BIRD PHOTOGRAPHY from start to finish || TIPS AND TRICKS - in the field, lightroom
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- Опубліковано 11 вер 2024
- Todays video I thought I would take you with me on bird photography from start to finish. And show you my thoughts and some tips and tricks both in the field and in lightroom. So I took my blind from tragopan and my camera with me to photograph small birds. Hopefully you are all well and can use some tips for your self.
This video is sponsored by Stavanger foto and Nikon.
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If you want to buy the blind I use in the video you can find it here: tragopan-shop....
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Con "semplicità" mi fai entrare nel tuo mondo. Grazie per le preziose notizie di natura tecnica.
Being from America I always envy seeing you photograph this bird! I would love to photograph one!! Thanks for another great video Trond!
Wow!👍👍
Where have you been before?
Thanks to UA-cam for bringing your channel to me.😊
I would love to see more start to finish videos. This was great, it felt more like being out there with you than just watching a video.
Always interesting to see how others set about their days from start to finish and draw similarities, differences and preferences. Great piece. Thanks.
Merry Christmas trond looking forward to more of your videos
I was thinking of changing my camera & lens I think I should move to Norway thank you 😊
Thanks for the wonderful tips, from start to finish.
Good you found it useful.
Very nice,great episode.
If you haven't got fast lens and are having trouble with noise? The best thing to do is ..
1. Buy topaz de noise and photoshop
Then learn how to use the quick select tool Then you can separate the background annd add different types of blur too it.
Their are plenty of people on you youtube who teach this.
Stay safe 🙂 I really enjoy your videos ,I love your passion 👍
Great to see creative process...
Hi Trond to me this is why your the best until next time take care and stay safe.
Thanks Clive! Stay safe
Nicely done Trond! Thank You
Jim
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I am glad I could see the field setup. I always tried to picture birds on the go. I think that my next stop will be to have a similar setup. As always; looking forward to the next video!
Thank you so much for the compliment 🙏😀
Nice light touch.
The tips you have shared and have been appreciated. Thanks brother.
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i love your vlogs, very good
Enjoyed the vlog and the insight into your workflow Trond, thanks for sharing and stay safe 👍
Thanks buddy! Stay safe 🙏👍
Great video and beautiful shot
🙏 Thanks!
Awesome tutorial, Trond! And of course, beautiful shot!
Thanks buddy! 🙏
Very nice photo, I like those birds too, they're so colorful!
Great to see how you process your images Trond. The Blue Tit makes such a great subject, wonderful little birds. Cheers Keith
Nice to hear the sound of Nikon shutters
Awsome man love your videos
Thanks a lot 🙏
@@trondwestby5264 keep going
Very nice photo and video. When editing in Photoshop I always make a duplicate of the background and work on that to keep the workflow non destructive. Usually with layers too. I would really like to do more bird and wildlife photography.
Great
That was a coincidence Trond, with the wren singing at the start of the video. when I saw the notification of your video come into my phone, I was sitting down editing a Photos of a wren. This was useful video for me, I will take all of the help I can get when it comes to editing. Thanks 👍🏻. Back to finish my editing now.
Haha....that was nice :) Glad you found it useful. Good luck Mike :)
@@trondwestby5264 👍🏼
I’m a keen bird photographer and enjoy your channel because of your dedication. However, I enjoy watching your videos because you appear to be such a great person
Wow...what a great compliment. I feel lucky to receive these nice words 🙏
When in the sharpening you can move the photo in the sharpening box on the right hand side panel to move the main subject into view using the cursor. When using masking press the ALT buton as well as the slider and this will show you the actually mask you are using to sharpen the photo .
Perfect, u did great job. Keep working, stay safe.
Thank you! Stay safe
What a beautiful little bird! Great video as usual, Trond! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you so much for your kind compliment and support 🙏😍
Always enjoy you work. Since I have alot of TIME on my hands I've been discovering the bird life in my back yard.
Thank you so much! Keep discovering your backyard :)
Thank you. I enjoyed the editing tutorial. Great video as always.
Very nice and cute birds
Very enjoyable video. Thank you!
Very interesting to see the entire process. Thank you.
Great video, really enjoy, start to finish!
Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed it 🙏😀
Wonderful video.
I love it.
Your too good.
Thank you so much! 🙏😀
A very good video, nice to see how you work from start to finish and the picture was great 👍
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You basically edit the same way I do. Nice job.
Trond, the quality of your photos would suggest that you are a professional photographer - is this correct? If not, how do you find the time to plan, travel to your various locations and wait for the perfect shot? Your images are very impressive. I look forward very much to seeing every video you produce. Your calm, precise commentary makes every video a pleasure to watch.
Thank you Trond.
I like foto i like you camera ..
