I do try not to say anything negative, so I’m going to be positive, and say that Denise just has the patience of a saint. I couldn’t stay for the whole talk, which is a shame because Denise was great. Thank you Denise.
I appreciate you addressing the advancing age issues. At 74, my interest in photography is increasing, but my abilities are decreasing. Thanks so much.
Artie, I enjoy all your presentations. I'm just getting into Bird photographing and I watch all your videos over and over again just incase I missed something.
Thanks B & H for bringing Arthur and his experience to us. I just purchased in March'16 7D MKII from you and am glad I made the right choice for bird photography. This video shows how the pros do it in the field - now I just have to PRACTICE.
I always enjoy bird photography workshops/presentations. I’m primarily an aviation photographer however I find that some ideas can translate while some can be of benefit with a little modification.
Love Arthur's wisdom on photography. Very insightful. I live in Sweden and this is the only way I can experience his teaching. Thanks B and H +Arthur Morris
Perfect timing, I just got my 200-500 Nikon and I am loving bird photography but have much to learn. I am new to this type of photography... Actually, I was psyched after watching this and wanted to shoot but it was raining all day here. But, outside my back window, there was a Cardinal on a branch with raindrops all over it and I got a great shot!
I live in Spain, and photograph most birds and animals, the first time I saw the results from my 200-500 I thought wow so sharp, and after 2 years I am still amazed at the results!!
Wow...I would expect bird photographers to be more conservation-minded...the logic for why it's ok to feed them bread is appallingly similar to the rationale I'd expect from my 5th grader to justify his bad behavior. Very disappointing. A great photographer records nature while interacting with it as little as possible...not "teasing" the birds to get them to hang around longer for easier pics. Sorry, all my favorite nature pics are accompanied by "and it never knew I was there".
Todd Bagley yes that is very sad. I actually reported a guy who I caught baiting baby owlets with worms. I try to follow after the great photographer John Shaw. He is a conservationist as much as a photographer.
Some of the sanest advice on bird photography. I'm invited by some friends to the foothills of the Himalayas near water bodies. I have already wasted a few days at the nearby watering holes. Now I know what I was doing wrong. This is a very late comment, but my Sony a99ii has a highlights metering mode. If I use that, and add 2 stops of compensation, won't I be able to get perfect exposures each time. It has worked very well when I shoot Indian classical dance stage performances. Thanks for a really instructive video, Artie and Denise. Wish you good light always!
This was the most beneficial video on action and bird photography in specific I’ve seen. Fantastic presentation by both speakers, just excellent. A wealth of knowledge, thank you 🙏
Some great info from knowledgeable individuals. However the attitude to feeding bread shows zero respect for the subjects. Just google Birds suffering from angel wings to see what he is so flippant about.
Next time you're in the uk got to Coquet Island in Northumberland, much better than Bass Rock because you get the Roseate Turns. But wear a hat, there's heck of a lot of birds flying over you. Another brilliant video, thank you.
Wow Arthur Morris is a serious heavyweight in bird photography, I've just shifted from portraits to nature/birds and it's hard, videos like these really help.
Arthur Morris I'm from Sweden. And just the other day I saw a big buzzard and I wished I had my gear with me. What is the single most important thing in your view, when it comes to bird photography? (Denise was a superb host in the show, and seems to be truly gifted)
+Henrik Karlsson Agree on Denise. The most important thing in bird photography is to pay attention to small details. There is a blog post on that subject in the next day or two. artie
Arthur Morris Looking forward to the article! Btw, your videos for Canon concerning bird photography is a gold mine of information Arthur, really worth watching for anyone interested in this type of photography =)
Hi Athur(same name as my father) and Denise!! Congratulation for your amazing pictures,absolutely stunning!!I want to start very serious bird photography and i would like to know what canon lens do you recommend me.I have the 7d mark 2 and the 70-200 f4 is.If the money is not a problem,the 500mm f4 is and téléconverters?Thank,s in advance!
For such a great photographer he's not much of a conservationist. Bread is bad for birds FULL STOP. Just because they eat it because everyone throws them bread doesn't mean it's not bad for them. It's free food of course they will eat it!
What's also bad for birds and the environment are preachy RU-vid comments. Make a video on the subject and present it to the world for off-topic critique. Just appreciate the hour and a half free photography discussion. FFS.
@@therealchickentender I have never heard such a ridiculous take in my life. "Take your criticism where it can't be seen". Leave no trace, that means no poisoned birds.
A technique to throwing bread to wildlife. Brilliant. That's right up there with a birding group I went out with once that had the leader walk out and flush a bird so the whole group could see it. I'm a thinking you should be taking pictures in a city park rather than out in the wild. Any kid in Yellowstone or any other park knows better than to feed wildlife. Made it 17 minutes even though he kept butting in...B&H, you ought to screen your presenters better.
good video. i was hoping you would mention the option of micro4/3 for 2x reach, half the weight and size. i upgraded from a sony A1 and 200-600 to a G9Mk2 and OM 150-400 f/4.5 Pro.
