Fantastic Simon … loved the build up badgers nightmare, house move . Nightmare, kingfishers nightmare and the those wonderful shots at the end of the day. Well done thank you for sharing . Inspired me to try harder and create some perches !
One of my greatest memories from many years ago, is when fishing, a Kingfisher landed on my rod tip, and stayed for a minute or so,, fifty years, travelled back in time, thank you Simon, 👍
Hey there. My 9 year old son and i have missed your videos you slacka ha. You famous in our house and will be coming to the bird show for a surprise for my son to see you 😁 We love one of your very used words ( but) lol Now realised how many times thr misses says but lol. Keep up the great Inspiring videos simon All the best👍
Bloody Hell Simon just found your channel and it’s like a breath of fresh air mate, just glued to the tv watching. Never knew how much hard work, time and dedication it takes to get a photo of just kingfisher. I’ll never think of it as just a kingfisher, eagle, whatever species again. Thanks so much for sharing tips and tricks complete eye opener. Look forward to the next blog
That was spectacular... patience always pays off Simon... never forget that !!! It's a pleasure to follow the journey with you as you photograph one of the most elusive and amazing birds that live and feed along riverbanks and streams throughout the UK.
Amazing! amazing! Well done in getting some fantastic footage. I'll be honest, I'm not into photography much, but having clicked through from your other videos on 'walking stick making' it was great to see the work you put into producing some awesome content...cheers mate
Hi Simon, just found your channel, watched the long eared owl video which reminded me of here on my farm where last year I have mother and three chicks, im up to 110 species of bird on the farm, im very lucky, not found the kingfisher yet but still looking. enjoying your work 👍🏻
Hi Emma, welcome to the channel. Thats a fair amount of species you have there, sounds fantastic👌🏼. Good luck with the Kingfisher, one of my favourite birds 📷😃
Great video, love it when a plan comes together . Love photographing Kingfishers,was lucky enough to have captured them feeding there young near where I live. Keep up the good work.
Badgers - I feel your pain! Spent hours and hours waiting and watching, like more than 72 hrs and got 2 photos. Going to go out again this evening, trying to get them in natural light is a challenge but I get the feeling you're up for that, keep at it dont give up.
Great video and have always thought about making a perch for a small lake with no Perches that gets buzzed by KF regularly! But never really done it. Thanks for showing how you make one from stuff around and a bootlace. Great insights 👍
If it were too easy then that feeling you get when you do get a good shot wouldn’t feel half as nice. I’m moving house too & have just bought a place in Wales which is a bit different to Hertfordshire, but really looking forward to getting back into a routine. Keep the faith, you’re good at what you do.
@@simoneardley What part of Wales are you looking at? There are some incredible properties on the market at the moment & it’s a really good time to buy. We just felt that you got more for your money in terms of house/land/location & just generally quality of life to be honest. Good luck with the search. 👍
Great video Simon....thank you so much, Monday I will try to photograph "my" kingfisher after two days (6 hours) without success! But they are there..... greetings from germany.
Welcome to my backyard. The Finger Lakes region is beautiful and I’ve spent a lot time in Watkins Glen, in the park and the track. You’re surrounded by several, maybe hundreds of wineries. Taughannock Falls about 30 minutes northeast of the Glen, another beautiful location. You’re also two or three hours from the Thousand Islands and the Adirondack Mountains. It’s not the New York most people from out of state envision. I spend most of my time with landscape and wildlife photography but really look forward to bringing my camera to the track at Watkins Glen for the races throughout the summer.
Cracking work as always Simon, lovely images, and wishing you all the best with the Badgers, and the move, it sounds like another big protects on the cards, All the best, Mike E...
Brilliant. Never apologise for images. If you are happy with them (and let's be honest every single one of these is a corker) then you have achieved your aim. As you say, images are about memories as much as anything else and the harder you work for them the better the memory. Paying to use a commercial hide is useful and an "almost" guaranteed opportunity to get decent images, but ultimately they can never give you the same satisfaction as the images produced from your own hard work. Very best seasons wishes and have a great 2024.