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Beautiful job📷🐥
Thank you 🙏😀
Hey Trond! Great video, fun seeing a little behind the scene with you! I hope you and your family are well and I am already looking forward to your next video! Sayin' hey... Greg
Thanks a lot Greg! Always nice to hear from you 🙏😀
Awesome work, Thank you!!🌹👍
Thanks for the inside. I look watching you videos. One can really feel your passion. Very authentic. I have to admit that I haven´t watched all videos. However, in one you used the chair blind. I was thinking of getting a smiliar one. But now you are using a larger tent. Are you still using the chair blind or have you completely switched? The new one looks bulkier and heavier to carry around. Thanks!
One side note on cropping on Lightroom. I really like to hit the letter L (for lightbox) twice before cropping an image. That gives you a better "preview" of the result. Maybe you would like to try that. :-)
Nice job mate! I was just editing some images from today when, your notification alert came in, so good timing. 👍
Thank you so much John! 🙏😀
Keep up the good work. Patience is the key, I suppose .
I was very interested to see what you did in photoshop. I am using it more nowadays. Thanks for this very helpful video.
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Sir good images💛💛💛💛💛💛
Really helpful - thank Trond!
Beautiful work Trond
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nice
Thanks for sharing. My question is how far from the feeder was your tent?
Hei Trond. I'm happy that I came across your videos. I lived in Trondheim for a couple years but I didn't have the opportunity to explore as much as I would have liked. One day I'll visit again.
I just have Photoshop at the moment. Is there a big difference between editing only in Photoshop vs Lightroom with Photoshop? Tusen takk.
Hello Tron, a little question, what do you used for self filming? DSLR or Smartphone, gopro,...?
I like your videos, realy nices!!
Olivier
hi, great video !!! i want to ask you advice about Nikon d4s, its good camera ? or better to buy Nikon d5?
Great video Trond,lovely finished image amazing how much a boarder sets an image off.
Hi Trond..many thanks for sharing. great production! I have a request though- could you please produce a similar style of video- but absolute wild - no bird feeder to attract, no perches made - (1) The AF struggle, (2) Changing the settings (Auto ISO)/Shutter with changing lightening condition, (3) Metering - distance, subject color. size. foreground, Mid and Background...Thanks in advance
Love your productions and photos. One recommendation on your audio: put the low cut filter on your mic to cut the wind and movement sounds.
Thank you so much for the compliment. I have so much to learn about sound recording. So all feedbacks I welcome 🙏😀
Sir are used only 2 Sawfwares.... Adobe..
I was curious from another video you did what brand was the camo style gillie suite you were wearing?
I have a question for you. I use D500+ 500mm pf
I handheld while birds are perched. I use single point autofocus. In such cases, I don't want to bump up my shutter speed so I keep it low somewhere in between 650 or 850. I have back button focus enabled and so when I focus on the subject, the focus locks+ vr engaged. Since because the subject is not moving, I release the focus button so it just keep it locked and I fire the shutter button. The Issue here is that the VR is dis engaged because It works only when I keep pressing the back button autofocus. I don't get great images. Can you please share me your thoughts.
J'adore vos sujets c'est toujours un vrais moment de partage je suis en France dommage qu'il n'y ai pas de traduction auto .....Merci merci dans ces moments difficiles ///
Hi thank you for the video, I think that was iso 800 f4 1250,
How high iso would you go with the D500?
🙏. On the D500 I have a limit on iso 2500 😀
Thanks, Trond, for the post-processing instructions. When you cropped, you made the changes in accordance with the dimensions that looked best. When you print, do you have to re-size to the print paper size?
Thanks alot for this amazing video, it is beneficial for me . I am trying to photo wildlife and birds in my own town in Turkey. My set up is 7dm2+400mmf5.6. I want to improve my setup. What do you offer me to buy for bird photo and video. Thanks again.
Great job, I enjoyed seeing the behind the scenes of the shot. What focal length was you at?
I would like to biy super telephoto lens Nikon 500mm f4E FL ED VR AF-S Lens
Do you thing sharp ?
Yes its really sharp. But not good for your wallet 🙈
@@trondwestby5264 😁🤴 thank you so much
I use the Sigma 500mm f4 prime, a fraction of the cost "still not cheap” of the Nikon and it's just as sharp, it's one fantastic piece of glass, I use it with my D500 and D850.
ua-cam.com/video/B77ELRNv-YA/v-deo.html
www.dxomark.com/sigma-500mm-f-4-dg-os-usm-s-canon-lens-review-super-sharp-shooter/
www.naturettl.com/review-sigma-500mm-f4-dg-os-hsm-sport-lens/
You can also check out images on Instagram taken with the Sigma 500mm f4 sport, search for #sigma500mmf4 #sigma500mmf4sport.
