take images manually to stack. In camera is much easier
Another great video! In my opinion, FS is definitely not cheating. It's a method to control the DoF. I was an early adopter of Zerene Stacker for field macrophotography and now with my Canon R7 and 100mm L lens, it's really made the process easier. I recently bought a VILTROX Sprite 15C LED light. Super light weight and works very well to add a bit of light to reduce the shutter speed in the field. Like other Canon cameras, FS can't be used with flash, but I can live with fill lighting for now! Looking forward to your next video.
A couple of points worth knowing. The Canon R6 mark 2 will composite/stack the images in camera for you, though I still prefer to do that myself on the computer. Secondly it's a shame Canon doesn't let the R6 focus bracket with a flash, so to use flash you have to focus at the closest point then move the camera forward by hand while using burst mode. Thanks for sharing your video.