Fantastic pics John. As you rightly say, when you do get a decent photo all the previous trials and frustrations pale into insignificance. Thanks for posting.
Unbelievable what you achieve with your camera traps! You are for sure seasoned by all your previous efforts. It pays to keep going, that is for me a lesson to keep in mind! Thanks!
I would venture to say that these are your best badger images to date John. The 'setting' is extremely photogenic and frames the animals perfectly. Wonderful stuff. Best wishes.
I really like your videos and I find your work and results amazing. The badger photos are really beautiful. Thank you very much for sharing your secrets.
Good morning excellent video and your photos are superb and your technique for getting the badgers to go to the right place is remarkable, continue to make us dream, thank you for sharing, @+
Thanks Robin. The rocks are to keep the squirrels off too and the tin container underneath is to stop the mice and voles burrowing under the rock to get at the nuts. 😉👍
Dear John It is a pleasure to watch your videos and enjoy your calm and effective communication. Thanks for showing us the background of the shots. It's nice to see how you know and identify the habits of badgers and get the shots. It would be very nice if you could tell us about flashes and how you achieve such exquisite lighting in your images and also how you place the PIR Sensor. Sometimes I have not been able to get it to shoot even though the animal has passed in front of it, as I have been able to see on the small trapping camera.
Thanks Francisco. I may try and do a video about flashes and PIR placement in the future, thanks for the suggestions. As to your PIR sensor not picking up subjects in front of your camera, there are many reasons why your PIR might not pick up your subject, from high ambient air temperature to a wet animal or wet environment causing your subject to not give off a very significant trigger response signal for your PIR, as well as many other reasons related to settings and placement. As a rough guide, i would advise you to get your PIR sensor as close to where you want the animal to trigger the camera, without it appearing in your shot or spooking your subject. Without seeing the exact set up it is hard for me to offer you a definitive answer. I hope you manage to solve the issue.
Thanks Steve. I might be putting mine back onto this same place tomorrow. I left my trail camera overlooking the spot in the video and a Pine Marten turned up a few days after i had taken my Camera trap away. 😩 Good luck with your new set up. 👍
Great video as always John, love the attention to detail. My own results have been fairly unsuccessful this year, there seems to be much less wildlife around in general in my favourite spots so I’m hunting around for new sites at the moment. Keep up the good work👍🏻
Thanks as always Rik, I've had a few lean spells myself this year, sometimes you get peaks and troughs. I cant seem to find Foxes in my area for some reason this year. Good luck with your search for new sites. 👍
Thanks Steve. Yes it was a 2 light set up. I may do a video on lighting sometime soon, as it seems to be one of the biggest aspects of camera trapping that causes people most frustration. As for a couple of quick tips i would say: 1 - keep your flashes away from your camera at least 45 degrees off to the side of your camera and above your subject. 2 - Set the zoom to the highest setting in order to narrow the beam or use a honeycomb grid or snoot to create more of a spotlight effect, rather than illuminating the entire area. 3 - Have the output from your fill flash at least 1 - 2 stops lower than your main flash. I hope these quick tips helps you achieve a more desirable outcome, also practicing your lighting set ups at home is always time well spent. Hope this helps 👍
Fantastic pics John. As you rightly say, when you do get a decent photo all the previous trials and frustrations pale into insignificance.
Thanks for posting.
Thanks for the kind words John, much appreciated. 👍
Unbelievable what you achieve with your camera traps! You are for sure seasoned by all your previous efforts. It pays to keep going, that is for me a lesson to keep in mind! Thanks!
Thank you Andius. Like all forms of nature photography, you have to earn your images.😉👍
I would venture to say that these are your best badger images to date John.
The 'setting' is extremely photogenic and frames the animals perfectly.
Wonderful stuff.
Best wishes.
Thanks Robert, I'm very pleased with the images i got from this set up .I always appreciate and value your comments. Hope your keeping well. 👍
I really like your videos and I find your work and results amazing. The badger photos are really beautiful. Thank you very much for sharing your secrets.
Thank you for the kind words Gonzalo, much appreciated. I hope you are keeping well and keeping busy with your trail cameras.👍
Wonderful shots John, the camera trap king does it again !!!👌📸
Cheers Simon, much appreciated mate. 👍
Good morning
excellent video and your photos are superb and your technique for getting the badgers to go to the right place is remarkable, continue to make us dream, thank you for sharing, @+
Thank you Labat for the kind words. It took several weeks to get them to come through in the right place but the peanuts did the trick in the end. 😊👍
Hi John great video and very interesting too. The photos are great well worth the effort..👍👍👍👍👍👍
Cheers John. As always your comments and support is always appreciated.👍
Hi John, Another masterclass in finding locations and your patience in setting up. Cracking shots.