Well said Robert, the satisfaction you get from recceeing a site, observing and ultimately using good fieldcraft to get a decent image is all part of the fun for me. Thanks for supporting the channel and see you in 2024 📷👀👍🏼
@@simoneardley hi Simon, my first cock up of the season. That comment was supposed to be attached to your 2023 review but it took me so long to stab out with one finger on my phone that the video had finished and gone on to another video. 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄 Incidentally, I was going to say, 'jammy bugger' with that sparrowhawk. I have sparrowhawk's visiting my garden but photo opportunities are very few and far between. However, a friend of mine had a gorgeous male sparrowhawk visit his garden a while back and it sat there on a flowerpot whilst his wife put the washing on the line!!!! He grabbed a camera and actually went outside and got a dozen or so pics. Some people just get all the luck. 🤣🤣🤣
Fantastic work and dedication !! Ive had more houses than I had cameras ! so I know where your coming from ! very best of luck with the move ! Im watching this on my lunch break looking out at a day of horrible torrential rain, I hope your having a blast at the bird fair !! take care
Afternoon Simon mate it was a brilliant video in the end for you,, I am all so working on some badgers at the moment but it's going really well,, good luck with your moving and hope to see you at the Rutland bird fair
Superb work Simon, missed your channel, how dare you move house and leave us all waiting😂, seriously, one bit of luck gets your passion flooding back. All the best, looking forward to your next one👍👌🔥💯
Goood to see you back Simon. Been attempting something similar on a stretch of river locally but every time I’ve been able to get to a spot that showed promise last year a bloke in waders with a rod as good as stands next to me which is frustrating on an early start. The Eardley Creations ground matt is getting some action. Great bit of kit.
You obviously had some decent camo on Dave!! Glad youre happy with the gear and thanks for the custom. Good luck with the Kingfishers, stick at it mate. It'll happen 👍🏼🤞🏼📷
I appreciate you sharing this with us. Your work is truly commendable, and I have immense respect for your talent. The shots you captured are undeniably beautiful. Keep up the good work
Welcome back so glad you got some great shots, house moving project sounds interesting looking forward to hearing about your plans. Birdfair is amazing sadly we cant go this year prooper gutted about that. Enjoy the Tragopan stand I bought a Ghille suit from them last year. You should have you own stand with pictures and all your eardley creations.
Cheers Steve, glad I went out too. I got to my parking spot and realised I'd left the hide in the kitchen. That session nearly didn't happen, luckily I nipped back home for it. Just goes to show eh!! Thanks for watching 👀🎥👍🏼
nice to see you back mate..got the same problem with Badgers.. get 2 in every night on trailcam.. but can,t get a decent shot in Daylight !! good luck with the move, might get to see you at Rutland..
Its good to see you back in the field. Maybe see you at the birdfair. Ive never tried Kingfishers, they are lovely birds. Got a Fallow Buck on the trail cam and ime after images of him at the moment.
Superb Simon , I’ve been the opposite had success with the Badgers next to my house , but despite a number of sessions on the river no luck with the kingfishers 🤞
I feal your pain, Simon. Moving is a pain in the ass. Will be worth it though to have your own piece of land. Keep on crackin brother, glad to see you back out and wonderful shots of the king fisher.
Absolutely brilliant Simon ,your never give up attitude paid dividends with some amazing footage,I’m really pleased for you. Recently received one of your Beanbags as a birthday present, unfortunately a few health problems have meant I have not been out with it yet but very soon will get to use it and it is perfect for what I need. Take care mate Graham
Loved that video, was wondering where you’d been, thought you’d won the lotto & gone off to spend it🤣. Best Kingfisher shots & interesting video images i’ve seen ages. I waited four months for Tragopan to send me the Lagopus tent, in the end i got so fed up chasing them that i sadly had to contact Simon Charles and cancelled the order and got a refund. I too love the products, if hes at the Rutland stand give him a rollocking from me😂
What a brilliant video Simon. A long one yes but I enjoyed every minute of it, one of your best in my opinion. I was wondering how your Badger project was coming along because when we saw you in March, you told us that was going to be your upcoming project so now it all makes sense why we haven’t seen any videos of them. You make things look simple like the tripod idea for the support for the perch so you didn’t have to bury it into the river bed - brilliant idea. Towards the end of the video I was thinking what I was going to write in these comments and you took the words right out of my mind by mentioning how you’d lost your mojo due to the difficulty in getting your Badger shots and the Kingfisher not showing up the day before but you’re right, wildlife photography can be frustrating and difficult at times but it makes it all worth it when you get the results that you did. I think showing us the building of the perch etc., was all part of the story in getting the shot which gave you that buzz. Good luck with the house move and looking forward to the next video. P.S. The Bird Fair sounds amazing and would definitely have considered going but we’re going on a cruise Friday so I’ll miss it. Never heard of it before but I’ll be looking out for it next year.
