Latest Gear vs Skill | What Is The Most Important for Success In The Field?
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- We talk about gear so much, but what else matter? We also took the Canon R8 into the field for some bird photography a well as some other gear!
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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Does Gear Matter?
0:23 Field Testing
1:54 200-600 vs 100-500
3:58 Nikon 600 TC Lens
5:21 Canon R8 Field Test
8:06 Does Gear Matter?
11:58 Another Skill You Need
13:42 Photos of the Week!
Hi guys, wildlife_ducky here. Thank you so much for featuring my picture in this video. To answer you question the perch was placed their by me and not added in post processing.
Someone needs the OM-1 with the 150-400 F/4.5 zoom.
We'd love to try them, but can't just buy all the kits and have no been able to get one from Olympus
It’s what I use. In many ways, the perfect birding/wildlife lens. I primarily shoot birds in bush and some (not much) BIF. The AF is not as snappy as A1/A9 but no slouch. There are times I miss a full frame sensor, however.
Nice flow to this video combining several topics. There is no question that having quality equipment helps. However, the person behind the camera is the key. A lifelong Nikon user, I look back on a photo taken with a Nikon D70, D90, D7100, D7500, or my current D500, and the constant is the photographer, and how they envision the photo. The Nikon Z8 and the new 180-600mm seem like the next jump for my wildlife photography. The Z8 is the first Nikon mirrorless that checks all my boxes.
Hey, Glenn. Enjoyed your beautiful hummingbird images in Cornell’s latest issue of Living Bird magazine.
On the topic of gear vs skill: I'm a beginner of 5 months. I just upgraded from a 7D Mk II with Sigma 150-600 to the R5 with the 100-500 because I wanted higher quality images. Tbh, did I NEED an R5 at my experience level? Probably not. But it's made a huge difference. Better gear may not make up for skill, but the more advanced AF system with animal eye detect, higher IQ, better ISO handling, and IBIS (plus the sharpness of the native Canon L lens) has gotten me shots I would have never gotten before. It's pretty incredible. I know saying a $6,000 setup is better than a $1,200 setup is stating the obvious :P I just mean the better technology has helped a lot at my experience level. I had to work a lot harder to get good shots with the 7DMII and they were a lot fewer and further between and still lacked the true sharpness that I've been able to get with my R5 even on day one of using it. Best money I ever spent. This is not an ad for Canon, I swear lol
Well said. And I totally agree the R5 & 100-500 will not only make it easier to learn and improve but will also give you better results and this hopefully more positive experiences in the field
Back when I was mid career - Nikon F4s with the 600mm f4.0. $$$$$
And - there was the 40+ rolls of Kodachrome per day - so that was $1,000 . And maybe zero pics in focus.
Now - Cameras are magic, lenses are magic and everything is magic.
Yes, amazing how times have changed.
Latest gear versus skill. Good title. I'm working with a Canon rebel t7 and a Canon rebel d1000 xs. I'm a long timer/old timer. I've done most of my photography with slr film. Since 08 digital. I think skill over shadows gear. Sometimes it feels like the new gear makes photography like shooting fish in a barrel. New gear is way beyond be responsible for my budget. There are some great advantages to the new gear for sure. I would love to try it. I'm doing bird photography with the above cameras and a Canon 75 300 4 and a Jintu 420 800 8.3 and I think I'm having some good success.
It is a shame you never reviewed the OM-1 paired with the 150-400mm 1,25x lens. 😕
We would but I don’t just wanna buy one for a review and any attempt to get one from Olympus has failed
@@jan_wegeneri understand Jan👍😊
Oh my gosh Jan! You live on the Sunny Coast now! Fabulous!!!!! So wonderful to have you here! Have you any plans to start birding tours?
Not at the moment, but never say never :)
The best 20 minutes you can spend on TH-cam by far. Always entertaining!
Awesome!
Even though I’ve photographed for 50 years or so, I always learn something from your videos. Nice to see you both walking the balance beam of touting the latest equipment while also emphasizing being a better photographer.
Would love to see you guys do a face off, if you haven’t already, of portable combos, ie cameras easy to carry with 100-500/100-400 lenses to see which is the favorite.
