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@abe3802 Месяц назад

My basic rule has always been to take images that I want to see, not what I think other people would like.

@natureredux1957 Месяц назад

There is a Professional Photographer on Ytube that stated this, there is what Clients demand and there is what I demand when not shooting for Clients.

@clairehachey2189 Месяц назад

I absolutely agree with your statement :)

@jan_wegener Месяц назад

Absolutely, exactly what I touched on in the video. It’s all about creating your vision and sharing your moments in the file via the photo

@GlennBartley Месяц назад

We hope you all enjoy the show. Thanks for watching 😊

@clairehachey2189 Месяц назад

Rest assured I always enjoy the show :)

@ericalexandre1 Месяц назад

Love it

@lynseyvanforeest4887 Месяц назад

Absolutely delighted to have my photo of the bluethroat featured. Thanks to both of you for the insightful tips. I have pretty much the same photo with a green background too (having changed the angle slightly to capture grass instead of reeds). I’ll have a go at editing that. Love these videos.

@jan_wegener Месяц назад

I love the brown BG, matches the bird very nicely. It would be nice to see with green too 👌

@franbazz3096 11 дней назад

Stunning shot

@PhillipMcDaniel68 Месяц назад

haha, the cat steals the show!

@PhillipMcDaniel68 Месяц назад

Seriously though, dealing with HIGH ISOs...I am not afraid to use very high ISOs. I don't really like it, but recently I was taking many photos of birds passing through on migration north. I live in St. Louis, MO. The nice little spot where birds would come in Tower Grove Park (Northwest corner, Gaddy Bird Garden) , St. Louis, MO was in shadow, especially in the just before sunset or just after sunrise times. If it comes down to using a high ISO to get my shutter speed up or just not taking the shot and completely missing it> I'm using the high ISO. I mean, even if you shoot wide open, you still need a minimum shutter speed to stop action, even with birds on a perch. Is there any other way to ensure fast enough shutter speed with a maxed open aperture than adjusting ISO in shadowy twilight times? Also, I've taken @jan_wegener 's Master Class. If you are yearning to learn how to enhance your images the way they show in this video, take the Master Class. Yan goes over in detail how to do exactly what was shown in this video about smoothing out backgrounds, removing unwanted perch pieces, and enhancing plumage on birds to show their best colors > and doing it all in layers in Photoshop.

@Parroting_Australia234 Месяц назад

Awesome video both of you. So many great swift parrot photos from Chiltern turning up this year, lots of little lorikeets as well. Good opportunities for photographing very frustrating canopy feeders. Hilarious seeing you guys stay very serious while Glen's cats wander about!

@jan_wegener Месяц назад

Yes a few tough species coming to the same spot, very cool

@ChrisSummers Месяц назад

Great show, very informative and also liked the image review of the second half of the video. I totally agree that just about all images need editing. Some photographers consider post processing a crutch for those who just don't work harder in the field. I chuckle when I hear a photographer brag that they get great images straight from the camera and then I see they shot Jpegs which are processed by the software in the camera! I also find there is a dilemma in post processing wildlife if you plan to enter in a contest. Many big wildlife contests don't allow anything more than basic adjustments to color/crop/exposure, etc. I think this will change over time but one reason I don't bother entering contests like that, I shoot for myself and my own enjoyment! One more thing, I often leave my Canon cameras in FV mode where I pick the shutter speed and aperture and leave ISO in auto. For my style of shooting I find I can change a setting faster in that mode than when in Manual mode.

@franbazz3096 11 дней назад

Both of you are inspiring. Your bird photos are just stunning

@jan_wegener 11 дней назад

Thank you so much!

@pegrunyan9506 Месяц назад

Another great video guys! Please consider doing a tweak of the week where you explain how you choose which proset to use on a photo.

@WernerBirdNature Месяц назад

Hi Jan & Glenn, thanks a lot for yet another inspiring video !!!

