BIRD PHOTOGRAPHY | USING YOUR VEHICLE AS A HIDE | Canon R3 & EF 500mm F4 | Photographing Kestrels
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ก.ย. 2022
- Join me where I head out to my local reserve for some Bird Photography using my vehicle as a hide, back using my Canon R3 & EF 500mm F4 for photographing Kestrels.
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We have a lot of kestrels where I live in SW Wisconsin, USA. I never knew there were so many but when I started taking a closer look at the single birds perched on telephone/power wires out here in the country, most of them are kestrels! They don’t seem to mind cars driving by but when I have stopped even a fair distance away, they fly off. I plan to go earlier sometime and park and wait and should get some good shots of them hunting.
Nice one, how lucky as they are such beautiful Falcons. The American Kestrel is certainly up there as one of my favourites. Yep, that's seems to be the problem, you stop they fly! But vehicle make great hides and it's surprising how close you can get. Best of luck and thanks for watching from the USA. Cheers Rich 👍
ahh some nice Saturday evening tv, perfect, thanks, Richard.
My pleasure Ashley, really glad you enjoyed it. All the best Rich 👍
Lovely captures of the kestrel !!!! Great sat viewing as always!!!! Take care my friend 👍👍👍
Thanks very much Craig, it was a top afternoons photography! Not always the case, lol.. Cheers Rich 👍
Vehicle photography can make for great results. And a little comfort too. Great shots Richard.
Thanks Kevin, nice to not have to trek too far sometimes, lol… it was a great day and such fantastic birds. Cheers Rich 👍
Well in Richard, wise move using the Landy on the road. Like you say vehicles make great hides. Lovely shots of the Kestrels mate !! 🙂👍
Cheers mate, shame I can't use it more often, lol... Really pleased with some of them, not always easy to get close to. Thanks for watching mate! Hope you've a Scotland one out soon, no pressure, lol.. Cheers R 👍
Hi Richard wow that was fantastic just goes to prove you can use your vehicle has a hide, absolutely stunning photos and video footage,l will be trying this my self it was just amazing watching your video well done Richard you certainly made the R3 work hard , absolutely fantastic video and thank you for sharing with us. Martyn
Thanks very much Martin, it was an awesome days photography and they haven’t been as obliging since, lol… But it was a sheer pleasure spending time with them, watching them hunt and rest! Wildlife is the best medicine! Thanks again R 👍
Another great video Richard, well done. I get your appreciation of the Kestrel. I had my moment with one last year on the coast path at the Lizard. It was perching and hunting right by the path and was totally unphased by my presence. It was a magical experience.
Thanks Steve, such a fantastic bird, although I was on the look out for Merlins, it's a nice surprise to get some nice time with these ladies! It's great when they get habituated along regular paths when you can almost walk under them! Amazing... Cheers R 👍
6:20 Wow beautiful.
Thanks very much, Cheers Richard 👍
Brilliant video. What a remarkable experience for you. The stills and video footage are amazing. The Kestrel is one of my favourite birds to photograph. Well done.
Hi Ron, it really was such an amazing session and one I can't wait to get out and do again. Really appreciate the comment and for watching my vlog. all the very best Rich 👍
Brilliant shots my favourite bird
Thanks Ian, often overlooked but why would you, such cracking birds. Cheers R 👍
Awesometastic ....
You can never take enough Pics ,,,,
So True Colin, thanks for watching. Cheers R👍
Exquisite detail… now these are results…..
Thanks very much Robert, very much appreciated. All the best Richard 😀
Great shots of the Kestrel Richard, such a fantastic few hours of photography. I've had a decent amount of success using my car as a hide as well. Can be a good option. Cheers, all the best, Steve.
Thanks Steve, I know it's a lazy way to do photography but why not when you get experiences like that, lol... Can't beat a good walk though! Cheers R
Absolutely stunning birds
Totally agree Alessandro, thanks for watching. Cheers Richard 👍
Blown away as usual. Lovely video. Thanks Richard.
Glad you enjoyed it David, such cracking birds. All the best Richard 👍
Absolutely sublime Richard, had a similar experience last October near cape Cornwall a male bird landed a number of time 3-4 meters away as I sat there no hide to camo as long as I sat still it wasn’t bothered by my presence 👍
Cheers Laurence, really glad you enjoyed it. It's lovely when you get unique experiences like that, dosen't always happen but when it does!! Happy days... All the best Rich 👍
Superb enjoyed that very much,cracking pictures well done son 🦅👍👍
Thanks very much Dad, really glad you enjoyed it. See you soon. M 👍
Nice video and amazing pictures. Kestrels are beautiful raptors, and using a car can be useful if they don't see you through the windows, in fact I use my car for ospreys when I can.