I have done a few of those videos a little while ago
it's a shame the market is forcing these channels to focus on gear rather than the birds. What matters to me is expanding my knowledge of birds, where they live, how they behave, and then being able to tell their story through photos. If I'm in the field and someone starts talking gear with me, I'll be polite, but overall, I'm more interested when people want to talk about the birds.
Trying to balance it and we will focus on other things more again in the show, we already discussed that. But as you say, TH-cam basically forces you to do gear reviews and talk gear or you get no views
Great episode! Thanks guys!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I have the mk1 Canon 400mm f2.8, but I tend to use my 100-400 L ii as the prime is far to heavy to lug around for hours now I have aged a little too much! Also the 100-400 is pretty good on the R5 with the 2x extender, even for butterflies a distance away. I have been tempted by the R7, but stick to using the R5 on crop mode, primarily because the sensor is better on the R5. OK, 17mp instead of 32, but I did 30 years using film, and my first pro DSLR was 2.1mp!
Yes, that lens is a monster :D
Tanks for another great episode!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks so much for sharing another wonderful video like always, I really enjoy the show 🐦👌👍🤗
Thank you very much
Nice to see that Nikon is currently ahead of the pack with mirrorless. May not be long!
Hey Jan and Glenn, thanks for yet another episode fully packed with awesome birds from all over the globe !
Glenn's comments around 3:16 sounded to me like a business case for the patented 300-800/8L which I'm dreaming about to be similar in price as the 100-500 so about as much what a prosumer could afford .. Canon, did you get this ???
Last year in Iceland I learned a lot (coming from DSLR) and I had lots of birding fun with the R6 and 100-400Lii, but I returned a tad frustrated with the lack of reach and the EF extenders were softening the images too much.
Now using the R5 and 100-500, my learning curve in Bali was less steep but I did get rid of (most of) my reach-frustrations 😛
So I plan to stick with this gear for some more years, and now I should focus more on making the most of the circumstances when they present themselves.
thanks so much for this fun episode.
You’re welcome 😀
My 100-500 has impressed me almost every time I’ve used it. One of the best lenses I’ve purchased. I’d really love a 600 f4, though.
Your videos are great. I'm learning a lot from your editing tips.
Glad to hear it!
Great to see you guys liked the R8, just bought mine a month ago and getting the RF 100-500 what settings was you using for the AF
For general photography the gear is phenomenal. You almost can’t go wrong. For specialty photography you might need upgraded gear. Birds have a need for longer reach and fine detail. The subjects don’t want you to take their pics so better gear is a great plus. The R5 is great for the high MP sensor. You also have crop mode for waterfowl when you just can’t get close. Canon is the best IMHO but all major mfrs. are getting good systems for this special birding category.
I use the prosets on EVERY shot I edit. Very useful.
awesome! Great to hear!
That was great!
Glad you liked it!
Another terrific episode
Thank you
Really like the photo critiques!
Great!
Nice topics in this session. I love the idea of a 180-600 mm for canon. But then new lens line up in canon is so frustrating these days - wonder whom they are making these lens for - they are so unaffordable and not great for birding. Nikon's hitting all the right notes IMHO. Regarding the Gear and skill topic, love your points. To sum up differently, I would say you can have great gear and software, but without skill those wouldn't make a difference. Skill in handing the gear, and processing as well!
Totally agree, in the end great gear and great skills goes hand in hand.
I think Canon has focused on the high-end users and was somewhat overwhelmed by the unexpected success of the mirrorless system. Which shows in the somewhat makeshift Rf big prime lenses and kind of non existent mid range teles at decent price points
I think the 100-300 2.8 is aimed at sports photographers, like people who film indoor basketball games.
@@Knowbody42 I think so too
The stick I got when I moved from DSLR Nikon to Sony mirrorless . But you just have to get out there. Denoise software has helped too 🤔
Great show guys.👀👀
Thank you!
Thanks guys, I'm thinking about this a lot now. Just spent a lot getting a canon R5 and 100-500, but feeling limited at the long end. Now I'm jealous of Nikon's 180-600 that takes tele's so well, and the Z8 makes it a really attractive proposition. However I'll lose a lot of money if I trade in for it, so I think I need to work on extracting more from my current setup thats already excellent.
I have taken tens of thousand of nice images with that set up. The extra 100mm is about 1-2 steps forward in the field. That can make a difference, but it's not as huge as it sometimes seems.
have you seen someone use that lens with extenders?
