PHOTOGRAPHING PINE MARTEN AND MINK! Wildlife Behind The Scenes
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ก.ค. 2024
- In this video we have a look at wildlife photography projects that did not work out as planned, basically things you did not see. We have a look at shorebirds like mergansers, and mustelids like the pine marten and the American mink. Did I miss my opportunity or where these projects successful? At the end of the day most projects worked out!
🐺 ABOUT THIS VIDEO
Not every idea I have becomes a whole video. We are looking at three topics today. As you know I have been trying to photograph the pine marten, a shy mustelid, for around two years by now. You will see my whole strategy in 2021 to get this animal in front of my camera. Furthermore we successfully looked after a mink that I found in a riverbed. This predator is an invasive species in Norway, so I wanted to document it. At first though I show you a small insight in another project I wanted to start off, shorebirds. Here you see different birds from waders to mergansers.
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🐺 CHAPTERS:
00:00 Intro
03:20 Shorebirds
07:08 Pine Marten Project
12:50 Mink & Mergansers
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Disclaimer: This video shows baiting, which is subject for open ethical discussion. If it is ethical or not may be questioned, but what it is for sure is a shortcut and all photos are unauthentic. I leave this video, but I will not continue using or showing (if not discussed) it in the future, because I came to the conclusion that it is not at the heart of wildlife photography.
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I hope you like these three small adventures :) Soon back on the black grouse.
Wildlife Fotografie hat was meditatives. Ich krieg` da wunderbar den Kopf frei.
Da geht es mir relativ ähnlich ;)
Thank you. Stay well and safe travels. All the best. 👍📷😎
Thanks, will do! But I am already in Norway for some weeks :P Cheers
Wieder ein richtig gutes Video. Es ist sehr interessant Dir bei deiner Arbeit zu zuschauen. Danke.
Vielen Dank dir, Matze :)
Superb videography. Your dedication and commitment is obvious, your image quality is exquisite.
Many thanks, Chris! I put a lot of work into the pine marten part, but still it did not work entirely. I will get back at it as soon as I do not move anymore. Cheers, G
Ganz nach meinem Geschmack, bekomme ich direkt Lust wieder raus zu gehen.
Und so soll es auch sein…. nachdem du alle Videos geschaut hast :P beste Grüße!
Your cinematography is just sublime. Some of the shots in this of nature are equal to anything you'd see in a BBC documentary. Very inspiring Gunnar.
Lovely to see what you've been up to with your various projects.
I am glad that you think that way, Sam. Especially with the Pine Marten Project I was paying a lot of attention towards my b roll. I will keep on posting these videos since people seem to like it a lot. Cheers, G
Very inspirational video! I agree, finding wildlife is difficult, but for me getting out into nature is the best part.
Thanks you :) Yeah, that is the most important part!
Excellent Gunner!
Thanks a lot, Wayne :)
Another wonderful video Gunnar. Your video capture abilities are second to none. Keep up the great work. I look forward to your next instalment. All the best from Australia, Joseph
A person walking through a forest understanding of nature and values it's important is just this much... imagine a person that understands the universe.... hmmm..the realm of a spectrum is wide.
Thank you so much, Joseph! You are way too kind to me, but I thought the recordings from the pine marten project were too well thought through to not show them. It will work next time! Cheers, G
Great video Gunnar 👍
Many thanks, James :) Glad you liked this one
Great photos 👍
Thank you :)
Cool video as always brother!! 🙌🏻
Thank you, Jeremy :)
In my opinion one of your best videos so far. It shows so wonderfully what our passion for wildlife photography is all about.
In general, people seem to like these behind the scenes quite well, even more if they know the feeling themselves :) Thanks for the compliment, Tobias. Cheers, G
Really nice. I wish I had more time to spend out there. I have some wonderful wild places close by, so must try harder. Thank you for the inspiration.
Hei Simon. Thanks for your feedback. I hope you find some more time to be outside, it is often just what we need. Cheers, G
Nice Video
Thanks a lot :)
I enjoyed hearing about these small projects. As always I love your low angles to the water level and it was interesting seeing the changes in the water level with the spring melt.
Thanks, Donna. I’m certainly trying to go as low as possible with my filming kit. It was not a spring melt though, but an insane summer week with extreme rain that made the river rise. Cheers, G
@@GunnarDresler oh, a bit of flooding then!
Yes, it was quite something.
Great mindset Gunnar! And also beautiful pictures! I tried doing wildlife photography myself in the last few weeks and really understand what you mean by "getting the experience" even if the pictures don't turn out as one would hope for. I only have a very old Sigma 400mm F5.6 Manual Focus lens, but even after only going out for a few days and sitting in nature without any people, just listening to the sounds of animals and sometimes spotting a rabbit, a few wild boar, a deer or a woodpecker living their lives is incredibly satisfying and calming.
What would you recommend to someone like me, who is just getting started in wildlife photography? Is it the patience, being at the right spot (by having local knowledge or simply by observing animals over days and weeks), being invisible and quiet, or parameters like wind that carries your scent etc.? Probably a combination of all of it, right? Any tips on finding out where feeding spots or something similar could be?
Hei Daniel, and thanks for your kind comment. I think it is combination out of a lot of things you need there. Manuel focusing is of course a bit problematic, especially in the beginning. But maybe you have a 70-200 F2.8 (you can get older models for good prices right now) that you could combine with a teleconverter to better up your game on a lower budget. The most important thing is though the mindset and a thing I still work on. The more you out, the better a wildlife photographer you will be. Wildlife photography, besides going on booked trips and shoot animals from a car in national parks, is normaller 10% photography and 90% location scouting, being outside and so on. So being out a lot will improve your skills in finding animals and places to sit down and wait at the most. A lot of things can be done with a good set of camouflage when you found the right spot. It is surprising how many mammals will not see you. For birds though, a tent is often best.
I hope that helps a bit, but there is a lot to learn, which I think is the great fun about it. Cheers and all the best, G
Hi Gunnar. It was a female common merganser with chicks, not the red-breasted merganser. 😉
Thank you, Alfred! I very much need a book about Scandinavian species :P
Or more precise is to call it goosander, isn't it?
In Norwegian it's lakseand and I believe you can call it in English goosand or common merganser. It's defianetly in the merganser family 🙂
@@alfredlucas3291 Thanks for the reply! :)
Just wondering, what size of lens do you use?
It is approximately 3 metres long and five metres in diameter. Okay enough of the nonsense, I am mostly using the 200-500 and 70-200 right now. Cheers, G
@@GunnarDresler a little humour never gets in the way!! Thanks!