Thanks Simon, Its been a while since my last one. Things usually don't happen very quickly with camera trapping, hopefully the Autumn and winter will bring along a few nice surprises. I hope all is well with you and things are going to plan. Speak soon. regards, John. 👍
Good to see you back John !great video as always! My cameratrap got flooded a couple of weeks ago! 4 foot of water couldnt believe it.Keep the good work up,awsome shots of the badger!
Thanks, as always for your kind words, really sorry to hear about your gear, leaving gear out in nature can be pretty hazardous eh. I hope it hasn't put you off. I had all my gear stolen once and know what a bad blow it is to lose everything. 😒
Thanks for sharing and nice to see you back, John! The squirrel pictures were a killer :). I did not use my camera trap for a long time, it looks like now it is a good time to dust it off and make use of it.
It varies from one set up to another. On this set up the main (front flash) was around 10ft (3m) away and the rear flash was around the same distance behind the subject. hope this helps.
Just popped over from Simon Eardley on his recommendation. Really looking forward to seeing what you’re up to John so good luck with it all 👍 Oh, had to laugh at the squirrel pics, amazing 😂😂😂
Another supper video John, I have trouble getting my lighting to look natural and be good to see a video showing your setup and also how you decide where to place your lights and how many you use, what height to have them etc
Hello John, I have been watching your videos from the beginning. They are very good. I am looking forward to your work. I have recently started photographing wildlife, but I have no clue about the design of the flash, including the position of the light. As well as the effect of designing the scene, I would like you to demonstrate how you think about the lighting design, how the scene is arranged, and what is the position between them. I feel this will be very helpful to me.
Thank you for the kind words. I think lighting is possibly the most important aspect of camera trapping along with composition. Maybe a future video on the process of lighting a set up would be a good idea. Thanks for the suggestion. 👍
Watched all your videos John many times to pick up tips, could you give me a few tips re settings on the sensor for night/day settings, like a go to to start with if you like, keep up with the good work 👍👍
Hi Martin. As a go to to start with I normally have the sensitivity dial set to around 10-11 oclock, so pretty high, I prefer to have the sensitivity set pretty high and then try and be as precise as possible with the target area either by narrowing the zone with the barn doors or a homemade snoot and locating the sensor close to the target area. The time dial I usually have turned down to only take one shot per trigger, the first shot is usually the most natural pose and I don't like to blast my subjects with a burst of rapid flashes. The luminosity dial I usually have set at around the midpoint to try and take advantage of any activity around dusk and dawn if I am in night time only mode, if set to day and night mode this dial is less relevant. For day and night mode, all the switches on the left side of the sensor need to be in the "OFF" position. For night time only switch 1 needs to be in the "ON" position. This is pretty much how i always have my sensor set, the only thing i usually vary is having switch 1 "ON" or "OFF" depending if if i want it to be always active or just active during the hours of darkness. There are loads of other settings available with the Camptraptions sensor which I have never found any need for yet, but I still have lots to learn with it. I hope this helps. regards. John. 👍
Cheers John! animals are quiet these days even in Spain! Great shot of the Badger, I haven't got any yet, they are so difficult to get over here, I see them but they never come as usual as the other animals. Don't you get Genets there?
Nice to see you back with a film John. Looking forward to some more content with the long Winter nights around the corner. All the best, Si 👍
Thanks Simon, Its been a while since my last one. Things usually don't happen very quickly with camera trapping, hopefully the Autumn and winter will bring along a few nice surprises. I hope all is well with you and things are going to plan. Speak soon. regards, John. 👍
Welcome back John, Thanks for sharing the video, I'm about to put the camera trap out for the second time. Lovely pictures of the Baggers.👍
Thanks Martin. Good luck with your second attempt. Hope you get some great results. 👍
Good to see you back John !great video as always! My cameratrap got flooded a couple of weeks ago! 4 foot of water couldnt believe it.Keep the good work up,awsome shots of the badger!
Thanks, as always for your kind words, really sorry to hear about your gear, leaving gear out in nature can be pretty hazardous eh. I hope it hasn't put you off. I had all my gear stolen once and know what a bad blow it is to lose everything. 😒
@JohnFormstone cheers John ! Only lost a canon 1300d and a sb28 flash! Replaced with a used 60d , business as usual mate
Thanks for sharing and nice to see you back, John! The squirrel pictures were a killer :). I did not use my camera trap for a long time, it looks like now it is a good time to dust it off and make use of it.