Thanks Giuseppe, thanks very much for your kind words it's always appreciated. Best hides possible and awesome you use yours for Ospreys, fantastic birds and on my list to photograph. Cheers Richard 👍
Brilliant mate. Stunning bird and great shots.. 👍🏻
Glad you enjoyed it mate, cheers R 👍
Nailed it!!! That video was fantastic, kestrels are so underrated by most but they are such beautiful birds and to get that close was simply amazing, I loved that, thank you
Thanks very much I'm really glad you enjoyed it. You are so right, quite an underrated bird and I really don't know why, I think every birds deserves to be admired! Very lucky with these two females, unlikely to happen again, next time maybe a Merlin!! Thanks again Rich 👍
Absolutely great Narration and talking about what your doing . Plus great music editing process. Soft as it should be .
I've watched some videos where the blare loud blasting music in either photography or Flyfishing videos they ruin them . Thanks for not doing that .
So Great Job sir . I tip my hat to you .
So kind of you to say Ricardo, really appreciate such nice feedback. I don't always get it right but having constructive feedback always helps to make things better for the viewer. Hope to do well on the next one, no pressure, lol.. All the best and thanks again for stopping by. Richard 🙏👍
Nice content,Richard.
I look forward to seeing the merlin shots, I’m sure it’s not too far away.
Thanks Gary, fingers crossed I'll get that shot of a full adult male!!!! 😂👍
Nice one Richard. Super year for kestrels, we had 9 here on my local reserve ,and that’s in Ealing !!!
Thanks very much! Wow, thanks a great number of birds! So pleased they are doing well nationally! All the best Rich 👍
great shots and wonderful video Richard
Cheers Adrian, so glad you enjoyed it! All the best R 👍
Stunning photos & footage mate - another great vlog 👍🏼
Thank you so much Rob, such a cracking session. Cheers R👍
Hi Richard ! Great video ! Great photos !!!
Thanks Evgeny, Top session 👍
Beautifully captured , well done 👍🏼
Really glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching. Cheers Richard 👍
Amazing stuff Richard
Cheers Dean, cracking day! R 👍
Lovely shots and film mate. I don't have a problem with the kestrels on the posts with the barbed wire, after all pretty natural habitat for them on the verges of roads. Not something I've done a lot of but will be looking for a suitable place to park up soon I think! If I could only tempt a wily old buzzard!👍
Thanks very much Scott, great to have your point of view mate, and any shot of a bird of prey is good in my book but I'll always try a more naturalistic approach if possible! It's a nice relaxed way of doing a session especially when the weathers not so good, lol... Fingers crossed on the Wily old Buzz Buzz. Cheers Rich 👍
Really good Richard 👌
Thanks very much Chris, such a cracking session. Cheers R 👍
Great video. Thanks for sharing.
MY pleasure and thanks for watching. All the best Richard 👍
Amazing Video enjoy your day!
Thanks very much Ed, all the best Richard 👍
Some great work Richard using the car as a hide certainly pays off ! Had a Buzzard today using the car as a hide ! Like Kestrels they are normally off as soon as they see you ! Love the full wing shots beautiful plumage ❤
Thanks Mark, it's one of the best ways to get close and nice and comfy, lol... Nice one on the Buzzard, I've found in all other situations the Kestrels are off! But these ladies were quite happy to stick around which was awesome. Cheers R 👍
A nice car.
Thanks very much, 👍
Great shots, Richard!
Thank you for sharing.
My pleasure Peter, thanks for watching. All the best Richard 👍
Awesome stuff Richard cracking images. Had a good day last week with Osprey in Devon👍
Thanks very much Trev, it was an awesome session, fingers crossed for that elusive Merlin next time! See a few Ospreys down our way passing through, amazing birds and a food spot by you. Cheers R
Fabulous footage Richard, super photos too, great to see the Kestrel making a comeback
Thanks Derek, I had such a great afternoon, even better seeing so many about and doing well. Cheers Rich 👍
That was wonderful!What a beautiful bird so pretty, the detail was stunning!How it maintains its position in the wind is incredible too.
Thoroughly enjoyed it.👍Well done.
Thanks Alison, not sure why they are overlooked as they are so beautiful, especially close up! Yep, that control in strong winds is incredible... Thanks for watching R 👍
👌Awosome Photos 💥
Thanks you Rakesh 😀👍
Lovely to see the perch used and the quality of the filming and still photos. Really great video.
