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  @DaveCooper-s1l5 күн бұрын

  Great video Geir lots of useful information, I photograph dragons and damsels inflight using a 100mm macro lens ignoring the autofocus and using only manual mode generally with a 2500 shutter speed hand held. It takes some practice, but worthwhile for the clarity of the images.

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  @geireriknielsen4 күн бұрын

  Thank you. How do you get close enough? Wait by the perches?

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  @l.j.nielsen75946 күн бұрын

  Glad the sparrow missed and you got your shot 😊

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  @geireriknielsen6 күн бұрын

  So was I 🤣

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  @Joe_I_Hadley6 күн бұрын

  The dragon flies are so amazing 👏

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  @geireriknielsen6 күн бұрын

  Totally. Every summer I spend hours watching them and photographing them. Amazing hunters.

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  @Joe_I_Hadley6 күн бұрын

  @geireriknielsen9075 I've been trying to photograph them around my yard. I only have a 300mm. I can't get close to them.

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  @geireriknielsen6 күн бұрын

  @@Joe_I_Hadley Are you able to see where they perch? Dragonflies tend to go back to the same areas all the time so if you can work that out, perhaps you can get close enough when they are resting to at least get some nice shots of them resting. You might also be able to get shots of them taking off and landing depending on your patience. Yards I would expect to be a little bit difficult. Do you have a pond where they lay their eggs or are you able to figure out where their spawning ground is? You might find you have some luck there. I was only a yard away from the one dragonfly laying eggs in the film. It sat quite still. Just some ideas in the hope you might succeed.

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  @Joe_I_Hadley3 күн бұрын

  @geireriknielsen there is a pond but it's surrounded by blackberry vines. Limited aces. There was one perching it had gold wing I didn't have the camera. I got some shots of another one it would sit with its abdomen straight in the air. There gone now. There's some damsel flys.

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  @BMadPhoto6 күн бұрын

  wow you really froze that dragonfly wing in flight - was that first image at 1/3200? Yet again my friend you have inspired me to get out and try something new - I have not taken out the tele lens for a while, this looks like fun! Off to the local pond :)

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  @geireriknielsen6 күн бұрын

  Yes it was. Glad you enjoyed it and that i managed to inspire you. Makes me very happy

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  @RagnhildNielsen6 күн бұрын

  Stilig Geir

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  @adragon321017 күн бұрын

  Nice vid and just subscribed. As a matter of interest had you thought about using a cpl with your buttercup issue?

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  @geireriknielsen17 күн бұрын

  Interesting point indeed. I will try that at some point, see if it is something I can recommend. There might be a follow up "tips and tricks two: the return of the cpl" :-D I appreciate your subscription and comment, thank you so much

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  @BMadPhoto26 күн бұрын

  Thanks for sharing, great tips and really enoying the video you are able to get also of the subjects!

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  @RagnhildNielsen26 күн бұрын

  Kjempefin artig og se så nært

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  @Joe_I_HadleyАй бұрын

  Your getting good shots with flash without the big defuser covering flash and lens. I just got a flash to try it has an on-lens defuser like the one your using.

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  @geireriknielsenАй бұрын

  Good luck with that and I hope it works. A small tip, I have actually put some additional diffusing material inside the "cup" in order to decrease the brightest light out of the flash. Anything will work for that, some tissue etc. So see how you go without anything at first and if you don't like it you can try with some extra material

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  @geireriknielsen22 күн бұрын

  Hi, hope you are getting some good shots with your diffuser. Just as an addon to my previous answer, in my latest video, kzread.info/dash/bejne/pKKV18Swj6aboLg.html I show the inlays that I was talking about. Timecode 11:36 onwards. You might find it useful.

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  @BMadPhotoАй бұрын

  bees weevils and hoverflys - my favorite subjects :) Your really good getting that handheld stable video, nice job - something I am still trying to get better at - so hard for me at macro range even with stabilization! All the best man, enjoy insect macro season :)

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  @geireriknielsenАй бұрын

  Thank you. I use a "trick" for the handheld video that you can try: shoot in 120fps. My hands are very shaky, but at that framerate you get 4s per second of video and you can cut and paste your best segments afterwards. The problem is external forces like wind which might throw your macrosubjects way out of focus but you can't do anything about those anyway. Good luck.

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  @BMadPhotoАй бұрын

  @@geireriknielsen Took me a while, finaly figured out how to get the 120 set on my em5 - it was not actually hard to find, but odd when shooting it shows 60p, but I guess thats how it is - odd UI on the older olympus cams. Thanks again for the idea - cant waitt to try getting some macro slow vid for the next one :)

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  @geireriknielsenАй бұрын

  @@BMadPhoto Def give that a go, I am sure you will be pleased

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  @RagnhildNielsenАй бұрын

  Veldig flott video 🦆

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  @apnapaighamtvАй бұрын

  it's stunning absolutely incredible love it

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  @geireriknielsenАй бұрын

  Thank you so much

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  @capturingnaturewithsandipАй бұрын

  Nice and beautiful video. Thanks for sharing & big like

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  @geireriknielsenАй бұрын

  Thank you so much

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  @philip-kn8ftАй бұрын

  Another excellent video from Geir. Nice shots of the coast of Norway!

