Fixing My Biggest Photography Mistake with a PHONE!

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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Crazy!
0:36 The Big Mistake
5:35 Don't Dismiss This!
7:17 Phone To The Rescue?
9:39 Happy Trigger Fingers
10:08 Freeze it or Loose it!
14:53 Hang in there!

[heidiwegener]

I love the reports of your field trips. This looking behind the scenes even enhances the greatness of your photography. So much fun to watch.

[russellthorstrom]

Thanks a bunch Jan for your insights and suggestions.

[digvijaychaugle]

Excellent video as usual! Thank you for sharing valuable insights 🙏🏻😊

[roninrtist]

Some really good solid advice there Jan. Many of those also took me a few years to work out on my own. To become a better storyteller, you have to try and tell the whole story, not just focus on the main character. The tidbit about shutter speed is what I tell everyone I run into. They always ask me why my images are so sharp. I tell them I typically do not shoot slower 2-3X the focal length; especially hand held. Usually in the 1/1200-1/3200 range and in short burst. The initial image may be blurry, but subsequent shots will be sharper as the lens stabilization kicks in. Especially helpful for micro-blurring in fine feather, eye detail. Noise and grain can be easily fixed, but a blurry image is a non-starter for me. The remote camera trigger is something that interest me, but I typically do not shoot on set ups or blinds. There is a couple scenarios I want to try out with a wide angle lens plopped in the middle of a flock of birds though. Keep up the good work.

[kennethlui]

I agree with you 100% on everything you said. There are tons of work and patience behind the great images.

[DwainHannibal]

Awesome video Jan, just like ALL the others! You made my day sharing lessons learned, I’m not the only one 😅

[MattisProbably]

This is why I like zoom lenses. With them you can take those close-up portraits but you can also just zoom out for a larger field of view to tell the whole story of what is happening in the scene.
A couple weeks ago I visited a local zoo where they built a new walkthrough enclosure for hyacinth macaws. I'd estimate that they had about 30 of them flying around in there among the visitors. So there were lots of opportunities for close-ups but with my Z 180-600 being able to zoom out was handy when they started grooming each other or when they were dangling from one of the branches. With a prime that wouldn't be possible. At least not without constantly switching lenses.
As for the shutter speed, I recently set my camera to 1/2000s as the default shutter speed in all my custom settings. Really didn't regret that. You can always just go to a longer shutter speed but forgetting to set a fast shutter speed when you really need it does sting a lot... Also, the higher ISO needed for the faster shutter speed really isn't an issue anymore.

[iechega]

Excellent advice here! One of your best

[KurtisPape]

That shot at 7:19 of the gibberbird inspired me to try some wider shots when I went looking for the Gibberbird! I didn't use a wide angle lens and the bird was still a fair few meters away but I still managed to frame some shots at 300mm, just wide enough to get a sense of where the bird is and it was well worth it. Your bowerbird photo is surreal, nice work.

I would love to capture more wide angle shots but that's difficult when you are already struggling to photograph birds with 600mm. So I might need to try remotely controlling my camera at some stage.

[nortondefaria]

I first read about the Bowerbirds in Jennifer Ackerman's book "The Bird Way" but have yet to see the fruit of their fantastic construction. I'm happy you have branched out of Bird Portraits and into behavior, too. Loved the images.

[roland-heine]

Thank you Jan for your interesting and excellent video: Fantastic and outstanding pictures of beautiful birds. I also prefer a higher shutter speed to be sure that the photo is sharp. Therefore is necessary to go up with the ISO. Best wishes Roland

[bjrn-einarnilsen]

Beautiful and informative video mate. And i almost don't need to say it hehehe, but as always, with some stunning photos.
All the best to you and yours.
Cheers, Bjoern

[normanwatson]

that's why the 100-500 is a bomb of a lens

[toto_chanel]

Hi Jan, thx for these tips and your dreamy photos.
I've got a few questions:
1. Were you shooting always ES or also EFC to take advantage of the slightly better dynamic range at high ISO ?
2. Why do you have choosen the digital camo for you LensCoat ?
3. What camo were you dressed in ?
4. Why did you put the lens coat only on the hood and at the back of the lens ?
Thx in advance. Bst rgds

[WernerBirdNature]

Hi Jan, thanks for these behind the scenes insights, with as usual awesome birds !
I wouldn't mind finding a 600/4 and R5ii hidden in the forest, but I doubt to ever be that lucky 😛 And that wouldn't be fair anyways.
On one hand I agree with your view on shuttercount, but I fear not everyone agrees. I've been checking some European Camera chains about the resale value for my 2 year old R5 with 220k images .. and they only offer less than 30% of what I paid, even when over 75% of the shots where using ES. I'm not selling it for those peanuts, but it makes it harder to fund the R5ii ..

[jakecook]

What happens after you get the shot you have your mind set on? Such as the rifle bird display. Does it then become hard to find the motivation on improving what you captured. Because I find it's much easier to stay determined when it's the shot you've not yet achieved, but once you get it all the motivation goes away. And even on a great day's shooting, we still have hope of it getting better

[bunochitrak]

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