@@jan_wegener Seeing your video demonstrating how well the RF 100-500 performs with teles at the long end makes me less concerned about losing some of the short end. I think its the solution I'll go with when I find a deal on the 1.4x, thanks!
@@willherondale6367 yes it works quite well with the TCs, too
The biggest downside of the setup it the f-stop. F10 or F11 (in fv mode) generates often high ISO in situation like forrest, cloudly day and 1-2h till sunset. And with fast moving birds You cant go below certain shutter speed.
@@thomasbednarowski1651 Personally I don't find this an issue at all, I use DxO Pureraw and find that it essentially eliminates any noise I can throw at it. We're almost at a point now where high iso no longer needs to be a consideration when shooting.
I think every kingfisher hide in the UK has the "No Fishing" sign haha
Haha 😆
Hi guys, thanks for the video. I watched it yesterday and thought about it some more today. After getting into hobbyist level bird photography I agree it is a mixture of skill and equipment except for one element of technology today that trumps everything IMO. And that frames per second for BIF and moving wildlife. You can be out and about, study behaviour, compose images and operate your equipment with your eyes shut, but fps will give you the best chance of getting “that shot “. I don’t have much skill, have ok equipment but in amongst all my shots there is the occasional gem because of fps. Just my opinion.
I agree, once I tried the 40fps of the R6 II, the 20 of the R5 feel slow now
Nice episode guys. I think Canon are doing a good jog to create less expensive cameras with amazing resources for bird or wildlife photographers, but I fell disapointed by the price of the lens. Here in Brazil the RF 100-500 is BRL 25,000, the price of a car. This is the reason why I still keep my Sigma 150-600 as my main lens to use with my R7. Of course gear is important, but sometimes you are able to take good shots even with simple gear. I always do long trails and many times in difficult terrain, so for me a zoom lens is the perfect option to just carry around instead of a big prime lens.
Yes, budget always plays an important role as well of course.
Brasil é difícil mesmo, coisas relacionadas a fotografia se tornam muito caras!
Hi Jan, thanks for another great episode. Always great to hear your and Glen's thoughts on all things bird photography related - your insights and tips are so helpful 🙂🙏 As a fellow Melbournian/Victorian, I've been amazed by some of your recent Kingfisher and Osprey sightings! Can I ask if these were in Victoria and if you wouldn't mind sharing where? I'm fairly new to birding and it would be amazing to spot one of these beautiful birds here.
Glad you enjoyed the show. I live at the Sunshine Coast now where these birds are a lot more common
@@jan_wegener 😅 that all makes sense now! I was wondering why it looked warm where you were when it was freezing in Vic, and how you were able to see these more tropical coastal birds. Well, it looks like a great move and hopefully you're enjoying it up there. Thanks again!
I recently took a really nice headshot of a little pied cormorant at a local pier. Everything was perfect, background, composition and sharpness. The only problem was these really bright, almost blown-out patches of white across the bird. I find it odd how concentrated the patches are, and this seems to be a problem not only I have encountered. Thanks for addressing it!
It's fairly easy to safe them with local editing and layers masks
R8 has the tiny battery 🔋 though. Now you might think you so well I'll just bring a few extra batteries. The problem is for instance I bought this camera from My Wife and when she's doing photoshoot standing next to me. I have the R5 with the battery pack so I'm running to of the bigger batteries at the same time so I can shoot all day. Up to 4,000 shots and still have 50% battery life. But she woke literally charger battery put it in the camera walk beside me for 15-20 minutes and then when we see our first bird she'll pick up her camera to take a shot and it just dies. There's no warning there's no 50% number at the top. You just see three bars of battery life and then there's nothing! She has missed so many great shots because of this camera. We are starting to reconsider our purchase.
Thanks........
You're welcome!
Until the R7 Mk2 comes out (and you pair it with the 100-500mm lens) try renting an OM-1 and 100-400 (200-800mm in FF speak). I don't see it convincing you to change systems BUT it would be very interesting to get your take on how for MFT has come in relation to full-frame gear. For me this would definitely be a must-see video on your channel...although I already feel that way about most of your videos. I think a Mk 2 version of the R7 will likely be the next Nikon D500 replacement and it would be interesting to get the opinion of the R7 shooters in your audience.
I have reached out to Olympus again, but thus far have never been able to get any gear.