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  @geireriknielsenАй бұрын

  Thank you Phil

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  @BMadPhotoАй бұрын

  You find the most lovely birds - great job guys, I really like the mirrored shot - looks like a really fun outting and finally nice weather :)

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  @geireriknielsenАй бұрын

  Thank you. Yes it was gorgeous.

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  @cecilsloan6659Ай бұрын

  Oystercatcher at 04:36 followed by Ringed Plover. Mirror image at 06:29 of Ringed Plover must mean clean waters. I'm jealous!

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  @geireriknielsenАй бұрын

  Yes. It is beautiful here when it is not raining

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  @BMadPhoto2 ай бұрын

  I have never tried extension tubes but this is great advice for someone interested without a macro lens! Have you ever tried using these with your macro lens, wonder if that would be a good way to get even higher magnification, vs something like the raynox or similar?

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  @geireriknielsenАй бұрын

  Thank you. Apologies for not posting of late, but a new video is on the way up. Beautiful light

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  @BMadPhotoАй бұрын

  @@geireriknielsen Look forward to it - hope you are well and enjoying the coming of some nice spring and summer weather :) Take care!

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  @geireriknielsenАй бұрын

  Also. To answer your question, no, I have never used a macro lens + extension tubes but you are supposed to be able to with interesting effects so might be worth a go. Though you already have a micro four thirds so some of the effect might be more noticeable on a full frame camera. Extension tubes are great with a telephoto lens BTW. I have used a 600mm with extension tubes and that is a lot of fun, though I would recommend a monopod to help support

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  @capturingnaturewithsandip3 ай бұрын

  Nice and beautiful video. Thanks for sharing so wonderful video & big like

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  @geireriknielsen3 ай бұрын

  Thank you so much @capturingnaturewithsandip

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  @philip-kn8ft3 ай бұрын

  Very informative video with excellent photography as usual!

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  @geireriknielsen3 ай бұрын

  Thank you so much for the kind comment

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  @MartinJSmithPhotographyUK3 ай бұрын

  If you want to know the name of a plant when in the field put this app on your phone Picture This.

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  @geireriknielsen3 ай бұрын

  Thanks for the tip 🙂

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  @BMadPhoto3 ай бұрын

  Haha no apologies needed, looks amazing already there in the UK! - excited you are well into spring! In the Midwest of IL we are starting to get some spring growth early and am so excited for the start of fun macro season :) Happy Spring!

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  @geireriknielsen3 ай бұрын

  Yeah. Bar the rain, but it is getting better so not complaining

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  @willfoster74 ай бұрын

  Nice work, Geir! Thanks for sharing!

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  @geireriknielsen4 ай бұрын

  Thank you so much Will. Very kind

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  @mirekwalczak94184 ай бұрын

  Thanks for the video. Very good photos and inspiration:) Cheers

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  @geireriknielsen4 ай бұрын

  Thank you so much, very appreciated

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  @BMadPhoto4 ай бұрын

  Can't wait for the spring buds to start coming out in IL, a good 2 months unless we get lucky with a bit of early spring - winter macro has been fun but challenging to stay motivated all season!

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  @geireriknielsen4 ай бұрын

  Winter macro is a bit more challenging than spring and summer for sure, you have to look harder and be more creative in order to get nice images.

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  @MichelleCox4 ай бұрын

  I wouldn't like all that rain but the plus side is you get so many awesome fungi and myxos there compared to here in Wisconsin, USA.

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  @geireriknielsen4 ай бұрын

  Provided we don't get too dry of a summer there seems to be plenty of lovely little mushrooms about when we get to Autumn, but after this winter I am not yet ready to talk about fall :-D

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  @MichelleCox4 ай бұрын

  @@geireriknielsen Some of the UK based folks I follow seem to find mushrooms all winter long there. We're having a weirdly warm winter but normally all you find here is snow. LOL

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  @geireriknielsen4 ай бұрын

  @@MichelleCox I don't know where they are, perhaps they have access to more woodland than I have. Around me we get mushrooms in October and November usually, but then it is really really good with a plethora of species and every year something new. So something to look forward too as I look out the window at yet another rainy day here. Hope yours is better 🙂

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  @BMadPhoto5 ай бұрын

  @3:30 is what I love about macro - the seemingly mundane takes on beauty when shooting macro! Cheers Geir :) also wow this far into winter you still are able to find nice flowers and foliage in your area, very cool and looks like such a beautiful location to shoot - all dead and barren here in northern US - ended up having dreary weather and getting out for some macro also though today :)

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  @BMadPhoto5 ай бұрын

  This advice and explanation are gold, you are a great explainer of concepts - this is something i need to keep in mind for sure a I progress. The final image is such a beautiful unique shot and I see what you mean with pre-visualization, having an idea in mind, could get you to consider taking a shot at that angle and time. My photography when out still seems random with many throwaways (aside from macro when I pay mroe attention to angle and backgrounds) - I need to work on this for sure when doing more wildlife phototog.