Thanks Gazza, the Badgers will happen just not at the mo!! Yes sometimes the simplest ideas are the best. Easy to move as well if the background isnt right. Thanks for watching and have a great holiday👍🏼👊🏼
As always a fantastic film, always look forward to them. I have been photographing Kingfishers local to me and was lucky to capture the young ones fledge. So exciting. Keep inspiring us and good luck with the house hunting.
Hi Simon, what a brilliant footage and photos of the kingfisher!! I love the footage between the foliage. Good luck with the house hunting which is more important than making a video. We know you won't stop making videos without telling us. Take care! Gladys
Thanks Gladys, yeh youre right. Its a big ask when youre working full time as well but we'll stick at it eh!! Hopefully we'll find somewhere soon. ATB, Si 👍🏼👊🏼🏠
Great to see you back out again. We moved house in April so I know what youre going through. Its worth it in the end though. Fabulous shots in the end and worth all your perseverance and effort.
Wow! That was absolutely fantastic! Thank you sooo much for sharing! Incredible footage
Fantastic Simon … loved the build up badgers nightmare, house move . Nightmare, kingfishers nightmare and the those wonderful shots at the end of the day. Well done thank you for sharing . Inspired me to try harder and create some perches !
Thanks for watching 👀👊🏼
Great video Simon!
You got some really nice footage on the King!
Thanks Olle, theyre a stunning bird. Ive missed photographing them this year upto now with the house move. One of my favourite species📷👌🏼
Fascinating
loved that, I admire your commitment . Thanks for sharing.
Well done! Outstanding images. It just shows you have to put in the time and patience for great results
Thanks for watching 😃
My favourite bird! Such a challenge to photograph them! Amazing photos and video! Great work!
Many thanks! Theyre a stunning little bird arent they 👌🏼
The best of Video 2023... ❤
One of my greatest memories from many years ago, is when fishing, a Kingfisher landed on my rod tip, and stayed for a minute or so,, fifty years, travelled back in time, thank you Simon, 👍
Amazing how memories can be stirred like that John, some of my best memories are from my old fishing days.👊🏼
In a word excellent 👏👏well done Simon👌
Cheers Paul 👊🏼
Brilliant Simon great to see you back
Cheers 👊🏼
Excellence! Thank you for sharing.
Hallelujah
Welcome Back Simon! Brilliant video…..😀👍
Thanks John and cheers for watching 📷🎥👀
Superb
❤❤❤❤ it was good video thanks for your video see you soon
Thanks for taking the time to watch Sandra 👍🏼👀
Well done
Pefekt 🤩
Absolutely superb the images you managed to capture, was a treat to watch 👍
Thanks David
Hey there. My 9 year old son and i have missed your videos you slacka ha.
You famous in our house and will be coming to the bird show for a surprise for my son to see you 😁
We love one of your very used words ( but) lol
Now realised how many times thr misses says but lol.
Keep up the great Inspiring videos simon
All the best👍
Sounds great, I look forward to meeting you. All the best, Si 👍🏼👊🏼👀
Lovely video Simon. Looked like a juvenile from the colouration (particularly the feet/legs). Great to see the pellet ejection too
Cheers Barrie, yeh it was a nice little bonus capturing that on film 👍🏼
Great film loved it, fantastic Badger images😀 just brilliant love kingfisher’s. Ps bean bag and ground sheet work a treat.
Haha, yeh right!! Glad youre happy with the gear John and thanks for the custom👊🏼👍🏼
I haven't seen one in over 20yrs, so it's nice to see them captured here. Some great shots, and I never knew they regurgitated pellets!
