You three are my favorite bird photographers. My husband died 2 years ago and I became more serious about birding to help me deal with the loss. I have always loved photography but after buying the R5 it became more serious. I thank all three of you with your videos, Jan's masterclass and Glenn's ebooks, your prosets (recently purchased) and most of all your passion! Duade, your story has so inspired me. Thank you for sharing!
Boy, this started my day off great. The only 3 bird photographers I subscribe to, all together on one show! Thanks for all the great information and I hope you do more episodes together.
Duade hit it on the head when he said get out there and take pictures. That's the single most important thing you can do to improve, in my opinion. I've been taking pictures since I was a little kid, but when I started wildlife photography several years ago there was a whole new set of things to learn, and skills to practice. I expect that I will continue to work on improving in those areas for the rest of my life. :)
Such a wonderful conversation! Weather you are an oldster or a newbie to bird photography, there is always something helpful or interesting about conversations like this! Thanks. Catherine
All three of you in one video has made my day. I started out doing iPhone photography, landscape and nature, but as I started to notice the beautiful birds around me, I realized the iPhone could not capture these birds. I decided to invest in a camera and purchased the canon R6 with the 100-500mm . Incredible combination. I do have the 1.4x as well, but hardly use it. After 2 years I’m still learning my camera, but proud to say I have 154 species in my life list in just 2 years! I self learned with incredible tutorials on you-tube. Thank you for all the information you constantly share with us to help us improve. 😊
Finding birds was one of the hardest things. Also understanding what AF modes for what application and what the limits of my camera were and what was me not having the knowledge to use it to its fullest potential.
I am a writer and just a nature-lover. I love taking pictures of landscape and green views. A couple years ago I saw Jan’s bird photographic videos on RU-vid, I talked to myself “wow! how he could approach the birds”, then I also thought I should point my camera’s face to wildlife not only landscape. After some months I realized that to be a wildlife photographer is not easy. Through Jan’s videos I knew theses professional bird photographers like, Duade Paton and Glenn Bartley. When I have free time I watching you guys’ videos and learning how to become a ‘ GREAT BIRD PHOTOGRAPHER ‘ like you all 😍💪. You guys are really amazing human beings and my favorite mentors. Watching you three guys together in one episode means for me a lots 😍😍😍 Thanks for sharing this great video🙏🙏🙏
Same thing happened to me after back surgery. A friend showed me a spot I now call “Jurassic Park” a year ago in South Carolina! I told him it was on my bucket list to get a bird with a fish, as I said it a Heron flew by with a large fish. I immediately upgraded to an A1 with 200-600 and it’s been a year now!!!
Challenges for bird photography = birds in flight. I took a ton of shots of birds on a feeder and when I decided to try BIF, I gained a whole new appreciation of the skill required. Having to use a very fast shutter speed, trying to track a subject moving that quickly with a very long and heavy lens, getting a good exposure at a fast shutter speed, etc. The challenge is great because I was finding it too easy to shoot birds perched on a feeder. Also that I am disabled so I have physical challenges. I'm not going on a long hike or trying to get my walker through mud.
Absolutely love mention of your first cameras. My first Canon was an Elan 7, first digital SLR was the 10D (I worked at a camera store at the time and bought it used from a customer after selling him a 1D), followed by the 40D. No plans to switch away from Canon.
I was not interested in birds or insects before the pandemic. Here I am spending time every week to get macro photographs of bugs or driving to find more birds!
The people I enjoy watching the most together on a show, my day is just blessed already. I really want to see more of this talk with all of you. Thank you guys 🙏
3 of my faves in one spot. A great way to start a Sunday. Like Duade I started with a wonderful 40D paired with a 70x300. It was a great way to start out even if it was softer than a marshmallow from 200 on. The R5 is such a different tool now. Thanks to the 3 of you for your regular inspiration. You are much appreciated.
What an amazing video! So inspirational. I started getting really into bird photography after moving to a remote location and being awed by the variety of visitors to my feeders. I then started watching RU-vid tutorials on bird photography and found Duade which spurred me on. I was in a serious accident last year which has stopped me being able to get out much but I still have my seasonal birds visiting and I love watching all your videos so hopefully I will be able to go walking again soon and seeing different birds. Thanks guys.
