Des Ong's wildlife photography hides in Leicestershire.
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- Опубліковано 23 чер 2023
- Near Market Harborough in Leicestershire there is a 600 acre estate where photography hides are available for various wildlife subjects.
Des Ong is the wildlife photographer who takes all the bookings and looks after the hides and he can be reached through his web site at www.desong.co.uk.
I have two sessions there. One for Buzzards and in next weeks film Kestrels and Barn owls.
I use the OM-1 camera with the 150-400mm lens and shoot through one way glass, which I am pleased to say was of excellent quality and my images were very sharp.
Mike Lane wildlife photography www.nature-photography.co.uk/
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Amazing video!!
Thank
It's always good to add a new place to shoot, isn't it, Mike? Looks like you found a good one here.
When navigating in the UK I tend to use coordinates Mike, this works in many satnavs as well. You can use different formats and convert between them; decimal for standard Google maps and degree, minute, seconds for satnavs.
If you enter the decimal in Google maps and press enter it gives you the deg/min/sec, easy. Thanks for your wonderful work!
Remko
Wonderful work, as usual, Mike. I really enjoy it. I am quite impressed by the video quality, I almost like better than the stills, this time, it looks very good ,indeed. The backgrounds of the stills I found them a bit busy.
Best regards from Spain!!!
Thank you very much!
Thanks for sharing Mike, I've never been to a setup like that must give it a go at some time.
There are a lot today
Another great video from You! 🙂
Thanks for the visit
Very enjoyable.
Glad you enjoyed it
I just use what 3 words on my phone for tricky places Mike
Hi Mike,
Great review & some lovely footage & stills as always. With regard to the angled one way glass; I have seen that in a couple of other hides. David Tipling’s woodland hide in Norfolk has it angled the same way; & I believe you have also been there? Look forward to the next video on kestrels. Keep on keeping on!
Best,
Nick
Maybe David changed it in his new hide. I don't remember it being angled when I was there.
Thanks for your videos Mike, off to Skomer for three days next week
Hard to get a booking there these days
Amazing footage it is incredible what hides are available now. After Rogers recent Cuckoo success (no action guaranteed) it is certainly a good way to go, especially for the beginner 👍
Spain especially has a lot of options
What a beautiful bird. It looks like it was calling to another Buzzard. The hide was very well made. I enjoyed your video very much.
Glad you enjoyed it
Nice video,... as usual... Thanks Mike
Thank you Robert
I agree with you. I also enjoy photography from a hide. I don't understand the depth of field on your Olympus camera. I use f/8 on my Canon gear. If I opt for wide open I end up with such a shallow depth of field that I tend to delete many shots. Of course, the distance to the subject also influences the depth of field. Thanks for the link to this spot.
I once pulled up the stats for my full chipped Canon cameras. F8 was the commonest aperture I used.
Very nice Mike. I've admired Des' photos for a while now from his hide. Love the video. Off to Skomer this week, managed to get a late cancellation! First time, so hope I manage to get some good shots. Have you been there? If so, how many times?
I have been once
Looks a great location. As you say, there are lots of commercial hides in the UK now.
Yes they are
hi Mike, enjoyed the video and photos as always, thank you ! however the bokeh on the stills is really quite distracting IMO . Maybe there's a sense to have a secondary setup for hide shoots with some (cheap) full frame body and a fast prime like 300/2.8 ? Since there's no need for super-advanced AF , even using some old MF glass would be a great fun ! I had a similar situation and used my Nikon Z6 with a vintage Nikkor AI-S 300/2.8 , it was a real fun and exciting challenge ....
Noted!
Sorry Mike,
but when I look at the pictures, then the impression remains that the farmer, was not well advised, when he has chosen the background with trees ... any nature photographer would have immediately noticed the harsh light / dark areas in the leaves ...
also the timing from 11 clock, shows little understanding of light.
Points noted thanks.
Many thanks for your comment! There are a number of factors that led to our decision, get in touch if you're interested in knowing more. We find that a 300/2.8 on a full-frame works well, even in harsh light. This start of this short video was made using the 300: ua-cam.com/video/7xePJtx_q2k/v-deo.html
@@MarstonLodgeWildlife I don't think that a 300/2.8 is a common lens for birders. Quite a few camera systems don't even have one available. Personally I think the background is good enough, though.
@@daran0815 You're quite right, Daran, although a good number of our guests aren't birders and have a range of lenses.
Hey, you are driving on the wrong side of the road 🙂
Was this baited in Mike? not to sure I agree with this move a lot of wildlife photographers are making by doing things like this. You get amazing shots doing it but it sort of takes the fun out of finding subjects? also some ethical questions on whether it's good for the wildlife to become reliant on humans feeding them.
Yes it is baited.