Eurasian Jay in flight

Photographing Eurasian jays in flight.
Mike Lane wildlife photography www.nature-photography.co.uk
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[@MrMazaeus]

Another great chapter. Thanks for explaining us so many valuable tips and keeping us loving birds photography!

[@JIMMYSAFC1]

Mike your videos and pics are just the best mate, keep up the brilliant work.

[@laurencearnold5822]

Some great tips from your videos that I can apply to my photography.

[@ValkoBranislav]

👍👍👍🇸🇰

[@davidosborn3356]

Looking forward to Part 2😀

[@KingaKucyk]

Amazing photographs 😍 These jays have so adirable huge blue eyes, I love the innocent-yet-intelligent look in them 😍

[@adrianmoore8200]

great video and nice shots and great tips

[@mehmetozturk3319]

Very nice. Thank you so much.

[@fusion-music]

We've had a treat, just because you couldn't escape to more varied climbs. Thanks for your insight Mike.

[@Markitosgm]

Nice video Mike. Real characters jays are!

[@MrJeyjey2707]

Mike, really interested in how you are focussing for the bif? Are you placing stick and removing for the pre focus, or are you panning? if the stick method as in your small bif video, what aperture do you use to give optimum dof...? Cheers and keep the videos coming! Very informative...

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Sometimes I may place a stick in position to focus on, but in the case of the successful jay in flight picture in this video I focused on the tray the bird was about to land on. Not panned, fixed focus and leave the camera running as the bird flies through.
It was taken at F8, but that will vary on how much light is available and how close the background is.
The Jays stopped coming to that feeder this winter and two others close by so I have not le to continue.

[@MrJeyjey2707]

@@MikeLaneFRPS Cheers Mike... Will give it a go...

[@jdoutdoorsnature6460]

Wonderful snapshots on them Jays

[@cwking10]

Another excellent video, thanks for sharing your tips

[@DTAnglesey]

New to your channel Mike, but I'm now hooked! Great videos, very clean and easy on the eye! and easy to learn (I hate it when they put loud music on videos and you cannot hear what they're saying) Thank you for all the information, it will help a lot as I'm new to wildlife photography! Keep uploading these great videos!

[@MMKARAOK]

Very nice 👍 ....
Please make a video on how to attract and photograph woodpeckers in flight .

[@jeffbrown4743]

Thanks Mike always informative and practical tips in your videos. Brilliant!👍

[@JoyEze1]

Amazing - Thanks from Denmark

[@bobmorse5896]

Super video. I love seeing behind the scenes. I would be thrilled to get one picture of the kind you comment on as "obviously set up by the photographer." Wonderful images, many of birds we don't see in the Northeastern Divided States. Thanks so much for sharing.

[@JoATTech]

Thanks for the hint with drying acorns. Going to collect some tomorrow.

[@JH-qv3xv]

An experience photographer with some great tips. Thanks

[@davidblackwell6842]

hi mike great video after photographing jays in my wood i to wondered why they dropped so many acorns ,but on investigation, i found all the ones they had dropped were very light and rotten inside the birds knew by weight which were good and which were bad . ha

[@martinbyrne6643]

Great videos there mike ‘ I am learning a lot from them