Great YT guys , I think most bird photographers would see some parallels with all your “getting started stories “ . I don’t see any harm in letting bird photography become somewhat obsessive , such a great hobby .
It was great to see Duade with you guys. I've been a birder since I was a kid in the 70's but didn't pick up photography until my early twenties. I had started working with a photographer that specialized in headshots and model portfolios. She used Nikon gear. An F3 with a 70-200 lens. That's what I took my first bird photo with. A Osprey landing on its nest along the overseas highway in the Florida Keys. Needless to say it was horrible, but at the time I thought it was pretty cool. It was so soft (manual focus you know) but at least I got the exposure right. That's why I shoot Nikon to this day. Eventually I got a D70. I used until in died in the middle of an assignment. I replaced it with a D7000. When I joined a local Meet Up group for photographers I started shooting a lot of landscapes in the Blue Ridge of North Carolina. One night at a meeting I ran into a guy with a D500. The next day I bought one. Shortly after I got a Tamron 150-600 and started photographing birds. I used You Tube as a resource. I think the first wildlife photographer I followed was Steve Perry. He's a Nikon shooter and the info was a big help. I remember finding your channel Jan and being amazed by you photos and how you used perches. I gobbled up everything you posted. Then I started following Duade's channel. Then Glenns. So I guess you guys have been my mentors. I've learned so much from each of you. Especially about what makes a good bird photo. And then I saw a post from Scott Keys where he talked about making the switch from being a birder to being a bird photographer it a whole different way of seeing. Edge checks, what's the background, how is the light. So many more things to think about than just adding another species to my life list. That really helped me elevate my images from images that would be appropriate for a field guide to (sometimes) really good artistic photos. Another You Tuber that helped is Ray Hennesy. He showed me that shooting looser, showing the bird in its environment, could make for for amazing images. It takes a village, right. (That reference may be lost on you guys as it refers to something Hillary Clinton said during the 2016 election here in the US). Anyway., thanks to each of you, Jan, Glenn and Duade for all your tips and insight. You have each helped me become a better bird photographer. I do still shoot the D500 but now I have a Nikkor 200-500 f5.6 lens. It is definately shaper than the Tamron. I frequently pair it with the I-photo Cobra monopod and a gimbal head (Thanks Duade for that review you did). I'm hoping to upgrade my camera body to to Z8 when it comes out. The additional autofocus help it will give should really up my BIF shots. Thanks again guys. Jack
Another great video. My Dad was into wildlife photography in a big way in the70s- 80's and 90's, when he passed young. I ended up with a boat load of film equipment many many bodies lenses motor winds tri-pods (some I still use when I am knee deep in salt water the old stuff is rugged). I tried to capture birds with a Nikon f2 photomic (film), a 400 mm mirror lens, manual focus and a light meter. It was so discouraging I don't know how he did it. So I sold all that kit and forgot about photography for 25 years. 2 years ago I bought a Canon M-50 to record some musical artist (has some nice features for that application). I saw a video of a wildlife photographer using an M-50 and thought let's give it another shot, so went out and bought a used 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II and an EF adapter. I took it with me on a long weekend to a Wildlife Sanctuary and came back so excited compared to my earlier experience. I was hooked this time (the images don't look so great to me today). The equipment was capable but I was still very green. Next I found you three guys (an expensive discovery). I upgraded the body to an R6. Sold the M-50. Oh no I learned what a crop body was and now I didn't have the same reach I had with the M-50 but a much improved ability to focus. So I bought the 800 F11. Then came the upgrade from the EF 1-400 to the 1-500 and a 1.5 teleconverter. Then I upgraded to the R5 and again Oh NO it was not as capable at the sort of ISO's I was using on the R6 with the 800 mm (I have really sharp clean photos at 25,000 ISO on the R6 and the 800). I am now waiting for the RF 600 F4, which I have on order ... Now because of you guys I am broke, waking up pre dawn, in the mud or freezing at 5 below zero here in Maine :) THANK-YOU I LOVE IT ! Keep these videos coming.
