You DON'T need EXPENSIVE gear to take NICE shots!

I use the Sigma 150-600 & Canon 40D in the field to capture several beautiful shots. Which was your favourite image? Cheers, Duade

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Timestamps
00:00 Budget Gear Challenge
00:29 Sigma 150-600 Contemporary
00:52 Canon 40D
01:52 Photographing Grebes
05:06 Rookie Error :-)
05:46 Wood Ducks
06:27 Black-fronted Dotterel
07:46 Crested Pigeon
08:14 White-faced Heron
09:18 Masked Lapwing
09:44 Conclusion
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Track: Moonrise - Reed Mathis [Audio Library Release]
Track: Communicator - Reed Mathis [Audio Library Release]

[MrFerkles]

I absolutely love this kind of video! I would love to see this come around every year or so as a returning challenge, updated for what's floating around on the second hand market. The shots of the baby grebes riding on their parent were incredible, I absolutely loved it!

[jonolaity]

Hi Duade. My grandson was showing an interest in photography, so I bought him the 40D as an intro into the hobby. I'm a Canon shooter and I have the Sigma 150-600 C. He's running around with my Sigma 105 macro at the moment "another good sigma lens". He loves the camera and it didn't break the bank. I enjoyed your video. Thankyou for posting.

[PhotographerSen]

I'm telling you Duade, this video is going to be one of the most liked and watched amongst your videos. Just a hunch 😅. It's a relief watching good photos taken with the affordable gears.

[kasunshashi]

After seeing this, I bought a Sigma 150-600 C & I'm using my Canon 50D. Just within few weeks, I'm taking pretty nice bird photos already. Thanks for the video

[adityah]

Thanks for this video. I am from India. Recent convert to birding and wildlife photography. I have a basic 1550D Canon. After using lens on rent, saved and bought a Tamron G2 150-600. Took nice photos with it. My photography friend told me to perfect the technique, and push the limits of the camera. After this only I would know the best way to get better photos with an expensive camera. Your video here has helped me in reinforce this path. Improve technique before improving the gear.

[FlorenciaE]

Thanks for this awesome video very informative and loved the pics

[mickmckean]

Ha ha, the Black-fronted Dotterels were playing leap frog! Not sure what the White-faced Heron thought it was going to do with that small Turtle, the shell would have been tough going down and coming out! You got some great shots of the Australasian Grebes feeding their chicks, well done.

[glmcreationsfilm]

I agree with you, it was so addictive when I first started photographing birds! I typically do portraits and fashion, but birds is a whole other world I feel so drawn to and want to keep going back again and again

[samanwanni]

Once again you have proven its the man behind the camera more than the gear. Thank You !

[joannefulcher]

Great video, Duade. Love the heron with the baby turtle. Glad he escaped. Your passion is evident. Well done!

[unoengborg]

The most important equipment in this shoot is the ground pod. Getting to the eye level of your subject makes a world of difference.

[VinceWatches]

Great demonstration of the true potential of old prosumer DSLR (Canon 40 D, Nikon D200, D300...) associated with a good glass under a nice light. Well done. I have also acquire recently a 40D, top camera and the build quality is outstanding. I pay a bit more for it (90 euro).

[denisesavage]

How awesome was that session! The little grebe chicks poking out from mum’s back and then that Herron with the turtle. Wow ee. No wonder you have buzz moments in bird photography. And great to see that it isn’t about the gear used. . . . .cos older cheaper stuff will do just fine. Just gotta know and appreciate, and work with the limits.

[nickgregory]

I totally agree I started with a bridge camera 😆and some of the results were amazing! Great video Duade 👍

[elainepersons]

Great you so much. With all the hype out there with the new mirrorless technology it's a good reminder that bigger (or newer) isn't always necessary to enjoy what we do.

[roybarnes-thewildlifeman]

Wow, the review of the gear is interesting. It’s the observation and learning about nature, which is the most incredible part of this video and any form of nature photography.

[palmbregas]

I’m using a 70D with that lens and produced great images. One day I shot a local rugby match and the newspaper picked my photos for their article.

[greygoose]

I love my sigma 150-600. I use it adapted to my Sony A7RII and it's my favorite bird photography lens. If a bird is really far away I'll throw on my crop sensor a6000 for more reach.

The 150-600 is also fantastic for moon photography and Airshows. I recently shot a lunar eclipse and an airshow over the ocean and both cases gave me some breathtaking images. I highly recommend it.

[gilsontopfstedt]

The nature is such a wonderful thing... I think ... the appropriated term is... Creation. No way that everything out there in this complex wonderful world happened by random along billions of years or so. There is such a poetry in the animals and nature, a "mother instinct" is one of the most beautiful things we can see. Thanks for recording that, and thanks for all your superb work Dude. Brazilian Greetings from Germany. :-)

[LouisaLee]

Wonderful video! Love the images of the Grebes!!