Guide To Using Chair Hide For Wildlife Photography (Common Buzzard Photography Session)
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- Опубликовано: 27 авг 2024
- This video is about trying to capture images of Common Buzzards from my chair hide
Direct product links can be found below to the equipment that i have used in the making of this film.
Nitehawk Chair hide
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Nikon D500 DSLR
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Panasonic Lumix FZ 330 Bridge Camera
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Kenro Carbon Gimbal Head
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Mindshift Backlight 36L Camera Backpack
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Stanley Fatmax
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Wildlife photography is a bit like fishing...set out with low expectations and a couple of decent captures is, as you say, a billy bonus 👍
Just found your page while searching RUclips for videos on common buzzards, as I have loads of them hunting on my land here in Galway Ireland, I purchased the 10 acres site last year and decided to preserve it for wildlife except for the area I'll be building my cottage on. since moving onto the land I have noticed so many different species of birds and animals living there so I made the decision to take up photography and document all the wildlife living around the area. Looking forward to watching more of your videos to get some insight on hides and props
Nice one Bernard, good on you for creating a wildlife haven, we need more people like yourself. Good luck with the build and youre photography. Great to have it on the doorstep !!👍📸🦊
Always next time Simon. Great set-up, always nodding off in my chair hide, very comfy. Keep safe.
Thanks Lee, i must admit ive nodded off a couple of times myself🤣They probably wait till they can hear the zzzzz's!!😆
Looking forward to your review on the chair hide. Looks like a good idea. Enjoyed your video too.
Thanks Jeff, the review is now on the channel👍🏼
Can I offer a suggestion? Try going to the hide in the dark. If the birds see you go in there youre pretty well snookered . I use the same 'Nitehawk' hide and had much more success when entering it under cover of darkness. Raptors are smart cookies and not easily fooled...Nice video all the same Simon :)
Yeh good shout Alan, we'll give it a go. I'll let you know how i get on👍
The other trick is for two of you to go in but one come out. Birds can’t really count and think the hide is clear. Apparently.
@@northdevonwildlifewithandy788 I've heard the same.
I took up wildlife/nature photography in lockdown, and you right about mental health, I think (know) it kept me sane during lockdown, thanks again reallypicking up ideas
Nice one Simon 👍. Its a great location youve made there. You've done a cracking job of bringing the wild life in for photographic opportunities 👍. Great place for a bit of social distancing
Cheers Rick, hopefully we'll be back down there soon when all this mess blows over.👍😀
Looks like a great little hide, good quality, I have one similar for about 2 years its now beginning to get a bit worn. Does the job. It's a bugger when you need a pee. Beautiful Channel, Dew Yew Keep a troshin, Bor. Greetings from Norfolk.
Youve lost me with that Norfolk lingo pal😆. Great little hide for the money, paid for itself many times over!! All the best ☃️🎄
Lovely pics
Thanks Steve
Good one Simon,and yeah thats the way it is sometimes its all go and sometimes we draw a blank.
Your right Colin, nowts guaranteed in this game. I'll check out the link mate👊📸
Great video, but I do agree with the comment below about arriving in the dark, also I've found you need to let them settle down to eating, or the sound of your shutter can spook them if you start taking pictures as soon as they land!
Another entertaining video Simon and some nice photos of the Buzzard, That chair hide looks a bit of alright, I like the simplicity of it and quickness of setting it up. what did you say you can't have enough kit. LOL
Very true Steven, its is a great bit of kit. Real good value for the money 👍🏼
Nice shots as usual....... One fig biscuit! 😂😂😂
I know Paul, at this rate we'll be on Rich Teas!!!!😣
Great photos!
Thank you! Cheers!
Great video, really enjoyed it... (Subscribed)
Thanks Earl, appreciate it mate 👍
Good man Simon ‘ greetings from wicklow Ireland 🇮🇪 ‘ that’s a great set up u have there’ is the chair hide expensive ‘ is it heavy 👀
Hi Martin, welcome to the channel. You can get the hide for around £55 on Amazon and it weighs 6.4 kg. Great little hide . Im going to. do a review on it in the next few days👍🏼
Brilliant photos. Very informative on information . Keep up the good work. Just starting out in wildlife photography. Done a few birds . Hare photography. But not got a hide yet. Looking into a budget hide or making one . Anyway great videos. 👍
Thanks Rob, good luck in your new hobby. There's lots to learn and I'm sure you'll have a great time along the way!!👍🏼📷
nice shots
I've managed a few buzzard shots with my dslr camera trap recently, but nothing from my hide, they're cagey so n so's and not easy to get in camera range. You came away with a few decent shots though. 👍
Thanks John, yeh camera traps are a great bit of kit. Cant beat the adrenaline rush though when theyre in the viewfinder eh!!!😀📷
enjoyed watching that, I had the same type pop up only a two man chair (falling apart now and need a new one so looking at the single chair) lighter easier to carry. fantastic bit of kit i use by the river (Taff) had kingfishers not 10ft away
Brilliant stuff, yeh for the money you really cant go far wrong 👍🏼📷
@@simoneardley totally agree, the one mod which I will do though is attach some fine scrim so when i open one of the holes i got the choice to remove the scrim, i got plenty of spare scrim so wont cost me nothing
Hi Simon , hope you new projects at you new home is going well. A few years back after watching your review on the nitehawk chair hide. I bought two of them one for the Mrs & myself Brilliant little hide great to use when out and about taking photographs. I have now ordered a two man version by Stealth Gear just waiting for it to arrive from Germany. Don't know if you have done a review on the two man version. just wondered if you have what you thought of it. regards John👍
Hi John, that hide was an absolute belter. Very good value, I use Tragopan hides now so I haven't seen the 2 man you mention. I'm sure if its anything like the single, it'll be great. 👌🏼
well done on the wren on the post had to be quick there.............nice one.....I fn knew it would be a fig roll before you opened the paper...lol.lol.