Theyre a stunning bird, I never tire of seeing them and so fortunate to capture the pellet ejection!!👍🏼
Brilliant, thanks Simon. Good luck with the house hunt and future plans. All the best. 👍📷😎
Thanks Rob 👊🏼👍
Bloody Hell Simon just found your channel and it’s like a breath of fresh air mate, just glued to the tv watching. Never knew how much hard work, time and dedication it takes to get a photo of just kingfisher. I’ll never think of it as just a kingfisher, eagle, whatever species again. Thanks so much for sharing tips and tricks complete eye opener. Look forward to the next blog
Exciting times , I look forward to the update 👍
Thanks 👍
Was nice to see 🙂
Glad you enjoyed it Roy 👍🏼
Great work Simon it worked out in the end with wonderfull images. Perseverance pays off when you get results like that. Keep it up 👍
Nice one Tom , will do. Thanks for watching 👀👍🏼
Spot on buddy! Great stuff ❤️ hope alls good with you 😊😉
All good thanks 👍🏼😀
I feel your pain, it's hard work. When it comes together though, for a few seconds, maybe a couple of minutes, it all becomes worth it.
Well said Dale, its why we do it 👌🏼📷
Another great video Simon,beautiful stretch of River 🐞🐦⬛
Many thanks Alan
Great video Simon all comes to those that wait and good look with the house hunting Laurence 👍
Very true, thanks Laurence 😊
Great film best one for ages. Keep going.
Thanks, will do James👍🏼
Nice one Simon.👍
Thanks Martin👍
Another brilliant video
Glad you think so and thanks for watching 👀👍🏼
Fantastic Commitment rewarded with a most excellent capture 5*****
Thanks Steve 👊🏼
Brilliant
Thanks Derrick
That was spectacular... patience always pays off Simon... never forget that !!! It's a pleasure to follow the journey with you as you photograph one of the most elusive and amazing birds that live and feed along riverbanks and streams throughout the UK.
Just amazing. Really appreciate all of the effort that you put into these videos. Great job.
Cheers Robert, glad youre enjoying the channel 👍🏼😃
I thought they pooped the pellets, so I learnt something more than photography today 😁
Amazing! amazing! Well done in getting some fantastic footage. I'll be honest, I'm not into photography much, but having clicked through from your other videos on 'walking stick making' it was great to see the work you put into producing some awesome content...cheers mate
Cheers George 👍🏼
Nice footage Simon.
Glad you enjoyed it. 😀👍🏼
First vid I have seen from you in a wee while. Excellent images from you as per usual. Looking forward to more of your offerings
Best Regards from Al.
Lots more to come Al, thanks for watching 👍🏼
Just starting. Inspirational. Thx
Youre welcome, good luck.,📷👌🏼
Hi Simon, just found your channel, watched the long eared owl video which reminded me of here on my farm where last year I have mother and three chicks, im up to 110 species of bird on the farm, im very lucky, not found the kingfisher yet but still looking. enjoying your work 👍🏻
Hi Emma, welcome to the channel. Thats a fair amount of species you have there, sounds fantastic👌🏼. Good luck with the Kingfisher, one of my favourite birds 📷😃
Great video, love it when a plan comes together . Love photographing Kingfishers,was lucky enough to have captured them feeding there young near where I live. Keep up the good work.
Cheers Mark, one of my favourite birds!! 👍
Great video mate. You walked past a nice house, just needed a bit spent on it lol.
Cheers pal, aye you could chuck a few quid at that one for sure!!🤣👍🏼
Aw fantastic stuff really enjoyed this, good to show all the hard work you put in on the way, superb stuff!
Thanks for the visit👍🏼👊🏼
good to see the longer videos back Simon.
Thanks Philip 🎥👍🏼
Badgers - I feel your pain! Spent hours and hours waiting and watching, like more than 72 hrs and got 2 photos. Going to go out again this evening, trying to get them in natural light is a challenge but I get the feeling you're up for that, keep at it dont give up.
Thanks James, good luck tonight pal. We'll get there in the end !!