I’m not really a bird photographer, and I have no real ambition to become one. I’m more like a jack of all trades and master of none. The kind of photography I’m the closest to mastering is candid portraits. I love birds, but not enough to make me travel to find them. My first camera I got in 1996 when I was 36 years old. I hadn’t bought one earlier because I knew what an expensive hobby photography can be, especially when one is as easily tempted as I am to buy stuff one can scarcely afford, so I had wisely stayed away from cameras. But then on the first of August 1995 I found a sensationally gigantic Bolete (Boletus Edulis) with a cap the size of an LP (slightly oval between 27 and 33 cm), a 9 cm diameter stem and weighing 1550 grams! And it was absolutely fresh!! I’ve been into picking wild mushrooms since I was a teenager, and I already had a collection of books on the subject, so of course I picked it, cleaned and sliced it, ate some of it and put the rest in the freezer, and the taste was Divine! But I couldn’t take a picture of it!!! Later the same year I found another one, not as big, but it was growing right in the middle of a cluster of another species, known in English as Deathcap! (Because it really will kill you if you eat one). So by then I knew I had to get a camera! I only wished I’d bought it sooner! But what to go for? I knew I wanted an SLR (of course no DSLRs existed yet), but what brand? A friend of mine had taken some beautiful pictures with a Canon, so maybe that was it? I had to save up some money first, and in September 1996 I came by a shop window with a Canon Eos 500N with a 28-80 mm kit lens, and I just walked in and bought it. (Little did I know that I had now married into a system). A few days later I was back asking for a lens with more reach! Now, this wasn’t a camera store, but a radio/tv shop that also had a bit of camera gear. My new camera was no doubt the most expensive they had. The man said “okay”, and placed one lens on the counter, and I said “okay” and bought it. It was a Tamron 80-210 which I quickly came to love. I later upgraded to the Eos 50E (with the wonderful eye-controlled autofocus which I still miss) And I bought a few more lenses, mostly used. Among them a Tamron 200-400 F5.6 which was sharp for its day, but not good enough for a digital APS-C body. It once gave me a few nice pictures (on film) of a green woodpecker in my parents’ garden, though. But I didn’t think much about bird photography until I got my second DSLR, the 70D and the Sigma 150-600 Contemporary. I still find bird photography somewhat difficult (because I don’t practise enough), and birds in flight pretty much impossible. I’m just not the type to go out on location at dawn etc. I take pictures of birds that I accidentally come across, and in such cases the light is never good. I’ll never consider myself a Photographer (with a Capital P), let alone a Bird Photographer. I’m a casual photographer and quite happy to be so.
Big fan of all of your videos, all 3,which have taught me a lot. I got started in 2012 when my wife who was a birder (and probably trying to get me more interested in birding) got me a Canon Rebel T3i, and a 300mm Tamron zoom lens. I started taking photos while she was birding for fun and it gave me more of a reason to go out in birding trips with her. EBird allowing photo uploads got me more hooked, but I really started getting better photos when I got the EF 400mm f5.6 that Duane also used. Then I moved up to a CanonT7i body, with better results. On Jan’s recommendation (in his RU-vid videos) I got a Canon R6, as a mirrorless upgrade, and the RF 100-500mm. That and now often a Canon 1.4x extender is what I use most often. Having fun and my wife and I are having great times birding all over Florida…
A great conversation with people that can make a person new to bird photography so much better. Definitely recommend. Really great information. Appreciate all the time and effort you put into the videos you do. Great to see Duade and him giving his history and start in bird photography - I am a big fan. As I got started a little over a year ago after the loss of my wife. It just seems that the focus on a bird and being in nature let me heal a little and really appreciate the guidance these videos have provided as I am still learning. Need to get back out this week and take some pics :)
I am primarily an astrophotographer but I am now getting into bird photography. Each type of photography has its own challenges. Editing the photos is always the big challenge regardless of what type of photography you are doing. The challenge is what makes photography such a great hobby.
Wow, what a treat of a video; I did see each of you on your own, then I saw Jan and Duade, and Jan and Glenn. Now the three of you; it was great knowing how you started with some gear that you improved and learned over time; just a great video, thank you all
It was awesome to see all three of you in this video. I enjoy checking in regularly to all three of you. I have learned a lot over the past few years from each of you. While I am not opposed to getting down and dirty like you Duade, my poor old arthritic body just say NO! LOL
Great video, informative and entertaining. And great guest appearance By Duade. Three of my favorite bird photographers! One essential piece of gear that I never leave without is a good rain jacket. In a pinch it can save your gear even if you end up getting soaked. Keep up the great work!