+Edward Yen I would recommend heading over to our Explora Page that also features this video. You'll find the discussion section there: bhpho.to/1UQJeC0 *Andrea
Thanks for the vid. I have never really done bird photography but I am going out to a refuge this weekend so I thought I'd grab some tips. I learned a lot and I will utilize many of these techniques. P.S. Artie sounds a lot like Bernie Sanders. :P
From what I've seen, most photographers who specialize in songbirds and hummingbirds do so with setups, i.e. multiple flashes for hummingbirds, using blinds and setting up tree limbs and perches with clean backgrounds and using suet and other bait to attract songbirds. There are plenty of "workshops" where pro photographers with these setups have amateurs pay to get these shooting fish in a barrel type shots. Traipsing around with a big heavy lens and trying to shoot songbirds that are flitting around and usually are in mixed light can be very frustrating, though there are a few well known fallout places where people go to catch songbirds during migration.
You guys are so good you don’t really need to oversell yourselves. I absolutely appreciate the tips and the photos but the attitude and the organisation could be improved if you care for feedback.
Great lecture!!! Only all expensive stuff which is off course good for pro's who earn money but not for people like me who love to photograph but can not affort 500 F4 L and 600 F4 L... title should be: Bird Photography tips for the professional photographer. Would spot metering not be more correct?
it's true, white bread is not good for birds and can cause health issues. besides, you gotta wait for the birds to come not lure them with something they ought not have.
A question for Arthur...you talked about the teleconverters on Nikon in one of your videos. I think it was this one but I've watched quite a few of yours. Do you recommend using a 1.4 converter with Nikon? I have one but have had a lot of problems with focusing. I'm a hobbyist and just got a Sigma 150-600 that I'm using with a D500 so I wasn't sure if I just needed practice or if I should just be satisfied with the 900mm crop and not add on another 1.4 converter.
Art's constant droning about which lens and setting IS insufferable. Cutting off the audience to not ask questions is just narcissistic. This is a lecture about him. To pay money to go on a photo shoot with him would be the most painful experience i could ever imagine. also too damn many images. But Denise is at least trying to teach. How she stands his ego is beyond me.
And I was thinking am I the only person who think the same? Apparently not when you guys commented the same feelings I had. There was a previous video of his seminar alone and it was even more so overbearing without Denise's cushioning.
Funny you say 20 minutes. I paused at 20:01 to write this comment. I couldn’t imagine paying money to listen to this guy. Denise? Sure. But this guy? There are better photographers with less arrogance.
Hey Arthur. I heard you several times during the video said that you used the 300mm+1.4X to capture some of the images. I am starting on bird photography and of corse with a restricted budged. I am trying to decide for a 300mm F4L IS or the famous 400mm L not IS and it comes to me if the 300mm will be not enough reach. What would be your recommendation ? Help, please.
In a 15 year old with a d3500 and a sigma 70 contemporary (discontinued model 70-300 telephoto optical stabilization 200-300 macro f4-5.6). Is there any way to make photographing birds easier with my setup?
"hey check out how great we are" "hey we are so great you should pay for one of our tours". Not to mention they openly admit to bating the birds. I feel like there are better teachers on RU-vid.
Can anyone answer this question for me? If a bird is flying toward you at any given angle, and you acquire focus and shoot a burst, won't the last shots be out of focus as the bird's position has changed? How do you shoot for this? Focus, click, refocus, click? Many thanks for any help!
If you have good equipment and keep the active focus point(s) of your lens on the subject as best you can, the equipment and software will do its best to keep the subject in focus. But the closer the subject is to you and the faster it is moving, the lower your success rate will be. Like anything else, you get better with a lot of practice. Good equipment is a huge help, critical for really tough subjects. There is a tremendous difference between the autofocus speed and lock of Canon's 1-Dx (professional) and 5D Mark III (professional/high end consumer). I own both of those cameras, and my success rate on fast moving subjects with a 500mm lens is probably 3X to 5X as high with the 1D-X.
Too much of English and speaking, I wish there was some real action of the photographers on how they go about changing the settings, focusing , manipulate the AF, how do they focus, and how quickly they adjust the camera settings based on the anticipating , pre focussing , how do they chose the light . would like to see how they fill their view finders and how much of cropping they do in their post processing. Need to get more of their viewfinder rather thah the final post processed images...
off the rip , wind has to be behind you? that makes no sense, birds land and fly against the wind . then she says ISO at a minimum 400? wtf is that? adjust to the available light , if its high noon or strong light I drop it to 100, HELLO
kevin bellanger sure, if the wind is behind you, the bird will land or take off in front of you! As far as ISO’s, if there’s a lot of light and at least 1/1000 on shutter priority, I have auto ISO so even better for me if I have ISO 100 if auto iso let’s me...
Alot of those shots were very grainy. 2500 shutter speed at f8 on my 600mm is very dark lift up the iso and thats were the grain comes from. i can get more or less the same shots using 1250 shutter speed
I think it was assumed that the audience understood so-called rules to be guidelines that are flexible and worth breaking at times to achieve something else. This was already a long and dense presentation, with no time to go into this discussion.
Far, far too long. Takes too long to get to the point. Seems to love his own voice. I agree with previous comment that bread should never be fed to birds. Bird seed is so cheap and far better for them. That and fat balls!
Bionic Bird it’s called a highlight. Some cameras have a setting that shows you if your whites are blown out (overexposed). Ideally you want the image not to blink, meaning the bird is not overexposed. Get to know how a histogram works and keep the graph a little more to the left so it’s not touching the left.
Mike, I’m not quite sure what you mean by “cheating and manipulation” but if you’re suggesting cropping, tonal and contrast mania then you’ve just condemned those artists such as Ansel Adams who worked magic in the darkroom. Only difference now is that the magic is done in a computer. Now, if you’re taking about exchanging backgrounds or moving the subjects, I’m with you.
