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There’s something awesome about going outside, and spending time alone with nature, that’s often when I get the best pictures. The other day I was observing a common loon, there were so many people around, I stayed a while after people left and the loon came so close to me that I was able to get some really amazing pictures of the loon.
What helped me a lot was realizing that my FF camera has an APS-C crop setting which helped me get these little guys in flight, because it has the benefit of almost doubling my FPS and makes my autofocus quicker as well.I mean with these guys you will be cropping anyway. Another tip is if you know the general distance your subject will be and you have a lens with a switch to selec a limitedt AF within that distance it will make you af even faster. Other than that, shooting in bright light allows me to up my shutter speed and increase my f stop without having to boost my iso to insane levels and that allows me to freeze action and gives me more leeway with my focus.
Hey Brent, some top advice. Thanks for sharing. I only came across your channel today and I must say, I love your photography mate. I am from Melbourne Australia and have only recently taken up birding. They're beautiful creatures all shapes and sizes. I love raptors too, that was an awesome capture of the Black Hawk, buddy, well done. I'm looking forward to watching more of your fantastic videos. We have just entered into a second wave lockdown from COVID 19. Your videos are going to help my time pass quickly. Keep up your awesome work.
Many thanks, I'm so glad my videos are helping! I really want to go spend some more time down there. Only time I've ever been was a 2 day stop on the aircraft carrier in the navy. I had just enough time to get off, go surf a bit and get back to the boat, lol.
Hello Brent. This is my first time seeing one of your videos. I enjoyed it very much. I'm an older, retired guy and and have really found bird photography as a love of my life. I especially love observing and photographing ducks too. Your video is very easy to vew and listen to and I appreciate your down to earth presentation. Keep up the good work. Your efforts benefit a lot of and are much appreciated.
Very informative video - thanks. I've been practicing at home with the small birds up in the mtns of Colorado, i.e. nuthatch, chickadees, finches. I find that when I crop the photos, I lose definition. I've been using a Nikon 3500 (my first DSLR camera) with a 150mm-600mm lens on monopod. I've set up some feeding stations and am taking them from inside the house so I'm about 20 meters away. Any suggestions would be great - thanks.
I love how you teach and how you explain. You’re just real and don’t act like a narrow minded educator. 😍 I set up my new r5 with back button focus. I’ve never used it before . Do you have to set focus first then use the eye detection. Or do you just hit the eye detain button you’ve set . I’ve gone out twice to use the r5 with tame on 150 600 and cannot get a clear photo at all. It is really blurry. I try with my mark 2 and it’s fine. Please help with this for me or if you have a video on step by step in the field with it please direct me id love to watch it.
Thanks Marla, I'm glad my videos are helping! With the R5, I have mine set up for dual back button focus so I can pick if I want to use the eye af or regular af. I do have a video on that setup which might help you out. th-cam.com/video/5l5feoIUmdI/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=BrentHall
Great video Brent. Small birds are are also one of my passions. I have a Canon 90D paired with a Tamron 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD G2 and still learning them . As a beginner amateur I am having really challenges to get sharp photos. I like to go to the woods, hide myself in a right spot and wait for the actors. At the end of the day is always a disappointing when looking on the photos and realise how blur they are. Those little actors deserve better! All being said, I'm in a kind of a desperate situation and it is clear that I need any assistance as possible. For this pair and scenario, what would be the best settings? Thank you so much.
Sorry you're having trouble. Unfortunately I can't offer anymore help other than what I've mentioned in my videos. Without being there, it's hard to know why your shots aren't sharp. It could be anything from motion blur, poor high is performance, a soft lens, to your subjects being too far away for good image quality, etc.
I like your video. I do quite a lot of bird photography here in the UK. Usually on wildlife reserves. As you say, a lot is down to the time of the day, and time of the year. Also I find, a lot of luck is often needed.
I just found your channel, looks like good content! I have been shooting birds for about 6 years but 99.9% of my shots were big birds of prey, I got a new lens and was doing some test shots in my yard before going out in the field..I took a few shots of sparrows and song birds and to my surprise I did not realize how beautiful the small birds are when you get a good shot and can see them still and up close, even the common sparrow has awesome colors on its head and from a distance they look like a brown bird but are actually quite colorful..So this year im spending more time on the small birds!!! Good video btw!
" I did not realize how beautiful the small birds are when you get a good shot and can see them still and up close...". So you never looked at them through binoculars?
I have a bridge camera and it’s not a very good one what can I do to get better pictures out of it with small birds I know I just watch this whole video but you’re using a DSLR and I don’t have one of them yet so I was just asking what should I do if I have a bridge camera or small point and shoot
My pictures would be great if I could get good focus. I don’t know what’s going on. I have a Canon EOS Rebel T6i with a 75-300 zoom. Any advice would be great. Love your photos!
That's a tricky thing to figure out without being there. I have a few questions and suggestions though. Is your shutter speed fast enough (like higher than 1/300 sec) and are your hands steady? Have you gotten sharp images with that combo before, or on other subjects? I'm asking these things because I don't know your experience level or your track record with that setup, and those are common ways to get blurry or soft images. Also, that lens is not a particularly sharp lens either, so if you've never had any really sharp images from it, that may be part of it. That camera body does not have the greatest focusing system for wildlife (or any small moving subjects) so getting the right focus may be difficult. I would suggest keeping it on the center AF point and setting up/learning how to use back button focusing, and keeping it in AI servo mode once you have it set up.
I like the video. I always carry a monopod for my birding and wildlife and find it immensely helpful. I am wondering why you choose to shoot handheld when you could easily carry a small monopod that would be very helpful here.
I don't have a monopod. I don't mind hand holding my 100-400 mk ii either, it's pretty light and doesn't bother me, but if I were to take out a bigger lens, in certain situations, then I'd probably be more willing to take a monopod or tripod.
Can you help me. I have set up the Autofocus as you said on your video. But when you press the AF-ON button to fucus, it's using single point. When you press the shutter, it doesn't focus, just takes the image
I don't use the af on button, I have it setup for back button focusing, where i user the star button to focus, and i take the af function off the shutter button. I made a whole video about how to do it. th-cam.com/video/VbnuR7b1BmM/w-d-xo.html
I have never seen a black hawk bird before (only helicopters lol). Magnificent and fierce looking. Thank you for insight into the flappy birds. So much to learn but I am hoping to get out more often for fun. PEACE.
