Capturing House Martins Collecting Mud for Nests with the OM1 Mk2 and Procapture. 

You put some of us to shame, Mike. Yet another stunning video. Thanks for sharing.

Always a joy to watch Mike's videos...He makes it look so simple and rewarding notwithstanding the careful thought ,planning and efforts put in to get the snaps and footage.

Some great photographs of a very difficult subject to catch in flight. I used to have these birds building nests on the verandah of my last house and I can tell you they make a real mess. I would estimate that only half of the mud they collect stays on the nest whilst the rest falls to the ground. Not far away was a horse riding school. The nests were so numerous at one stage part of the facia on the stables collapsed under the weight of the combined mud nests.

Enjoyable footage Mike thanks for all your effort and knowledge/skills.

This is great Mike. I was at a live Sports Broadcast technology event in Denver this week. Live sports will almost certainly not go 4K, the industry is moving to 1080P HDR, so I'd stay with that if I were you. Cheers. Love watching your videos.

This was an exciting video, Mike. I love watching martins like that, but never had seen them actually packing off the mud. Thanks for another good program.

you know it's quite funny this video was uploaded a day before i just let go of one of these cuties i had to rescue and it pains me i couldn't keep it but i had to help it get back on its wings, since it was only a fledgling which was growing attached to me and there was nowhere to go with it, so i took care of it for 3 days until it became more alive than i found it, i've only had to let go of it, and it hits different knowing you'd want it to live still and hoping life will be as merciful as i was to it, and that was that, i will miss it, back to my ordinary life, sometimes it only takes a little bird to realize how precious life is, as precious as this video (which i've totally didn't find it by chance or was it by chance what brought me here? i've only wanted to know more about martins, trying to comfort myself into thinking that i have done what i could do best, not knowing a thing about them, i only hope i did what was right, right for its life, right or wrong for me, because who wouldn't want to be selfish and keep all manner of wee creatures for their own desires?) and the dedication put into it which will make me remember what i had, thank you.

That was very informative...and fun! I have recently returned from Europe, and I loved the House Martins. Aren't the leggings cute!

can you handle some banter, i had a giggle thinking abt your rule of 'clean beaks' .. pro capture & slow motion the gift to mere mortals from the goddess of photography , thanks for sharing

Very inspiring video! Thanks for sharing.

Very nice video Mike. I love that clip at 240fps slow motion.

Love your channel, Mike. I discovered pro capture when i bought my EM1 mk2 when it was released. My ambition was to nail the "dollars" on the dollar bird's wings which can only be seen during flight. Thanks to the light weight of the m43 camera and 300/4 lens plus tc i was able to hand hold the combo on half press for more than 15 minutes before the tardy thing took flight! I now use the OM1 and the same lens.

Another great video - a real pleasure to watch.

Hello Mike, a nice video of you and i could film them too very close this year and they are fascinating birds!! Greetings Gijs

Observing birds in nature is very interesting. Thank you for your hard work in capturing this moment.

Great footage! And great procapture. 300p you can slow down to 24p getting 12,5x slow. If you film in PAL 25p then when using 120p S&Q you can get 4,8x instead of 4x slow. I wonder if we ever get 4K 240p from any brand.

Amazing Mike at 300 FPS slow mo you can really see the effort they put into flying that you can see with the human eye great video again sir 👍📷

What a fun outing Mike. Many thanks for sharing as always,

Brilliant! well-worth all your effort, Mike!

Inspirational stuff as usual Mike. I remember as a kid hiding in a pile of pallets in a farm yard trying to get a similar shot with my Practica 35mm. Waited a week to get the prints back to admire the blurred efforts. Not sure Practica offered pro capture back then - image the rolls of film and developing costs needed if they did.

Fantastic Mike, love the slow motion and pro capture. Thanks for sharing this 👍

Beautiful pictures and videos of so may House Martins. Thanks for sharing!

Really lovely to see. I didn’t realise House Martins have such feathery legs and feet, looks quite unusual

Top tips and lovely pics.

You always make it happen. Thanks for sharing.

Wonderful Project. Looking forward ti better cameras too. 4K slow motion with autofocus imagine. I have seen nests like that never even thought about getting the mud let alone helping them.

Nice work again Mike 👏

Amazing as always Thanks for sharing gone just back to Olympus from Sony full frame got the OM1 and 300f4 love it

great behaviour shots!!!

Nice one Mike

Amazing ! I wonder where you the knowledge to do these things.

That's a great video. When I watch your videos, I learn a lot. from the South Korea

Both your patience, persistence and what modern cameras can to is really amazing. I was shooting a small bird eating flowers off neighbor's balcony yesterday. Just had time to grab my old Lumix g85 with a 500mm mirror lens. Perfect focal length, but not very sharp. Today, I will set up my g9 properly and have it ready for when he comes back. Still need to look up what kind of bird it is (10cm, red head, white band, black band brown back, black wings with a yellow strip. Looks like modern art. Thanks.

Mike, great stuff. Lovely shots. A couple of questions: how many species have you photographed in your lifetime? Do you get more ProCap keepers with the mk2 when birds fly directly at the camera? For me this would be a reason to upgrade. Thank you!

Great video Mike well I have sacrificed my 50 mp Sony A1 for the A9III with Pre Capture. Diving into the world of Pre capture . I am surprised at the number of images taken ! Also the number of unique shots I didn't see at the time. I see you use .5 of a Second . Do you use Photo mechanic or any other Software to cull your images ?

Anyone who has ever tried to take photos like this knows how difficult it is if you don`t have an OM1/OM1II. Even then it`s still hard enough!

Good video brother plz spot me brother ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