Thanks very much, much appreciated. 👍
Amazing images of the squirrels and badgers!❤
Thank you Tim, much appreciated. 👍
Fantastic to see ive just got me a camtraptions full set up and.. looking forward to learning..got 5 badgersets so fingers crossed .
Thanks Stephen. Good luck, it sounds like you have plenty of options. 👍
@@JohnFormstone is there any distance on the glash guns john..ive got 3 ?
It varies from one set up to another. On this set up the main (front flash) was around 10ft (3m) away and the rear flash was around the same distance behind the subject. hope this helps.
Great production! Thanks.
Thanks Dave, glad you enjoyed it. 👍
Good to see you back with another great video John.Love the badger photos too..
Thanks John, much appreciated, hope your keeping well. 👍
fine thanks..hope you are too..
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Good to see you back John.
Thanks Robert, Hope your keeping well. 👍
Great to see you back John
Thank you Derrick, Work and life stuff have been getting in the way lately. 😊
Another great laid back delivery John, I tend to overlight my trapping, will give the flash/iso tip a try.
Thanks Barry, when it comes to lighting, very often less is more. 👍
Nice to see you back John, Keep up the good work.. will be putting up my Camtraption set up this week , hope i do as well as you..cheers Den
Thanks Den, good luck with your camera trap project. 👍
Just popped over from Simon Eardley on his recommendation. Really looking forward to seeing what you’re up to John so good luck with it all 👍 Oh, had to laugh at the squirrel pics, amazing 😂😂😂
Thanks. I hope you enjoy watching along. 😊👍
Good morning
excellent video
it's always a pleasure to follow you
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Thank you for the kind words, much appreciated. 😊
Another supper video John, I have trouble getting my lighting to look natural and be good to see a video showing your setup and also how you decide where to place your lights and how many you use, what height to have them etc
Thanks. I think lighting probably causes more issues than any other part of camera trapping. Maybe a video for the future. Thanks for suggestion. 👍
Hello John, I have been watching your videos from the beginning. They are very good. I am looking forward to your work. I have recently started photographing wildlife, but I have no clue about the design of the flash, including the position of the light. As well as the effect of designing the scene, I would like you to demonstrate how you think about the lighting design, how the scene is arranged, and what is the position between them. I feel this will be very helpful to me.
Thank you for the kind words. I think lighting is possibly the most important aspect of camera trapping along with composition. Maybe a future video on the process of lighting a set up would be a good idea. Thanks for the suggestion. 👍
Watched all your videos John many times to pick up tips, could you give me a few tips re settings on the sensor for night/day settings, like a go to to start with if you like, keep up with the good work 👍👍
Hi Martin. As a go to to start with I normally have the sensitivity dial set to around 10-11 oclock, so pretty high, I prefer to have the sensitivity set pretty high and then try and be as precise as possible with the target area either by narrowing the zone with the barn doors or a homemade snoot and locating the sensor close to the target area.
The time dial I usually have turned down to only take one shot per trigger, the first shot is usually the most natural pose and I don't like to blast my subjects with a burst of rapid flashes.
The luminosity dial I usually have set at around the midpoint to try and take advantage of any activity around dusk and dawn if I am in night time only mode, if set to day and night mode this dial is less relevant.
For day and night mode, all the switches on the left side of the sensor need to be in the "OFF" position. For night time only switch 1 needs to be in the "ON" position.
This is pretty much how i always have my sensor set, the only thing i usually vary is having switch 1 "ON" or "OFF" depending if if i want it to be always active or just active during the hours of darkness.
There are loads of other settings available with the Camptraptions sensor which I have never found any need for yet, but I still have lots to learn with it.
I hope this helps. regards. John. 👍
@@JohnFormstone thanks I'll try those in my set ups, much appreciated 👍
Link from simon Eardley
Thanks for looking in Keith. 👍
Cheers John! animals are quiet these days even in Spain! Great shot of the Badger, I haven't got any yet, they are so difficult to get over here, I see them but they never come as usual as the other animals. Don't you get Genets there?
Hi Elizabeth, great to hear from you. We don't get Genets here in Wales, I wish we did, they are beautiful animals. 😊
0:45, WTF?! :D
Sharp toothed sheep.🐑