That really is a beautiful picture of the badger. It takes a lot of patience to do this stuff. I just checked my camera trap yesterday and will have to wait probably a month or more to check it again since it's now snowing in the mountains where I have it set up and the dirt road that goes there will be either snowed in or axle deep mud for a while. I know I'll be antsy about it but I'm hoping that some of the animals I've gotten there with trail cameras in years past will come through in the snow and get a nice portait taken. Here's wishing all of us in the camera trapping community lots of luck!
Thank you Melani, your right, it can take loads of patience and perseverance and certainly makes you work hard for your images at times. I wish you every success with your latest set up and hope that you get your portraits in the snow. 👍
Thanks Barry, I hope you and yours have a great Christmas and new year and thanks again for your words of encouragement through the year, it is much appreciated. 👍
Thank you again Robert for your encouraging comments throughout the year, They are very much appreciated. I hope you and your family have a great Christmas and new year. All the best. 👍
Another beautiful video. You have a lot of ability when it comes to looking for scenarios that are suitable for the photographs. Curiously, I have also started to fatten the birds in the forest, and also a friend of mine who is dedicated to this. I think we all share the same madness. The badger photo is beautiful, by the way. Greetings from Spain and thanks for sharing your work!!
Thank you, as always for your kind words. I am very lucky to have this area of secluded land close to my place of work. As for our shared madness, I think it is a nice madness to have. 😊 Keep up the good work with your own channel. You have an impressive amount of excellent content. 👍
Yet another really enjoyable video…love the portable bird feeder! Thankfully the perseverance paid off, it’s a great badger photo. Many thanks for your bits of help this year, merry Christmas to you and yours.
Glad you enjoyed it Rik. I would like to thank you too for your comments throughout the year, they are very much appreciated. Have a great Christmas and new year.👍
Your very welcome Elizabeth. I'd also like to say a big thanks to you too for all your kind comments. They are really appreciated. I hope you and yours have a lovely Christmas and I wish you all the best for the new year. Kind regards John. 😊
Thank you George. I hope you and yours have a great Christmas and new year. Hope to see the fruit of your efforts with your latest set up soon. Take care. 👍
Thanks for sharing John, my camera trap is almost ready to go out, been waiting to get a flash unit and got one last week now to find a second one, but will test it with just one.
Thank you John, as always for your kind comments. I hope you too, have a great Christmas and best wishes for the new year. Thank you for all your words of encouragement throughout the year, much appreciated. 👍
Thanks John for another cracking video..i,m just waiting for my box to arrive, then i,m ready to have a go myself..done some tests in the garden etc,,and all seems ok, but out in the Field is a different game..just wandering where you get your various fittings to secure your lights etc..keep up the good work and i look forward to seeing you in the new year.
Thanks Dennis, The fittings I use to secure my lights vary from small folding tripods to homemade mini ball heads with eye screws attached. I may do a video on it the future as there are plenty of ideas to share. Good luck with your new gear. 👍
Hi. They are homemade and are made from a 4" eye screw bolted to a small ballhead. I may do a video in the near future covering mounts etc as it seems to be a subject i am frequently asked about. 👍
Hello John, greetings from Ireland, I have a trail camera out in a local forest and I am getting a lot of pine marten activity I was going to set up my camera, I was wondering where did you get your poles for your flashguns, as they seem to be a great job, thanks. your videos are great, looking forward to some more keep up the good work. Tom
Thanks Tom, The poles i use are left over from my old fishing days. I think they are called "storm poles". You can also use large, extendable bank sticks used for fishing. Most fishing related gear have a standard thread and you will need a "camera bank stick adapter", which are readily available from fishing tackle retailers, which screws into the top of the poles and on the opposite end has a 1/4-20 unc thread that is an industry standard thread compatible with most photography related equipment. Ebay is as good a place as any to find both poles and adapters. Hope this helps.
Love these videos , will shortly be deploying my set up for first time here in France (after I’ve charged all the batteries! ) one question if I may…. Where did you purchase the camo sleeves for the flash units and pelican case please. I have looked at the usual sites but cannot find them ? Kindest Regards
Thanks Paul, The Camo sleeves etc that i use are a cheap ghillie suit that i got on Ebay. If memory serves me right I think it was around £20 for a 2 pce suit. I cut off the arms and legs from the suit for the flashes and use the trouser part for the pelicase. Hope this helps. Good luck with your new set up. 👍
May I ask what kind if trail cam are you using? I am thinking about getting one and don’t know anything about the subject. I would like to get some descent/usable shots during the night and your camera looked good enough. 😃
Hi, The trail camera footage that was used in this video was from a Browning Spec ops Elite HP5, which you can find here : shop.naturespy.org/collections/camera-traps/products/browning-spec-ops-elite-hp5 Hope this helps. 😊
@@JohnFormstone thank you very much for your reply. I will look into it. I am not looking to capture any artistic result. Just want to use it to capture nocturnal animals for my contributions to inaturalist.
That really is a beautiful picture of the badger. It takes a lot of patience to do this stuff. I just checked my camera trap yesterday and will have to wait probably a month or more to check it again since it's now snowing in the mountains where I have it set up and the dirt road that goes there will be either snowed in or axle deep mud for a while. I know I'll be antsy about it but I'm hoping that some of the animals I've gotten there with trail cameras in years past will come through in the snow and get a nice portait taken.
Here's wishing all of us in the camera trapping community lots of luck!
Thank you Melani, your right, it can take loads of patience and perseverance and certainly makes you work hard for your images at times. I wish you every success with your latest set up and hope that you get your portraits in the snow. 👍
Great finish to the year John, superb setting and lighting again.
Thanks Barry, I hope you and yours have a great Christmas and new year and thanks again for your words of encouragement through the year, it is much appreciated. 👍
A great picture to complete your year.