Excellent video with some great advice. Small birds can be so skittish and as you say you need a lot of patience. I am on a Kingfisher hunt at the moment and they definitely fall into that category.
*I gotta prob.. there is a particular bird tht comes to my home daily around afternoon 1 to 2 pm.. at that time... The trees and background near me... Is brown.. and the bird is brown too... So the bird gets camouflaged with the background and I find it difficult.. to differentiate and enhace the bird look... So can u give me some advice*
If you can't change your viewing angle at all, then if it were me, I would try to set up a new feeding station and perch close to where the bird is coming every day. Then I could get into position and have the background I wanted to photograph it. I do that a lot in my own yard actually.
@@BrentHall *thank u so much for replying.. ❤️❤️✌️🤗 I'm from india... The bird which comes to my home is common babblers...and they tend to rest themselves.. in a darkish... Brown sheded neem trees.. where there is low exposure... And the environment isn't quite well...anyways... I will try the way u told me to switch the feeding position.. and do my best 👍🏻✌️🤗 thanks again! ❤️*
Hey Brent, you talked a lot about center point focus being the most accurate. I know that’s true on DSLR but my understanding (I th8bk from you) is that with mirrorless (R5 specifically) that all the focus points are equal in accuracy. I’m assuming your talking to the general audience but wanted to double check as I make my journey into mirrorless. Thanks again for a great video.
Yeah that was definitelybefore I switched tomirrorless. I think they are all pretty much equal in accuracy on the R5 and R6. Don't quote me on that though.
For those of you that may be going out in places where they allow hunting you need to know what seasons are in at the time. If you're in the woods during deer season you should wear hunter's orange or blaze orange especially if you wear camo clothing. Deer season is usually in the fall and winter and in the spring time turkey season is in. I live not far from a national forest that allows hunting. It's open to the public and they have hiking and even horse trails. Those would be the places to take pictures because most hunters avoid people. Be safe when you go out. And also watch for snakes.
Man, good vid. I love, love love love, people who have a wealth of knowledge and experience, who post videos, and don't "dumb you down" or talk down to the viewers. Just real up front, no bullshit included information. New Fan!!!
Great tips! Especially liked the birding web site resources. I live in a great bird environment in Portland Oregon. This gives me a lot of inspiration to go get some good shots. I guess patience is the name of the game.
Hey thank you for the kind words Steven, I really appreciate that! I absolutely love Portland, especially birding in that area, I can never get enough of it!
Awesome video! I use pretty much the same settings on Sony, but anything auto doesn't work for me, so it's fully manual. I have a funny problem - when I zoom in at 300+mm I often cannot find it, lol! Do you zoom in and out until you see it in the viewfinder? Please address this issue if you can. It's very frustrating, especially for those who wear glasses, and need to take them off to shoot. Thank you!
Thanks! Yeah, finding the subject in viewfinder with longer focal lengths can definitely be a challenge sometimes. That's a skill in of itself for sure. I don't usually have to zoom out to find my subject these days, just because I've been doing it for so long, I guess I have a good feel for lining it up by eye with the longer focal lengths, but you can certainly zoom out and back in if you have a zoom.
@@BrentHall I'm hesitate between 200mm and 300mm. because my tight budget. I can only afford one. could you make a choice for me. I don't no which one is better. I actually using ,I want to shoot birds. or portraits
Awesome video! Thanks a lot for sharing all these resources you use. Been hoping to find some woodpeckers and it seems that some live right in the park next to me!
Thanks, this was a good video. I didn't know about the websites you mentioned. It's December now and there just aren't a lot of birds anywhere in the US. Can't wait for spring.
There aren't any kit lenses out there that are anywhere near the quality of lens I'm using. It's not just about lenses though. Having good wildlife knowledge and camera techniques will also really help a lot, but if you're looking to upgrade lenses on a budget (that's a very relative term) then I would highly recommend taking a look at the tamron 150-600 g2 or the their 100-400. Both are very good quality, both optically and overall build quality. I think I have the link for the 15-600 g2 in the video description.
Nice video. How much do you crop? 50 percent, 75 %? Even with a 600mm lens, a small songbird is a tiny portion of the frame. I'm sometimes cropping my 24 MP down to 4 or 5. How bout you?
Thanks man. I definitely crop most of my wildlife images. Usually I do anywhere from 25-50%, sometimes more if they were really far away and I had really good light and spot on focus.
Brent, you have alot more patience than I do. However, I bet birding is very therapeutic and relaxing. Blackhawk seen was hilarious. You should come up here to Montana and get some good wildlife shots and landscapes. Thanks for all you do and teaching me via the TH-cam's.
Yeah, wildlife photography definitely takes a lot of patience, and for me it is certainly therapeutic. I love Montana! Every time I go up up there, I have a great time and always see awesome landscapes and wildlife. Hopefully soon I can back up to Glacier for some filming.
Brent, Glacier Park is good. However it's full of people and to crowded. Here in Libby we have the cabinet mountains and tons and tons of lakes and trails that virtually no people. If in the future you would like to come up Me and Bindle Bag will be your guides. Perhaps a collab video? In return I will get to hang out with you and be humble student and ask alot of annoying questions. LOL. The only downside is they are planting alot of grizzlys in the cabinet mountain wilderness. Not to promote my channel here you can check out the first video we did called Montana adventures best of 2018. It's a bit long and not that good. Lol But you can see just the surface of our little piece of heaven hear on earth.
Yeah, I've always seen a lot of crowds at the popular spots in Glacier, and the roads have been pretty trafficy the last few times I've gone, but once you get off the main trails and start some serious hiking, you lose a lot of people real quick. Libby is a beautiful area, I love the Kootenai national forest and the river there!
Great vid Brent. Its easy to feel disheartened sometimes doing this type of shooting, I find anyway. A lot of the "pro's" do setups and such, baits, perches and naturally their image quality is a lot higher, composition a lot better, backgrounds distraction free, etc. That just seems almost like cheating to me. Subscribed!
Hey thanks for the kind words, I really appreciate that! I also totally agree. I felt that way for a long time too. I try to live by the quote "comparison is the death of joy" nowadays though. Just keep getting out there and try to enjoy it!
