Photographing Hooded Mergansers - Behind the Scenes
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ก.พ. 2025
- Join me as I photograph Hooded Mergansers, Mallards, Canada Geese, and a Belted Kingfisher at my local pond. Starting out well before sunrise we'll watch the day come to life and listen to the sounds of this small urban pond.
Fantastic movie with fantastic birds. Love the early morning light !
Thanks so much, they are a blast to photograph.
Thank you for sharing your set-up, camera settings and composition thoughts. I like the stream of consciousness presentation style.
Thanks so much, I’m glad you like the video.
Very nice, Ray. It's great to watch another wildlife photographer at work.
Thanks David.
Cool stuff Ray, love watching the hoodies and their courtship antics. Also the new b-roll footage was a nice step up in your production👍
Thanks so much Dave, I'm trying to get better with this video stuff haha.
Really liked this one Ray! So cool to see your ground setup here!
Thanks Michael.
No idea how I haven't found your videos earlier, these are great! Plenty of high quality duck action to watch and it was neat to see some of your setup and process.
Thanks so much, I'm glad you are enjoying them! I've got a lot more to come, along with more duck videos.
@@RayHennessy Oooooooh I'm excited for more ducks!
Great video sir, nice to see your process. Great shots also.
Thanks so much for watching and commenting.
Certainly a step up in production level here man...I really enjoyed this one
Thanks Brad!
Great video Ray - got to say I noticed the mirrorless camera immediately, I've shot mirrorless for a few years now and that silent shutter made all the difference for close up skittish waterfowl.
Thanks for watching and commenting. I've certainly be able to get photos of birds like this with a dSLR but absolutely the silent shutter makes a huge difference!
Looking forward to an edit session from this.
I'm not sure if I did any from this session but we'll see.
Fantastic installment Ray. I'm not sure I've seen a video series that shows a photographer's thought process for set up, composition and exposure as effectively. I always look forward to watching them, thanks!
That's exactly my goal so I'm glad you are getting that out of these videos. Thanks for the feedback.
Ray, your „Behind the Scenes“ type of videos are nothing else than awesome - your thought process about composition and exposure is golden - learning a lot from your videos and thanks so much for sharing!! Cheers, amicx
That's so great to hear, thanks so much for letting me know.
Thank you. Hearing your narrative and watching through the camera was very interesting.
Thanks for the feedback Bill, I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Very nice, love these vlogs! Do you always use "area" metering?
Thanks so much and yes, 99% of the time I use the overall matrix/area metering. I'm so used to how that works and it's served me quite well.
@@RayHennessy I find myself doing the same more and more. Many times, other photographers will say I need to be using spot metering. I tend to use the exposure compensation to adjust background and/or subject's exposure. If not mistaken, seen you doing same thing.
@@johnray424 Spot metering works for some but not for everyone, use whatever works best for you. When I'm using auto-ISO I will use exposure compensation to get the correct exposure I'd like yes.
Great video. I’m trying to get some references for a painting I want to do of hoodies but only have a hen so far.
Thanks Michael. You are free to use any of the photos on my website for reference if it's for personal use. If you plan on selling the paintings then please email me and I'll send you a price list. www.rayhennessy.com Thanks again for watching.
nice outing
Thanks.
SONY A9 Tracking is very good
I'm not sure what that has to do with this video?
This was a really nice one to watch👌🏻
But one little advice if you want to get mor followers. Please make a new sorter intro.
Best Reguards Conny from Finland.
Thanks for watching and the feedback. My first priority is never followers but to share what I enjoy but I'll think about the intro. I've been thinking of changing it anyway, just have to find the time.
@@RayHennessy in person i dont mind. Ceep up the good work 👊
What gloves are you wearing in this video? Is it easy to operate the camera with them on?
I use these gloves which have been working quite nicely and yes I can operate the camera with them on. amzn.to/3or59As