Also pictures taken with this lens on my Instagram accounts, jfragoulias and jfphotography69
Nikon 500mm f5.6 and Nikon D850 will meet or exceed any combination available,expensive but worth every penny.
@@daviddowling9830 the Nikon 200-500mm f5.6 is a great lens and a great combo with the D850, plus it's more versatile than the 500pf, the pf is on the lighter side and slightly faster autofocus, but for me not worth the cost for a f5.6 lens. The 200-500 has never let me down for over three years now, been used with the D500 and D850.
Nice video! Why no affiliate link for the pants?
hello :) I was wondering what tripod you were using because I really want that one
If the object is too far from ( like 600mm) and you have 250 mm lance , then how to get perfect shot ?
First! Watching 😉
It's your product of course, and it's nice, but a bit flat for my taste.
Allow me to describe "my" similar image. I would go for a slightly better rendering of the existing natural background, easily obtainable with a bit smaller aperture opening giving you a differentiated bokeh. You have no foreground to spoil with a deepening of the DOF. Then I think you created a number of repeating patterns by using the spot removing tool. You could of course zoom in and get much more space for the dotting, and at the same time the clone tool would probably be easier to control in order to preserve the natural structure and the direction of the small feathers. Finally - to my taste - the birch branch became a bit too tinted, though I admit that the tint creates a good color contrast to the current background. I guess you use manual focus, and I wonder if the Canon is unable to shoot silently with bursts? The only unknown parameter watched from my chair is the distance between your tent and the branch.
Thank you for your honest feedback. Appreciate that. 👍
Nikon...
@@brucesterlowden140 Right!
If you have your subject pre arranged and you are also going to crop as much as you did, why use a 16mp FX body when you could have used the D500. The D500 would have given you more than about twice the resolution.
Next time I am closer 😂Good point! 👍
Which amount tele lence are you used
What's your ISO limit for the D4s?
Amazing video, very helpful .
Hello, may I have your signature in what font
Thanks for a "behind the scenes" video. I have a question regarding sharpness. On my Nikons, to review a photo I press on the center command dial to zoom in, I believe 1:1 and in LR, I can go even further like 2:1 or closer. A shot will be sharp at 1:1 in review, but softer the closer I go. What do you use as a "limit" ratio for a 8x10 print? Hope this makes sense. Thanks Trond.
Thanks a lot Ted! I am not sure what you mean? Sorry, I am a bit slow 🙈. But I have sort of a limit og 3000px on shortest side to make large prints. I dont know if it was that you where talking about?
@@trondwestby5264 looking back, it was a really poorly worded question and I thought people that read that are going to think I am nuts, sorry. On Nikon, in reviewing the shots on rear LCD, as I zoom in by pushing the "+"key, a horizontal line on lower right turns green at near maximum. I believe that is one to one. That is my question, is that one to one? I can't find it in my owners manual. My wife and I really love your videos, we live in Florida and have many Indigo Buntings until the leave for summer. Thanks
hi. you use tripod, and use Continuous speed mode shooting, in this case : 1- VR On or Off ? 2- AF-C active Or AF-S ? 🙏🌹
I use VR on, even if I use a tripod. But sometimes its good to switch it of when using tripod. I use AF-C
@@trondwestby5264 🙏🙏
Thanks for the video!! Which blind are you using in this Video?
Thank you so much! Its the monal v2 from tragopan company. The link is in my description. 😀👍
@@trondwestby5264 Aaah, I just found the link for the chair-blind - now I found the other!
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Great video Trond. I have a similar set up in my lockdown garden set up and plenty of Blue tits
Thanks a lot. Its a beautiful bird :)
Are you not in lockdown in your country ?
No....we can still go out in Norway. But with limit of 5 people gathering together. Lucky I am alone :)
No offence, but am I the only one who's thinking it took you extremely long to edit this photo? I mean that was a decent shot of a blue tit on a branch, nothing really complicated and challenging in terms of editing workflow. Have shot a very similar pic a while ago (of the same species) and it took me maybe 1-1.5 minutes editing it and only used lightroom for that. For me it looks like you are making things a bit "complicated". Is this your "everyday" workflow? Just asking cause you called it "quick editing" ;-) Of course at the end, it's the result that is counting and your pic is nice, but really would love to hear more about your standard workflow ..... anyway, nice video man and keep up your good work!
You have a cute face.
Obviously the shutter noise scared the bird even though it returned so would not a longer lens and being a little further away from the perch be better? I must admit I have a beef about having such expensive camera stuff and then having to do so much work on the computer when for the price of the gear it should be good enough in camera. I know many Pro's do post production but I feel if you cannot get it right using the camera and have to do so much post production then one cannot call oneself a good photographer. Sorry if that sounds , bad, it is just the way I see it no matter who the photographer is.