FYI: My mobile is a Pixel 4XL. It has a great camera function. Shoot at any bird (or other), instead of pressing the capture button, click "more", then "lens", and a pic of what you are aiming at comes up, click, and it tells you the name of the bird and everything you ever wanted to know about it. I will shoot a pic on my Sony A7R3 and aim my mobile at the camera back and do this and it tells me the name of the bird. It really wow's people when I show them. Not many people know about this function. I think this will work on any recent Pixel phones. So if you're out and want to know the name of a bird, you don't have to pull open an app and drill down finding pics of it. It's instant and I'm glad I could share!
Great video. 👍 I have my 5DMk4 setup so the AF on is Single point single shot and the Exposure lock button is nine points servo. How do you have yours set?
I usually just switch between the single and group points with the little mini switchy thing next to the joystick. I know there's much better ways to set up for different af configurations, I've just never taken the time to do it.
I spend an hour or so each week at lunch in a 4 acre nature park near my office shooting small birds. In the last 3-4 years, I’ve collected over 200 published images of about 35 different species in the park. I shoot there year round, handheld, no bait, food, or props, typically with a Nikon D500 and the Nikon 200-500 mm F5.6.
Question from a newbie: I would like to take videos of birds in my backyard similar to this example on TH-cam: ( th-cam.com/video/xbs7FT7dXYc/w-d-xo.html ) where the camera is stationary on a tripod and pointed at one spot while recording birds landing and eating food ( not flying in the air ). I have am considering buying a Sony A7Siii and a Sony FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS Super Telephoto Zoom Lens but don't know if that is the best option. I am concerned the SonyA7Siii does not have enough pixels and I am concerned the Sony FE 200-600mm will not work well at dawn or dusk which I read is a problem with that lens. Do you have any advice on which camera and lens to buy to take bird the type of bird videos I want to capture ? Thank you.
Hi Brent. Thanks for uploading your video full of useful information. May I ask you what lens do you use and the fotos you show is the real image or it is extracted?
@@BrentHall Thank you very much for the quick reply. Sometimes my birds are so far away in the sky that I need to zoom in and extract this part of the picture.
Good info. I always like to hear what people do for shutter speed with birds. I'm new to this but I've been trying to not go slower than 1/1250 for the smaller guys using a 400mm handheld. I seem to have to keep my ISO higher than I'd want it but whatever. What focal length is the lens you use most for small birds?
@@BrentHall I shoot raptors. Sony A7R3 / 1.4x / 100-400 All Sony, switched from Nikon several years ago. Sony is ahead of the the game. I'm going to upgrade to either an A7R4 or A9. Can't wait.
For practice, take pictures of anything that flies or crawls around your house or local area. I practice on seagulls a lot, that way, I am ready for those rare encounters with more "special birds". Any animal or bug can yield beautiful photos, i.e. dragonflies, lizards etc. Also, when walking around, be ready for fast action....shutter at 1/1000, aperture wide open (if you have a cheap slow lens like me), and auto ISO. Landscapes don't run or fly away, birds and animals do! - Be ready for the unexpected!!!! Also, don't wait for pro gear. I am STILL on a used D3300 and $300 lens...& having great fun! I just accept that my lens is slow, I have to keep it wide open (aperture) and live with a shallow depth of field: Some of the bird/animal is out of focus, but when I get lucky with the eye in focus, it looks very artistic. pottsinoz (Instagram)
wildcamp if you can, often the birds freak out when you first go, but if you wake up in the morning at a spot and are quiet and still they often accept you as part of the landscape. Fieldcraft is key
An excellent video, Brent...........I just subscribed. Great tips. You're with "floppy birds" somewhat like Camera Conspiracies is with "flippy screens".
Can anyone point me to a tutorial on how to take photo's of skylined objects line a simple tree trunk & branches against not only blue sky but also heavy overcast & low light conditions?
Definitely not too long. It was a great video. I agree with all your advice. I noticed on some of your photos that you have done little editing of things like shadows of branches on birds or distracting twigs. I try to do minimal editing but I would take out some twigs etc, like the photo of the woodpecker, I would have removed the twig near its head. What is your approach to the editing out of certain distractions in bird photos?
Thanks Pauline! My approach to editing is do whatever you want, it's all art. If I were going to sell these images, or they were for a client or magazine or something like that, then I would definitely clean them up a bit, but I just didn't put too much effort into them since they were just some snapshots for the video.
Good enough is a relative term. If that's all you have, then absolutely, but if you have options, then it's usually considered a bit short for wildlife. Though, I used the 300mm f/4L IS for years and it's a great, fast, light, and cheap lens, especially on a crop body. I also used it with a1.4x tc with very good results.
@@BrentHall thanks ....do you prefer using it on a full frame as opposed to a crop sensor camera? I am in two minds about it...but also tend towards my full frame for iso performance...
@@bvista58 Yeah, I used to shoot with a couple different crop bodies, but I always found that even with a little bit less reach on the full frame bodies, my images were almost always looking just a bit better, and iso performance is a big plus for me. I also noticed that even when I crop in on my full frame images, they still look as good and usually still a little better than my crop body images, so I finally just switched to to full frame for all my wildlife and haven't looked back.
@@BrentHall thanks so much for your insight Brent...I am still on trying out...just got a whole bunch of images brought back from a trip that I used both my nikon bodies...and now have to do the pixel peeping to see what I am going to use from now on, rather than taking two bodies out into the field....the keeper rate will be another aspect...when birds get smaller in the viewfinder of the full frame :)...good to learn from others like you as being out in the woods can get lonely at time and it is great to have this opportunity on youtube of getting other peoples thoughts....
Hi Brent, first time on your channel. This was very helpful and gave me some good takeaways for the field. Have never understood the aversion to Auto ISO, I shoot all wildlife in M with auto iso engaged and limited to 800 to 1000 as I like to have control of both aperture and shutter, works very well. Like and sub for you today. Cheers!
Thank you so much for the kind words Gord, I really appreciate that! I think a lot of the aversion is from older cameras having bad performance at high ISOs, but that, to me, just isn't as bad these days. But more importantly for me, I'll do what it takes to get a good sharp image, even if that means potentially having to deal with higher ISO, and between better sensors and Photoshop, I don't have any problems.
Look at the Merlin app for phones. Its easy to use, if you get a photo of a bird you can upload it to the app and it will ID it for you. It also had all the info about the birds all over the world.
@@BrentHall Thanks. I'm just debating about buying a 18-400mm Tamron len for birding purposes. Love your videos. I really appreciate you're showing actual photos to compare. Keep up the good work!
