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Photographing Birds in Flight | Argaty Red Kites

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In this video, I photograph red kites in flight at Argaty, Scotland. Each day they feed red kites at Argaty and they have a dedicated photography hide to capture the action from.
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I'm originally from Norway, but I have lived in Scotland since I studied wildlife biology a long time ago. In Scotland, I’ve worked as an ecologist and occasionally still do some freelance ornithology work. I have a passion for the natural world and I believe it’s our duty to keep as much wildlife and ecosystems alive for ourselves, for future generations and for nature's own sake.
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@paulinefollett3099 4 года назад

They look and sound a little bit like our Black Kite in Australia. So fantastic to see them on the increase as they are magnificent birds.

@EspenHelland 4 года назад

Pauline Follett absolutely 👌🏻

@LexiandAimee123 7 месяцев назад

Infectious enthusiasm. Thank you!

@johannmorrison1952 11 месяцев назад

How incredible! I'm thinking of going there this Christmas. Great images!

@EspenHelland 11 месяцев назад

Thank you 🙂

@GlenDomulevicz 4 года назад

I never imagined anything like that. Who would to be trigger happy under those circumstances. Thanks for sharing.

@south409 4 года назад

Gre-8. Really enjoyed the Kites.

@josephjackson7351 4 года назад

Great video clip, We in Perth Western Australia have the Whistling kite, very similar to the red kite but bigger. We are lucky we don’t need to feed our kites, they are very good hunters, and are not endangered. I have the exact Canon gear including the 1x4 extender, great gear for BIF.

@EspenHelland 4 года назад

Thanks for that Joseph! I need to go to Australia fort birds one day 😁 I actually struggling with the extender for birds in flight, not getting them as sharp as I'd like.

@terryroth2855 4 года назад

What a fun time that would be to have all those Kites in front of the lens to photograph. Thanks for sharing Espen.🙂

@brianstark3578 4 года назад

Bellymac farm in Dumfries is another red kite feeding station, also has cafe.

@tommyleighton1636 3 года назад

I love red kites

@Archivos_de_Montejo Год назад

excellent images, I spent years filming vultures eating

@Mikethecat308 4 года назад

Did you manage to see the elusive melanistic 'white kite'? A challenge for next time perhaps Saw it at Gigrin, such a privilege to see them all in great numbers and to get some shots of them!

@EspenHelland 4 года назад

No, never seen that! Want to now though :)

@StefanoIaniro 4 года назад

Omg that's insane, Espen! What an awesome experience. I don't think we have any locations like that here in Quebec. Beautiful photos!

@EspenHelland 4 года назад

Was a pretty crazy sight, did not expect it to be so full on :) Thanks Stefano!

@peterfogarty1678 4 года назад

Great video

@EspenHelland 4 года назад

Thank you Peter 🙂

@fondrecollections6008 4 года назад

You got some stunning images! Fantastic!

@EspenHelland 4 года назад

Thank you very much :)

@shotbycooper4467 4 года назад

I liked this video within the first minute. Looking forward to checking out your others. 👊

@EspenHelland 4 года назад

I appreciate that! Thanks

@willnotbetracked8222 4 года назад

Hi Espen. I have been to Gigrin several times now and in fact I'm there again next week (rain forecast😟). I have found you get some great shots by setting up on a tripod and focusing on the food, moving slightly to the direction of swoop and using a remote release to stand back and watch them flying into my 'zone'. More success and much more comfortable! There are some dead branches in the tree to the right where you can get some great perched shots with a 500mm and extender on a cropped sensor camera. BTW, my 80d has all focus points with the version 3 1.4X extender - I didn't realise you only get one with the 7D2. Interesting....

@EspenHelland 4 года назад

Good tip! You must have got some cool actions shots from that :) I think I misspoke in the video, I meant to say I only use one point when shooting, but when the extender is on that point is locked to the middle.

@RRNaturePhotography 4 года назад

Hi Espen. I’ve been to Gigrin farm in Wales for the same thing some years ago, incredible experience. Great vid and images as always 👌

@EspenHelland 4 года назад

Thank you very much Rich :) Yeah, it's definitely easier to capture good photos at places like it.

@adrianmoore8200 4 года назад

nice shots nice to see this birds

@EspenHelland 4 года назад

Thanks Adrian!

@PhilT993 4 года назад

Well done. Thanks for sharing. Looks like a really fun experience. Too bad we don't have those here in Canada. Phil

@EspenHelland 4 года назад

Cheers Phil! So much fun :)

@danag6886 4 года назад

Another great video Espen! Watching your videos on the various blinds you’ve used has got me quite excited to try this out. Thanks for sharing the settings as well!

@EspenHelland 4 года назад

Thanks Dana :)

@andyrob64 4 года назад

Great video Espen, strangely enough I was photographing a Red Kite on the Norfolk coast yesterday!!

@EspenHelland 4 года назад

Thanks Andy! Hope you had a good time as well :)

@CamillaI 4 года назад

Lucky to get one or two in the Woodford Valley near to where I live in Salisbury Wiltshire, but it has been a great success story nationally . Lovely to see such a majestic bird, i have some good flight shots, but must visit one of these Welsh hides, for the prefect shots love the video.

