Well done young man, you stuck to your guns, found a great lens at a budget price, learned to use it and cope with the weight. Capturing the beautiful kingfisher for the first time is a wonderful experience, I could feel your emotion. Great Stuff, look forward to the next video. 😊
Congratulations! I used to live by the Lea Valley park and kingfishers were reasonably common there. Not that I ever got a decent photo, I wasn't quick enough with my old manual 300 2.8!
@@russandloz where I now live in Christchurch New Zealand, our local kingfishers are pretty common especially now in winter when they gather for a yarn before becoming territorial again. They aren't as vibrant as the European, but they are just as quick! Fun fact: they are closely related to the kookaburra!
Well done! Wonderful kingfisher pics 👍 Mike Lane FRPS has done a great RUclips vid on photographing kingfishers, well worth a look. Highly recommend his channel full stop. Proper old time bird photographer.
Russ do you not run with 2 autofocus buttons l have one for stationary @ 1/320 then one for birds in flight @ 1/3200. You could not have got a better perch if you tried lovely.
On the Z8 programme one of your function buttons to recall setting, you can select a fast shutter speed and toggle between the two with one button press
I love these videos, you make the experience of wildlife photography so calm and respectful as it should be
Thanks Joan, glad you enjoy them
Nice one Russ, nothing better than your first Kingfisher. Great photos!
It is definately more satisfying when you have to work at it. Well done Russ.
Well done young man, you stuck to your guns, found a great lens at a budget price, learned to use it and cope with the weight. Capturing the beautiful kingfisher for the first time is a wonderful experience, I could feel your emotion. Great Stuff, look forward to the next video. 😊
Thanks, I do feel like i'm in a new ear for my wildlife photography and more experienced, but still learning which is the best way
well done didn't see the kingfisher turning up any time but pleased it did
Congratulations!
Loved the flower shot w kingfisher very unique! Thanks for taking us on your journey
Thanks I was very lucky it landed there!
Congratulations. Great photos (and bodybuilding sessions!). Enjoy.
Hopefully, we'll see lol
Nice one Russ, patience paid off ... and as a side bonus, you'll end up with biceps like Popeye
Thanks, yes I feel like i'm on military training every time i go out
Awesome photos!
Nice 👌 there’s nothing quite like your first close encounter with a Kingfisher 🙏👍
Great series this one, from my top photo RUclips channel. Keep up the good work both of you 👏
Thanks so much, it takes a long time to make these videos look and sound good.
Some great shots there
Congratulations!
I used to live by the Lea Valley park and kingfishers were reasonably common there. Not that I ever got a decent photo, I wasn't quick enough with my old manual 300 2.8!
They do fly by in a flash! Even the filming of it flying away was in 5x slow mo
@@russandloz where I now live in Christchurch New Zealand, our local kingfishers are pretty common especially now in winter when they gather for a yarn before becoming territorial again. They aren't as vibrant as the European, but they are just as quick! Fun fact: they are closely related to the kookaburra!
Well done! Wonderful kingfisher pics 👍
Mike Lane FRPS has done a great RUclips vid on photographing kingfishers, well worth a look.
Highly recommend his channel full stop. Proper old time bird photographer.
Thanks Adam, i'll check it out
Well done Russ I would of got more comfortable in the hide though, chair brew sandwiches 😂
@@pete1927 I often do! 😊
Russ do you not run with 2 autofocus buttons l have one for stationary @ 1/320 then one for birds in flight @ 1/3200. You could not have got a better perch if you tried lovely.
@@isotechimages.9130 So you have two fn buttons for different focus speeds?
@@russandloz I do but l am on a Canon, so am not over familiar with latest Z cameras but imagine you could do something very similar.
On the Z8 programme one of your function buttons to recall setting, you can select a fast shutter speed and toggle between the two with one button press