Hi Brent, my first time watching you and it turns out I live not too far from where you were shooting! In fact, I was there shooting birds on April 6 & 7th! COBH were amazing!
I head up the Cliff Swallow monitoring team on campus. They used to spray the nests because the president thought they were too messy. Now we work with the university and we are trying to instill love for these terrific insect eating birds. You're welcome to join the team--if interested, please notify the president of Audubon. Otherwise, maybe see you on the trail! Small world indeed.@@BrentHall
Not sure what you mean by this. I do fine with hummingbirds I suppose. If you are asking how I photograph them, I use the same techniques and principles as I said in the video, except maybe with an even faster shutter speed and a lot more patience.
@@BrentHall Sounds good to me. One thing I discovered they don't stay put, prone to flush, and they're rarely in the open they hang out in foliage; it's hard to get a clear shot and grab focus. I shoot a three shot burst so the buffer clears faster also I'll have less post processing to do.
Thank you! Without knowing you, your skills and comfort level, or your budget, that's a really tough question to answer. Also, I pretty much only have experience with Canon, since that's all I've used for the past decade.
@@klbirdwatch7948 there's a lot of different options. It depends on how much you want to spend, and how much weight you feel like dealing with. There are a lot of people who enjoy birding with a point and shoot, which are generally cheaper and very light and portable, but offer poor autofocus, image quality, and other specs, such as low poor low light performance. These are the areas dslrs excel, though at the costs of more weight and higher prices. If you're interested in dslrs, the Canon 7d mk ii and 90D, are great wildlife cameras, but then you'll need a lens, of which there are many options again. The canon 300 f/4L IS, is incredibly sharp, light, and under $1K. Then there are some great sigma and Tamron lenses like the 150-600s, which are very versatile, but not as sharp as the Canon 300. Nikon has some great similar options for both camera bodies and lenses. If all of that sounds like too much money, effort, or just overwhelming, then I would look at getting the best point and shoot you can find (with the longest focal length reach). Unfortunately, I know nothing about the point and shoot market.
Awesome video, great photography tips and bird recognition info! Mind if I ask what the name of the area is you are shooting at in the video? Looks so cool...
Hey guys, my main IG account got compromised and disabled, so if you wanna show some love and check out my new main account @hallofbirds, that would be awesome. Thanks for all the support here on YT and over on Instagram, it really means a lot.
There’s something awesome about going outside, and spending time alone with nature, that’s often when I get the best pictures. The other day I was observing a common loon, there were so many people around, I stayed a while after people left and the loon came so close to me that I was able to get some really amazing pictures of the loon.
Love the outdoors too, brings a sense of calm especially when no one else is around. Just me and nature
This video resonates with me to a remarkable degree! I _love_ photographing what I call 'the shy and tinies'. Bush birds. Little things.
It’s not way too long. It’s perfect. I like the way you explained. Lots of useful information. Thanks!
Thank you, I'm glad it helped!
What helped me a lot was realizing that my FF camera has an APS-C crop setting which helped me get these little guys in flight, because it has the benefit of almost doubling my FPS and makes my autofocus quicker as well.I mean with these guys you will be cropping anyway. Another tip is if you know the general distance your subject will be and you have a lens with a switch to selec a limitedt AF within that distance it will make you af even faster. Other than that, shooting in bright light allows me to up my shutter speed and increase my f stop without having to boost my iso to insane levels and that allows me to freeze action and gives me more leeway with my focus.
Very well done. I've been shooting birds with long lenses for years and you are spot on.
Hey thanks for the kind words Lad, I appreciate that!
Hey Brent, some top advice. Thanks for sharing. I only came across your channel today and I must say, I love your photography mate. I am from Melbourne Australia and have only recently taken up birding. They're beautiful creatures all shapes and sizes. I love raptors too, that was an awesome capture of the Black Hawk, buddy, well done. I'm looking forward to watching more of your fantastic videos. We have just entered into a second wave lockdown from COVID 19. Your videos are going to help my time pass quickly. Keep up your awesome work.
Many thanks, I'm so glad my videos are helping! I really want to go spend some more time down there. Only time I've ever been was a 2 day stop on the aircraft carrier in the navy. I had just enough time to get off, go surf a bit and get back to the boat, lol.
Hello Brent. This is my first time seeing one of your videos. I enjoyed it very much. I'm an older, retired guy and and have really found bird photography as a love of my life. I especially love observing and photographing ducks too. Your video is very easy to vew and listen to and I appreciate your down to earth presentation. Keep up the good work. Your efforts benefit a lot of and are much appreciated.
Hey, thank you so much for the kind words, I really appreciate that! I love hearing from people who love birding as much as I do, thanks for watching!
Very informative video - thanks. I've been practicing at home with the small birds up in the mtns of Colorado, i.e. nuthatch, chickadees, finches. I find that when I crop the photos, I lose definition. I've been using a Nikon 3500 (my first DSLR camera) with a 150mm-600mm lens on monopod. I've set up some feeding stations and am taking them from inside the house so I'm about 20 meters away. Any suggestions would be great - thanks.
20m is still pretty far. I'd either try to get a little closer or put a feeder a little closer to you house if you can.
I love how you teach and how you explain. You’re just real and don’t act like a narrow minded educator. 😍
I set up my new r5 with back button focus. I’ve never used it before . Do you have to set focus first then use the eye detection. Or do you just hit the eye detain button you’ve set . I’ve gone out twice to use the r5 with tame on 150 600 and cannot get a clear photo at all. It is really blurry. I try with my mark 2 and it’s fine. Please help with this for me or if you have a video on step by step in the field with it please direct me id love to watch it.
Thanks Marla, I'm glad my videos are helping! With the R5, I have mine set up for dual back button focus so I can pick if I want to use the eye af or regular af. I do have a video on that setup which might help you out.
th-cam.com/video/5l5feoIUmdI/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=BrentHall
Great video Brent. Small birds are are also one of my passions. I have a Canon 90D paired with a Tamron 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD G2 and still learning them . As a beginner amateur I am having really challenges to get sharp photos. I like to go to the woods, hide myself in a right spot and wait for the actors. At the end of the day is always a disappointing when looking on the photos and realise how blur they are. Those little actors deserve better! All being said, I'm in a kind of a desperate situation and it is clear that I need any assistance as possible. For this pair and scenario, what would be the best settings? Thank you so much.