Aye, theyre quick little birds. Always happy to get a shot of a wren .
Great video Simon! That popup blind looks great, have been thinking about something like that for myself, is it heavy?
Thanks for the picking my comment, will get in touch with you! Hope you're staying healthy, cheers!
Cheers Andy, yeh its a great bit of kit and it only comes in at 6.4kg. Review to come soon👍It was a great explanation with a lot of thought into it, they'll be in the post asap. Stay safe😀
@@simoneardley not too bad, depends on what els you carry with you I suppose!, Looking forward for the review!👌😊
Thanks once again, can't wait need more artwork at home 😁👏
Try finding a road kill Rabbit, that might entice them down more than that pheasant.
Yeh good shout John, i'll keep my eyes peeled👍👀
Hi Simon. I just found your channel, and I am interested in purchasing a hide. Unfortunately, I live in a part of the world where there simply aren't any photography shops so trying gear out first is pretty much impossible. Anyway, I'm 6' 2" with a tall upper body. Do you think that hide would accommodate me? Also, wondering how that chair works on soft ground--does it have a tendency for the legs to sink into the earth? Thanks.
Hi Christopher, at 6'2" it might be a bit cosy and on soft ground there is a tendency like any chair to sink into the soft ground. 4 x 6" square pieces of ply are useless to help with this.
@@simoneardley Thanks, Simon. That's useful to know. I appreciate the reply.
Is that public land Simon, or have got use of a private wood?
It belongs to a relative who lets me have access.
@@simoneardley lucky man. I'm always afraid to leave a hide in public woods. Might get stolen or wrecked.
For us that get out and snap off bird pictures, Cabin fever is gonna be most of our troubles.....and very rusty at our game when it is all over.....
Youre not wrong there, maybe keep up your skills in the garden if possible👍📷
Hi Simon, Love your videos, I've a question for you,.. In the buzzard video, where he's having a good old feed, there are three other bird shown,a wren, blackbird, and a little dark bird, can you please tell us what it is... Thanks
Hi Steve, thanks mate. The last bird shown in that clip is actually another Wren. Cheers Simon
@@simoneardley Thanks Simon, my wife Pam's first thought was wren but it looked black and grey to me. Keep it going Si..!
You seem disappointed Simon. I suppose it’s because you didn’t get the portrait of the buzzard on the ground. You shouldn’t lose sight of the fact that you’ve got some stunning flight, action shots, in my view possibly more exciting than your planned shots. The unpredictability is what wildlife photography is all about.
No not disappointed Paul, like i said its just great to get out. Makes you appreciate it all the more in the current climate with the lockdown situation. Thanks for the compliments on the shots i got, stay safe👍😀
Great video you have got here just subscribed to you so informative as well are you also able to put a link on where you got the bird ID and share from this is great something I'm looking at myself but not sure where to get it from.
Your accent sounds familiar as well are you from Yorkshire and it sounds familiar? Meanwhile stay safe take care and I hope to hear from you soon kind regards Scott
Hi Scott, first off lets get things straight!!! LANCASHIRE not yorkshire😆😆 Only kidding mate, not far from Preston. Not sure what you mean by bird ID??
Awake sorry about that it sounds a little Yorkshire that's all and I'm from Sheffield and thought you were more local to me lol hope you're not offended anyway wouldn't want to do that to anyone.
Anyway I was talk texting as I do and it sent automatically I was saying about the bird hide.
Hi Simon, what camera bag do you use and will it hold a 300mm 2.8vr ii on the d500 ?
Alright Ste, its a Mindshift Backlight 36 L. A great bag and i would imagine will easily take a 300mm F2.8. Check out whats in mine in one of my earlier kit video. Make sure you check though before buying!!!
Thanks Simon, i have the Sigma 150-600c as well as the Nikon 300mm 2.8VRii and a Sigma 105 2.8 macro so would like a bag to get all those in and two camera bodies and extra bits, thanks again 👍👍