@errol4bz Месяц назад

Just found you guys. I do recall seeing one of Jans videos on editing birds and it was game changing for me. As a hobbyist your style of talking to your ordinance is great. First time seeing Glenn, the two of you together makes for brilliant viewing. Thanks guys

@jan_wegener Месяц назад

That’s great to hear! Welcome back 😀

@kayhamilton5943 Месяц назад

Wow that's awesome tips many thanks

@randyschwager84 Месяц назад

I have to agree with all of your points! Great reminder of best practices! Thanks for this helpful video!

@jan_wegener Месяц назад

Glad it was helpful!

@heidiwegener7614 Месяц назад

So much passion, skills and knowledge shared. Love your show

@jan_wegener Месяц назад

Glad you enjoy it!

@kevinwairiuko3036 Месяц назад

Thank you so much for the pointers. I will re-edit the photo and share 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

@jan_wegener Месяц назад

Glad it was helpful!

@steveherman1283 Месяц назад

Thanks for the tips!

@MattisProbably Месяц назад

I fully agree about what you said about light. If you shoot in very specific light, like in the morning, it can make for beautiful shots but as far as the direction of the image goes you are fully locked-in. In flat light you can edit the image any way you want. And I also agree that shooting in manual mode with auto-ISO is the best thing you can do now. With denoising software or even the denoising in Lightroom it really doesn't matter too much anymore at which ISO you are shooting. So when you take that out of the equation you can fully focus on aperture and shutter speed, giving you much more creative control over the image. This way I can shoot literally anything while just using two dials and the shutter button. Though since this is still technically an automatically set exposure via the ISO, you do have to keep an eye on what the camera is doing with the exposure and make adjustments with the exposure compensation in some cases🙂You also have to be more mindful about using matrix, center-weighted or spot exposure. But hey, otherwise it would be way too easy 🤪

@natureredux1957 Месяц назад

But it really does matter at which ISO one is shooting. Just because it doesn't MATTER to you is entirely different then who else it should matter to. Regardless of the software equation. This Myth that it does not matter is really getting out of hand.

@MattisProbably Месяц назад

@@natureredux1957 I said "it really doesn't matter too much". Not that it doesn't matter at all. So naturally there are cases in which it does matter. You would want to shoot at low ISOs for long exposures. If you have the opportunity to set up the camera on a tripod for a landscape you would go as low as ISO 64. It would be stupid to shoot at something like ISO 25.600 in cases like that. But when you are shooting action or wildlife, situations in which the shutter speed can't be fast enough, then you don't have to worry about using higher ISOs anymore. You can and should focus on getting the shot.

@jan_wegener Месяц назад

Thanks for sharing!

@lachlangraham1062 Месяц назад

Great episode. I do like Glen with shooting in aperture priority most of the time, with manual to cover situations where that does not provide what i want. Modern gear is really amazing.

@nordic5490 Месяц назад

Glen is only half way there. To control the look, you need to control both apeture (ie dof) and shutter speed (ie motion burr). Just like Jan, I have been shooting Manual + auto iso for 6yrs now. I need one of the exposure controls (iso in my case) to be autio, for when I am panning a bird inflight accross the dam, that goes in and out of sunlight. Auto iso is the only practical way for me. Imagine if cameras could shoot clean @ iso 100 000, then iso would not be a consideration, and you would just concentrate on the look. Jan and I would say that is pretty much mostly the case now, with most shooting can be done in auto iso already.

@martinpettinger Месяц назад

Hi Jan and Glenn.... great video .... and just to let you both know I'm still in love with my R3 ! 😀

@Twobarpsi Месяц назад

Great discussion!

@j4kke046 Месяц назад

Awesome! 🫶🏻

@dennisk2410 Месяц назад

Fantastic Episode 🎉

@hvdb2406 Месяц назад

As always, learned a lot! Thanks for that! I Completely agree that you have to like the photo yourself. A lot of photographers don't want to do it, but digital photography goes hand in hand with digital post-processing.

@jan_wegener Месяц назад

Absolutely!

@Geophoto63 28 дней назад

Fantastic video,, thank you for share it.

@jan_wegener 28 дней назад

Glad you enjoyed it

@gregdarroch1946 Месяц назад

Thanks guys. I need to re-edit some of my pics, using the advice from today.

