Wildlife Photography Using a Laser Trigger

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Hi, this is Jay P. Morgan. Today on The Slanted Lens we’re going to photograph wildlife with our MIOPS laser trigger. Wild, ferocious animals! Ok, fine. Hummingbirds. I'm really happy with the shots I got using the trigger and Tamron 90mm macro. Take a look and see how I did it. And for a more in depth look at the lesson check it out on the website: bit.ly/1oDuisJ
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@photographybyblee6163 8 лет назад

Jay P. Thank you for making Photography Lessons Fun. Some may critique the final image while missing the excellent tutorial surrounding it. The "How To" might be implied in the title but your ability to create a challenge for yourself and your gear, then turn it into a complete, yet fun lesson, is very much appreciated. I especially like that you blend the technical aspects and the artistry together and at a level a beginner or a fellow professional could appreciate. Lighting and staging and sound, Oh My! Keep up the great work! Cheers! -PhotographybyBlee

@Leo-qc004 8 лет назад

Tons of work has been done before getting these wonderful photos, amazing.

@TheSlantedLens 8 лет назад

+Léo Li Thanks!

@datasith 4 года назад

Excellent video. I appreciate it as someone with no photography skill. I also appreciate it as a proficient content creator. I am *amazed* how you have such a poor like:dislike ratio with such great content and production quality. Anyway, 4 years later, I wanted to say that this vid is top notch.

@TheSlantedLens 4 года назад

I appreciate that! And people like you really get it.

@RogerZoul 8 лет назад

Cool video. However, the cost of the equipment used will make this technique expensive for most to implement and use at home. If one watches the birds at the feeder for a while, one realizes that it is fairly easy to predict when the bird will return to the feeder. So one can get rid of the trap. Then, by placing the feeder correctly and using simple reflectors to get light on the subject, one can then focus on getting the shot. i used a telephoto lens rather than a macro lens (which cost about the same about). Put my camera on a tripod and was able to get some distance between the camera and the bird. As for the background-- that will depend on the backyard, but i used both natural and a large backdrop. I was able to used a shutter speed around 1/1000 at ISOs from 100 to 250. i got extremely clean images. This year I'm going to try using triggered flashes to illuminate the bird.

@TheSlantedLens 8 лет назад

+Anthony Martin Definitely multiple ways of accomplishing this! Thanks for watching.

@montrealfilmguy 8 лет назад

Keats,Yeats and Morgan.The legendary poets.

@TheSlantedLens 8 лет назад

+montrealfilmguy lol

@b991228 5 лет назад

Would a strobe do a better job of capturing the wing beat?

@jonathanbyrdmusic 3 года назад

The strobe scares the birds. I tried it and they would let me take about three shots before they stayed away for the rest of the day.

@X_explorer 7 лет назад

Nice vid! I like watching earth, explore and meditate...

@pscully1969 8 лет назад

Excellent! That's what I'm talking about! I've been wanting to photograph a Humming Bird for ages. Nice tip about taping some of the holes and "herding" the bird where you want him. :)

@TheSlantedLens 8 лет назад

+pscully1969 Thanks! It was a lot of fun.Glad you learned from it.

@DS-kn4bs 8 лет назад

+pscully1969 Best way is setting up a feeder outside and sit until they show up. I did it up north and they don't mind you after a while, but you have to be patient.

@TheXfishbone 8 лет назад

select the area red, hue satur. , select red and change the color.

@johnd2631 8 лет назад

Nice birds and nice job. Question on your LED panel. Was it being used in a flash mode or continuous source? Have any issues with window reflections?

@TheSlantedLens 8 лет назад

+John D Its a continuous light sourced and does not have a flash mode. I did have a reflection of the light in the window if I got it to close to the camera. As long as I had it off to the side it was fine. Great question.

@mitchbooth2227 7 лет назад

Where do you get the clamp that you are using to mount and hold the laser?

@anil1svnit 7 лет назад

In Magic Lantern there is settings to allow camera to trigger based on motion sense. So people with just SLR and know how to add that OS can do this with just a tripod and Flash. I will try it.. Sadly we don't have any humming birds near where I live..

@gcarmichael 6 лет назад

Well done!

@DS-kn4bs 8 лет назад

Now I feel better, I've got a Nikon D3200 with a 70-300 mm manual focus lens and I got two or three photos of humming birds that aren't as good as yours but are close, LOL. Hope I can work my way up to start matching your gear.

@TheSlantedLens 8 лет назад

+Dan Swan Gear will help for sure. Keep moving ahead.

@ujjalsengupta9704 6 лет назад

Its my pleasure

@santillanmusic 5 лет назад

Super Informative! What focus mode and focus area are you using for this particular setup?