The three of you put on a fantastic show and was nice to see Dwayde there in the middle I really like that as far as getting down in the mud I agree many times I've been down in the sand at Aliso Beach in Laguna Beach photographing shorebirds of course one day a tourist literally stepped on my back she wasn't watching what she was doing and I got a back injury from that so always be aware of people literally walking on top of you , so keep up the great videos there guys .
Great video guys. I watch your individual videos and really enjoyed seeing all of you on this one. I may have to break down and get that ground pod. I’d need a mount as well right? What do you wear to protect yourself when laying on the ground? Ticks are becoming more prevalent in upstate NY each year. Keep up the good work.
Fun video guys. Its always good to hear your perspectives and experiences. Jan -- you brought up the micro 4/3 camera as a tempting option for folks just starting out. I have really appreciated the reviews that you and Duade have been doing on your channels, so a request to either/both -- A formal review of an Olympus kit. I totally understand the shortcomings of such a small sensor, but would find it really valuable to get your perspectives on the system after some real-world testing. Keep the great videos coming!
Congratulations, gentlemen - you complement each other so well! I hope you maintain the trio thing as a regular feature. I stated back in the film days with a 100-300mm and a 500mm mirror lens. Hopeless. Never enough light, shutter rate or speed, sharpness, magnification, stability or money to buy, develop and print film. Now the joy of the digital mirrorless world where the correct exposure is so easy to achieve; machine gun shutter rates are standard; sharp, lightweight lens are affordable; everything is stabilised; and, the IQ and pixel count is so good you can crop forever. Nirvana! Cheers…. Chris
Great episode Jan and Glen, i am so stocked to see Duade with you, i have learn a lot from you and i am looking forward to meet you in person in the coming birdlife photography conference. I took interest into bird photography last year and started with my canon 1300D and tamron 70-300 and I couldn’t get any decent results and I started to get frustrated, so I bought 6D mkii and tamron 100-400 with some basic improvement and then i sold old my old gear and bought canon R6 and canon 400 f5.6l to see significant improvement, then i came across Jan and Duade channels which was the land mark in my photography that really got me hooked up, i owe you guys so much of i know about bird photography, many thanks for your brilliant work.
Sounds like the start of a joke. A German, a Kiwi and a Canuck walk into a RU-vid channel; the German goes “do you guys like bird photography?” and the rest is just an awesome show :-) Thanks guys, always great to see you guys interact. Different backgrounds, different stories, different paths and one common passion. Cheers.
I got a canon sl2 that is ok.. 9 focus points, paired up with the canon 400mm f5.6. I just got lens due to duade's videos and i love the lens paid just under 650 us. Everyone one of you guys help me get better shots with the wisdom you share. I just started shooting about a month n half ago. I was using my sisters 75-300mm kit lens. Such a big change in sharpness with the 400mm. So i say thank you too all of you.
Great story of finding photography, Duade. My story involves recovery from an addiction - in my 60s. Photography became my hobby, passion and outlet. Not suggesting it applies to all photographers but an addictive personality lends itself to this hobby.
Great to see Duane on the show...my first was the same as yours Duade 40D and the 400F5.6 I am on my 3rd 400f5.6 i sold my first one but regretted it, so bought another, then got bored with it, but missed it too much, so on my 3rd one..haha. would live a 500f4, but just cant afford it.
Love the Bird Photography Show guys! Perhaps you already addressed this topic but I’d like to know the best way to sell the photos, which sites to use (and is it possible to upload to multiple sites at once), what keywords to use, tips & tricks, etc. Could you please make a video about that? Thanks in advance!
The biggest challenge I’ve found with bird photography is getting close enough to get the type of shots I want.. Also finding birds in my area that are not so common. upstate NY..
Fantastic convo guys! Valuable content! Thank you guys, please keep doing these. I got into bird photography during the Covid pandemic when I had to work from home. As I sat at my home office, I kept seeing these large birds flying by my window so I decided to take a quick break and step outside to have a look. Turns out there was a family of Red Tailed Hawks living in the eucalyptus trees. Started to take photos with my 80D and 24-105mm and realized it wasn’t cutting it and was coming short. Did some quick research and found the Sigma 150-600mm and everything changed.
love your videos, would love to see you guys make a video about where to (or how to) sell bird photos? it would be amazing info for all us newbies. Thanks!