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  @capturingnaturewithsandip6 ай бұрын

  Nice and beautiful video. Thanks for sharing so wonderful footages & Happy New Year.

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  @geireriknielsen6 ай бұрын

  Thank you so much

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  @geireriknielsen6 ай бұрын

  and happy new year to you too

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  @BMadPhoto6 ай бұрын

  Happy new year Geir - nice to see you back with a new video, every month was a great shot shared. I am working on a similar video, it gets hard to choose just a handful from the year - the gillcrest (sp?) I have not seen before here in the US, i'll keep an eye out though, very photogenic looking bird :) Going through the same thing with weather here in the northern US - I think we have had 2 days of sun in all of December! Was the bird in March a type of Hawk or Eagle? I was unfamiliar with that name also

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  @geireriknielsen6 ай бұрын

  Thank you so much. I apologise, but I did not know you had a channel, I will go and watch now :-) Happy new year to you too

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  @geireriknielsen6 ай бұрын

  Sorry, my accent probably. The bird is a goldcrest. It's fun going through your yearly pictures, and yes it can be difficult so you have to be utterly ruthless about your own photography :-) Good luck and looking forward to seeing the film

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  @markriches31807 ай бұрын

  Where did you film this..

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  @geireriknielsen7 ай бұрын

  A place near where I live called Linford Wood.

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  @BMadPhoto8 ай бұрын

  Thanks again for making these, i learn a lot with each one, hope there is still some time left in the Midwest of the US to still find some mushrooms with the recent frost. Do you ever use flash or led, or try to stick with natural light?

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  @geireriknielsen8 ай бұрын

  Thank you so much. Really glad you enjoy the little films. I have not much experimented with flash on mushrooms. I don't know quite how to say this without sounding silly, but here goes: A lot of that magical experience I seek from mushroom photography comes from the light being "just right" there and then. There is nothing wrong with flash and I use it when I do macro a lot, just not with mushrooms. You got me thinking now about the why, which is great 😊 Thank you.

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  @BMadPhoto8 ай бұрын

  Oh interesting, I get what you mean! I went out today but it's been so dry, no luck finding a single one, but I am going to try no flash, much less to carry also!. I get if I go our to try bird photography I'll end up surrounded by them 😂

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  @geireriknielsen8 ай бұрын

  @@BMadPhoto Isn't that always the case 🤣

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  @cecilsloan66598 ай бұрын

  Magic!

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  @geireriknielsen8 ай бұрын

  Thank you

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  @MrGeod9 ай бұрын

  Well done, look forward to more

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  @geireriknielsen9 ай бұрын

  Thank you so much George

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  @BMadPhoto9 ай бұрын

  wow this looks like an amazing place, nice to know there are still places with wild horses :)

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  @geireriknielsen9 ай бұрын

  It is an amazing place with lots of different wildlife and summer visitors. One of my "happy" places :-) Here is more on the ponies if you are interested: www.theparkstrust.com/our-work/wildlife-in-our-parks/konik-ponies/ And here is a bit more on the floodplains themselves: www.theparkstrust.com/parks/floodplain-forest-nature-reserve/

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  @BMadPhoto9 ай бұрын

  Thanks for sharing, nice video - were you shooting bursts to get a good single image, or were you bracketing to later stack?

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  @geireriknielsen9 ай бұрын

  Thank you for the compliment. Glad you enjoyed the video. I find fast moving subjects tricky to stack, so when I need greater depth of field I just pull out a bit and later crop. All images in that video was taken on a slow burst.

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  @BMadPhoto9 ай бұрын

  @geireriknielsen9075 ah I see, thanks.

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  @user-ct6br9nk8d9 ай бұрын

  Nice and basic Geir and that is said as a compliment. Being equally basic a mobile off instruction would make sense. Also some comment on what to wear.. People aren't going to be rigged out with specialist wear. So what would be good?

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  @geireriknielsen9 ай бұрын

  Excellent question, thank you so much. I am likely going to make a follow up video with some more relatively basic info, but the short answer for local(ish) wildlife where they are somewhat used to people is simply: Wear something toned down in earth colours. This typically is brown or green. You certainly don't need a gillie suit to get some nice shots of sparrows. The most important is not to scare them by making lots of noise and walking briskly towards your subject. Attitude and approach is more important than what you wear in most cases.

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  @haraldwarholm23969 ай бұрын

  Mange nyttige tips. Fin jakke! 😁

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  @geireriknielsen9 ай бұрын

  Takk og takk. Jakken er veldig bra den :-) God og varm. Den va bellig og :-D

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  @capturingnaturewithsandip10 ай бұрын

  Nice and beautiful video. Thanks for sharing & Big Like

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  @geireriknielsen9 ай бұрын

  Thank you so much Sandip

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  @ruthcollins728210 ай бұрын

  Stunning footage

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  @geireriknielsen9 ай бұрын

  Thank you so much Ruth

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  @capturingnaturewithsandip10 ай бұрын

  Nice and beautiful video. Thanks for sharing so wonderful video. BIg Like and Best wishes.

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  @geireriknielsen10 ай бұрын

  Thank you so much Sandip, very much appreciated