@jan_wegener Месяц назад

Glad we could give you some new ideas!

@timholman6997 Месяц назад

I like to preset the Custom 1 mode on the R5 for scenery, Custom 2 mode for wildlife/birds perched, and Custom 3 mode for birds in flight. This helps me to change only one click to get to my standard starting point for those situations. Also I do like the Manual mode for wildlife.

@georgequittner4570 Месяц назад

Very well presented, with informative content. Enjoyed the pix-fix at the end. I am a real fan of high speed and auto iso because the birds move in and out of cover making it difficult to keep adjusting iso to the scene. The new technology gives us so much versatility in approaching bird photography. Thanks again.

@jan_wegener Месяц назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@BirgerVoigt Месяц назад

Quite simply a great show! And also, the tweak to the knob on the FlexShooter Pro, illustrates that even the best gear can be improved. Come to think of it, maybe an idea for a show. Tweaks and innovations.

@jan_wegener Месяц назад

Thanks! Nice idea!

@fredericbeudot822 Месяц назад

I’ve actually gone all the way in the opposite direction when it comes to “get it right in camera”. I shoot “the most editable picture I can”, taking full advantage of the dynamic range (using zebras on the Sony), and high resolution (leaving a little room to crop around the subject). I never expect a finished image out of camera, quite the opposite.

@jan_wegener Месяц назад

Yes that’s a great way to get the best results

@Chris_Wolfgram Месяц назад

I agree with that. I almost always shoot a full stop under exposed. So most of my shots look too dark out of the camera. I figure I can selectively brighten them as much as I need to. But if I blow something out, it pretty much a done deal.... Besides maybe cloning out a few hotspots in the BG.

@pcp200769 Месяц назад

Yeah that’s called the negative is the rehearsal and the print is the performance

@jamesclifford3401 Месяц назад

I thought I was back at school, kids giggling at the back of the class room.liked the video, plenty of helpful tips.

@kayt4553 Месяц назад

Thank you guys highly valuable lesson from 2 of world's best bird photographers :)

@jan_wegener Месяц назад

Glad you think so!

@JohnDoe1999-lg7mh Месяц назад

Thanks and some fantastic images. How about more videos about the brush pack please. Yes, the new noise reduction software is just amazing. Overcast days are great for that have dark and bright/white feathers. Also lets you get good images that otherwise would be side lit.

@Al60ish Месяц назад

lovely cat 😀, really interesting video, great tips

@digibirder Месяц назад

Another great show guys. Thanks!

@Hummingbirder1 Месяц назад

Hello Digibirder, long time no see!👋

@jan_wegener Месяц назад

Thank you!

@digibirder Месяц назад

@@Hummingbirder1 Hello Hummingbirder1! Small world!

@kaib718 Месяц назад

Well done

@Kellysher Месяц назад

I really appreciate these videos. Although I don’t use photoshop today, I do use Lightroom and can apply many of these tips there. I do own your presets and use them quite often in my process. I know that I have a lot to learn on the digital darkroom side. I just prefer to be outdoors and enjoy the process of capturing the photo more than processing the photo! These tips always teach me something and I really appreciate you taking the time to share your expertise. Cheers!

@jan_wegener Месяц назад

Great to hear!

@gaucphotography Месяц назад

Great tips and commentary on the photos. Sometime putting the image away for a day or two helps to recognize issues such as WB and particular color casts. Thanks guys.

@jan_wegener Месяц назад

Definitely! Sometimes when we look at an image For too long it’s hard to see it clearly anymore

@upupa_epops_1000 Месяц назад

i believe Ansell Adams was a brilliant exponent of ‘adjusting’ his images in the darkroom. so manipulation of the raw file has always been around.

@RandomPersonWow Месяц назад

Because I'm not super confident with using a tone curve, I found a useful way to help with color cast. Duplicate layer=>filter=>blur=>average. Then invert and set it to overlay. Then adjust the opacity to help me get the desired look. It doesn't work all of the time but definitely helps when you have a strong blue cast or that crazy green glow. Your talk about that image having a brown cast made me think of this.