Best wishes to you and yours.
Thank you again Robert for your encouraging comments throughout the year, They are very much appreciated.
I hope you and your family have a great Christmas and new year. All the best. 👍
Another beautiful video. You have a lot of ability when it comes to looking for scenarios that are suitable for the photographs. Curiously, I have also started to fatten the birds in the forest, and also a friend of mine who is dedicated to this. I think we all share the same madness. The badger photo is beautiful, by the way. Greetings from Spain and thanks for sharing your work!!
Thank you, as always for your kind words. I am very lucky to have this area of secluded land close to my place of work. As for our shared madness, I think it is a nice madness to have. 😊 Keep up the good work with your own channel. You have an impressive amount of excellent content. 👍
Yet another really enjoyable video…love the portable bird feeder! Thankfully the perseverance paid off, it’s a great badger photo. Many thanks for your bits of help this year, merry Christmas to you and yours.
Glad you enjoyed it Rik. I would like to thank you too for your comments throughout the year, they are very much appreciated. Have a great Christmas and new year.👍
Thank you ever so much! keep on going , and I want to see more videos!!!
Your very welcome Elizabeth. I'd also like to say a big thanks to you too for all your kind comments. They are really appreciated.
I hope you and yours have a lovely Christmas and I wish you all the best for the new year. Kind regards John. 😊
Wonderful pic of the badger John.. Hope my own set up is as fruitful..! All the best to you for Xmas & the New Year. g
Thank you George. I hope you and yours have a great Christmas and new year. Hope to see the fruit of your efforts with your latest set up soon. Take care. 👍
Thanks for sharing John, my camera trap is almost ready to go out, been waiting to get a flash unit and got one last week now to find a second one, but will test it with just one.
Thanks Martin, Good luck with your new camera trap set up, I hope you find another flash sometime soon.
Brilliant love you camera trapping
Thanks Stephen.
Cracking video and great shot you got 👍
Thank you Derrick, glad you enjoyed it.
Lovely video yet again
Thank you Steve, glad you enjoyed it. 👍
Another great video John always entertaining. Best wishes to you and yours for Christmas and look forward to more of your videos in the New Year..
Thank you John, as always for your kind comments. I hope you too, have a great Christmas and best wishes for the new year.
Thank you for all your words of encouragement throughout the year, much appreciated. 👍
cracking video! dont know if i would leave expensive kit outside! I do leave go pro out though! enjoyed this!
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it. It can be a bit daunting leaving expensive gear out in nature, but the rewards can make it worth the risk.
@@JohnFormstone I have left dslr,s up in trees at sparrowhawk nests but not ground level! have already lost 2 trailcams lol
I have lost equipment myself and it can be pretty painful.
Thanks John for another cracking video..i,m just waiting for my box to arrive, then i,m ready to have a go myself..done some tests in the garden etc,,and all seems ok, but out in the Field is a different game..just wandering where you get your various fittings to secure your lights etc..keep up the good work and i look forward to seeing you in the new year.
Thanks Dennis, The fittings I use to secure my lights vary from small folding tripods to homemade mini ball heads with eye screws attached.
I may do a video on it the future as there are plenty of ideas to share.
Good luck with your new gear. 👍
Hi there, great videos, where do you get the screw in clamps you mount the flashes to? Can't see them any where, keep up the good work
Hi. They are homemade and are made from a 4" eye screw bolted to a small ballhead.
I may do a video in the near future covering mounts etc as it seems to be a subject i am frequently asked about. 👍
Hello John, greetings from Ireland, I have a trail camera out in a local forest and I am getting a lot of pine marten activity I was going to set up my camera, I was wondering where did you get your poles for your flashguns, as they seem to be a great job, thanks. your videos are great, looking forward to some more keep up the good work. Tom
Thanks Tom, The poles i use are left over from my old fishing days. I think they are called "storm poles". You can also use large, extendable bank sticks used for fishing.
Most fishing related gear have a standard thread and you will need a "camera bank stick adapter", which are readily available from fishing tackle retailers, which screws into the top of the poles and on the opposite end has a 1/4-20 unc thread that is an industry standard thread compatible with most photography related equipment.
Ebay is as good a place as any to find both poles and adapters. Hope this helps.
Love these videos , will shortly be deploying my set up for first time here in France (after I’ve charged all the batteries! ) one question if I may…. Where did you purchase the camo sleeves for the flash units and pelican case please. I have looked at the usual sites but cannot find them ?
Kindest Regards
Thanks Paul, The Camo sleeves etc that i use are a cheap ghillie suit that i got on Ebay. If memory serves me right I think it was around £20 for a 2 pce suit. I cut off the arms and legs from the suit for the flashes and use the trouser part for the pelicase. Hope this helps.
Good luck with your new set up. 👍
Thank you for print reply …yes good idea …I will look for a cheap suit …many thanks .
excellent merci
Merci , Je suis content que vous l'ayez apprécié.
Nice one Boo
Cheers mate. 👍
Very nice John, great photo of the badger. Will you be out this winter trying to photograph animals in the snow?
Thanks James, I hope to have my camera out again soon once this severe cold spell is over. 👍
May I ask what kind if trail cam are you using? I am thinking about getting one and don’t know anything about the subject. I would like to get some descent/usable shots during the night and your camera looked good enough. 😃
Hi, The trail camera footage that was used in this video was from a Browning Spec ops Elite HP5, which you can find here : shop.naturespy.org/collections/camera-traps/products/browning-spec-ops-elite-hp5
Hope this helps. 😊
@@JohnFormstone thank you very much for your reply. I will look into it. I am not looking to capture any artistic result. Just want to use it to capture nocturnal animals for my contributions to inaturalist.