Hi Darrell Great photograph of the Buzzard you were lucky to get that. The robins always make a nice photograph. Hope the operation went okay. Wishing you a speedy recovery and the best of health. Many Thanks Jon and Sandra
All the best for the op, Darrell, and wishing you a good and speedy recovery. Hope you are soon back out in nature, even if only in your own back garden to start with! Also, that was good positive advice around the 3:40 (give or take!) mark. Thank you.
Hope the op went OK Darrell, I had minor surgery two weeks ago and it's surprising how much the GA etc. takes out of you. I must say UA-cam videos like yours have been a great help whilst not being able to do much. Take it easy and best wishes for a speedy recovery.
I used to use an ND filter when I filmed on a canon m50. I now use a Nikon Z30 and haven’t got round to getting a variable ND filter. I use automatic settings with vivid Dlighting.
Some great images there Darrell. I notice that you have used some pretty high shutter speeds even when the birds were stationery, was there any particular reason for this or were you just experimenting? All the best for the op and a speedy recovery. 😀👍
I don't mean these comments as criticism at all, but I do the same thing as you, go out photographing birds when I can. Our equipment is fairly similar. I use a Z9 and a 400/4.5. One area where we differ is that I shoot in Manual with auto-ISO. I find it makes life easier to not to have to think about ISO. It seems you set your ISO to a constant 1250. I'm not sure that's a good idea. Your ISO seems to be consistent, but your shutter speeds seem to be all over the place. I have found that if you are trying to photograph a static bird, the best course of action is to quickly drop the shutter speed. 1/400th is fine with your lens, but you shouldn't really be shooting a sitting swan at 1/2000th of a second. That's way too fast. I won't comment in specifics any more, I only used that example to make a point. The quicker you photograph a static bird, the less time you give the light to give you details. The longer you give the more details you get. Does that make sense? I think so. Give auto-ISO a chance. Life is too short to be worried about things like ISO and Nikon's firmware does a pretty good job of getting it right - and if it doesn't there's always post-production! It s interesting to watch the ISO value tumble when you crank the shutter speed down. Alll this is from personal experimentation. I think I have taken more pictures of birds in the near two years I have had the Z9, than I ever did in the 40 0dd years I have been a photographer. Oh and a speedy recovery to you.
Thanks for the comment. I would interested to know the source for where the information came from. I have not come across this in 25 year and after some.google foo cannot find any corroboration. I always use the rule when hand holding to double the focal length to get shutter speed - so at 400mm I would want 1/800th. I would interested in finding out more about how shutter speed affects detail if you could point me in the right direction.
@@DarrellOakdenPhotography shutter speed is how long you let light last on the sensor. If you shoot too fast, not enough light enters the sensor and you loose detail. I don't have sources for this information, it comes from. 40+ years of taking photo's and what I might refer to as "common sense". I am not trying to criticise you. Merely point out that some of your settings don't appear to make sense. The ISO remaining at that high 4 figure number is troubling, couple that with shooting a relatively static subject at 1/2000th is just wrong. ISO is going to be less of a problem in future as post-production is going to deal better with digital introduced noise, but through experience it is just common sense that the longer exposure you can give, the finer the detail captured. I think I may have demonstrated that I don't really understand your point!
All the best for your procedure & a speedy recovery to you.
Thank you
Best wishes Darrell.
Thank you
A speedy recovery ❤
Thanks Gary.
Best wishes for your post-op recovery, Darrell. Look forward to you getting out and about again, making more videos.
Hopefully, you won’t notice a break. I am filmed upto September. I have another two weeks and plan to film another 4 vids.
Hi Darrell Great photograph of the Buzzard you were lucky to get that. The robins always make a nice photograph. Hope the operation went okay. Wishing you a speedy recovery and the best of health. Many Thanks Jon and Sandra
Thank you. The operation is on 20th and hopefully should be fairly routine with a quick recovery.
Good luck and all the best to you!!
Thank you so much
Best wishes to you for your operation. Thanks for this video and please keep up the good work.