Thanks very much Jon, I wasn't expecting them to take to it so soon but chuffed they did, lol.. Cheers Rich 👍
Some lovely work Richard, love the flared for landing shots.
Thanks Dale, really happy with that session, not always the case as you well know. Cheers Rich👍
Some amazing footage and images in that one Richard. Stunning little birds, never get tired of seeing them. Cheers Keith
Thanks mate, Top day out! Never get bored of a Kessy! Cheers Rich 👍
Here on the open prairie South Dakota USA I use my jeep all day
That's awesome, I bet you get some great birds. Might get there one day! Cheers Richard 👍
Brilliant video Richard,kestrels were my favourite birds when I was a kid growing up in rural north Lancashire.Still lots around hovering over the sea walls bordering morecambe Bay
Thanks very much Alan, that's great to hear of your experience when you were younger. Once our commonest bird of prey now replaced by the Buzzard! Roadside verges always used to be the popular place for them, but like you've said lovely to see them along the coast hovering in the wind! Amazing little birds. Thanks again Rich 👍
Love the photos. The R3 and the 500F4 seem to be a great combination.
Thanks Daniel, it's a great combo and I'm so chuffed I didn't have to save for an RF Prime! Cheers R👍
Liked, motivated and subscribed!
Thanks very much indeed John, really glad you enjoyed it. All the very best to you. Richard 👍
Brilliant video Richard. Really impressive film work and photography 😊I love kestrels
Thanks Simeon, had such a cracking day! Me too, All the best R👍
Lovely work and some cracking images as always Richard, just got back from mauritius 🇲🇺 42nd wedding anniversary, but escaped a bit, ended up with the name Batman, due to me spending to much time trying to get shots of the fruit bats, lol. All the best Mike...
Thanks very much Mike it was an awesome days photography! Lol, wow 42nd that's great going, Happy Anniversary to you both, hope Batman managed to get a few batty shots in the bag??? Cheers Rich 👍
Great video and superb images! I absolutely love seeing my local kestrels despite most encounters being distant and on a dull day 😅
Thanks very much, lol..... I do know exactly what you mean but occasionally it all comes together! Cheers Rich 👍
Hi Richard, Great pics - assume up on the downs near Goonhilly? I found a good site for Kestrel at the top car park at Portleven. If you are in the area, worth a sit there for a couple of hours. Also saw a kestrel in the field behind the peregrine site when I was down there in August. Hope that's helpful. Yet to see a decent peregrine at Mullion, but gonna persevere and try again when next down... I have seen their plucking sites but just not had them land whilst I have been there. That's wildlife.
Thanks very much Clive, well done on the location ID, a top spot but can sometimes be so quiet! Other days loads going on, but hey that's Wildlife for you. Nice down that end of Levvy, always nice to see a Kestrel on the cliffs hovering into wind! Fingers crossed for a PF next time you are down. Cheers R
Thank you. Brilliant. What a magnificent bird. Great footage. Saw a female Merlin last Sunday, whilst out photographing a fox.Too quick to capture, have seen her before. Not seen a male this year though. Thanks again. Fantastic. All the best. 👍📷😎
Thanks a lot Rob, it was such an awesome experience! Sometimes I forget I'm filming and get a little excited, lol.... Nice one on the Merlin spot, don't hang around long do they! Cheers Rich 👍
I used to use my vehicle as hide on a regular basis, unfortunately once word gets around for the location of a specific animal the area usually becomes a carpark. Kestrels are one of my favourite small raptors, I used to spend hours with our local kestrels but they disappeared last year and have not been seen since. Beautiful shots and footage mate, I'm taking my son to glencoe this weekend to hopefully photography the stags fighting, fingers crossed. I snapped a cracking shot of a merlin which I'm planning to Print and display.
Thanks for watching, and Yes that is the only problem, and my videos don't always help especially for local birders and photographers catching on but I like to think it helps others and allows them to get some nice views and pictures. As long as they are respectful to the subject it's not too bad. Such a shame you've lost the Kestrels, hopefully one day they will return! Thanks for your comments, I hope you and your boy managed to get some great views and pictures of the Stags at Glencoe, now that's a top place to see Deer in the Rutt! Nice one on the Merlin, have you posted on Social Media? Would love to see it. Cheers R 👍
@@RichardBirchett I find that the vast majority of photographers I meet are respectful and generally just decent people that love nature and wildlife as we do, of course there is always the exception to the rule and I've been unfortunate enough to meet and deal with two of them. Still it doesn't dampen my enthusiasm whatsoever. I'm very much looking forward to this weekend and we're meeting up with Geoff Cooper again, I'm sure he will be recording footage for his TH-cam channel. I must admit I'm not looking forward the long drive, still if we don't go we won't get the shots or experience the fantastic landscape. I've not posted the merlin shot Richard, actually I'm not posting quite a few shot on Instagram lately due to plagiarism, for the life of me I can't understand why people steel other people's photograph's. Anyway, on a lighter note I'm going to have a great weekend in the Highlands with my son and Geoff who's a top man and very knowledgeable. 🙂👍hope all is well.