Sorry you're having trouble. Unfortunately I can't offer anymore help other than what I've mentioned in my videos. Without being there, it's hard to know why your shots aren't sharp. It could be anything from motion blur, poor high is performance, a soft lens, to your subjects being too far away for good image quality, etc.
I like your video. I do quite a lot of bird photography here in the UK. Usually on wildlife
reserves. As you say, a lot is down to the time of the day, and time of the year.
Also I find, a lot of luck is often needed.
I just found your channel, looks like good content! I have been shooting birds for about 6 years but 99.9% of my shots were big birds of prey, I got a new lens and was doing some test shots in my yard before going out in the field..I took a few shots of sparrows and song birds and to my surprise I did not realize how beautiful the small birds are when you get a good shot and can see them still and up close, even the common sparrow has awesome colors on its head and from a distance they look like a brown bird but are actually quite colorful..So this year im spending more time on the small birds!!! Good video btw!
Hey, thanks for the kind words, I really appreciate that!
" I did not realize how beautiful the small birds are when you get a good shot and can see them still and up close...". So you never looked at them through binoculars?
@@fgb3126 yes, but that doesn't compare to a high resolution photo
Fantastic video, and not too long at all. Thank you, and beautiful photos!
Hey thanks Steve, I really appreciate that!
Love the natural place nice shoot
I have a bridge camera and it’s not a very good one what can I do to get better pictures out of it with small birds I know I just watch this whole video but you’re using a DSLR and I don’t have one of them yet so I was just asking what should I do if I have a bridge camera or small point and shoot
My pictures would be great if I could get good focus. I don’t know what’s going on. I have a Canon EOS Rebel T6i with a 75-300 zoom.
Any advice would be great.
Love your photos!
That's a tricky thing to figure out without being there. I have a few questions and suggestions though. Is your shutter speed fast enough (like higher than 1/300 sec) and are your hands steady? Have you gotten sharp images with that combo before, or on other subjects? I'm asking these things because I don't know your experience level or your track record with that setup, and those are common ways to get blurry or soft images. Also, that lens is not a particularly sharp lens either, so if you've never had any really sharp images from it, that may be part of it. That camera body does not have the greatest focusing system for wildlife (or any small moving subjects) so getting the right focus may be difficult. I would suggest keeping it on the center AF point and setting up/learning how to use back button focusing, and keeping it in AI servo mode once you have it set up.
I like the video. I always carry a monopod for my birding and wildlife and find it immensely helpful. I am wondering why you choose to shoot handheld when you could easily carry a small monopod that would be very helpful here.
I don't have a monopod. I don't mind hand holding my 100-400 mk ii either, it's pretty light and doesn't bother me, but if I were to take out a bigger lens, in certain situations, then I'd probably be more willing to take a monopod or tripod.
Can you help me. I have set up the Autofocus as you said on your video. But when you press the AF-ON button to fucus, it's using single point. When you press the shutter, it doesn't focus, just takes the image
I don't use the af on button, I have it setup for back button focusing, where i user the star button to focus, and i take the af function off the shutter button. I made a whole video about how to do it.
th-cam.com/video/VbnuR7b1BmM/w-d-xo.html
I have never seen a black hawk bird before (only helicopters lol). Magnificent and fierce looking. Thank you for insight into the flappy birds. So much to learn but I am hoping to get out more often for fun. PEACE.
Excellent video with some great advice. Small birds can be so skittish and as you say you need a lot of patience. I am on a Kingfisher hunt at the moment and they definitely fall into that category.
Thank you! Most of them are definitely skittish, especially Kingfishers! I haven't got too many decent shots of them.
Great video Brent. Well done!
Thanks Richard, I'm glad you liked it!
*I gotta prob.. there is a particular bird tht comes to my home daily around afternoon 1 to 2 pm.. at that time... The trees and background near me... Is brown.. and the bird is brown too... So the bird gets camouflaged with the background and I find it difficult.. to differentiate and enhace the bird look... So can u give me some advice*
If you can't change your viewing angle at all, then if it were me, I would try to set up a new feeding station and perch close to where the bird is coming every day. Then I could get into position and have the background I wanted to photograph it. I do that a lot in my own yard actually.
@@BrentHall *thank u so much for replying.. ❤️❤️✌️🤗 I'm from india... The bird which comes to my home is common babblers...and they tend to rest themselves.. in a darkish... Brown sheded neem trees.. where there is low exposure... And the environment isn't quite well...anyways... I will try the way u told me to switch the feeding position.. and do my best 👍🏻✌️🤗 thanks again! ❤️*
Hey Brent, you talked a lot about center point focus being the most accurate. I know that’s true on DSLR but my understanding (I th8bk from you) is that with mirrorless (R5 specifically) that all the focus points are equal in accuracy. I’m assuming your talking to the general audience but wanted to double check as I make my journey into mirrorless. Thanks again for a great video.
Yeah that was definitelybefore I switched tomirrorless. I think they are all pretty much equal in accuracy on the R5 and R6. Don't quote me on that though.
Great video. Very helpful for newbies like me. Thanks!
This guy has a sense of humor.
Those are some awesome looking shots 👍
Many thanks! 😀🙏
For those of you that may be going out in places where they allow hunting you need to know what seasons are in at the time. If you're in the woods during deer season you should wear hunter's orange or blaze orange especially if you wear camo clothing. Deer season is usually in the fall and winter and in the spring time turkey season is in. I live not far from a national forest that allows hunting. It's open to the public and they have hiking and even horse trails. Those would be the places to take pictures because most hunters avoid people. Be safe when you go out. And also watch for snakes.
Man, good vid. I love, love love love, people who have a wealth of knowledge and experience, who post videos, and don't "dumb you down" or talk down to the viewers. Just real up front, no bullshit included information. New Fan!!!
Hey, thank you so much, I really appreciate the kind words!
Great tips! Especially liked the birding web site resources. I live in a great bird environment in Portland Oregon. This gives me a lot of inspiration to go get some good shots. I guess patience is the name of the game.
Hey thank you for the kind words Steven, I really appreciate that! I absolutely love Portland, especially birding in that area, I can never get enough of it!
Awesome video! I use pretty much the same settings on Sony, but anything auto doesn't work for me, so it's fully manual. I have a funny problem - when I zoom in at 300+mm I often cannot find it, lol! Do you zoom in and out until you see it in the viewfinder? Please address this issue if you can. It's very frustrating, especially for those who wear glasses, and need to take them off to shoot. Thank you!
