Photographing Seabirds on the Coast of Scotland | Puffins & Gannets | OM System OM-1
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- Опубліковано 29 кві 2022
- It's spring and I take the Camper van up the east coast of Scotland to photograph seabirds. The bird species I'm looking for are puffins, gannets, kittiwakes and razorbills. Hopefully we'll see even more! I'm using the OM-1 with AI Bird Detection AF.
Join me on Seabird Photography Workshop May & June 2022: www.espenhelland.com/seabirds
This is a group workshop (max 3) where we'll focus on gannets and birds in flight on the east coast of Scotland.
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Sooo wonderful photos! Thank you so much for sharing this! All the best 4 U! 🤗👍😉🙏 Wolf
Thank you very much :)
Excellent 👌👌👌👌👌👌👌
Fantastic. Thank you. 👍📷😎
Thank you :)
Fantastic pictures Espen
Thank you Christer :)
Great Video. Thank you for the tour.
Cheers Edmund :)
Awesome footage Espen!!!
Thank you Narin :)
Nice & detailed Video. Beautiful photography.. Music is too good... Subscribed just now..
Thanks a lot :)
Wonderful video. It feels me with wonder. Cheers
Glad to hear it :) thanks Jeremy
This video and photos are just amazing - a work of art. I also like how you compose the shot in your head before, explaining and sharing your love of photography with us.
Whats the song please?
@@paulhoye9680 I guess it's "Won't you stay" by The Eastern Plain and Mia Niles :)
@@chiara1086 thank you, bless you😉👍
Thank you so much Chiara :)
Great footage and images! I especially like the gannet flying over the sun kissed water! I hope I can visit the coast for the gannets and puffins later in the year :)
Thanks a lot! It's so worth it you should definitely go :)
Beautiful location, would love to visit. I love the silhouette of the shag, that's one for the frame. I went to visit the puffins and gannets at the great saltee island and it was a first for me. I had an amazing time, you inspire me to go further a field. Thanks for sharing.
Great Vlog and wonderful images, Espen. What a location!.. Good to see you're offering workshops for this. Maybe next year, I'll see you there🙂
Thanks a lot Andrew :)
Your photos are amazing indeed! Thanks for your sharing!
Thank you so much :)
Some cracking puffin images Espen. Great Vlog.
Thanks a lot :)
Great video! Nice job!
Thank you :)
Nice video and great shots, specially from the Eiders! If you don't try other perspectives you don't get such type of shots!
Exactly! Cheers :)
Fantastic video. Love all the photos especially the Puffins photos. Amazing ❤️
Thank you Kathy :)
What a spot! Thanks for sharing your thoughts on quality of light! Your photos are wonderful!
Thank you :)
Such beautiful footage! That is a magical place! That's some of the best Puffin images I've ever seen!
Too nice Josh :) thanks!
Oh my goodness... that shot at 12;04 is my favorite, Espen!! Beautiful video..
Thank you Jan :)
Thank you Espen for this super blog,
I could feel the enjoyment of the location from the big smiles on your face.
Liking the evening backlit gannet images.
I had my first big seabird colony experiance the weekend before easter up at Bempton and Flamborough head for a few days.
Very windy so I was glad to have the safety of the viewing platforms along Bempton. I also had the pleasure of watching the Black Browed Albertross on my visit.
Having enjoyed being amongst a big seabird colony myself I could realy relate to the buzz your were having with your photography.
I am now top of the list for my pre-order om system om-1 sometime in May. (its been a long wait)
All the best
Thank you very much Paul, it's such an amazing experience isn't it! :)
Hope you get your camera soon!
Really amazing work and awesome photographs, Your videos are fantastic.
Thank you very much :)
Brilliant. Thank you
Thank you :)
11:11 is just such a nice image, framing in a good chunk of the environment:)
Thanks a lot Gunnar, my favourite way :)
This is awesome video ...Appreciate your sharing 😊 Well captured !
Thank you so much :)
I thought the eider composition worked really well in black and white. I also especially like the silhouette shot of the shag on the edge of the cliff. Wonderful work.
Thank you very much Malcolm :)
Amazing work and a beautiful location. That OM is amazing too
Thank you so much Mark :)
Amazing video!! Thanks!!!
Thank you :)
Better and better!!!
Thank you :)
A beautiful, interesting video with great photos!!!
Thank you very much :)
Lovely Espen! 👍
Thank you Andy :)
Hopte to see you in 2023!!!
Cool!
Excellent Espan nice photos I am off to Lundy iland end of May to photograph sea birds. Hope my turn out as good 👍
Thank you Wayne! Hope you have a great trip :)
Hi Espen, what crop are you taking on images, both the 300 and the shorter lens. Take you are at Stonehaven/Montrose. I’m hoping to try Troup Head may at weekend. Great captures
Thank you Colin! You mean how much I crop images in post?
@@EspenHelland yes , how much of the original shot is the subject. Do you use any gigaipixal. Or similar to enhance the shot. What I really
mean is how close do you get subject to
Fab pics Espen. Just been seduced to OM 300mm f4 lens.
Thank you Robin, that's a great lens!!
Great video Espen I love to done one of workshops But am at the other end of the UK Dam it But one day
Thanks Alan, one day :)
Absolutly amazing work. You are amazing.
Thank you kindly :)
Holding tight to my chair arms...VERTIGO.
😅
lovely video. Congratulations and thanks for showing us your work.
Thank you Jose :)
Wow, puffins and flowers together are just perfect. I am thinking of upgrading my OM1mkII. Espen, have you tried puffins in flight with the new camera? My MkII can handle the lumbering gannets easily, but the puffins on Mull got the best of it.
Thanks! Not tried puffins in flight yet, but had a few razorbills and the OM-1 did a superb job :)
I've been considering a mkii upgrade too. After trying dunnit head and puffin cove yesterday. I'm confirmed that I'm the problem🤣. Getting a flying puffin in the viewfinder was virtually impossibly. I can't even imagine getting it large enough in frame for a good print.
@@danielmackenzie680 I would suggest the following: study their flight patterns, they sort of go the same way all the time. Even with a long lens, you can catch them at infinity and keep up with them. Puffins are quite tame, in a good location (I did this on Staffa and Lunga) you can use a medium zoom, like a 70-200 and if you are lucky it will land at yout feet. Naturally, this might take a lot of tries, I had at least 9000 pictures and was pleased with just a few. Regarding Olympus, It has trouble if the bird is heading towards you (even walking, and the puffins are little rockets). I hope they have managed to iron this out in the new camera. The other camera I use is the trusty D500, it managed to do better in this situation.
@@arpadszabo6170 great tips thanks. I was delighted to get 1 bird close enough to fill the frame with a good distance to the background. It made me so happy I switched to video and got a 30 sec clip. Delighted with my luck , I backed away and went home with a huge smile. My first ever bird photo sequence I'm happy with😁
I'm not sure you're really a photographer 🤣? You changed to a shorter lens for birds. I nearly fell off my chair. My wife would have me selling my expensive lens if she heard such things🤣
im hoprfully picking up my om1 this weekend bud so cant wait to use will take me a while as used to my nikon full frame but cant wait have to send me some points and tips to me on instagram as not sure how to set it up for wildlife especially for kingfishers