@jan_wegener Месяц назад

Great tip!

@normangrafaviationphotogra4548 Месяц назад

Excellent video! Although I employ a photojournalist approach to my photos and eschew the removal of "distracting" elements I appreciated the tweak-of-the-weak. I agree that demonstrating the capabilities of a tool on an extreme case is a good pedagogical approach. Most photographers I encounter who insist on "no post-processing" are those from the film era, who forget that all photography used to require processing in the dark room! I was surprised to see aperture-priority being preferred over shutter priority in these discussions. I shoot primarily with shutter priority and auto-iso. Unless the bird I am photographing is clearly perched and not going anywhere, I'd rather be prepared for sudden movements of my subject with a higher shutter speed and larger aperture. Depth-of-field is almost never an issue for me with eye-focus.

@jan_wegener Месяц назад

Yes that makes sense for sure. Same reason I prefer manual mode

@davidipema7898 Месяц назад

i like the swallow , they are like all over the place wen you want photograph them , and fast

@marklaurendet1861 Месяц назад

I recently went to a talk at the State Library in Sydney and part of what was covered was what you could modify and get published in photo journalism and nature photo contests. Was very revealing how limited the edits could be. It would be an interesting video to demo just how restrictive some photo editing has to be for certain applications

@jan_wegener Месяц назад

It's one of the reasons I don't enter competitions. I want my images to look the way I enjoy to look at them, not restricted by certain rules. If you are portraying, news or events, not editing anything makes sense. But changing the WB on a nature image a lot for instance is not something I perceive as a "bad" thing. Cameras get it wrong too and then it's nice that e can make adjustments

@davepastern Месяц назад

I prefer metered manual mode personally. After 3 years of birding photography, I now have found that I can preset my camera settings judged on the light and I'm usually spot on. 3 years ago, I would have guessed and been wildly wrong more often than not. As I use a R3, I can set my shutter to the front dial, aperture to the rear dial and ISO to the top dial and adjust them on the fly with my eye glued to the EVF if I ever need to. I tried auto ISO and found that the R3 just typically went way too high with the ISO (no idea why), but it became a source of frustration for me. As someone who was very dubious about the EVF prior to the R3 purchase, I am sold. I had a bad experience with a Sony EVF back in 2012 for my Sony RX100II (lag, lag, lag!), which made me doubt the technology. The R3 has sold me on it and I'd never go back to a OVF - the EVF advantages are simply too great. The biggest thing for me is the AF on these new MLCs. It allows me to concentrate on exposure and composition and I am simply enjoying my photography far more. It is far more accurate than I could ever manage. I lack the finger dexterity these days to fiddle with an AF joystick and play chase the subject (I also lack the patience for such games). Jan & Glenn, I would appreciate a video on the Adobe TOS mess - what are your thought? I am contemplating cancelling my Photography CC subscription and moving to Affinity and darktable. I am rather adverse to the idea of giving Adobe free range on my images for perpetuity (yes, I know my images aren't super great like yours, but it's the principle). I am hoping yourselves, Duade, Scott over at Wild Alaska and Phil Thach cover this issue.

@mattpacker9239 Месяц назад

I have no idea how to even begin with my editing...great video!

@jan_wegener Месяц назад

That’s why we make these videos and have editing resources linked in the description that can help.

@mattpacker9239 Месяц назад

yeah, thanks guys!

@martinlyhagen6166 Месяц назад

Instead of using the opacity on the clone stamp - it's better to use 100 percent and then use opacity on the whole layer....You get more control and don't have to do it all over again if you discover that 7 or 19 percent would have been better...

@jan_wegener Месяц назад

I guess the only downside to this is that you get harder edges which will show up unless you clean it up with a brush and layer mask

@AlexFBuchholzPhoto Месяц назад

It was a lovely show with some great tips (especially the cloning and the colour cast point and how to solve it). I enjoyed it a lot. By the way, one of the things that I really dislike is logos in the images. I find them very distracting. On the editing part, I have issues with Topaz Photo AI's noise reduction. It does weird patterns around the subject most of the time. Especially with images shot with the A9iii, which "struggles" a bit with higher ISO. Cheers.