Thanks! Yeah, finding the subject in viewfinder with longer focal lengths can definitely be a challenge sometimes. That's a skill in of itself for sure. I don't usually have to zoom out to find my subject these days, just because I've been doing it for so long, I guess I have a good feel for lining it up by eye with the longer focal lengths, but you can certainly zoom out and back in if you have a zoom.
Seriously awesome tips man! I learned a lot shooting with you in Colorado! You're the man! Also, the bird at 6:32 is ridiculous!
Your praise, although highly unwarranted, is humbly received! 😀🙏 And yes, cedar waxwings are quite legit!
Brent Hall the bird was cool but the shot was epic!! Definitely warranted praise. I’ve seen you in action with those birds!
Lol, I am a stalker of birds...👀🐦
can i use a 70-200mm lens to shoot birds .
You certainly can, though they won't fill the frame as well as a longer lens, and you might want to try to get as close as possible.
@@BrentHall I'm hesitate between 200mm and 300mm. because my tight budget. I can only afford one. could you make a choice for me.
I don't no which one is better. I actually using ,I want to shoot birds. or portraits
Awesome video! Thanks a lot for sharing all these resources you use. Been hoping to find some woodpeckers and it seems that some live right in the park next to me!
You bet man, I'm glad it helped!
Thanks, this was a good video. I didn't know about the websites you mentioned.
It's December now and there just aren't a lot of birds anywhere in the US. Can't wait for spring.
Thanks Bob, I'm glad it helped! I'm definitely looking forward to spring migration already too! 😁
What lens kit can I buy to get the same results you get ?
There aren't any kit lenses out there that are anywhere near the quality of lens I'm using. It's not just about lenses though. Having good wildlife knowledge and camera techniques will also really help a lot, but if you're looking to upgrade lenses on a budget (that's a very relative term) then I would highly recommend taking a look at the tamron 150-600 g2 or the their 100-400. Both are very good quality, both optically and overall build quality. I think I have the link for the 15-600 g2 in the video description.
Nice video. How much do you crop? 50 percent, 75 %? Even with a 600mm lens, a small songbird is a tiny portion of the frame. I'm sometimes cropping my 24 MP down to 4 or 5. How bout you?
Thanks man. I definitely crop most of my wildlife images. Usually I do anywhere from 25-50%, sometimes more if they were really far away and I had really good light and spot on focus.
I like the Merlin app a lot. You can use your actual photo of the bird to identify it. Much easier and it's very accurate. Not 100%. Nothing is.
Amazing and beautiful video! Thank you for sharing.
You're welcome, thanks for watching, and for the kind words! 😀🙏
Great video. Thank you. Would be nice if you could put - after your gear list- the links to the apps/webs that you mentioned.
Brent, you have alot more patience than I do. However, I bet birding is very therapeutic and relaxing. Blackhawk seen was hilarious. You should come up here to Montana and get some good wildlife shots and landscapes. Thanks for all you do and teaching me via the TH-cam's.
Yeah, wildlife photography definitely takes a lot of patience, and for me it is certainly therapeutic. I love Montana! Every time I go up up there, I have a great time and always see awesome landscapes and wildlife. Hopefully soon I can back up to Glacier for some filming.
Brent, Glacier Park is good. However it's full of people and to crowded. Here in Libby we have the cabinet mountains and tons and tons of lakes and trails that virtually no people. If in the future you would like to come up Me and Bindle Bag will be your guides. Perhaps a collab video? In return I will get to hang out with you and be humble student and ask alot of annoying questions. LOL. The only downside is they are planting alot of grizzlys in the cabinet mountain wilderness. Not to promote my channel here you can check out the first video we did called Montana adventures best of 2018. It's a bit long and not that good. Lol But you can see just the surface of our little piece of heaven hear on earth.
Yeah, I've always seen a lot of crowds at the popular spots in Glacier, and the roads have been pretty trafficy the last few times I've gone, but once you get off the main trails and start some serious hiking, you lose a lot of people real quick. Libby is a beautiful area, I love the Kootenai national forest and the river there!
As I learned from watching my Hero Anthony Bourdain.....you have to get off the main road and meet the locals. I sure do miss that guy.
True story. He was definitely a cool guy.
Please let me know which is that introductory bgm in this video.
Great vid Brent. Its easy to feel disheartened sometimes doing this type of shooting, I find anyway. A lot of the "pro's" do setups and such, baits, perches and naturally their image quality is a lot higher, composition a lot better, backgrounds distraction free, etc. That just seems almost like cheating to me. Subscribed!
Hey thanks for the kind words, I really appreciate that! I also totally agree. I felt that way for a long time too. I try to live by the quote "comparison is the death of joy" nowadays though. Just keep getting out there and try to enjoy it!
Using a trilod is best or by hand?
Just depends on you. Personally, I never use tripods for wildlife, but that's just me.
Very inspiring and helpful. Amazing photos also.
Really nice to watch. Thank you.
Hey thanks, I really appreciate that! 😃🙏
Great tips! I learned a lot from this video. You got yourself a subscriber from India
Thank you Neerav, I really appreciate that!
Excellent tips, Brent. Thanks so much.
You're welcome Jann, glad I could help. Thanks for watching!
Is nikon 70-300mm lens good for beginners to take bird photographs?
It's pretty much the lowest end, but if that's all you have, then you can certainly still make some good images with it.
I did not know about ebird! That's an awesome resource!
Not too long, very helpful, beautifully shot.
Thank you Richard, I'm glad you liked it! 😀🙏
FYI:
My mobile is a Pixel 4XL. It has a great camera function. Shoot at any bird (or other), instead of pressing the capture button, click "more", then "lens", and a pic of what you are aiming at comes up, click, and it tells you the name of the bird and everything you ever wanted to know about it. I will shoot a pic on my Sony A7R3 and aim my mobile at the camera back and do this and it tells me the name of the bird. It really wow's people when I show them. Not many people know about this function. I think this will work on any recent Pixel phones. So if you're out and want to know the name of a bird, you don't have to pull open an app and drill down finding pics of it. It's instant and I'm glad I could share!
This was a great place to learn
Thanks man, I'm glad it helped!
Great video. 👍
I have my 5DMk4 setup so the AF on is Single point single shot and the Exposure lock button is nine points servo. How do you have yours set?
I usually just switch between the single and group points with the little mini switchy thing next to the joystick. I know there's much better ways to set up for different af configurations, I've just never taken the time to do it.