@@jan_wegener Thanks for trying. Your channel would offer great exposure for OM Systems. If Panasonic Lumix gets back to you first I could give you some tips on setting up the G9:) Its contrast based focusing system isn't as advanced as the one in the new OM-1 but it's more capable than most people think.
Such a pity that R3 didn't have a few more pixels, even 30 would of made it a super birding camera.
It would *have*
Jan, what is your opinion about the R10? That's a low-cost crop that has R7 features! R1 is never mentioned in your videos! Thanks!
That Nikon lens is huge though...it should be great being that size with all that glass.
Decent equipment and lots of practice is key...
Yep
I would say about gear that if you are going in your park to photograph birds than I'll go as far as go with what ever you got even a phone...but if you plan to go papua new guinea and you know you will be there once in the life time go with the best gear you can have even rent it just for the trip. My point in this is, the gear gives you more options expands the possibilities and help with creating opportunities ( shooting in darker places, shooting objects far away, shooting fast objects ). but if you are going to the same place every day even with f11, lens that is sharp only on 100mm of its focal length or camera that is sharp only on 100 ISO and have 8mpx and you need to fill the frame you will eventually find that perfect opportunity if you are going to the place everyday and results will be as good as r5 with 600 f4 :) but not always we have the possibility to go places again or you are just working pro that needs to deliver and can't relay that the conditions and angles will be perfect then go for pro stuff your window for great photos will be expanded. :) but old cheap gear dont close the door for great photos just adds work to the process :)
Totally, the fear helps and is essential in certain places
Jan. Probably it was in Białowieża National Park. I remember You went there 😃. Park with bisons
Don't think I have, but probably was
This photo was not taken at Bialowieza National Park, but slightly in a northern direction from there, in the vicinity of the great Biebrza National Park, which is just a tremendous birders paradise😉
I agree with Jan. This is my main problem now regard to what company to choose. I love canon cameras but especially for me that i want one main zoom lens I can't find one all around to start. Mainly a 600mm! And the other brands have very good lenses (also third party) but the cameras are either to expensive or with not so good auto focus.. And also, it sounds that gear is more important 😅.
Yes, it's odd. I have the hope and expectations that things will adjust over the next couple of years
@@jan_wegener hopefully 🙂
Gear DOES MATTER.. people can say that all the time I understand by having a professional capability that you get better images easier. I use the Canon R5 and the other day I was using the r p to do birds in flight. What a chore that was. I had a about a 25% success rate. With my R5 I have about a 98% success rate. So yes I can get birds in Flight with something like the RP and I mean beautiful dogs. But the success rate is a lot less. And the image quality is less. I like the 45 megapixels on my camera sometimes I'm so close to the birds. We have Osprey right up the street from where I live they catch fish sometimes they get so close to me that I have to go to 100 mm on my lands and they're still bigger than the frame!
Gotta love those who say gear isn't important. There is no way I'm getting the same image with my D300s & 70-200 F4, that someone else will get with an R5 & 100-500. I don't have the reach, the eye AF or the speed. Yes experience is vital, but so is the correct gear & todays tech makes getting the shot easier
Yep!
One thing that is often mentioned is the higher keeper rate of the latest cameras.
I don't care about keeper rates: ONE great picture is all I need!
I know you'll argue that a higher keeper rate will increase the chances of getting that one great shot, but as always I like to be provocative: The optical viewfinder of a DSLR will make it easier to fire at just the right split second! At least in theory.
Arthur Morris often told a story of someone who fired a long burst, and he toyed with the idea of suggesting to compare the man's 200 shots to Morris' own 3 with the stipulation that the one who took the best picture wins the other guy's gear.
I'd take him up on that bet :)
I call it the other rule of thirds. Final image quality is one third gear, one third field technique and one third post processing. Parts 2 and 3 are cheaper than gear.
Good way of thinking!
Interesting thoughts on gear. Though I think there is one piece missing. You often put fourth the importance of mastering editing. What abort gear for that matter? More precise, what computer specs are necessary or preferable? Which programs are best in terms of shaping a smooth workflow and getting the desired result? Would be an interesting topic to cover in this highly interesting channel 🤗
In terms of computer it's somewhat simple. The best you can afford. We have done a couple videos of that in the past, may be time for another one
The R8 is indeed a baby R6 II, minus the battery capacity and dual SD card slot. I'm using the R8 and loving it, it's great even for professional work.