@jonerikrolf2029 Месяц назад

This episode is one of your best because of the useful information and for obvious enjoyment of working together. A question for Jan: Did the Pro logo on your cap increase your hat size? For Glenn: Good work adapting the larger knurled knob on your new gimbaled ball head. The overall concept is certainly the future for lighter and more compact camera mounts for both video and still photography. Benro has a new super compact self-leveling travel tripod (developed via Kickstarter) that has a built in gimbaled ball head. I hope to get mine by the end of June after waiting many months during its development and scaling up of its manufacturing.

@MacBookSong Месяц назад

Another photography lie: composition has to be done in camera and cropping is forbidden. I photograph butterflies and always crop my images and do the composition that way. That's why I need a high megapixel camera (Canon R5)

@jan_wegener Месяц назад

That’s a good one, totally agree, nothing wrong with a bit of a crop

@studio1966 Месяц назад

I allways shot in manual Mode and auto ISO. I use to test the other modes, but i have to learn when and how to use them.

@jan_wegener Месяц назад

In the end whichever mode works best is best, but it’s good to try something new from time to time. Like full manual cause it will challenge you on another level

@Chris_Wolfgram Месяц назад

When you say, even the best photos almost always can still be improved with a few small tweaks, I couldn't agree more ! 👍 I believe their are a % of photographers who shoot in RAW, but then mistakenly believe that any tweaks done to shot, are taking it away from what was really there. But I reality, RAW files by default, are somewhat undersaturated, and lower in contrast. The color and contrast info is available in the file, but it's been left up to the photographer with how they want to use it. I have actually said, if a person wants to say, "Straight out of the camera... I did nothing to it" then they might be better off just shooting in JPG and letting the camera do the adjustments for them. I always shoot in RAW because I want to be able to make my photo look the way I want to see it. I've taken about 300K photos in the last couple years, and I still haven't taken a single shot that could not be improved. Although I still believe the best final product starts out with the best original 👍 That last viewers shot looked straight up AI ! Just a crazy looking bird. I could see myself grumbling and skipping straight past it. It's getting bad when we can't trust our own eyes ! Great video guys 🙂 TY👍

@bjrn-einarnilsen687 Месяц назад

Great video as always guys, and with important content. Of course it's nice to get likes on photos you are sharing, but for me, the most important is to take photos that i like. The satisfaction i get from taking a photo i feel happy with, is for me more important than a lot of likes. Love sitting looking back at old photos that i feel have everything needed to be a good photo. Wishing you and yours a great weekend/week. Cheers, Bjoern

@jan_wegener Месяц назад

Thanks for sharing! I totally agree, like I said in the video, what matters the most is how you feel about your photos, not someone else

@ForbesPhoto Месяц назад

Another great one, gents! I really do need to stop relying on auto ISO and quickly rolling the aperture compensation wheel to get the right exposure, especially with birds in flight. Since Glen had his cat randomly walk in for a pet, maybe next time Jan can reach behind and water his plants now and then. 😀

@jan_wegener Месяц назад

Haha! Unlike his cat, my plants will survive without much care, thanks to ikea 😂

@Rex-qx5bf Месяц назад

I've also had people tell me I shouldn't need to edit photos in Photoshop. One response I tell them is - current digital cameras, while extremely advanced, cannot duplicate the image our eyes see. The technology is making the camera do it's best at what is imagined our eyes see. But our eyes automatically adjust to different things in the same image and have a much larger dynamic range than cameras. So, even if I think no cropping or changes are necessary, I always need to do something to make the image what my eyes actually saw.

@jan_wegener Месяц назад

Yes, great point. Dynamic range is a lot more limited compared to our eyes

@zih5903 Месяц назад

People either don't realise, or have forgotten, that a heck of a lot of processing/manipulation went on in the dark room when printing negs or slides. It's not something new that has just come about in the digital age.