@EspenHelland 4 года назад

Thank you very much :) Worth going!

@JohnFormstone 4 года назад

Thanks for sharing Espen. As a child, my uncle took me down to Tregarron in mid wales in the mid 70s to see them for the first time. At that time there were only a handful of pairs clinging on and I remember seeing my first one flying across the road in front of our car and I thought I was going to burst with excitement. I work in mid Wales now and see them pretty much on a daily basis, its so good to see how well they are doing and I don't think I'll ever tire of watching them. 👍

@EspenHelland 4 года назад

Thanks John :) Wow, that must have been really cool to see them from almost extinct in the UK to see them on almost a daily basis 👌

@stephenbarlow2493 4 года назад

Tregaron was where I saw my first Red Kite, before the re-introduction.

@OAPMrTickle 4 года назад

Fantastic! I saw a few red kites this year while camping in Wales. You got some great shots there 😎👌

@EspenHelland 4 года назад

Thank you :)

@danieljohnston5306 4 года назад

The hide is awesome for several reasons, but honestly, would one need it there? Lol. Great pics!

@RogerJones-mountfield 4 года назад

Daniel Johnston it controls the visitors otherwise they would be roaming everywhere and getting in each others view, also good when raining

@danieljohnston5306 4 года назад

Roger L Jones it’s a joke on it being a “hide”....those birds wouldn’t flinch if Goliath was standing there.... but yea, rain would be included in the “many reasons” I mentioned....lol

@EspenHelland 4 года назад

@@danieljohnston5306 Yeah, didn't look like they minded the person feeding too much. They're so used to it now that they probably find it quite safe. Think it's more like Roger said: for the visitors. If all visitors would wander over the grass where they're fed it might have been a different story.

@KGsPhotography 4 года назад

Great vid Espen. I went to Gigrin last year in Wales and it is amazing how many birds you get at these places. It makes it difficult to photograph because you just don't know which way to look. I found the best method was just to pick one bird and track it . I live in Northamptonshire and we are lucky enough to get the Red Kites overhead on a daily basis in the area. They are stunning birds!

@EspenHelland 4 года назад

Thanks KG! I agree, picking a bird is definitely the way to go, but I would often look at all the birds without my camera and try to pick the ones that looked most likely to either grapple, at least fly towards me.

@seamusandpat 4 года назад

Red kites don't expand their territories much, may be 5-10km per year as the population grows. Provided there is suitable habitat!

@EspenHelland 4 года назад

And providing they don't go on habitat where they're persecuted. Unfortunately still a big problem in the UK.

@seamusandpat 4 года назад

@@EspenHelland true!

@trembichmovingmoments8778 4 года назад

Great video once again Espen =) Very beautiful photos. I'd love to one day get to that hide too, because while the Red Kites are the most common birds of prey in Germany, here in Northrhine Welstphalia they are not that common to see... Cheers from Germany =)

@EspenHelland 4 года назад

Thank you very much :) I've tried to photograph them before, but without putting out bait, it's very difficult to predict them flying low enough for good photos.

@stephanandersen7643 4 года назад

Hi Esben, nice video as always, filing your buffer!! buy a Nikon D500 and a XQD card then you can shoot 10fps and 200 pic. in one burst without filling the buffer.

@EspenHelland 4 года назад

Thanks Stephan! Yeah, it's not really a problem I run into often but didn't stand a chance here 😂

@scbret 4 года назад

I noticed that your ISO shifts a bit between shots, but your aperture and shutter speed remain fairly constant. Were you shooting in Manual mode with auto ISO? I enjoy photographing birds in flight, but struggle with maintaining proper exposure when the background changes from bright sky to dark trees. Was wondering what exposure mode the pros use :)

@EspenHelland 4 года назад

The light was relatively consistent so I had ISO set to manual. If I remember correctly I took a reading from the brighter grass, but I would make small adjustments after taking some test shots. In the beginning, I would fine-tune it to leave detail in the sky when taking flight shots, but I realised that the sky was very dull and didn't look so good so I was happy just blowing out the clouds and leaving it white. I think you learn exposure faster by setting it manually, but of course, it's easy to mess it up as well and I didn't get them all right :)

@ggez 4 года назад

Thank you for ur Videos! :)

@dust1415 4 года назад

Hi Espen another great inspiring vid and put another reason to go to Scotland Holiday .One question would keep camera pointing at food resource or try focus one one bird as it circles before diving down

@EspenHelland 4 года назад

Thanks :) Yes, but I didn't like the composition where the food was that much, would probably be good for some action shots though. Focusing on one bird was mostly my approach, but still tricky, as the speed they accelerated when diving was really fast!

@JPLamoureuxsTravels 4 года назад

Great video buddy, kites are such photogenic birds 👌🤙

@EspenHelland 4 года назад

Thank you very much JP! They certainly are 👌

@margaretpattison2016 4 года назад

how do you good pictures at ISO 2000 without them being grainy.