Lots of good advice here, thanks. I just wish we had the same variety of colourful birds here in the UK.
Thanks! Yeah, New Mexico is really a great place for birding and wildlife!😁
We have just be patient
I spend an hour or so each week at lunch in a 4 acre nature park near my office shooting small birds. In the last 3-4 years, I’ve collected over 200 published images of about 35 different species in the park. I shoot there year round, handheld, no bait, food, or props, typically with a Nikon D500 and the Nikon 200-500 mm F5.6.
That's awesome! Best way to do it! :)
Question from a newbie: I would like to take videos of birds in my backyard similar to this example on TH-cam: ( th-cam.com/video/xbs7FT7dXYc/w-d-xo.html ) where the camera is stationary on a tripod and pointed at one spot while recording birds landing and eating food ( not flying in the air ). I have am considering buying a Sony A7Siii and a Sony FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS Super Telephoto Zoom Lens but don't know if that is the best option. I am concerned the SonyA7Siii does not have enough pixels and I am concerned the Sony FE 200-600mm will not work well at dawn or dusk which I read is a problem with that lens. Do you have any advice on which camera and lens to buy to take bird the type of bird videos I want to capture ? Thank you.
Hi Brent. Thanks for uploading your video full of useful information. May I ask you what lens do you use and the fotos you show is the real image or it is extracted?
I used the Canon 100-400 mk ii for all those images.
@@BrentHall Thank you very much for the quick reply. Sometimes my birds are so far away in the sky that I need to zoom in and extract this part of the picture.
Great video. There are a ton of videos about settings, gear etc... But not as many on technique. Great video and great tips. Thanks!
That's Christopher, I really appreciate that, and I'm glad you liked it! 😀🙏
Very important basic tips mentioned, very good pics...
Thank you so much Kushal!
Good info. I always like to hear what people do for shutter speed with birds. I'm new to this but I've been trying to not go slower than 1/1250 for the smaller guys using a 400mm handheld. I seem to have to keep my ISO higher than I'd want it but whatever. What focal length is the lens you use most for small birds?
Thanks man, glad I could help! I use the canon 100-400 mk II for pretty much all my wildlife.
@@BrentHall Nice. I've got my eye on that and the 300 f4 when I have the funds. Do you ever use teleconverters?
Yeah, I used that lens for many years, it's a great lens, and it holds up really well with the 1.4x TC.
@@BrentHall I shoot raptors. Sony A7R3 / 1.4x / 100-400 All Sony, switched from Nikon several years ago. Sony is ahead of the the game. I'm going to upgrade to either an A7R4 or A9. Can't wait.
Loves this already.. good tips as well.. :)👍
Thank you, I'm glad you liked it!
@@BrentHall Keep it UP the good works :)
Very handy websites and apps ... thanks for sharing.
You're welcome, I'm glad it helped!
Who else has some good birding tips for me (and everyone else on here)?
Work hard to keep the sun at your back and shoot often
Me 🙂
For practice, take pictures of anything that flies or crawls around your house or local area. I practice on seagulls a lot, that way, I am ready for those rare encounters with more "special birds". Any animal or bug can yield beautiful photos, i.e. dragonflies, lizards etc. Also, when walking around, be ready for fast action....shutter at 1/1000, aperture wide open (if you have a cheap slow lens like me), and auto ISO. Landscapes don't run or fly away, birds and animals do! - Be ready for the unexpected!!!! Also, don't wait for pro gear. I am STILL on a used D3300 and $300 lens...& having great fun! I just accept that my lens is slow, I have to keep it wide open (aperture) and live with a shallow depth of field: Some of the bird/animal is out of focus, but when I get lucky with the eye in focus, it looks very artistic. pottsinoz (Instagram)
wildcamp if you can, often the birds freak out when you first go, but if you wake up in the morning at a spot and are quiet and still they often accept you as part of the landscape.
Fieldcraft is key
wear a hat and hoodie, and stay still. if they dont see your face/eyes they dont care. our birds buzz right by us.
There is a place like this up behind the house where I live - it's so like this place it's _scary_ !
An excellent video, Brent...........I just subscribed. Great tips. You're with "floppy birds" somewhat like Camera Conspiracies is with "flippy screens".
Lol, thanks man, glad you're liking the content!
Can anyone point me to a tutorial on how to take photo's of skylined objects line a simple tree trunk & branches against not only blue sky but also heavy overcast & low light conditions?
Definitely not too long. It was a great video. I agree with all your advice. I noticed on some of your photos that you have done little editing of things like shadows of branches on birds or distracting twigs. I try to do minimal editing but I would take out some twigs etc, like the photo of the woodpecker, I would have removed the twig near its head. What is your approach to the editing out of certain distractions in bird photos?
Thanks Pauline! My approach to editing is do whatever you want, it's all art. If I were going to sell these images, or they were for a client or magazine or something like that, then I would definitely clean them up a bit, but I just didn't put too much effort into them since they were just some snapshots for the video.
Some good tips 👍🏻 I use some of the same practices . Gem
Thank you so much Gem!
The explanation so amazing and the tips so wonderful
Thank you so much, I'm glad you liked it, and thanks for watching! :)
Good stuff. I too use Auto ISO as well as Auto WB.
Is a 300mm lens good enough
Good enough is a relative term. If that's all you have, then absolutely, but if you have options, then it's usually considered a bit short for wildlife. Though, I used the 300mm f/4L IS for years and it's a great, fast, light, and cheap lens, especially on a crop body. I also used it with a1.4x tc with very good results.
Brent Hall what about for astrophotographry
@@videomaker8532 A 300mmF4 of good quality (I have the L, non IS), is really good for astro use with an equatorial mount
Great video. Are you using a 400mm lens or 200 mm lens? Thanks a lot!
I'm using the canon 100-400 mk ii
very informative...thanks for sharing your knowledge....what focal length lens you are using on your full frame camera?
Thank you! I'm using the Canon 100-400 mk ii.
@@BrentHall thanks ....do you prefer using it on a full frame as opposed to a crop sensor camera? I am in two minds about it...but also tend towards my full frame for iso performance...
@@bvista58 Yeah, I used to shoot with a couple different crop bodies, but I always found that even with a little bit less reach on the full frame bodies, my images were almost always looking just a bit better, and iso performance is a big plus for me. I also noticed that even when I crop in on my full frame images, they still look as good and usually still a little better than my crop body images, so I finally just switched to to full frame for all my wildlife and haven't looked back.
