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UK Wildlife
United Kingdom
Приєднався 21 лют 2007
Footage of Britain's wildlife, with trip reports, mini documentaries on species and tips on how to film and photograph wildlife
I used Olympus Em1 Mkiii, OM-1 and Panasonic GH6 (and GH5)
Lenses used include Om90 2 Macro, Olympus 150-400mm f4.5 Pro, Olympus 300mm f4 and Panasonic 100-400mm and Laowa 24mm Macro Probe Lens
I used Olympus Em1 Mkiii, OM-1 and Panasonic GH6 (and GH5)
Lenses used include Om90 2 Macro, Olympus 150-400mm f4.5 Pro, Olympus 300mm f4 and Panasonic 100-400mm and Laowa 24mm Macro Probe Lens
How to Photograph Dragonflies in Flight
I give tips on how to photograph dragonflies in flight, with my updated method using the Olympus 150-400mm f4.5 pro lens
Previous videos on Dragonfly photography
ua-cam.com/video/m4fTdlI88u8/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/jUa6ux0nGBY/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/Hg0ds-3K_38/v-deo.html
Music licensed through Audiio
Artist Name: Gideon Matthew
Song Name: Aperate (feat. Hannah Tyler) (Instrumental)
Previous videos on Dragonfly photography
ua-cam.com/video/m4fTdlI88u8/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/jUa6ux0nGBY/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/Hg0ds-3K_38/v-deo.html
Music licensed through Audiio
Artist Name: Gideon Matthew
Song Name: Aperate (feat. Hannah Tyler) (Instrumental)
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Відео
Big Announcement
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A quick thanks and Big Announcement about my plans on UA-cam in the future Link to the new @PondLab-wh7wn channel www.youtube.com/@PondLab-wh7wn
Kingfishers in slow motion - Filming a wildlife sequence
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My footage of Kingfishers diving, fighting other behaviour, and talk about putting footage together a form a film sequence - Courtship, mating, fish pass, chasing off rivals, bringing in fish and flying into their nest Filmed with Panasonic Lumix GH6, Olympus 2x Teleconverter and the Om 150-450mm F4.5 pro lens Other wildlife videos ua-cam.com/video/mPeJelOqaXI/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/djRM93...
Dawn to dusk at Rainham Marshes : Spring Wildlife - Linnet Singing, Wheatear and other wildlife
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I spend all day at RSPB Rainham Marshes filming all the wildlife I can find: Singing Linnets, Beeflies, Tortoise Beetles, Brimstone Butterflies, Fencepost Jumping Spider and more using my 3000mm set up - the Panasonic Gh6, Olympus 2x teleconverter, Om 150-400mm f4.5 built in 1.25x tele, with 1.5x crop of pixel to pixel mode - giving me the equivalent of 3000mm in 4K Other wildlife videos ua-cam...
Singing birds: Beautiful songs of Nightingale, Wren and more
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I film the Nightingales, Wren, Robins, Goldfinch, Whitethroat and other birds singing at Thurrock Thameside Nature Park All filmed on my Panasonic GH6 with OM 150-400mm f4.5 Pro lens Other wildlife videos ua-cam.com/video/djRM93mm9ec/v-deo.htmlsi=WrkBoutyn42c23bw ua-cam.com/video/wmFVsqvpQ9Q/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/5U2oXAtMsyk/v-deo.html Nick's Channel www.youtube.com/@nickswildlifefootage9392
Rare Heath Fritillary Butterfly Up Close
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I go looking for the rare Heath Fritillary Butterfly in Essex and find a number of other butterfly and insect species too
Wildlife in my Childhood garden
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I take one last look round where I first learned about wildlife as a child, but with the cool filming equipment I now own! Some other Wildlife Videos to watch ua-cam.com/video/djRM93mm9ec/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/HSg3t36ZRBg/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/1YPGnsB_yyo/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/cfrYva2WdY0/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/pnG2NxWGcQk/v-deo.html
Insects with a Telephoto lens
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I film insects using my 3000mm long telephoto lens setup - bee, Bee Flies, Wolf Spiders and even tiny Velvet Mites, taking advantage of the long reach a close focus distance. Please like and subscribe if you enjoy the video! Other insect videos: ua-cam.com/video/XpoBBGE4HEE/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/LxQBjDBWy-A/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/m4fTdlI88u8/v-deo.html
Dragonflies in the Scottish Highlands Dragonfly Tour Ep 18
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I go in search of Northern Damselfly, Northern Emerald, Azure Hawker and White-faced Darter Dragonflies in the Scottish Highlands, including the Loch Garten in the Cairngorms and Beinn Eighe back in July 2022 Dragonfly Tour playlist: ua-cam.com/play/PLvGpUC8eOCcoBiwi4m5JdjjlPMToV9Klg.html
Macro insect footage with the Probe Lens
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Macro insect footage with the Probe Lens
Hawfinches and Water Deer at 3000mm
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Hawfinches and Water Deer at 3000mm
Insect Macro Photography in Early Spring with M.Zuiko 90mm macro + homemade diffuser
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Insect Macro Photography in Early Spring with M.Zuiko 90mm macro homemade diffuser
Finally seeing the Rare White Billed Diver
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Finally seeing the Rare White Billed Diver
Wildlife Photography on Southend Pier
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Wildlife Photography on Southend Pier
Panasonic Lumix GH6 + Micro Four Thirds for Filming Wildlife?
