Paul, greetings from the USA. I love your channel and watch it often. I really appreciate you taking us into the field, vs sitting at a desk! What struck me about this location is that it appears this little patch of nature is close to traffic and civilization. I think some people think that you have to live on acres of land, or travel to far away nature preserves to photograph wildlife. But nature is all around us if we just look for it. I’ve actually started a series of my own photography that I call “urban” shots. Intentionally shooting birds on fence posts, signage, even trains. Deer, groundhogs, chipmunks in city locations. Nature is everywhere and you just need to look for it and “see what there is to see!” Great work and thanks for doing these!
I was just suggested your channel by the algorithm. How correct they sometimes are! Thank you sir! Your a pleasure to watch! I subscribed instantly. Thanks again for your hard work.
thanks for sharing Paul. l think its been a tough year for butterflies, (based on my counts) & so important this sort of habitat is left alone to grow & grow.
Great video, yes I think if you know of a grown up rough area you tend to find butterflies do adopt the area, plus dragonfly’s do as well. Looking forward to your next video from here
You're right Paul, the Speckled Wood is a lovely little Butterfly! I like the Gatekeeper too. 😊😊I haven't seen too many of either this year. My favourite places for Butterflies near to where I live are Quarry Lane Nature Reserve, practically in the centre of Mansfield (next to the football ground) and Sherwood Pit Tip, AKA Oxclose Wood in Mansfield Woodhouse.
Lovely video - I'd like to get the wall brown too! We get the odd comma and speckled wood in our garden. Love all the colourful wild flowers there! The one you said might be a cranesbill, I thought might be a mallow of some kind. (Malva). Yes, macro from there would be great!!
Paul, you don’t have to whisper when getting close to butterflies. Butterflies don’t have hearing organs. Love the Comma. It looks like a satyr comma here in the colonies. Amazing photographs. Waiting for a macro video.
@@PaulMiguelPhotography You can sing an aria from an opera and they will not move. Avoid sudden movements. I am glad the new lenses the aperture and focus is done electronically from the camera. With the old manual lenses the moment I brought my hand to the lenses they were gone.
Hi Paul, great video as always! I frequently go to a nature reserve that used to be an old gravel pit, it has a great selection of birds and insects, seeing a place that must have been very loud, noisy and dirty that’s been reclaimed by nature is great. If you did do a macro video, could you explain how you can use non macro lenses to get close up shots. I’ve attempted the RF100-400 with some success but don’t know much about the genre. Thank you!
I do think the habitat is quite nice with a mix of open and shaded areas. Bet it would be good for birds during migration as well. Looks like you had a nice day. There is something appealing about not hauling a 500mm lens around😅. Yes I would like an in depth video on macro. I struggle with the shallow depth of field so any tips would be appreciated.
Great question. I actually do both. Butterflies and dragonflies resting I may use Autofocus. If it's trickier and a smaller subject, I'll probably do manual. It really depends on the situation and how I feel.
@@PaulMiguelPhotography ah cool thank you I been using a laowa lens which is just manual but because I mostly shot handheld I struggle to get focus fast enough some times before they fly away half thinking of getting a Ef Canon macro lens. Love the videos I'm in Ireland so nice to see someone taking pictures of the same wildlife and dealing with the weather. Keep them coming Thanks 👍