@EspenHelland 4 года назад

Hi Margaret, using a good post processing software really helps. Denoise is incredible, I have a video on it here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ZOZckl9JMiA.html

@dapastra 4 года назад

Beautiful video and photos! I usually saw this bird near che rubbish dump, better tour spot ;)

@EspenHelland 4 года назад

Thank you! Yes, less smelly as well :)

@dapastra 4 года назад

@@EspenHelland sorry for my t9, I had to check better.

@russellwebb3672 4 года назад

Hi, Just in case you missed it there is a new 7D2 firmware update v 1.1.3 now available to overcome security concerns. Russ.

@EspenHelland 4 года назад

Thank you, I'll check it out!

@GT-74-Racing 4 года назад

Awesome video Espen... It is a pity that these birds do not occur in the Netherlands. I would love to photograph them too... ;)

@EspenHelland 4 года назад

Thank you very much Dominique :) They're such magnificent birds, do you get black kites in the Netherlands?

@GT-74-Racing 4 года назад

@@EspenHelland Nope in the Netherlands it is a rare migrant. We do have the buzzard, which is also a beautiful bird... :)

@f1pitpass 2 года назад

thank you for the great info, Subbed

@EspenHelland 2 года назад

Cheers!

@gb4670 4 года назад

I was wondering why the person with the bucket ran, then the diving began, eegads, wouldn't want to get hit with that. Thanks for the video.

@EspenHelland 4 года назад

I know! Couldn't believe how quick they got in there!

@Yosser70 4 года назад

Hi Essen. Question kinda related to this video. I know you’ve mentioned using roadkill to attract birds of prey, is there an alternative if you’ve no roadkill? I can’t really store roadkill at home so ltd be luck of the draw finding some on the way to a shoot. Wondering if shop bought meat would work for instance.

@EspenHelland 4 года назад

I think it would work, meat is meat. Might be a bit pricey though depending on how long you're going to feed for. If you can I would introduce the hide to the area for a while before you start feeding to increase the chances of anything going for the food sooner.

@Yosser70 4 года назад

Espen Helland Thanks for the reply mate. That’s interesting, I was wondering if you used roadkill because it was a visual thing, and the birds recognised it as food more readily than say a chicken leg. Would love to see a video on how you approach attracting birds like this going over locations and tactics etc. Had the chance to take a class with Andy Rouse years ago where he talked about this sort of thing a bit but all I can remember is to stake the meat/ bait down or something will carry it off! lol

@FlyersNation98 4 года назад

I really don't know how you can keep up with their speed, at that distance, using only the single point AF....O_o ! I would use D9/D25 on my D500 or the Group AF. Kudos! :)

@EspenHelland 4 года назад

Thanks! I find on my camera that when I use a group AF it'll lose focus when I have landscape in the background, works fine when the sky is the background, but usually not the kind of images I go for.

@granbyplungar2929 4 года назад

Very interesting film. A suggestion for future videos. Could you please leave your images on screen for longer?

@EspenHelland 4 года назад

Thank you, I'll keep that in mind :)

@twiztedzero1685 4 года назад

Ever consider entering competition with your images? In the UK the National History Museum has a contest for Wildlife Photographer of the Year open to Pro's and Amateurs. www.nhm.ac.uk/visit/wpy/competition.html This is something I *might* do eventually. For now I'm just going to try the ones available in my local city. I'm intrigued anyways.

@EspenHelland 4 года назад

Absolutely! I've entered a few small ones before. I'll continue to do that and hoping to enter some larger ones soon when I raise the bar of my photos :)

@DC.images 4 года назад

You should also try Gigrin Farm for Red Kites which is Mid Wales for those not in Scotland.

@EspenHelland 4 года назад

I've yet to make it to Wales, but I'll have to check it out when I finally make the journey 👌🏻

@willnotbetracked8222 4 года назад

Ssshhhhhhhh, don't tell everybody...........👍😀

@cwetfeet 4 года назад

Espen, I love your videos but I have to say that this isn't really wildlife photography. I understand that this is a rehab facility and that's a wonderful cause and in this case I accept that it is warranted. There seen to be a lot of videos lately of people photographing baited raptors and in my opinion it is an unethical practice. Not surprisingly most of the photographers never say they are using bait. "I am not aware of any birding or wildlife rehab organization that supports baiting. However several oppose it, including the Raptor Center, Owl Foundation, and Raptor Education Group. Also the ethical guidelines of groups like the American Birding Association and North American Nature Photography Association strongly discourage activities which interfere with a bird’s natural behavior."

@EspenHelland 4 года назад

Valid point. It's an area I'd like to investigate a bit further, I certainly wouldn't want to have an adverse impact on wildlife because of my photography. I the cases where I've tried it before I've picked up roadkill and placed it near my hide. As thousands of birds of prey are killed by traffic in the UK alone I would think this is beneficial to bird populations on the whole. I can see that if you do this from one location over long periods of time though birds can become habituated to being fed there and maybe start to depend on it.

@nightcoder5k 4 года назад

I live in Fresno, California. If there was a booth set up like that for birders, the homeless would move in to live and use drugs there. The gangsters would paint graffiti all over.

@EspenHelland 4 года назад

That's a shame. This is a bit further out in the countryside so less of that sort of stuff.