Yes, great little cam
Canon R5 mark 2 60 mega pixcel 😍
we shall see
It would have to be 80 mp to equal the number of pixels in the center, as the R7. The R5 in crop mode only makes 17mp, compared to the 33mp of my 'cheap' R7 :)
Totally off topic here but wondering if you guys are still thinking about doing a workshop in Australia?
We do. it will likely be 2025
Ha ha! Since I lack skill, gear of good quality is very important to me ;-) Then, ofc, the depth of my wallet isn't deep at all (retired bus driver here) so price must also play an important part in the equation. On top of that, so is weight! Therefore I sit, rather contentedly, with a R6 Mark2 & RF100-500 combo, with the older R6 as backup. I've added the RF 800/11 to the lot, it works very well with the R6ll. As long as one is aware of its limitations (slow, min focus range 6 meters) it fills its function SO well.
Yes, that 800, performs by far the best on the R6 II
What type and MB size of CF card do you recommend for the Canon R5?
I like to use 512GB and up Cfexpress cards
Gear matters, of course, but much less than you'd think! Sure if you're stinking rich, why not buy everything? But throughout my life I've always been forced to look very carefully at my budget. A lot of toys that my school mates had were just completely outside my financial reach, so from a very young age I learned simply to accept this fact and not worry about it. Gear envy never entered my mind and still doesn't.
I was very happy with what I had in the film days (Canon Eos 50E / elan E), but the enormous advantages of digital photography were extremely obvious to me! And in 2006 when the Olympus SP-510UZ came and gave me much better image quality than I'd ever seen in my film pics, and also no shutter lag which had been a major issue in earlier models, I immediately and completely dropped film photography!
I wanted a DSLR, of course, but the problem was that full frame was prohibitively expensive for me, and APS-Cs had this annoying crop factor that annulled my wide angles. For years I was hoping that full frame prices would drop, but they never did. Finally in 2012 I surrendered and bought a 550D (rebel t2i) and a couple of affordable lenses. Sadly none of my old film lenses were sharp enough for APS-C, not even my Tamron 200-400 F/5.6 that had been perfect in the film era (apart form the AF).
Eventually I upgraded to a 70D/Sigma 150-600 combo and later added the 90D, and that's what I still use today.
And if that doesn't give me the results I'm after, then I'll just have to get better at using it!
I see no mirrorless camera on the market that will do for me.
Full frame is out of the question. Even if I could afford it, which I can not, I would never pay that kind of money for a camera.
The R7 is priced okay, but it has two serious issues: No third party RF AF lenses exist (and the Canon lenses are too expensive for me), and there are even problems with adapted third party EF lenses.
So again, if I want better pictures, I'll just have to get better.
But actually I do get a lot of very nice pictures with my 90D combined with either my Sigma or my excellent little Canon 55-250, so I really don't need a mirrorless camera.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts. New gear definitely doesn't make any of the old gear any worse or necessarily increases the need to upgrade.
Jan, you keep mentioning how amazing the image stabilization on the Nikon lenses. You use these lenses with the Nikon Z9. So does the stabilization come from the combination of the ibis in the camera and the vr in the lens. I own the Nikon Z50, that doesn't have ibis in the camera. I suspect the stabilization will not be as good.
You're right. The Z 8 and Z 9 are using "Synchro VR" called by Nikon. This means the built-in lens VR and the built-in camera IBIS are working together for extended stabilization. But hand-holding such lenses as the 180-600 for a extended period of time is rarely.the case for wildlife photography.
Yes it seems the IBIS in z8 and z9 combine with the Vr in the lenses
Gear matters a TON. But the thing that kind of messes me up, is that if I hit the lottery today, there just isn't any gear, made at any price, that would be a lot better (overall) than the relatively cheap, super light gear I'm using now, "for my purposes" :( I'd love to have an upgraded R7... Or should I just say, a pro level crop sensor camera (don't even care what brand)... But nobody makes one :( I'd also love to have a WAY improved 800 F11 (F8 ?) but nobody makes that either :( Nikon makes the PF 800 F6.3... but that's still a bit heavy, pretty darn expensive, and they don't make a pro level crop sensor camera to go with it, so it would still only be 800mm :( Long story short, for all the faults of my R7 + 800 F11, I just don't know what could possibly be better for my circumstances ? BTW, even now, at a 1280mm equivalent, I find myself not close enough to my birds more often, than I do, too close. Just got some of my best photos this year, of Blue Grosbeak. LOVED the shots. Biggest problem was they were heavy crops.... which is a bummer, as I might want to print one. TY for the video guys :)
You can always try Topaz Gigapixel AI to upsize files for print, it works quite well.