@@BrentHall thanks so much for your insight Brent...I am still on trying out...just got a whole bunch of images brought back from a trip that I used both my nikon bodies...and now have to do the pixel peeping to see what I am going to use from now on, rather than taking two bodies out into the field....the keeper rate will be another aspect...when birds get smaller in the viewfinder of the full frame :)...good to learn from others like you as being out in the woods can get lonely at time and it is great to have this opportunity on youtube of getting other peoples thoughts....
Thank you Brent....I enjoyed your video and your tips will certainly be incorporated into my repertoire.
That's awesome I'm glad I could help!
Nice
Thank you! :)
Hi Brent, first time on your channel. This was very helpful and gave me some good takeaways for the field. Have never understood the aversion to Auto ISO, I shoot all wildlife in M with auto iso engaged and limited to 800 to 1000 as I like to have control of both aperture and shutter, works very well. Like and sub for you today. Cheers!
Thank you so much for the kind words Gord, I really appreciate that! I think a lot of the aversion is from older cameras having bad performance at high ISOs, but that, to me, just isn't as bad these days. But more importantly for me, I'll do what it takes to get a good sharp image, even if that means potentially having to deal with higher ISO, and between better sensors and Photoshop, I don't have any problems.
@@BrentHall Exactly! There's a lot that can be done in post to deal with noise but nothing can be done to fix a blurred image.
True story. 😁
Brent... ..How awesome is it that Filmic and Freefly are now compatible? Amazing.
Yeah ive been thinking of getting a blind too. Cardinals and kestrels are so skittish
Look at the Merlin app for phones. Its easy to use, if you get a photo of a bird you can upload it to the app and it will ID it for you. It also had all the info about the birds all over the world.
I definitely like the Merlin app, especially for the international birds!
How do you get them without them flying off.
Camo, sometimes ghillie suits, and lots of patience.
Thanks for the tips !
You're welcome Valerie, thanks for watching! 😀🙏
What type of lens do you use?
I use the canon 100-400 mk II.
@@BrentHall Thanks. I'm just debating about buying a 18-400mm Tamron len for birding purposes. Love your videos. I really appreciate you're showing actual photos to compare. Keep up the good work!
uowwww!!! tks! great shots!
Many thanks!
Very good information!
Thank you, I'm glad it helped!
Great video and very helpful, thank you Brent
Thanks Jenny, I appreciate that and I'm glad it helped!
Hi Brent, my first time watching you and it turns out I live not too far from where you were shooting! In fact, I was there shooting birds on April 6 & 7th! COBH were amazing!
That's awesome! I've been going most weekend mornings for the last month or so. Such a chill place to walk.
So cool...do you live in town ?@@BrentHall
Kind of. We kind of base here for a while at my wife's mom's house, but we travel a lot, and will be gone after August.
I head up the Cliff Swallow monitoring team on campus. They used to spray the nests because the president thought they were too messy. Now we work with the university and we are trying to instill love for these terrific insect eating birds. You're welcome to join the team--if interested, please notify the president of Audubon. Otherwise, maybe see you on the trail! Small world indeed.@@BrentHall
Flappy bird game: make you rage
Flappy bird: make you calm
How are you doing with humming birds?
Not sure what you mean by this. I do fine with hummingbirds I suppose. If you are asking how I photograph them, I use the same techniques and principles as I said in the video, except maybe with an even faster shutter speed and a lot more patience.
@@BrentHall Sounds good to me. One thing I discovered they don't stay put, prone to flush, and they're rarely in the open they hang out in foliage; it's hard to get a clear shot and grab focus. I shoot a three shot burst so the buffer clears faster also I'll have less post processing to do.
@@drfaustens4504 Yeah, they definitely require a lot more patience, especially if you want to get a shot of them while they're not at a feeder!
Thanks! Great tips
You bet man, thanks for watching!
Great video.
Thank you!😀🙏
Which lens you used here
The canon 100-400 mk II.
Thanks! Very helpful
Your welcome, thanks for watching!
Thank you for the video! Definitly learned alot.
You're welcome, I'm glad it helped! :)
beautiful photos , I'm just starting out with bird watching and on a look out for a decent camera. any tips on a really good camera please
Thank you! Without knowing you, your skills and comfort level, or your budget, that's a really tough question to answer. Also, I pretty much only have experience with Canon, since that's all I've used for the past decade.
I'm only just starting out and I dont know where to start with the cameras that's available . thank you for answering me
@@klbirdwatch7948 there's a lot of different options. It depends on how much you want to spend, and how much weight you feel like dealing with. There are a lot of people who enjoy birding with a point and shoot, which are generally cheaper and very light and portable, but offer poor autofocus, image quality, and other specs, such as low poor low light performance. These are the areas dslrs excel, though at the costs of more weight and higher prices. If you're interested in dslrs, the Canon 7d mk ii and 90D, are great wildlife cameras, but then you'll need a lens, of which there are many options again. The canon 300 f/4L IS, is incredibly sharp, light, and under $1K. Then there are some great sigma and Tamron lenses like the 150-600s, which are very versatile, but not as sharp as the Canon 300. Nikon has some great similar options for both camera bodies and lenses. If all of that sounds like too much money, effort, or just overwhelming, then I would look at getting the best point and shoot you can find (with the longest focal length reach). Unfortunately, I know nothing about the point and shoot market.
that's really helpful , thank you . I'll have a look at some of the ones you recommended .
Which camera is this
I use the canon 5D4 and 1DX2.
Thanks for sharing such informations on shooting small 🐦. I have been struggling with this for long. Now I hope to have some success..
You're welcome, I'm glad I could help!
Awesome video, great photography tips and bird recognition info! Mind if I ask what the name of the area is you are shooting at in the video? Looks so cool...
Thanks man, I appreciate that! This is in Silver City, New Mexico. A trail called San Vicente creek.
Awesome! Thanks for the info, hope to make it there someday :) Keep up the great videos..subscribed!
you are like a mix of elon musk and jeff corwin :D love the videos!
Well that's an interesting combo... :P
Yes - the resemblance to EM is quite astonishing.
Great stuff, my goal this summer is to gear up and shoot hummingbirds. Thanks for the tips.
You bet Steve, thanks for watching! Hummingbirds are really fun to photograph!
Birds are v v v cool