Awesome video. Three of my favorite bird photographers in the same video. Super cool! My first camera was a super zoom Canon sx10. Now I use a Canon T7 and a Sigma 150-600 mm (thanks for the amazing review Duade) and I hope buy a Canon 90D this year. All the best guys!!
Hi Jan, thanks for the video. Very enjoyable. For me getting out is 80% of the joy for me. I shoot with a OMD EM1x and a 400mm lens. I also use a Metz flash and flash extender. However unlike your fellow photographer, I must shoot from a wheelchair. Thankfully I have a 4X4 wheelchair which gets me to most locations. Keep up with your videos, they are very enjoyable and informative.
very nice discussion. love you all really. your style of photography is so beautiful. and yes Olympus and lumix are really great system. always in my bag take them with me wherever i go, one never know when the bird of your dreams will pop up for you. thanks again.
Great video! I remember running across Duade on some of those early photography forums before my first trip to Australia. Everyone was so friendly and supportive. I don't remember his name, but one guy from the forum ended up giving me his key to the Western Treatment Plant so I could get in there to take some photos. Similar to Glenn I got started with digital with the Canon 10D, which I paired with the 300mm f/4 for several years. Well, I guess there was one earlier camera when I used a borrowed Sony Mavica...the kind that you fed actual floppy disks and it clunked and whirred for a while in between each low resolution shot!
@@jan_wegener Yes! It was Paul. It was awesome to have him show us a few birds, and recommend the only Mexican restaurant I've eaten at in Australia. I can't wait to plan a return.
first bird photography gear was an olympuus e330 and zuiko 14-150 mm yes that was quite short but i did manage some nice pipit and shrikes shots with it. on those days 2004-2010 lots of migrating birds use to come compared to what we get now. they say this is the case for much of the northern hemisphere.
For me I went from Canon 20D - 1D MKIV - 1DX MKIII(current) for the Cameras and regards the lenses I always wanted MORE reach, so it went like this. 70-200 2.8 IS L - 100-400 IS L - 500f4 IS L(plus 1.4/2.0 TC's, 100mm Macro lens, 17-40 Landscape lens). One thing I highly recommend to make you push you to do "better" in photography and knowledge, is joining a nature forum. As doing this you will see some of the most amazing images that are posted by amazing photographers. When I did this It made me up my game to sort of try to mirror what can be achieved as you get better overtime with the knowhow. So I went from posting on forums like "Photography On The Net", then on to "Naturephotographers" and "Naturescapes"(which IMO is where the best of the best as in nature photographers, are posting images to share. Yes there are other forums as well out there, i just posted on them!). I know Jan and Glenn post their images on said forums, so I'd like to thank you both for inspiring me to get better in my own Nature photography and be at the level I am now. Great incite videos guys
Thanks for sharing all your stories, what a fun trip down memory lane. My first DSLR was a Canon 350D and a 70-200, which of course was too short and I got a 300f4 with 1.4x TC until I could afford a 500f4. That lens was pretty expensive for me because I was on a graduate student budget. The 1D Mark IV was the camera I kept for many years because of the 1.3 crop body. I also moderated on one of those bird photography forums and learned a lot by taking the time trying to give some productive feedback. These days, I wonder how people who start can get constructive advice because most forums don't provide this sort of service anymore. As we all know, most forums are not nearly as active as they used to be. I don't see any good alternatives, which is unfortunate for younger photographers and others starting to get interested.
Yes, we were on those forums a lot! The 1D IV did a great job for me as well. I think the younger generation has a lot of private group chats, telegrams, discords etc, so it's a bit more private approach, but also gives you more instant feedback
Thanks for another great show team. Time for a haircut already Jan? I find that time is an issue for me, which is kind of odd given that I am retired now. Perhaps I need a retirement roster. I have Lightroom and Photoshop but I find them to be quite complicated and I have no real understanding of their capabilities. Perhaps I can learn a bit more about them with all this time I have now. Anyway chaps, great show, keep up the good work. All the best, Brian. PS there are no other guests like Duade.😁😉
Wow - the bird league of justice.... the hawk, robin and the avocet! What an awesome video - totally enjoyed watching your living room-like discussion. Jan I have to add that your recommendation of what kit to start with is what I have and I absolutely love it. Thank you guys for another great video - take care and be safe out there....