It's great to have gear that you know you wouldn't;t really upgrade even if you had the chance :)
@@jan_wegener I did actually try Gigapixel for the images I mentioned. I'm a little undecided for how they look on my 4K screen anyway. Printing might be a different story. I was thinking of some medium sized paper prints, as a test. Then If I were really happy with them, I might go on and put one on aluminum, or sandwiched acrylic 🙂
But yes, I might be getting a little greedy, because in reality, my gear is doing better for me than any gear I've ever owned. So I should probably just chill out and be happy 🙂 lol
Gear doesn't make you a photographer any more than a hammer makes you a carpenter!
agreed, but a crap hammer can make you day as a carpenter quite annoying :)
Remind me again of the hashtag to submit photos
#birdphotoshow on IG
In the end, gear or not, you must go out and take photos!
True words!
Glenn I am using the Tamron 150 - 600 lens
I tried the Canon 100 - 500 but it was NOT able to use the 1.4 X teleconverter while the Tamron lens WAS able to work with the Tamron 1.4 X teleconverter .
Glenn the Song Bird photos you got especially the Cerulean warbler are great where did you get most of those photos .
Keep up the great videos here guys .
Well it is to be expected that a RF mount lens would not work with a EF mount teleconverter.. You need the RF 1.4x TC
@@WildlifeInMotion it was the RF teleconverter if YOU know anything about the 100 to 500 lenes you cannot use the 1.4 teleconverter with it will not work .
@@garymeredith2441 I own both of them and they work just fine together. if YOU read the 100-500 user manual YOU would know that YOU need to extend the lens to 300mm before attaching the teleconverter 😉
@@WildlifeInMotion that is the main reason I did not purchase this lens this lens was sent out to me on a loan from Canon CPS , why would I use a lens that you cannot use the entire range with a 1.4 teleconverter it makes no sense at all , that's why I bought the 150 to 600 Tamron that you can use the entire range of that lens with a 1.4 teleconverter unlike the 1.4 on the Canon 100 to 500 which you cannot .
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So Guys keep my R6 mk ii or get an R5? Money limited 😢
Totally up to you. But with a R5 II on the horizon it may make sense to stick with the excellent R6 II for now.
Yeah my problem in gear is what I want only best variant. And now I am just sitting like 3 years on my old nikon d3100 and little broken 70-300 (and make good photos because I learned how. ). I hate heavy gear like 200-500 or 200-600. And hate buffers on R7 (just what. You fill the buffer and can't make photos.) . Well anyway I think about this R7 because with 100-400 it’s so light. But I don’t like idea spent most of money on camera, not the lens. Maybe I should wait another 2 years… Or kick my inner perfectionist. Or just spent this money and live with good kit like 5 years or I dunno. Gear is matter, but without creativity and little skill it's nothing, you will take same boring trash just more cool and sharp for eyes. But it's hobby for most of us, and why not take the good gear just for making more fun in the field.
Sounds like you may like a 100-500 😉
@@jan_wegener yes! I think about this lens, but in my country this lens is so hard to find!
I can't fully read the statement in the last seconds
Press pause 😉
I’ve been doing wildlife photography and photography in general for over 25 years. You can have all the money in the world to buy all the latest equipment, but if you don’t have a creative eye or the ability to see light or composition you will never be successful. This is one thing money can’t buy. Anyone can take a picture not everyone can create great images. No matter what gear they have.
The 3 most important things in bird photography : location, location and location.
Nothing else matter as much.
Yeah, location is really important. Sometimes you try to photography a species in a area that you will mever take good shots and them you go to another place that the same species give you the best moments of your life.
Being in the right spot at the right time definitely helps :D
very true, I always say never chase a bird that seems impossible in a certain spot. There's usually a spot somewhere in the world where the same species will feed from your hand
Totally agree, the better gear helps to increase keeper rate and the new Af helps with composition, but you still need to know what you want to achieve in the field for great results