Photographing a Bullfinch the easy way

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3 жыл бұрын

How to photograph Bullfinches
Mike Lane wildlife photography www.nature-photography.co.uk
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Пікірлер: 62

@neilcole3406 2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant idea for the berries! Take my hat of to you sir!

@johndoe-nh9sh 3 жыл бұрын

Great vid Mike. Been doing bullfinches myself but using a seed feeder set up. Among the feeders I have up (sunflower hearts, peanuts and fat balls) I have a small table I made for the bullies (1ft square) which is about 2ft above the ground (about the height of the dead thistles which still have seed in the heads) and covered with mixed seed. Had a female visiting regularly within a week or so but it took four weeks for a male to get the courage to come in. Now both birds are regular, two f one m, but they're buggers for not landing on my props. Funnily enough my favourite shots are of the birds feeding on the thistle seed as they're the photos that look most natural. Such lovely birds to photograph.

@SkylarkFields 3 жыл бұрын

I love the tips you impart and the little snippets of info such as how finches squidge the berries and the thrushes take whole ones. I learn so much from your videos. The bullfinch photos from a different time are absolutely stunning. And I love the robin with the berry in his bill, too. Thank you for sharing!

@cerealkiller4248 3 жыл бұрын

A few years ago we moved into a temporary house whilst waiting for a house to come on the market in the area we wanted to be. The garden was 6mx4m. There we had 2 pairs of Bullfinches regularly seen along with Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Goldfinch, Siskin, Blue, Great, Coal and Long Tail Tits, Wren, Robin, Blackbird, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Nuthatch were daily visitors along with things like Reed Bunting, Redpoll and Redwings on occasion. Fast forward a few years and I now have an acre of garden and struggle to get in most of these birds, so people, put out the right food and if they’re around they’ll come. Another great video Mike

@jeffbrown4743 3 жыл бұрын

One of my favourite channels without question. Always a few nuggets of good information and ideas. Keep them coming Mike - brilliant!

@photographerswithoutborder7302 3 жыл бұрын

God protect you mr mike

@allenthomas4280 3 жыл бұрын

I love your videos. Always great usable idea. The most practical channel. Thank you!

@paulmorton8304 Жыл бұрын

Nice video bullfinch have always been a shy bird

@jerryhughes4720 3 жыл бұрын

really useful, thanks Mike

@MrMazaeus 3 жыл бұрын

No matter how many of your videos i may have watched, there are always new ideas that inspire me and tips that I appreciate to get. Congratulations; once more.

@malcolmtoyer8950 3 жыл бұрын

Great advice!

@stuartgilder7708 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the tips and the great films you show mike

@DTAnglesey 3 жыл бұрын

Great video Mike, many thanks for the information!

@rmanuelb 3 жыл бұрын

What a master!!!! ... a Jedi for sure!

@tuomas_aho 3 жыл бұрын

Nice job! Bullfinch is called "punatulkku" in finnish. It means red-something, I don't know what "tulkku" means, propably nothing, haha.

@andystevens530 3 жыл бұрын

Such a knowledgeable man you are mike,what a fantastic idea to keep the berries for the winter visitors,absolutely brilliant mike.👍🏻

@telkirton 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Mike excellent video as always, thanks.

@petedraper5185 3 жыл бұрын

Another informative video Mike; thanks a lot. I must remember the tip about the rowan berries.

@koolkutz7 3 жыл бұрын

Nice work Mike. Love the hovering Bullfinch images :-)

@dellboy177 3 жыл бұрын

Great channel Mike, you think outside the box which I like.

@Arteesemis 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Mike - ich liebe Deine Filme - habe alle gesehen - SUPER!

@CamillaI 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mike great tips simple but great idea to cover the berries and go back later 👍😍

@YashavantAnuse 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Mike, thanks for posting great videos. I recently got interest in bird photography and your videos are helping me a lot.

@SteveHedgesPhotography 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent video, I haven't photographed Bullfinches yet but they are on my list. Great idea to cover the berries up for later.

@JoeHTX 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome video and photos of the birds! Great technique too, I hope I get to do this someday.

@adrianmoore4690 3 жыл бұрын

nice shots and great video

@joebrennan1272 3 жыл бұрын

Another excellent video Mike, I love how you sort problems out. By the way well done at Arden's best of season competition on Tuesday. Finishing 1st and 2nd was a terrific achievement given the quality in that club, your image of the Pelicans was stunning. I was happy to get one in the top 10 ???

@MBKinney1 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing

@laurencearnold5822 3 жыл бұрын

Superb images, thoroughly enjoy your techniques learnt some great tip Thanks

@daniellehner1383 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Mike for your brilliant contribution. Next year I will also try to implement this idea. Greetings from Switzerland.