Thank you, I will
All the best for the op, Darrell, and wishing you a good and speedy recovery. Hope you are soon back out in nature, even if only in your own back garden to start with! Also, that was good positive advice around the 3:40 (give or take!) mark. Thank you.
Thank you so much for your kind wishes and continued support. It is very much appreciated.
All the best with your op and hope recovery goes well 👍
Many thanks.
Hope the op went OK Darrell, I had minor surgery two weeks ago and it's surprising how much the GA etc. takes out of you. I must say UA-cam videos like yours have been a great help whilst not being able to do much. Take it easy and best wishes for a speedy recovery.
Thanks Ken. I have my back garden to film in if I can’t go to far.
Wishing you a quick recovery!
Thank you!
hope the op goes well. look forward to your post op videos! All the best
Thank you Patrick for your kind wishes.
Hope all goes well with your recovery
Thanks so much.
Hope the op has gone well and that you'll have a speedy recovery. 🤞
The op is due 20th August. I have vids filmed into September. I will film a video as soon as I feel able after the op to give everyone an update.
Good luck.
Thanks, you too!
best wishes, hope you are back on your feet soon .
I hope so too. Thanks.
Thank you.
Great pictures thanks. I wonder what settings you use for filming and if you use a ND filter fot this.
I used to use an ND filter when I filmed on a canon m50. I now use a Nikon Z30 and haven’t got round to getting a variable ND filter. I use automatic settings with vivid Dlighting.
Some great images there Darrell. I notice that you have used some pretty high shutter speeds even when the birds were stationery, was there any particular reason for this or were you just experimenting? All the best for the op and a speedy recovery. 😀👍
Check out this Sunday's video. I do a deep dive into the effect shutter speed has on image quality.
I don't mean these comments as criticism at all, but I do the same thing as you, go out photographing birds when I can. Our equipment is fairly similar. I use a Z9 and a 400/4.5. One area where we differ is that I shoot in Manual with auto-ISO. I find it makes life easier to not to have to think about ISO. It seems you set your ISO to a constant 1250. I'm not sure that's a good idea. Your ISO seems to be consistent, but your shutter speeds seem to be all over the place. I have found that if you are trying to photograph a static bird, the best course of action is to quickly drop the shutter speed. 1/400th is fine with your lens, but you shouldn't really be shooting a sitting swan at 1/2000th of a second. That's way too fast. I won't comment in specifics any more, I only used that example to make a point. The quicker you photograph a static bird, the less time you give the light to give you details. The longer you give the more details you get. Does that make sense? I think so. Give auto-ISO a chance. Life is too short to be worried about things like ISO and Nikon's firmware does a pretty good job of getting it right - and if it doesn't there's always post-production! It s interesting to watch the ISO value tumble when you crank the shutter speed down. Alll this is from personal experimentation. I think I have taken more pictures of birds in the near two years I have had the Z9, than I ever did in the 40 0dd years I have been a photographer.
Oh and a speedy recovery to you.
Thanks for the comment. I would interested to know the source for where the information came from. I have not come across this in 25 year and after some.google foo cannot find any corroboration. I always use the rule when hand holding to double the focal length to get shutter speed - so at 400mm I would want 1/800th. I would interested in finding out more about how shutter speed affects detail if you could point me in the right direction.
@@DarrellOakdenPhotography shutter speed is how long you let light last on the sensor. If you shoot too fast, not enough light enters the sensor and you loose detail. I don't have sources for this information, it comes from. 40+ years of taking photo's and what I might refer to as "common sense". I am not trying to criticise you. Merely point out that some of your settings don't appear to make sense. The ISO remaining at that high 4 figure number is troubling, couple that with shooting a relatively static subject at 1/2000th is just wrong. ISO is going to be less of a problem in future as post-production is going to deal better with digital introduced noise, but through experience it is just common sense that the longer exposure you can give, the finer the detail captured. I think I may have demonstrated that I don't really understand your point!