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Panasonic Lumix GH6 Micro Four Thirds for Filming Wildlife?
Can I lift my Waxwing curse? - with some bonus foxes!
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Can I lift my Waxwing curse? - with some bonus foxes!
Can I finally see a Short Eared Owl? Dawn till Dusk at Rainham Marshes
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Can I finally see a Short Eared Owl? Dawn till Dusk at Rainham Marshes
Curlew and Snipe - my best ever views
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Curlew and Snipe - my best ever views
Shore Larks at 1200mm with the Olympus 300mm F4 and MC-20 Teleconverter
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Shore Larks at 1200mm with the Olympus 300mm F4 and MC-20 Teleconverter
Brent Geese at Leigh - with 3000mm set up
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Brent Geese at Leigh - with 3000mm set up
Wildlife Photography at 2000mm - does it work?
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Wildlife Photography at 2000mm - does it work?
Scaup at Abberton with Panasonic GH6 and Olympus 150-400mm f4.5 pro 3000mm set up
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Scaup at Abberton with Panasonic GH6 and Olympus 150-400mm f4.5 pro 3000mm set up
Berry munching Fieldfares and displaying Teal with GH6 + Olympus 150-400mm - 3000mm set up
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Berry munching Fieldfares and displaying Teal with GH6 Olympus 150-400mm - 3000mm set up
My Wildlife Filmmaking Setup - Camera, lenses and other equipment
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My Wildlife Filmmaking Setup - Camera, lenses and other equipment
Wildlife at 6000mm! - With the Panasonic Gh6 and Olympus 150-400mm
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Wildlife at 6000mm! - With the Panasonic Gh6 and Olympus 150-400mm
Hunt for Raft Spiders - one of the UKs biggest species!
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Hunt for Raft Spiders - one of the UKs biggest species!
Just found your channel very impressed with what you do i film wildlife DAVE HODGKISS i would love your opinion of what i do regards Dave
ONLY 66 likes ??? Wow ... this was the most helpful video. saying exactly what i needed to hear in terms of reach, options, quality and results. I imagine that with a GH7 i will get similar if not, better results ? Question : What cards (capacity) do you use, for such 4K or 5K footage ??
amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Subscribed!
Excellent!
Nice one Neil. Some people have "all the gear but no idea" whereas you've got all the gear and know how to exploit it's facilities. I'm more of a "some of the gear, and some idea"! 😆 I just need to find more time to get out and get clicking. Cheers mate. 👍
Cheers Graham, you are too kind! I do feel like Im getting the hang of this lens, but still need more practice!
Wow that fight!!
Incredible detail in your shots. Thanks for sharing your tips!
Thank you!
Having spent many, many hours trying to capture dragonflies in flight, I appreciate what you're doing there. It's a serious challenge. To get that many decent shots in just two days is awesome! I have a tracking tip you might want to try: keep both eyes open, with one looking through the viewfinder, and the other on the dragonfly. This takes some getting used to, but saves zooming, reducing the chance of missing the shot. You can close your eye after getting the dragonfly in the frame, and concentrate on the shot. Finding a small, isolated pond can give better photo opportunities, as it concentrates the dragonflies into a tighter arena. In a more confined space, some dragonflies follow a somewhat recurring flight path. If you can identify that, you can intercept one at a suitable point, so it faces the way you want for the shot. Large aperture lenses are best for this. Some allow you to pre-focus at a set distance, which reduces hunting, and helps prevent focusing on reeds. During my last dragonfly excursion, I spent far too long swinging around a behemoth of a lens, and ended up with serious shoulder and neck strain. I swore that after that, I'd use a gimbal mount on a tripod. Haven't tried that since, but I think it's the way to go. It works well for planes.