@ppww6076 Месяц назад

Maybe you need the camera and lens resolution to make the most of making the ISO I think. I have been sneaking it up more than I used to but I think my gear has limits. 🙂

@tedsv-logsandvideos8630 Месяц назад

I like to use FV mode a lot with my Canon R5. But not exclusively.

@roland-heine Месяц назад

thank you for your interesting and informative video. I also shoot birds in m-mode normally with AutoIso from 64 up to 104200 and try never to go under 1/800 sec (Nikon). Birds are most the times in movement. Other animals like deer often frozen their movement and then I can shoot with lower shutter speed.

@jan_wegener Месяц назад

Thanks for sharing

@guipe43 Месяц назад

Glory to God for birds!!! Look at those wondrous feathers and the attention to detail, and ask yourself if it can be the result of natural selection acting upon random variation! And all this is encoded in the genome, at a scale invisible to the human eye! Thank you för sharing and may God continue to bless!

@rahul.k.viswanath Месяц назад

I have a sigma 150-600 and I use this along with a R7. I always shoot in manual and usually just adjust the shutter speed and ISO as I need as much light as possible with the F/6.3 aperture. And also, I've noticed that shooting in proper increments of ISO is much better than unusual numbers like ISO 2000 or ISO 5000. ISO 3200 or 6400 performs better. Not sure why though..

@KoenKooi Месяц назад

The hardware changes the gain on full stops, all the in between ISO steps are, to simplify, software under exposures. On more recent sensors (r5 and newer, the R7 recycles the m6II sensor), the iso matters less, there’s little difference between picking the right iso when shooting and pushing a few stops in post after picking the wrong one.

@simranjeet4580 Месяц назад

Hi Jan by any chance do you know the name of the dam in Victoria you mentioned in the video to photograph swift parrot ? Thanks

@jan_wegener Месяц назад

It’s in chiltern

@mvp_kryptonite Месяц назад

Fair points. BBF for me is one for me that should be de bunked. Some photographers have no need for it

@jan_wegener Месяц назад

Interesting! I love it, but it’s definitely one you don’t have to use

@nordic5490 Месяц назад

100%. Regular focus works fine, and is better for when my GF picks the camera up. I have a focus lock button for the times I need it.

@LeeAllen337 Месяц назад

I have a really hard time removing things from my photos aside from dust spots and maybe a sliver of a small branch on the very very edge of the image. I want the original photo with not much erased from it. To me it turns into a fake image once you start removing actual objects from a scene.

@ginotizon2052 Месяц назад

Thanks for the cloning tip! Question 🙋 Do you do cloning/ clean up first before tonal and color adjustments? Or is the cloning/clean up the final step?

@jan_wegener Месяц назад

For me it’s NR, then any removal work, because if I then make a mask I don’t have to change it. If I make a mask first and then adjust Color’s I might get into the situation that I have to make another mask again if I clone and then want to make more changes, since the image has changed. So that’s just extra work

@ginotizon2052 Месяц назад

@@jan_wegener Thank you for the response! Appreciate the guidance 😊

@thierryhoornaert9950 Месяц назад

Thank you for the very interesting insights. When I see all those pictures, it seems like the background is always lighter than the subject. Is that on purpose, or is it because you photograph in warm, exotic places? I always learned that the subject should be lighter and brighter than the background. I'm living in Belgium, where clouds and rain can keep the sun away for weeks. My backgrounds are darkish greens, browns and blues most of the time, because that is the biotope here..What's your view on that?

@danbrown8979 Месяц назад

Great info! I have been using the "remove tool" rather than cloning for a lot of cleanup. Seems to work great! What do you guys think?

@MattisProbably Месяц назад

The new remove tool is awesome, so is generative fill. I usually hate generative AI but in this case it is actually a useful tool that makes sense to use. It basically does the same thing I would do with my retouches, just way faster. And it usually looks better.