It's always time with me. Being full time it's a bit of a problem. But this June I go part time so alot more time to play and at the end of this month I'm off to Peru machu pichu and amazon jungle.
Very nice episode! I am loyal follower of your channels and learnt much of you. I am glad to see you three together and share your personel history and development. Keep on your good work!
Definitely the 2 biggest issues I have are finding time, and then finding the birds. I've got a few spots that I can go to, and get consistently the same birds, but always looking for new places and new species that I have not seen or shot well before. Plus, between my wife, and having a 5 kids in the house from 4th to 10th grade (ages 9-16) deciding to leave them all behind and spend 2-6 hours trying to shoot birds is not always a choice I am comfortable with.
Excellent works! Nice to see you all three great bird photographer's discussion about birds-photography-gears and memories. Photography has never been my intention as I was always busy with studies and works. I am learning photography from last 2 years after pandemic outbreak... Its very difficult to express feelings of getting a good photograph, it's so enjoyable. From last three months I am getting into bird photography. I am using Canon 90D with Canon EF 100-400mm f4.5-5.6 II. I was able to capture some good birds but suffering a lot to capture action moments, partly because of my less experience and partly for low-light focus tracking problem with my Canon 90D. I am not sure I need lens micro adjustment or not... and most photo I captured above 3200 iso is quite unusable.. Thank you all of you... Your videos inspire me a lot...
I enjoyed this video. It's interesting to hear how you all started off. My worst part of bird photography is sorting through them afterwards. It's a nightmare because I keep too many. It's even worse now I have been taking videos aswell because I have run out of memory storage.... again.
Thanks a lot for a superb video, and great to see you three together there. When i started with bird photography as a 15 year old boy in 1979, i did live in northern Norway, so my biggest challenge there was to learn the light. Only in the summertime was there light enough to get some good photos with the equipment i had in that time, but i learned a lot about exactly light because of that. Better for a nature photographer where i live now, in South Brazil hehe.
@@jan_wegener Yes thats for sure, but it was in the wintertime i learned most i think. But photographing the eagles in the night in the summertime is a wonderful experience :)
@@GlennBartley A bit more exiting things to see here, thats for sure. I walk a lot in the Atlantic forest, so it's not always the light is so good, but wow the quantity of beauties we have here. Did live two years inside a state park here, and managed as the first person in history to photograph the jaguar in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. Alone in the night staying three meters distance from one of the most powerful animals in the world, is an amazing experience :)
For me amount of time was a major struggle. Coming from an outdoor profession, getting close to birds and bird behavior was easy. And in the 1980's I was in film school so the technical side of photography today has carry overs from that time in University. BUT I am now 78 work days away from retirement so I know I will have a lot of time to photograph birds...that is if my wife gives me permission!!! lol. And don't discount the 300mm focal length on a crop sensor. It is my personal favorite (and I have. 150-600 sigma and prefer 300mm). Great video guys. You three should consider a regular series.
@@jan_wegener not really. There are some locations where you can get close to certain species because they are habituated to humans but those spots also are overrun with people and I prefer to be out alone without anyone around (except my wife when she come with me to photograph as well -she prefers large wildlife (moose, deer. bears) so I am generally alone for small birds). I think it's how I was raised, being an Indigenous person , and that hunting was a regular activity so being stealthy comes more naturally maybe??!!
For me, birds got my attention at the age of 13. Could not afford a camera and lens, ran around with a minolta srt100 and my fathers panagor 135 mm as telelens. Wasted lots of money on film😏 In 2017 i bought the sigma 150-600 to my cheap canon dlsr giving birdphotograhy a try. Liked it and it was finally affordable for me. During a workshop I listened to the other photogr..,camera’s around me and the cheap dlsr was replaced by the 7DMii. Last year switched to mirrorless
Hello everyone, as always enjoyed your show I can relate to the near-death also, double bypass and flat lined on the way to the operating room, I enjoy bird photography always. When I was learning everything was manual shutter speed, aperture, iso, and focusing. My dad purchased a camera for me. Took me forever to save for a Vivitar 400mm 5.6 lens and 2x converter had so much fun with the lens. Your shows are always interesting to me keep up the good work.
Birds triggered a feeling of recovery in me. I get lost looking for the beauty in this world that happens to be so ugly so much of the time. Birds are beautiful and offer a respite from all of that ugliness. They can be admired in many different ways and for many different reasons.
