Red Kite Photography In Oxfordshire With The Canon 7d Mark II
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ส.ค. 2024
- Join me in Oxfordshire as I search for one of the UK's largest birds of prey - the red kite. As well as lots of success with the kites, I was fortunate to see a kestrel up close as well as a roe deer.
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Equipment:
Canon 7D Mark II
Canon 300mm f2.8 lens + 2x converter
iPhone 11
GoPro Hero 5
Great content Olly. That’s my Red kite area too. Have you tried the top of Aston Rowant, in winter it’s fab for Ravens too
Thank you! No I’ve never heard of that but may have to give it a go - thanks!
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I loved the images you captured and the video. The deer bouncing along was very sweet too.
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The deer was a really lovely surprise and thank you so much for the comment and the support for my channel, it really does mean a lot! And I will take that recommendation and try to nudge people to make comments towards the start of future videos :) Happy New Year!
Going to be getting a 7d mark 2
Nice, it’s a great camera for wildlife!
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Lovely footage thanks, we have a kestrel on the cliffs that i see occasionally, when i do see him its a good day, the wingspan on those kites is awesome
Thanks Amanda, I always love seeing kestrels, it’s one of the few species I manage to see even when living in London. And yes the red kites are pretty spectacular especially when you get up close!
really nice shots of those kites. Great video and nice that you have done your research.
Thanks mate, just checked out your channel, great deal shots! Looking forward to watching some more of your videos
Loved the video and images Olly, here in Welwyn Garden City the Red Kites are doing really well and are not afraid to fly quite close to you, saw one on the roof of a house walking to sainsbury this morning, a real good successful introduction and hopefully some more for the rest of our birds of prey and our other declining wildlife. Happy New Year.
Thanks Raymond and that’s great to hear, so lovely to see wildlife locally and as you say, there will hopefully be more success stories in the near future.
Great video! In my local area, I have actually never seen a Red Kite! Hopefully, at some point, some will drift over... the shots at the end as well were amazing🔥
Cheers Ben! I’m sure they will, where abouts are you based?
Hi Olly. loved the content. We are just getting one or two Kite here in East Anglia. Great bird. Thanks for sharing and good luck with 2000 sbs.
Hi Robin, thank you for the comment and I’m glad you enjoyed it. I’m sure those one or two will soon become more regular sightings, I’ve even started seeing the odd one above Richmond Park in London.
Great video! So interesting to hear you talk about the reintroduction of wildlife to the UK too, definitely subscribing to see more of your content :)
Thank you! Would love to photograph more reintroduced species soon, beavers are on my list as well as white tailed eagles 🦅
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Hey Oliver, what was that agricultural crop at the beginning?
The 300 prime with the 2x TC plus crop factor of the 7D should be giving you a total focal length of, what? 760mm?
Regardless I have had a thought regarding your lens system. As you know, 300mm is not enough to really get the kind of images you want of such subjects as the owls and kites. So, you have added on a 2x T.C. to give you a reach out to 600mm. Well that's good but at what cost to available light? The T.C. "eats" a lot of light. So, even with the f/2.8 on your 300 you still lose light.
And this was one thing I noticed about your photography in this video. The images were dark. Granted the ambient light was pretty bad, but! Have you considered mating your 7D Mk2 with a Sigma 150-600mm zoom telephoto lens? This is my combo. The Sigma gets me out to 600mm without a T.C. I'm not sure how the numbers would add up but the f/5 on the Sigma might give more light than the stopped down-ness of the 300's 2.8 with a 2x T.C. And, of course, the zoom gives you a flexibility you don't have with the 300 prime.
I'd be very interested in your thoughts.
Hey, I used to have a tamron 150-600mm but I prefer having the f2.8 at 300mm as it means I can continue shooting at a low ISO right up until dusk and often I find that’s the time when animals come closer so I don’t necessarily need that extra reach. I guess they can’t see as well when it gets dark so they approach as they’re a bit more curious
good one mate!! keep pushing :)
Thank you mate! Hope you’re well? :)
Nice footage, thanks for sharing. What AF mode and program settings are you using for the stills? AI Servo and mode 1?
Thanks! I can’t remember what mode I was using but yes AI Servo :)
Awesome bud! We still need to meet up and photograph some kites together 👍
Thanks mate! And definitely, if you’re ever Oxfordshire way then this is a great location we could check out, no shortage of hares nearby, buzzards, skylarks and every now and then a barn owl
I agree with all you are saying. Ireland is so much better for wildlife than the UK but we are losing it rapidly and our population is expanding. That location is fab.
It’s tough but I’m starting to see positive steps and there are definitely ways to live alongside wildlife if enough people want it and get on board!
How ho you find 7d mk ii af and image quality ? Do you think dslr are death or make sense to buy one of those in 2024 for sport and wildlife ? Thanks 👍
Hi, it’s still a great lens and I now use it alongside the R6 mkii which is my main lens. I still get use from the 7d mkii though and would recommend it for wildlife and sport, high frames per second and good af options but it’s all about the lens you pair it with. If you can get your hands on a second hand one that might be a good option, shouldn’t be too expensive!