@PKZSoftware 3 года назад

I was wondering what model Laser you used.. Thanks

@TheSlantedLens 3 года назад

It was an inexpensive laser from an office supply store.

@frank18061982 6 лет назад

Hello JP, I tried the same setup, though my miops doesnt seem to react like yours. It doesn’t trigger when I break the beam to far from the triggersensor. It does however trigger when I block the sensor even without the laser turned on? You have any thoughts on this? I sent you an email aswell. Kind regards, Frann

@TheSlantedLens 6 лет назад

Hi Frank, let me look into this.

@frank18061982 6 лет назад

The Slanted Lens , hi JP, thanks for replying. I made some video’s for miops. This is a link to them. If you’d like to see,... we.tl/v0RW4COroe Thanks!

@MoritzHolzinger 8 лет назад

You could do it so easy with any Canon DSLR and Magic Lantern on it, there activate motion detect and there you go.

@MoritzHolzinger 8 лет назад

thanks! If here in the alps would be any colibris :D I'll try it with different types of birds or animals :) and then send the photos :)

@Aarongrubbworm 8 лет назад

birdie birdie in the sky, why did you drop whitewash in my eye?

@citabriaable 5 лет назад

No...no...no. Birdie birdie in the sky, dropped a turdie in my eye, I don't whine, I don't cry, I'm just glad that "cow"s don't fly.

@nickreid5939 4 года назад

Sayyyy whattttt

@1specialk8900 8 лет назад

Where can I find the device that's holding the laser on the light stand?

@GuidoFranssens 3 года назад

Th pluto trigger shits down the laser at the moment of the shot. So the laser is not visible in the picture.

@TheSlantedLens 3 года назад

True, it is not visible in the image.

@Dmsstudios64 8 лет назад

JP, why did you not choose faster than 500th to try and freeze the wings more. i know those little buggers are fast so i thought the fastest shutter would be better. Also why not shoot from inside to try eliminate the laser and led reflections on the glass? loved the video, great content and ideas, i see you keep your cameras clicking lol

@TheSlantedLens 8 лет назад

+Dms Sutdios64 I choose 500th because I was shooting with ambient light and that was as fast as I could be a 1250 ISO. I did not want to shoot wide open. It was hard as it was to get the bird in focus. I was shooting from inside. It was just easier than setting op outside. Thanks for your support!!

@Dmsstudios64 8 лет назад

The Slanted Lens i got you, least you have good weather to get birds to shoot now, NY has none of that lol. Always a pleasure watching your videos.

@TheSlantedLens 8 лет назад

+Dms Sutdios64 Thanks for your support. We are spoiled here in LA.

@Dmsstudios64 8 лет назад

The Slanted Lens yea i know, maybe i will have to come out there one day and spoil myself for a little.

@r.k.photographyn2832 5 лет назад

How does sigma 150-600 mm work with Canon m50?

@photozen8398 3 года назад

You will have better result using flash instead of LED, you will freeze the wings at the expense of. crushing ambient by raising shutter speed. here your bird looks wingless.

@TheSlantedLens 3 года назад

Yes, strobes work great for capturing animals.

@Zeppy007 6 лет назад

Smashed his little head!! Crack me up JP :-)

@TheSlantedLens 6 лет назад

Haha, thanks, Jeff!

@creepyloner1979 8 лет назад

i think i'll just stick to shooting pentax and avoid the cost of a laser trap, the need to move the laser every time i adjust my shot and having to clone out nasty red blobs in all my photos.

@trontastic 7 лет назад

Great. Just got a Miops myself. Excellent. This has probably been said before , but isn't there a chance of blinding an animal with the laser ?? Your thoughts ? : )

@RonWSmith 7 лет назад

Same here. I just got the MIOPS Smart trigger and hoping to capture the hummingbirds. My wife asked about the concern of blinding the little birds with the laser. Hello duh. Seems like it would be a concern. Is there a different setup that doesn't require the laser to trigger?

@coreyperez13 7 лет назад

I was hoping you could adjust the sensitivity and just use a regular light. I don't own one yet, but its absolutely ridiculous to be using a laser pointer for this purpose. They were designed for one sole purpose, not shining around people without a solid background to absorb the light.

@TheBLCbob 5 лет назад

Agreed. Why risk harming wildlife for the sake of a photograph. I’ve built a laser trap using the microcontroller from an Arduino and a load of electronic components. It takes time and patience to construct and programme but it’s dirt cheap. It can be connected to a speed light, camera shutter and, via a relay, to a table lamp. Built for ‘drop shots’ and fast motion detection and capture but I’d never use a laser device on animals.