Thanks guys for another great show! I started with digi-scoping (when you had to focus on telescope first then the camera) until one day in Spain watching a flock of flamingos taking off in front of me but I couldn't quick enough to focus. It was the tiping point that I said to myself I must equipt properly... my 1st body was canon 30d + 400mm f5.6, I had so much fun with them. I must say your presets are superb, saving me so much time in post processing!
This was a cracking episode gentleman, all my mentors in at once, my accountant don't like you though.. I started with m50 with cannon a year ago and after watching you guys I updated to r6 and, sigma 100-400 contemporary, cannon rf 100-500, 800mm f11, 1.4 extender, 35mm rf for astro, rokinon 135mm and rokinon superwide 14mm for astrophotography, 24-105 mm rf, never sold a single thing as I am a hoarding person, so still have 55-200mm for m50 ( very good lense for dying m mount) m50 28mm macro, m50 kit lense, laowa 100mm f2.8 2x. I am fully blaming you for this but particularly Jan and Duade lol 😆 Never regret a single purchase but I am in love with 100-500 rf just got back from Wales with some serious razorbill shooting frenzy near Wales green bridge costal area. Absolutely lost my head over birding always loved animals and nature programs and now when I shoot some myself I feel like my childhood dream comes true👍 I am resisting buying r5.. will see how long I can resist... thanks chaps. Looking forward to more of the three way content. 😀
Hi , I love watching all your works and the vlogs of all of you, it has helped me improve a lot by watching them , I want improve more but due to lack of time I am not able too right now
Great episode. I have had a strong interest in photography since high school but got into birding during covid lockdowns and recently bought my first digital camera, after wanting one for about 20 years. I got a Panasonic G9 with a 100-400 leica lens. There's a lot of things I live about that camera but I'm not super happy with the low light performance or the autofocus. So after only 4 months I'm already saving for something full frame. Still tossing up between sony (a7iv) & canon (R6?). I really enjoy all of your channels.
Another awesome show - Thank y’all for sharing your personal stories and for introducing us to another fantastic bird photographer! I always learn so much from y’all! Very inspiring! My first set up was with the Olympus line (OMD EM1)- my first “serious” lens was their 300mm F4 - really worked well for me starting out!
Oh, guys, so many many many thanks to you for make me smile today. I'm, I were so sad this recent days about photography... I've a Nikon D500 and a Sigma 150-600mm C. But I feel sad cause here in Brazil I afraid to get out and shoot. I afraid to be robbed/stolen... Here we have the amazon forest, atlantic forest and wetlands, but all of that costes lots of money... Well, about that kit, I guess 20mp not enough, and the sigma really don't have decent sharpen. I've tryied to learn, I study a lot. But I still don't like my images... I've never used a prime lens, even a 300mm f4 or 500mm f5.6. But, watching you, I think I need to go out there much much more! You are incredible! Thank you sooooo much! It's always a wonderful time watching your videos!
Hi Carlos. Thanks for watching. You've got a good kit there with the D500 and 150-600! You can definitely take some great shots with that. Maybe try to find some sites with fruit feeders or even set one up yourself. And make sure you use a tripod if using the lens zoomed more than 400mm.
Hi, Glenn! Thank you so much! You're always ready to help! Yes, I've a good tripod. And I set up a feeder, at least I put some fruits on my little balcony and every day I shoot some tanagers (green, blue, and black ones), kites or falcons, vultures... I try to keep myself practicing to control each buton and function of my gear (I also set up/calibrated my lens with sigma doc, and I really guess that it improved the focus speed). I guess I'm stressed hahaha. I need to go out in the forest, breath some pure air and, of course, photograph or just see many birds and other animails. I love nature! Congrats to your great job! 😄😄
@Jan Wegener Thank you for answer me. I really appreciate that! Yes, I'm trying to find some places here, actually, I went some time ago into a local vilage margin the Madeira river and now I'm trying to go there again. I'm looking for guides (just local guys that know the forest - Amazon forest - and all those animals that live there), some place to stay there (inn, lodging, something like that)... I hope it will hapen, so I wil tell you and Glenn how it worked! And, I hope, share some nice photos, at least photos of the local culture, people and landscapes. Again, thank you so much! And congrats to you, Glenn and Duade! You do/make a great job, each and together!