@jan_wegener Месяц назад

The only downside to that on clean backgrounds just like the generative fill is that it doesn’t properly recreate the noise. When you zoom in you will see a lot of little crosses instead of the correct noise pattern. The cleanest way I have found I the content aware fill tool where you open the removal dialog and then select the area to be sourced from

@MattisProbably Месяц назад

@@jan_wegener I usually denoise before editing in Lightroom and then I remove unwanted things. In the denoised files it usually works out! It's true though, you do have to be mindfull. Areas edited with generative fill might also be visible in prints because the slight imperfections can become more noticable.

@danbrown8979 Месяц назад

@@jan_wegener I see that, now that you point it out. Fortunately, for my previous edits, when I run topaz denoise, it seems to mitigate the problem. Gonna have to check closer from now on.

@Carl.65 Месяц назад

Here's another one - don't use teleconverters/extenders. What it should really be is - don't use teleconverters on slow zoom lenses. I use a 2x tc on an older model Nikon 300mm f/2.8 which gives me great results that I am very happy with.

@woodygreen6826 Месяц назад

It’s all about individual artistic vision, of course, but I found the parrot background to be quite nice as is. In general, I think you two look for very uniform backgrounds. While I don’t want obvious distractions, I think my eye is more accepting of variations of light and color in backgrounds. Just adding my thoughts, not at all intended as criticism. 😀

@jan_wegener Месяц назад

While I changed it a bit I also thought it wasn’t as “bad” anymore as when we looked at it when filming 😅 I think the main change needed is a bit more pop on the bird

@iansmith8103 Месяц назад

That Kookaburra at 10:29 looks like it's got a toad (Bufo marinus, an intruduced species) that is poisonous/deadly to most Australian animals . It is known that Ibis can tolerate the toxin, but Kookaburras?? Did it survive?

@jan_wegener Месяц назад

I don’t know. I think it’s a young bird.

@joannmoore9374 Месяц назад

I know you’ve mentioned your editing classes/books. Do you two mainly use Photoshop or do you also use Lightroom? Thanks!

@jan_wegener Месяц назад

I use both. I’ll also have a LR class soon 😊

@arthurmorris4932 Месяц назад

It is obvious that when you add a TC you wind up with a longer focal length. One thing that everyone is forgetting is that with that longer lens you will need a faster shutter speed (especially when handholding). That of course requires an even higher ISO... And that is always a negative.

@jan_wegener Месяц назад

Yes, no free lunch as they say 😀

@arthurmorris4932 Месяц назад

@@jan_wegener For sure. I just realized that I somehow posted this to the wrong video :-) I see lots of folks on this side of the pond handholding a 100-500 or a 200-600 with a 2X in no light and wonder what in the world they are thinking. with love, artie

@jan_wegener Месяц назад

@@arthurmorris4932⁠it seemed slightly random, so that makes sense, but it also fit since we talked about using too low iso in this video! 2x on a zoom has never been a great thing, even it’s how capable cameras are now

@grahamtowers5513 Месяц назад

Hi Jan I have a Canon R5, I have 100 to 400 zoom & I have been trying to photograph swallows in flight, my autofocus won't lock on, I think it's because they are too small too fast and erratic, the little buggers! Have you ever got great shots of small fast flying birds? Should I try with my 5d MK3 & a 70/300 ef lens? Would that be better because of the lower mega pixels? I limit my ISO to 6400, I can't get rid of noise, Is that a mistake too? I basically have all the gear & no idea! Regards Graham Towers

@jan_wegener Месяц назад

With a 5D you will have no chance. I photographed tiny kingfishers in full flight in my Sony a9 III review

@byrontowles2018 Месяц назад

The one thing I'd do to the last image by rahuls_wildscape would be to rotate the whole image slightly to the left. To my eye, it looks like the bird is leaning backwards. Otherwise, a rally great image.