@@j30roth Fair play mate and well said! I have had the unfortunate situation of dealing with many too! Still never dampens mine either!! Have a cracking time and past my best on to the big guy Geoff😀
Great stuff, Richard. Coincidentally, I too have been out and about today and managed to get some nice shots of a beautiful female kestrel...from a Land Rover! Particularly liked your shots of her on your branch and mantling its prey in the heather.
Hi Steve, thanks very much for checking in on my latest. Great to hear you've also had some success with them, I've not seen many males about on my patch! Thanks, my favourite was in the heather, such a great day. Thanks again Rich 👍
Great episode man! Kestrels are definitely the most skittish raptors out there. Loved the images. Also, your Instagram link is broken.
Hi Brent, thanks very much for watching! They usually are so skittish but I may have found the only one that's accepted me, lol... Probably won't happen again:-( I tried the link and it seems to work! Strange.. Cheers Rich 👍
some stunning kestrel shots there Richard .
Thanks very much mate, numbers good on Exmoor these days? Cheers Richard 👍
@@RichardBirchett They are not to bad at the moment
Stunning images Richard! The detail when you can fill a sensor frame, as opposed to having to crop in, is amazing! Most of my shots end up soft because I can't get close enough and have to crop (Eos R, EF 500mm MKI)
Thanks Mike, yep the full frame cameras and fast action really do give the subjects justice! I know what you mean, getting close to any bird of prey is a challenge but on this occasion they let me into their world for a little look which was amazing. Thanks again Rich 👍
I usually refer to my Tundra as my mobile blind. I've shot thousands of birds from the window.
Such great hides, as soon as you get out the vehicle! They are gone, lol... Thanks for watching. Cheers Richard 👍
Lovely stuff mate, love Kestrels & being close to them really brings out the details in their plumage. Both male & female are stunning birds & one of my favourites of the UK birds of prey.
Fantastic experience for you to spend 5-6 hours with them, superb stuff.
Good luck with the Merlin project, hopefully the male will put in a decent appearance for you 🤞
Some stunning footage & images there Richard, especially the grounded ones amongst the heather. 👌👏👏👏
Keep on keeping on mate.
Best,
Nick
Thanks Nick, truly amazing birds and I just couldn't get enough of them, lack of males about though! It was I felt so privileged to have spent time with them and it such close proximity! Might not happen again that close, still after that Merlin, will try again later in the week! Cheers for watching mate. Rich 👍
Great shots!! Amazing experience. I actually really liked the shots with the post and wire. I think if they are “aged”they look great. Anyways really great shots.
Thanks for that Tim, and a really good point there. To be fair any close encounter with a bird of prey is a magical experience. Cheers Rich 😀
Cut some small stumps and get permission to mount them to tops of posts to make them look like real stumps. Couple feet tall so wires dont get in shots.
Thanks Eric, top idea, I'll be doing something like that very soon. Cheers Rich 👍
Fantastic footage and stills Richard 👏👏👏👏 shooting at such an iso do you get a lot of noise pre post editing I must say your shots are tack sharp and the Kestrel is such an amazing bird
Thanks very much Nigel, there was a little noise but nothing really to worry about and todays software does a really good job of sorting that out. I shot as high as 8k ISO and was so impressed by the quality, these new mirrorless cameras really are the business and shooting at high shutter speeds in low light really is a game changer. Thanks again for watching. Cheers Rich 👍
@@RichardBirchett Much appreciated Richard yeah I’ve got the Sony A1 and really enjoying getting some nice birds in flight at the moment 👌 keep up the great work looking forward to some more great videos from you 👍👍
@@nigelmartin4510 Thanks again Nigel, hopefully a few more coming soon. Cheers Rich
Superb video is the nature reserve open to the public or do you need permission ? I am interested as I come every year to Cornwall for my holidays and I do some bird photography.
Thanks very much Malcolm, yes it's on the National Nature Reserve so complete open access to all. It's a great spot and you never know what will turn up! Thanks again Richard 👍