Thanks, as always Barry for your comments. Hope your keeping well. 👍
Great video John. I was struggling to work out how to prevent the birds taking the nuts...the rock seems like a great idea. 👍
Thanks Robin. The rocks are to keep the squirrels off too and the tin container underneath is to stop the mice and voles burrowing under the rock to get at the nuts. 😉👍
Another great video, amazing photos
You deserve way more subscribers
Cheers
Andrew in Ottawa Canada 🇨🇦
Thank you Andrew, Don't forget to hit the subscribe button. 😂👍
Dear John It is a pleasure to watch your videos and enjoy your calm and effective communication.
Thanks for showing us the background of the shots. It's nice to see how you know and identify the habits of badgers and get the shots.
It would be very nice if you could tell us about flashes and how you achieve such exquisite lighting in your images and also how you place the PIR Sensor. Sometimes I have not been able to get it to shoot even though the animal has passed in front of it, as I have been able to see on the small trapping camera.
Thanks Francisco. I may try and do a video about flashes and PIR placement in the future, thanks for the suggestions.
As to your PIR sensor not picking up subjects in front of your camera, there are many reasons why your PIR might not pick up your subject, from high ambient air temperature to a wet animal or wet environment causing your subject to not give off a very significant trigger response signal for your PIR, as well as many other reasons related to settings and placement.
As a rough guide, i would advise you to get your PIR sensor as close to where you want the animal to trigger the camera, without it appearing in your shot or spooking your subject. Without seeing the exact set up it is hard for me to offer you a definitive answer. I hope you manage to solve the issue.
@@JohnFormstonealso yoy have change de peli case ( 1200) And you made vertical for optimize space. 😅
@@FranciscoMMartin This is my old pelicase, It is a little small for my full frame camera but I still use it occasionally.
Superb shots John ! another great vid mate! im moving my cam trap tomo! its up a tree at the moment,squirrels galore lol
Thanks Steve. I might be putting mine back onto this same place tomorrow. I left my trail camera overlooking the spot in the video and a Pine Marten turned up a few days after i had taken my Camera trap away. 😩
Good luck with your new set up. 👍
@@JohnFormstone Hope you get the pinemarten mate! good luck!
Great video as always John, love the attention to detail. My own results have been fairly unsuccessful this year, there seems to be much less wildlife around in general in my favourite spots so I’m hunting around for new sites at the moment. Keep up the good work👍🏻
Thanks as always Rik, I've had a few lean spells myself this year, sometimes you get peaks and troughs. I cant seem to find Foxes in my area for some reason this year.
Good luck with your search for new sites. 👍
Well done!!!! looking forward for the next video :)
Thank you as always Elizabeth, your comments and support are always much appreciated. I hope your keeping well. 😊
Hi John, really enjoying your videos. Thank you. Please say hi to Jacquie. I’m guessing she is the videoer!
Hi Becky, great to hear from you. I Hope You, Paul and the girls are doing well. 😊👍
Amazing images, thanks for sharing them.
Thanks Lee, much appreciated. 👍
Nice one John, glad to see you back an about..cheers Den
Thank you Den, much appreciated. 👍
Brilliant Video As Always John 👍🦡
Thanks Sonny, glad you enjoyed it. 👍
Perfect video and Badger images is amazing
Thank you Dejan, much appreciated. 👍
Fantastic John.
Thanks Noel, much appreciated. 👍
Great video again John 👌
Thanks Fletch, your kind comments and encouragement are always appreciated. 👍
Great video John
Thanks as always David. Glad you enjoyed it. 👍
Another great video John, was it a 2 light setup ? Be interested to see the positions as I am struggling with getting light to look natural
Thanks Steve. Yes it was a 2 light set up. I may do a video on lighting sometime soon, as it seems to be one of the biggest aspects of camera trapping that causes people most frustration.
As for a couple of quick tips i would say:
1 - keep your flashes away from your camera at least 45 degrees off to the side of your camera and above your subject.
2 - Set the zoom to the highest setting in order to narrow the beam or use a honeycomb grid or snoot to create more of a spotlight effect, rather than illuminating the entire area.
3 - Have the output from your fill flash at least 1 - 2 stops lower than your main flash.
I hope these quick tips helps you achieve a more desirable outcome, also practicing your lighting set ups at home is always time well spent.
Hope this helps 👍
@@JohnFormstone thanks John. Appreciate the response and sharing your tips and tricks