@jan_wegener Месяц назад

Good idea

@bamhamer Месяц назад

34:39 he he he he

@falxonPSN Месяц назад

Not only was that last shot gorgeous, but you guys trying so hard not to laugh made it even better. I think most of us bird photographers would agree that we always appreciate pictures of nice tits. I'm just glad to finally see a Pro on this show! 🤪

@mthurtell Месяц назад

My missus and I were (still are, just got other life stuff happening at the moment) into birding, we're amateur hobbyists at best, taking pics of birds for our own memories and some quiet enjoyment. We were a little disappointed to see just how much you edit your photos when we sat down to get some tips from a how to edit video of yours. Adding/changing things that weren't there etc. We're not about no editing at all, but to me, I limit my editing to exposure/lighting/colour correction etc etc. Adding or subtracting (besides a crop) else seems disingenious but I get it's completely different if you're relying on these images as a source of income and definitely don't knock anyone for it, its just not for me. Part of the allure is to get that perfect image straight out of the camera itself, not through software.

@jan_wegener Месяц назад

To me editing comes down to how you want your images to look like and how far you want to take it. There's no right or wrong :)

@mthurtell Месяц назад

@@jan_wegener That's pretty much what it comes down to in the end :) Appreciate your time to reply Jan and appreciate your content. Cheers mate, Matt

@TheWildlifeGallery388 Месяц назад

first great show - one of your best in my opinion, lots of great information in this one. - for me I can't understand why people like the Manual mode + Auto-Iso I used it for a time, but for me it gets it wrong as many times as it gets right - plus people will then use exposure compensation with this mode - in this mode all exposure compensation does is either lower or increase your Iso, so you just as well shoot full manual and decide which of the three settings you want to float while shooting - for me I rarely want to give in on my SS or AP so I adjust my ISO to match the scene and species I have in front of me, I think most people use that shooting mode because they think it'll save them time in the field, worried the action will happen too fast and they won't get the shot - in reality we most always have more time than we think, I've never had full manual cost me a shot yet because I needed to change a setting -but as you say in the end we all should use the mode we are most comfortable with that gets us the results we are after. Again, a great show this week.

@natureredux1957 Месяц назад

Everyone has missed a Shot opportunity without fail. EVERYONE.

@TheWildlifeGallery388 Месяц назад

@@natureredux1957 - true - not because of a camera setting though - me not being prepared YES!!!!

@jan_wegener Месяц назад

Well said, usually how I view manual and auto iso. When you factor in exposure comp it actually becomes harder than full manual most of the time

@christophercarlimages9003 Месяц назад

One of the basic rules that most bird photographers preach, and that you both kind of debunked here, is that you can only get great images at dawn or dusk. Although most of the time, birds are more active at those times, I can say that I have had some opportunities only present themselves at midday, when many other photographers have packed it in. I guess birds can't tell time 😂

@tiagoguerreiro3098 Месяц назад

last one really seems AI. great video!

@jan_wegener Месяц назад

It did cross my mind but I think it’s not

@tdunster2011 Месяц назад

I'd be happy with any photo of a Swift Parrot given that if the Tasmanian government keep pandering to the logging industry, we won't have any to photograph within the next 10 years anyway.

@KungPowEnterFist Месяц назад

The main message I am hearing in this video is that we know that the vast majority of people cannot afford really good glass. However, lots of people can afford to buy cheap glass, and we generate a lot more ad revenue, affiliate link revenue, etc., from those products. Also, the more people buy that stuff, the more they will need to buy courses, "brush packs and prosets," and so forth. So, please do your part, and buy the crappiest gear possible and funnel most of those savings to us over time.

@RipeOldBanana Месяц назад

Just a little disappointed after watching this video. I got the message that all images require substantial editing to the point of minimal environment and background. Are you two saying that all of my pictures need to look like your ideal? Disheartened, maybe I should just sell my gear and move on.

@jan_wegener Месяц назад

Your images should look like whichever way you like them to look like. As we said in the video, don’t listen to anyone but yourself and decide what you like If you go to the part where I talk about my old image style and what I prefer now I cover that exactly. Like we also said in the video. We show extreme examples when it comes to editing, to provoke thought and show what can be done. How far you want to take it on your own images is totally up to you

@anamicha Месяц назад

@jan_wegener @Glennbartley, you should cover image processing softwares other than Adobe products in your future episodes. Given the exodus from LR and PS it would be good to hear bird photographers take on this subject.