Thanks Some good tips there, thanks. I think on reason the Southern Migrant Hawker is easier is because it hangs round smaller ponds/ditches, unlike the Emperors favoured larger ponds/lakes! I do look with the other eye, but at 1000mm equivalent its still hard to find the dragonfly, so zooming help does help :)
I use the dot sight ee-1 for tracking them and it makes it so much easier with my 300mm f4.
Brilliant video about this topic and outstanding pictures! Due to budget constraints I just experiment with my Sigma Apo Macro 2.8/150mm + 2 extenders 2x Canon EF Mark II + Mark III. This equals to 600mm focal length and effective aperture 11. The optical quality is IMHO very good stepped down 2 f-stops. Autofocus is not completely impossible but unreliable with my Canon EOS R5, sometimes it's helpful for static subjects. Autofocus for subjects like a dragon fly that somehow changes it's position is IMHO not usable. What I need with my experiment is good sunlight, otherwise I would have to use too high ISO. So at least with this experimental setup, I need no ND filter :-) I think your equipment is really appropriate for this kind of difficult wildlife. Of course every thing comes at a price, this was the advantage of my experiment.
Thanks When I used to shoot with Pentax, I always manual focused for dragonflies in flight, as it was next to useless on closer by moving subjects, even with a F4 lens. In one of the previous videos (in the description) I talk more about this, as I carried on using it on Olympus despite the better Autofocus. Basically Id wobble the focus back and forth to make sure I got some in focus
Wonderful shots! Thank you for sharing the information! Look forward to more!
Thanks!
Excellent presentation, I have had very little luck this year. Congratulations on your images they are very good. I use similar technique but set the focus limiter using Menu settings, I also find zooming out then in hells considerably with focus acquisition.
Thanks, yes even after a year Im still getting used to the ability to zoom , but its helping in quite a few situations
Super shots! I love the hovering slow motion especially. I've lacked the patience to track dragonflies in flight so have very little video unless they are perched. I use a Sony RX10 iv.
RX10 IV is a super camera. Unfortunately, mine went into Loch Bran, with me still attached to it, back in June and so far there's no sign of life from it. I've bought a Lumix FZ82 for this summer's record shots, but I'll need an RX10 before I go away again.
@@cpa2788 Oh no, you feel into the lake with your camera?!! I am in South Carolina so I am not familiar with Loch Bran but I assume it is a body of water.
Thanks for another interesting video, and great shots
Thank you
Beautiful shots!
Thanks
Brilliant
Thank you
Just amazing shots of these stunning and fascinating creatures! My tips for getting great shots of them? Give them your number!
haha! And thank you!
Great photos and video sequences, especially the slow-motion shots. Thank you for the tips. We will try them next time out 😊
Thanks - hope they work for you :)
WOW!
Thanks!
Excellent images and video, thoroughly enjoyed the video.
Thank you :)
Stunning photos!
Cheers!
I learnt to get over the fear of spiders... I often have to pull cables through locations full of them.. I come out with them all over me😊
This fan raft spider were very many in INDIA NORTHEAST MANIPUR CHURACHANPUR NEWLAMKA..... IT'S ALWAYS ALMOST IN EVERY HOUSE 🏠. IT'S NOT EVEN THAT SCARY..
AAHHHHAAHHHHHH!!! come on! change video! darn it! change vi
I hate house spiders, but water spiders like these guys are cute. 😍 ❤ they remind me of crabs.
Despite of all the procapture and 300 mm you have a steady hand and a quick reaction. Great pictures and moves best regards
Thanks :)
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That pregnant one on the right is taking to Shit of anyone 🤣🤣
Thankyou Sir, I like that! I am just getting into macro, as I spend a fair bit of time on the patio making things and looking @ garden and seeing the wonderful thing that inhabit it I thought I'd get my camera out and try capture some of them. Big learning curve! So a thankyou Sir to you and James for your contribution to this endeavor. TFS, GB :)
Thanks and good luck with your new Macro photography adventure! :)
My hubby will have nightmares if he sees this 😂😂
This came up om my feed and I enjoyed it. Might be a bit late to comment now but I have seen an OM System Tech Guru suggest that using aeroplane detect AI works well. Not tried it yet myself but might be worth a go and see what you think, Dragonflies in flight revisited.....
Great shots!!