@jawa747 3 жыл бұрын

I have been using Shutter priority for a while , will try aperture priority.

@benedux 3 жыл бұрын

What did you expect, the robin was right behind you while explaining and setting up the berries with the tripod. :) Great video, thank you and keep going. :)

@adampakenham1629 3 жыл бұрын

Good vlog Mike.

@briancox144 3 жыл бұрын

Good video nice tips well done

@tarjei99 3 жыл бұрын

That one was really inspiring for me. I suddenly realized that I could use a bird proof net (fairly stiff to keep birds from getting entangled) that protects berries and fruit to protect a Rowan tree from marauding birds. I have heard of people freezing Rowan berries to tempt visiting birds in the winter. I also realize that I want a Canon R5 or R6 for BIF.

@chicochica1164 3 жыл бұрын

Hello Mike. Thanks for this very nice educational video as usual again. I meanwhile learned a lot from you. I was thinking. Did you try to keep the berries in the freezer and use them later on? Would that be possible? Greetings from the Netherlands. Bert.

@MikeLaneFRPS 3 жыл бұрын

I did not, but I have heard of other photographers doing so. The berries I use come from gardens, industrail estates and car parks where they are common all winter.

@oneoldgit 3 жыл бұрын

Up in North East Sweden normally lots of Rowan Berries. Starlings had them early this year. Normally its the Waxwings who feed on these but they are going without this year

@PinkieDeKabouter 3 жыл бұрын

You could also photograph birds with the Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III and of course your camera settings

@WhitefirePL 3 жыл бұрын

Ah, I have bullfinches that nested right outside my house this year, but so far I was unable to take any decent shot. I didn't want to disturb the nest itself so I set up some water pond and feeding station nearby. They did land on the branch I planned for a shot - once or twice - but not when I was in the hide (I just saw it out the window). I hope they will get used to the area and maybe I will get lucky one day. Btw, the young ones left the nest precisely today morning.

@philipareed 3 жыл бұрын

Robin's haunting you at 8:44

@skakdosmer Жыл бұрын

"Bullfinch" - I love the name. Even though I don't see a great resemblance to a bull. We call them "Dompap" here in Danmark. The word comes from the German "Dompfaff" whis is a title within the Catholic church. The Germans also call the bird a "Blutfink" = Bloodfinch, so maybe that's where the English name comes from?

@MikeLaneFRPS Жыл бұрын

Thanks.

@johnnyc613 3 жыл бұрын

Great ideas Mike!!! What a neat way to preserve the berries .. here in NewYork I’m trying to get a nice bright red male cardinal in the snow with some red berries 😃😃💥💥 any tips be much appreciated Thabks !

@guyfilkins6069 3 жыл бұрын

Hey John from NYC, this is GBF from upstate NY. I've been trying to get that perfect picture of a Male cardinal too. I've got lots of images of both males and females, but that perfect image still eludes me. The best I've got so far is when I put a Christmas tree on my deck and tied pine cones with peanut butter and seeds on its bows. The birds came!! Just waiting for that perfect moment. It'll happen. Give it a try, you'll be glad you did! GBF

@johnnyc613 3 жыл бұрын

@@guyfilkins6069 wow great thinking thanks a lot... much appreciated 👍🏻👍🏻

@guyfilkins6069 3 жыл бұрын

@@johnnyc613 I think this year I will try cranberrys along with sunflower nuts. Let me know if you find the magic formula.

@johnnyc613 3 жыл бұрын

@@guyfilkins6069 sounds good will do .... you as well ! Good luck shooting

@benpulletz 3 жыл бұрын

Is there a section a section in the hide that you were using for shooting low to the ground?i see there is a pop up hole at half way up is there a place to put your camera through at the bottom?

@MikeLaneFRPS 3 жыл бұрын

Yes there is a lower aperture. www.buteophotogear.com

@rongiesbers6458 3 жыл бұрын

Mike could you do a vlog of your F panel?

@MikeLaneFRPS 3 жыл бұрын

Sorry Ron, I have no idea what pictures were in my F panel. I was young and had hair it was so long ago.

@photozen8398 3 жыл бұрын

Did you use the Pro Capture to get the bird hovering or what setting did you use if not?

@MikeLaneFRPS 3 жыл бұрын

No it was not procapture. It was 1/2500th at F7.1 at 6400 iso.

@photozen8398 3 жыл бұрын

@@MikeLaneFRPS I noticed the 6400 iso on my em1x casts weird colors, how do you deal with this ISO and still get those beautiful clean images?

@MikeLaneFRPS 3 жыл бұрын

@@photozen8398 I do not get weird colours. I am fussy about the light I shoot in and wait for the right light. I am not much of a Photoshop man, but I expect it could be corrected.