Absolutely fantastic Simon
Great video and have always thought about making a perch for a small lake with no Perches that gets buzzed by KF regularly! But never really done it. Thanks for showing how you make one from stuff around and a bootlace. Great insights 👍
Cheers Simon, works 9 times out of ten mate. Give it a go 🤞🏼📷
Hope to see you at the Birdfair on the Saturday 👍🏻👍🏻
Looking forward to it 👍🏼
Superb, mate. Well done! 👍🏻
Cheers Steve 👍🏼
Awesome footage and great video!!
Cheers Tom 👊🏼
great video and great shots
Thanks for visiting Adrian 👊🏼
If it were too easy then that feeling you get when you do get a good shot wouldn’t feel half as nice.
I’m moving house too & have just bought a place in Wales which is a bit different to Hertfordshire, but really looking forward to getting back into a routine.
Keep the faith, you’re good at what you do.
Nice one Mark, weve been looking in Wales. Theres some nice places to be had. Some great rural properties out in the sticks. 👍🏼
@@simoneardley What part of Wales are you looking at?
There are some incredible properties on the market at the moment & it’s a really good time to buy.
We just felt that you got more for your money in terms of house/land/location & just generally quality of life to be honest.
Good luck with the search. 👍
I had to comment on this one. Absolutely amazing work mate. Well done!!
Glad you enjoyed it!👍🏼
Thank you! Excellent video, patience pays off! My plan was to come to the bird fair but I am out of the country. Enjoy the event!
Thanks, maybe see you next year 👍🏼
Great video Simon....thank you so much, Monday I will try to photograph "my" kingfisher after two days (6 hours) without success! But they are there..... greetings from germany.
Stick at it mate and your patience will be rewarded!!👍🏼🤞🏼📷
Well worth the effort. Great footage. Congratulations.
Nice one Tony, thanks for watching 👀👍🏼
Well done Simon I have about 7 fails in a row for kingfishers over the last few months but will keep trying! 🙏👍
Excellent footage Simon & great how to info for setting up for these elusive birds.
Glad you enjoyed it Mark
Welcome to my backyard. The Finger Lakes region is beautiful and I’ve spent a lot time in Watkins Glen, in the park and the track. You’re surrounded by several, maybe hundreds of wineries. Taughannock Falls about 30 minutes northeast of the Glen, another beautiful location. You’re also two or three hours from the Thousand Islands and the Adirondack Mountains. It’s not the New York most people from out of state envision. I spend most of my time with landscape and wildlife photography but really look forward to bringing my camera to the track at Watkins Glen for the races throughout the summer.
Sounds like a fantastic place to live, keep getting out there my friend!!👍🏼
Most people have no idea … 95% of New York State is all Green …
Beautiful images, amazing patience has paid off.
Thanks mate. Always worth going back Roger 👍🏼👀📷
Great tips
Glad you think so James 👍🏼
Cracking work as always Simon, lovely images, and wishing you all the best with the Badgers, and the move, it sounds like another big protects on the cards, All the best, Mike E...
Many thanks Mike 👍🏼
Brilliant. Never apologise for images. If you are happy with them (and let's be honest every single one of these is a corker) then you have achieved your aim. As you say, images are about memories as much as anything else and the harder you work for them the better the memory.
Paying to use a commercial hide is useful and an "almost" guaranteed opportunity to get decent images, but ultimately they can never give you the same satisfaction as the images produced from your own hard work.
Very best seasons wishes and have a great 2024.
Well said Robert, the satisfaction you get from recceeing a site, observing and ultimately using good fieldcraft to get a decent image is all part of the fun for me. Thanks for supporting the channel and see you in 2024 📷👀👍🏼
@@simoneardley hi Simon, my first cock up of the season. That comment was supposed to be attached to your 2023 review but it took me so long to stab out with one finger on my phone that the video had finished and gone on to another video.
🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄
Incidentally, I was going to say, 'jammy bugger' with that sparrowhawk. I have sparrowhawk's visiting my garden but photo opportunities are very few and far between.
However, a friend of mine had a gorgeous male sparrowhawk visit his garden a while back and it sat there on a flowerpot whilst his wife put the washing on the line!!!! He grabbed a camera and actually went outside and got a dozen or so pics. Some people just get all the luck. 🤣🤣🤣
AMAZING! These guys are my nemesis here in FL. So hard to get a shot! Amazing work. You put in the time and it paid off!