Thank you :)
I know that they are small but what a beautiful spider amazing footage thanks fellas
They are fab little arachnids and thank you :)
Wonderful kingfisher and other bird observation footage. A big LIKE from me. Greetings from Singapore. Happy birding!!!! 👍🔔
Thank you!
Lovely footage my friend, way to go!
Thank you :)
What is a Raynox?
It a clip on macro lens that give more magnification - if you search for Raynox close up lens it should give you links to the product
ua-cam.com/video/95wPgCsmcTg/v-deo.html
what diffuser is that?
Its one I built from a design I found on facebook - Ive linked to a video about it in the description :)
This is sadly the lazy option. Whilst providing homes is better than no homes we should not be using drilled holes or bamboo canes if you want to help the solitary bees maximise their next generation. Holes and bamboo will get infested with pollen mites, Houdini flies, mono wasps, and other pests as left empty in the spring and cannot be cleaned out. Other wildlife and beekeeping organisations strongly recommend either nesting blocks that can be opened and cleaned out between uses or cardboard tubes that can be cheaply replaced to be housed in a standard nesting box that you get at any garden centre. See UA-cam videos by Crown Bees (I am in no way affiliated with them, they just have good explanations).
@@eastcoast4233 Its a wildlife habitat, not a beehive. I aim to provide habitats for all wildlife, which includes some of those fantastic nest parasites that cant survive elsewhere. They are not 'pests' but equally valuable species, in fact many are much rarer here in the UK than the Red Mason Bees. Im not going to kill them because of some outdated idea bees are more 'valuable' Im not just breeding mason bees to harvest rhem and supply pollinators for orchard monocultures, which is where this you HAVE to line nest tubes with removable tubes idea comes from. This colony has been growing for 10 years and even with parasites, there are still more now than there was before, plus many other species. Bees are a small section of our pollinators and food chains, so please don't go round lecturing others and calling them lazy due to them not aligning to farming methods
You certainly know your background information on the Stonefly species. I liked that. Lots of information to apply
They look very happy! I’ve been doing research and It is recommended to replace bee hotels after 2 years, or wen cracks/splints emerge to reduce the possibility or fungal infection or other diseases 😮 Maybe you can try making another and slowly replace vacant spots in the old one? Just a suggestion! Hope mine looks as busy as yours one day ❤️
Wow
Salted? 😮
Love your videos! Are you able to get linear manual focusing on the GH6 and Olympus 150-400 combo in video? I may buy this lens!
Hmm good question. i did successfully use the focus limiters on my focus wheel, not sure its true linear focus though. Ill try to test it properly
Just watched this again, especially since I've now got a OM1 myself. I'd say the auto focus lock on rate is very good compared to trying it on my old omd1 mk2. Going to try this bird detection on insects myself .
Its great isnst it, been using it this year with some good results! Hope you've had some good shots with it too :)
Great shots of the ovipositing northern emerald! While Ive found them not to be "rare" in the right spots, finding them there and getting such good views is still really challenging!
Thanks, yes I got lucky with that one. Like a lot of insects and invertebrates I guess, can be rare on a country or county scale but loads in one small area!
Dude, please do not tell me these toads are poisonous because earlier I touched one because my dogs almost killed it and they wouldn’t leave them alone so I decided to put them somewhere safe far away from my dogs, and then while I was holding the other one, I had one on my other hand, which was I think a kid in one the opposite hand which I think was the mother or the father and then the mother or the father was making that sound someone please tell me what that means when they make that sound because I thought the kid looked really cute and my dogs put it in a hole in the dirt so then I had a pool right next to it so I decided to wash off the dirt from it in the pool and then I was trying to figure out what to do with it then I put it somewhere around my house and that’s when I found the mother or the father so then I put the kid right next to the mother or the father but then I realized that my dogs were trying to find it and if they found them, they would tear them up so then I got two gloves I grabbed both the mother or father and then the kid frog would still. I think it was adorable and then I bring them over far away and that’s when it happened. The sound that it was making so so in the comments, please tell me what it means when they make that sound. Edit. I’m really sorry I made this comment really long. I just had a really long story to tell.
Thanks for the tips. I'm trying to shoot them . I got 1 photo with my Tamron @300mm the D fly perched with its thorax straight in the air. They don't hover and there very fast. Very hard to photograph
Thanks. It can really depend on the species and individual. Ive never managed a great shot of a Brown Hawker, but a Common Hawker once hovered for so long I was able to change camera bodies to both film and then photograph it in hovering!
Brilliant. Thanks.