@SuzanneRenfrow 2 года назад

Checked with the manufacturer (Pluto) as I'm doing dog powder (jumping) shoots and using the trigger to fire the camera/flashes when the laser beam is broken. They said it is a Class 1 laser, so is harmless.

@CaliforniaTravelVideos 8 лет назад

As always, excellent show Jaymeister. Your shows are always tops from the standpoint of production value and dynamically addressing everyday problems as well as the solutions and workarounds. Realizing Jay is a commercial photographer, we should realize this show isn't meant to show best-in-class bird shooting practices. For purists more interested in the simple joy of shooting birds than making a commercial living, folks may want to see Tony and Chelsea Northrup's passionate hobby. ru-vid.com?search_query=tony+northrup+bird+photography

@iloper 8 лет назад

not a good picture... but practice males perfection

@TheSlantedLens 8 лет назад

+iloper Hmm. I really like it.

@whitefirepl4566 8 лет назад

I have never had a chance to photograph a hummingbird but I do some bird photography and with these small creatures shutterspeeds like 1/2000th are sometimes not enough... I wonder ifit would be at all possible to 'freeze' a hummingbird. Anyway 1/100 sounds weirdly slow to me.

@elijah6972 8 лет назад

it is.

@jhoneil 5 лет назад

1/8000 should work. I have a picture of a hummingbird I shot at 1/4000 and the wings are still blurry.

@DS-kn4bs 8 лет назад

Boy hard crowed today :/

@TheSlantedLens 8 лет назад

+Dan Swan Can't please everyone. ;)

@skatertwig26 7 лет назад

So many whiners in this comment section haha The image is great, the only thing I would have changed is the color of the bird(since it picked up a green hue).

@TheSlantedLens 7 лет назад

Thanks for the feedback! And thanks for watching!

@docfuzzpersonalcollection5927 4 года назад

No doubt...cool "product revue", but what about the rest of us "COVID Slaves" who have broken out the old Canon 400D and Sunpak 'Potatoe Mashers' on 'fixed income'? Your 'presentation ' was FLAWLESS for me, but at 80 years on this earth, fortunately, I could pull YOU back to 75% speed. As a "veteran" on 3-strikes (photog since 1949), product photog (too long), a videographer on commercials/voiceovers for Time Warner Cable, (weddings, portraits, large format...blah, blah, blah...there are those of us with that wanna take a shot at our latent talents if we are being QUARANTINED! As an Old, Old 'broadcast radio vet' and college broadcast instructor...slow it down! I have "subscribed" to your thought process and ('don't shoot me...)new fan/student!

@TheSlantedLens 4 года назад

Thanks for your comments and for your advice. I have to be reminded to slow down all the time.

@docfuzzpersonalcollection5927 4 года назад

@@TheSlantedLens Good Sunday to you! Your reply goes good with my morning coffee! I hope you were not offended by my comment, because I do glory at your spunk and energy. Truly a 'believer' in the magic of the lens. I finally achieved a lifetime desire to get at least ONE decent shot of my favorite little hummingbird, so I sat in a chair in my backyard for hours in the not too friendly Kansas sun, hooked up my Pixel remote to my 500D, and burned nearly 1,000 frames with (in my wife's opinion) about 25% success. Now the editing...argggh! Thanks for sharing your ENERGY and knowledge! Sincerely, Doc

@JCouv52 7 лет назад

Just a little over the top for some

@SuperPeteJames 4 года назад

Should have used a strobe

@TheSlantedLens 4 года назад

That is another approach and another challenge with a humingbird.

@ujjalsengupta9704 7 лет назад

cool n beautiful

@TheSlantedLens 7 лет назад

Thanks!

@Nerfcar1 4 года назад

Be sure to prune your trees and cover up your trailer to get a snapshot of a hummingbird. Way too much effort went into this.

@SuperLitherland 8 лет назад

looks too dark should have used flowers nota feeder

@TheSlantedLens 8 лет назад

+SuperLitherland My main reason for a feeder was to make the coming and going of the Humming bird predictable. Flowers would have been to unpredictable. There may never of been a bird that would have come to drink at that particulate flower. Also my goal was to catch the birds in flight and as they would take a drink they would fly up and hover just away form the feeder. That was where I shot most of my shots. Thanks

@just1smothie 2 года назад

Wildlife Photography??????? Far from it. You made a studio. Might as well go to a zoo.

@TheSlantedLens 2 года назад

You can apply the principles to shooting out in the wild.

@just1smothie 2 года назад

@@TheSlantedLens Really? You're going to lug all that photo studio gear with you out in the woods? Please, this is not wildlife photography, its studio. Go get your perfect branches and stick them somewhere, hide in a blind and shoot your awesome not real photos Fauxtography