Nice one mate. You stick at it and you'll get there!!🤞🏼🤞🏼📷
Awesome Simone! Glad you got the Z9.
Cheers Rudy, yeh its a great piece of kit👌🏼👌🏼📷
Great job Simon
Cheers Ian
Fantastic work and dedication !! Ive had more houses than I had cameras ! so I know where your coming from ! very best of luck with the move ! Im watching this on my lunch break looking out at a day of horrible torrential rain, I hope your having a blast at the bird fair !! take care
Great film as always, interesting to follow your work before filming.
Glad you enjoyed it
wow well done mate.......wow
Thanks Garry
Afternoon Simon mate it was a brilliant video in the end for you,, I am all so working on some badgers at the moment but it's going really well,, good luck with your moving and hope to see you at the Rutland bird fair
Look forward to it John, good luck with the Badgers but by the sound of it you dont need as much luck as I do!!🦡🤣 ATB, Si 👊🏼👍🏼
Thanks Simon ! Well worth all the hard work in the end ! Really enjoyed this ! Thanks for sharing ! Best Wishes Ed.
Nice one Ed, thanks for taking the time to watch. All the best, Si😀
Great work mate, subscribed. Love the pace and the info even more the images.
Thanks for the sub!👍🏼👊🏼
Brilliant.
Thanks Allan 👍🏼👊🏼
perseverance pays off mate, as for the badgers, it will come. Awesome footage as always. good luck with the house move.
Appreciate the comments Ray, all the best. Si 👊🏼👍🏼
Stunning footage and stills Simon! All that hard work paid off 👌
Thanks 👍
Awesome video Simon. You are a great inspiration to me! :D
Happy to hear that, thanks mate 👍🏼
Superb work Simon, missed your channel, how dare you move house and leave us all waiting😂, seriously, one bit of luck gets your passion flooding back.
All the best, looking forward to your next one👍👌🔥💯
I know, the audacity!! 🤣Thanks for watching 👍🏼
Goood to see you back Simon. Been attempting something similar on a stretch of river locally but every time I’ve been able to get to a spot that showed promise last year a bloke in waders with a rod as good as stands next to me which is frustrating on an early start. The Eardley Creations ground matt is getting some action. Great bit of kit.
You obviously had some decent camo on Dave!! Glad youre happy with the gear and thanks for the custom. Good luck with the Kingfishers, stick at it mate. It'll happen 👍🏼🤞🏼📷
@@simoneardley just a bag hide. Had a few pointers off Alan McFadyen so 🤞
I appreciate you sharing this with us.
Your work is truly commendable, and I have immense respect for your talent.
The shots you captured are undeniably beautiful.
Keep up the good work
Youre welcome and thank you so much 🙂👍🏼
Welcome back so glad you got some great shots, house moving project sounds interesting looking forward to hearing about your plans. Birdfair is amazing sadly we cant go this year prooper gutted about that. Enjoy the Tragopan stand I bought a Ghille suit from them last year. You should have you own stand with pictures and all your eardley creations.
Cheers Steve, glad I went out too. I got to my parking spot and realised I'd left the hide in the kitchen. That session nearly didn't happen, luckily I nipped back home for it. Just goes to show eh!! Thanks for watching 👀🎥👍🏼
nice to see you back mate..got the same problem with Badgers.. get 2 in every night on trailcam.. but can,t get a decent shot in Daylight !! good luck with the move, might get to see you at Rutland..
I'll look forward to it. Yeh theyre tricky so and so's!! It'll make it all the more sweet when I do get the shots.
Result! Magic! Even though you've seen kingfishers so many times, you can see it still gives you a buzz. It's great ain't it? 👍
Can't beat it Michael, makes all the blank sessions worthwhile doesn't it!!😀📷👀
Absolutely 👍
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Its good to see you back in the field. Maybe see you at the birdfair. Ive never tried Kingfishers, they are lovely birds. Got a Fallow Buck on the trail cam and ime after images of him at the moment.
Nice one Nigel, good luck with the Fallow project
Well done Simon, glad to see you back out, and about patience and perseverance certainly paid off 👏👏👏
Thats what its all about Chris 👊🏼📷
Well done Simon always a treat to see you working hard to get worth while images.
