Photographing Mountain Hares in the Scottish Highlands | Nikon Z9 & 400mm f/4.5 VR S
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- Mountain hare photography in the Cairngorms National Park with Corey Hunter-Mitchell and Rob Moore as well as footage from a snowy trip last year to the same location with John Barrass 🐇
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February 2023: I met up with Corey Hunter-Mitchell and Rob Moore as part of their Scottish wildlife photography adventure and we spent a great day up the hill with the hares. There were plenty of hares but not very much snow! I was using the awesome Nikon Z 400mm f/4.5 VR S lens with the 1.4x teleconverter on my Nikon Z9.
February 2022: The footage from this trip with John Barrass was supposed to be my first vlog with the Z9, but the weather conditions made vlogging practically impossible! The harsh conditions did allow some really nice video and images of the hares though, so I was happy to add that in as a little reel in this vlog!
Check out some videos / images from Corey, Rob and John here:
* Corey Hunter-Mitchell / @coreyhmphoto / / coreyhmwildlife
* Rob Moore / @rmwildlifephotography... / / rob20_photography
* John Barrass / barrjon22
Equipment used or discussed in this video (full list available here: www.tapiopix.co...)
* Nikon Z9 FX Mirrorless Camera: tinyurl.com/7zmm3C
* Nikon Z 400mm f/4.5 VR S Lens: tinyurl.com/mwe...
* Nikon Z Teleconverter 1.4x: tinyurl.com/cp4...
Nikon Z6 FX Mirrorless Camera: tinyurl.com/4t4...
Nikon Z 24-70mm f/4 S Lens: tinyurl.com/49b...
Nikon FTZ II Adapter: www.nikon.co.uk
Nikon AF-S 500mm f/5.6E PF ED VR Lens: www.nikon.co.uk
Peak Design Slide Summit Strap: tinyurl.com/264...
DJI Osmo Pocket miniature gimbal: www.dji.com/uk
Røde VideoMicro Mic: tinyurl.com/yzb...
Røde Lavalier GO Mic: tinyurl.com/yc3...
Leica Trinovid 10x25 BCA Binoculars: tinyurl.com/muf...
Wasabi Power EN-EL18d Rechargeable Li-ion (for Nikon Z9): tinyurl.com/mrj...
RAVPower 26800mAh USB-C Power Bank: www.ravpower.com
Gitzo Adventury 45L Backpack: tinyurl.com/33n...
Swazi/Ray Mears AEGIS Tahr XP Anorak: tinyurl.com/4r2...
Paramo Cascada II Trousers: tinyurl.com/aae...
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Cracking video Geoff, always a pleasure to watch footage of these beautiful Hares
Thanks Dan :) Yeah, they’re great wee characters and so tough living where they do!
Brilliant Geoff, this is on my todo list next year 👍
Fantastic. All the best. 👍📷😎
Great video 👍❄️
Thank you for taking us to the Cairngorms and showing us such brilliant footage of mountain hares. Beautiful.
Wow those mountain hares are beautiful- amazing footage! It’s great to see the process of looking for them and filming them too!
Thanks very much, they're great fun to work with :)
Very nice. Really enjoyed this video. What a beautiful animal. Thank you for taking us with you.
Thanks Laurens, glad you enjoyed it :)
Great video Geoff, you got som really nice photos of the hares and the grouse(?). keep it up, can´t wait to see some badgers from you ! :D
Thanks very much Andy :) Yeah, we'll see... having the badgers actually come out when I'm there with the camera would be a good start for that project!!
@@GeoffCooper 🤣🤣 bribe them 😃
Hahaha, I'll maybe have to try that - I believe peanuts are a favourite..!
@@GeoffCooper honey and peanuts, with honey you could also attract pine martens =)
Top vlog Geoff ,great to see the mountain hares
Thanks Gary :)
Brilliant video, Geoff. Great to see the contrast between snowy 2022 and snowless 2023.
Thanks Victor :) Yeah, it was a big difference, but also the week before we went this year there was a lot of snow, so it's a total lottery!
Loved your trip and video of the hares. You did well to compare the trip in the snow with the grassy ones. Both are fab. Well done. I have been shooting wild Irish hares in the Burren in Co. Clare this month and loving watching them in the very early mornings.
Thanks very much Fiona, hares are great to watch :) I was in the Burren for a holiday many many years ago and remember the epic limestone pavement!
Excellent video Geoff, stunning little creatures and hope to photograph one some day. Cheers Keith
Fantastic, great to see more photos from you. Interesting the difference in the coloration of their ears, especially between the two winters😊
Thanks very much, glad you liked it :) Yeah, there's a lot of colour variation, and it gets even more in the spring when they all change colour (at sligthly different times)
Great to see another video from you,, it's been a while :) Love the photos of the Hares
Thanks, glad you enjoyed them :)
Hi Geoff, I've enjoyed watching the video! You have some epic footage of the hares! I especially like the one with the dark ears. Cheers and hopefully see you soon again. Greetings from The Netherlands, Gladys
Thanks very much Gladys, glad you enjoyed it :)
Really nice video, if you were using the 400 +tc, why not use 500pf for better reach and quality at that focal length? (video tip, could mute the wind noise for the slideshow) Keep up the good work!
Thanks very much :) Basically there is a trade-off and I know the 500mm pf is sharper than the 400mm f/4.5 and TC1.4x, but I wanted to reduce the faff of two systems and go Z-mount only... Just having Z lenses and not having to think about adapters or have two sets of TCs has been worth the small sacrifice in IQ, and to be honest the AF speed and accuracy does feel better on the native lens even with the TC...
I did a bunch of testing to reach my conclusions here: th-cam.com/video/12WIJTqRqzk/w-d-xo.html
PS. The inclusion of the wind noise was intentional for 'atmosphere' but I guess it didn't work for you!
Always enjoy your videos Geoff. Any regrets selling the 500mm PF? It is sharper in the centre than the 400mm. . . especially with the 1.4x on the 400mm. . but is it a noticeable difference in the real world?
Thanks Bruce, no, no regrets whatsoever! It's great and there's really no diffference in real world use, even with the teleconverter, which I use a lot. I reckon the teleconverters are a really big win for Z-mount as they're so much better / sharper than the F-mount ones ever were!
Virtually a night and day situation with regards to the weather. Certainly a lot easier for the 2023 trip, better footage and shots. Who's the complete idiot doing snow angel's on the slope? Good compilation video Geoff.
Yeah, massive difference, and a lot easier to move about on the hill! Would have liked more dynamic shots like that hare that ran right past us in the snow, but that's not how it panned out... next time..!
Hehe, thought you'd appreciate the snow angel shot so it had to make it into the final edit somewhere :D