Have you moved house yet? Packing is a nightmare!!
Haha, tell me about it Peter. We were suppose to 'de-clutter' when we packed. Yeh right!!🤣🤣👍🏼 ATB, Si
Superb Simon , I’ve been the opposite had success with the Badgers next to my house , but despite a number of sessions on the river no luck with the kingfishers 🤞
Swings and roundabouts eh Laurence !!👀😆👍🏼
Beautiful footage Simon, patience is a must in wildlife photography, so glad your plan paid off.
Thanks Debbie, youre right. You need patience in bucket loads 🤣👍🏼
I feal your pain, Simon. Moving is a pain in the ass. Will be worth it though to have your own piece of land. Keep on crackin brother, glad to see you back out and wonderful shots of the king fisher.
Thanks Kevin, youre right its a serious pain but it'll all be worth it in the end. The right gaff is out there somewhere!!👀🤞🏼
Absolutely brilliant Simon ,your never give up attitude paid dividends with some amazing footage,I’m really pleased for you. Recently received one of your Beanbags as a birthday present, unfortunately a few health problems have meant I have not been out with it yet but very soon will get to use it and it is perfect for what I need.
Take care mate
Graham
Nice one Graham, hope youre on the mend and good luck when you get out to christen the beanbag. All the best, Si 👊🏼📷🤞🏼
Loved that video, was wondering where you’d been, thought you’d won the lotto & gone off to spend it🤣. Best Kingfisher shots & interesting video images i’ve seen ages. I waited four months for Tragopan to send me the Lagopus tent, in the end i got so fed up chasing them that i sadly had to contact Simon Charles and cancelled the order and got a refund. I too love the products, if hes at the Rutland stand give him a rollocking from me😂
I wish Roy!! Sorry to hear about your order issues, I'm sure it was just a one off.
What a brilliant video Simon. A long one yes but I enjoyed every minute of it, one of your best in my opinion. I was wondering how your Badger project was coming along because when we saw you in March, you told us that was going to be your upcoming project so now it all makes sense why we haven’t seen any videos of them.
You make things look simple like the tripod idea for the support for the perch so you didn’t have to bury it into the river bed - brilliant idea. Towards the end of the video I was thinking what I was going to write in these comments and you took the words right out of my mind by mentioning how you’d lost your mojo due to the difficulty in getting your Badger shots and the Kingfisher not showing up the day before but you’re right, wildlife photography can be frustrating and difficult at times but it makes it all worth it when you get the results that you did. I think showing us the building of the perch etc., was all part of the story in getting the shot which gave you that buzz.
Good luck with the house move and looking forward to the next video.
P.S. The Bird Fair sounds amazing and would definitely have considered going but we’re going on a cruise Friday so I’ll miss it. Never heard of it before but I’ll be looking out for it next year.
Thanks Gazza, the Badgers will happen just not at the mo!! Yes sometimes the simplest ideas are the best. Easy to move as well if the background isnt right. Thanks for watching and have a great holiday👍🏼👊🏼
As always a fantastic film, always look forward to them. I have been photographing Kingfishers local to me and was lucky to capture the young ones fledge. So exciting.
Keep inspiring us and good luck with the house hunting.
Cheers Shaun. Never tire of photographing these fascinating little birds 📷👍🏼
Hi Simon, what a brilliant footage and photos of the kingfisher!! I love the footage between the foliage. Good luck with the house hunting which is more important than making a video. We know you won't stop making videos without telling us. Take care! Gladys
Thanks Gladys, yeh youre right. Its a big ask when youre working full time as well but we'll stick at it eh!! Hopefully we'll find somewhere soon. ATB, Si 👍🏼👊🏼🏠
Great vid. I have used 200-500mm zoom for motion capture.
Thanks, looking forward to having a good test with the auto capture, a real game changer👍🏼
Great to see you back out again.
We moved house in April so I know what youre going through. Its worth it in the end though.
Fabulous shots in the end and worth all your perseverance and effort.
Thanks Gary, movings a pain in the butt!! 👀😆 Thanks for watching mate 👊🏼