Photographing Hares with the Nikon 600mm f4 Z TC | Wildlife photography on location
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- Опубликовано: 24 май 2023
- Hey guys well it's been a while, but I've been rather busy!
Multiple shoots and jobs as well as some big life changes have mixed up the schedule somewhat, but a few weeks ago I was back on RSPB Havergate with my beloved Hares for some more wildlife photography with the Z9 and 600mm f4 Z TC!
Oh and yes I know I say I "don't have the 300mm 2.8" but thats just for this trip, that lens isn't going anywhere! ;)
I had a great time being back on the Island, conditions were certainly mixed over my week, but I did manage to get out and film a couple of videos for you guys, getting up close with the Hares!
I hope you enjoy!
Having been using the 600mm f4 Z TC day in and day out over the last few months I have been very impressed. The performance is stunning, with incredible sharpness and excellent AF when paired with my Z9. The weight makes it rather flexible for use on a tripod or just handheld and slowly I'm getting used to that extra reach! Something thats certainly handy for some intimate portraits. It's awesome...You know you want one ;) tidd.ly/3BJRVIl
As always guys if you have any questions please drop them down in the comments and if you are not already please think about subscribing for future videos, It really helps get the channel out there!
Huge thanks as always to the RSPB for the incredible opportunity to keep working over on Havergate, I'm hugely grateful to be given what is a truly unique opportunity to stay on this Island paradise for wildlife! If you are not a member its certainly worth joining, so many fabulous location and work down to help support nature in the UK and around the world! www.rspb.org.uk
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In my bag : (UK affiliate links help me fund the channel and cost you nothing)
Lowepro Whistler 450 AW II - (travelled flawlessly on all my flights with ALL the gear below inside!)tidd.ly/ee5e459a
Nikon Monarch HG 8x30's - Simply love these. tidd.ly/3df767bbNikon
Nikon Z9 : tidd.ly/3GOPrcl
D850 + Grip + D5 batteries tidd.ly/5e9ce68e
Nikon Z6 and 24-70S - (All video for the channel now shot on this - love this little camera!) tidd.ly/18f827ed
Nikon 600mm f4 Z TC (My new super tele) tidd.ly/3BJRVIl
Nikon 300mm 2.8 VR II (My all time favourite lens) tidd.ly/c3774d0f
Nikon 70-200 tidd.ly/50423b68
Nikon 35mm 1.4 G tidd.ly/74102f76
Nikon 20mm 1.8G tidd.ly/792d72d0
Nikon 1.4 TC tidd.ly/51bb49a8
Nikon 2.0 TC tidd.ly/6d38e4fe
Nikon SB-700 tidd.ly/40a57f1a
Spare battery tidd.ly/3c45d8ba
Gitzo Mini Traveller tidd.ly/eda4b0c
Petzl Headlamp amzn.to/2LX80SW
G-tech external drives amzn.to/2Yil63y
Macbook 12" amzn.to/2ZBQ57e
Rocket Blower ( I'd get this one) tidd.ly/8d6a3ab4
I also carry a trusty Gitzo Tripod, either my 4 series systematic or a 2 series traveller!
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hello Tom
beautiful film about the hare, they always remain beautiful animals!
Greetings Joop
from the Netherlands.
Wow what a lovely video Tom, I to see the amazement with the Hares! So much character
Excellent video. Thanks for sharing your amazing experience. The close up of the hares are brilliant. 👍
Cheers Paul, glad you enjoyed the images!
Great video Tom, the location are stunning - hope you had a great trip!
It was a great trip for sure! Very excited to head back next year and with some luck be taking some guests on a few days!
@@TomMasonPhoto sounds lovely! 😃👍🏻
Thanks for the video Tom! It is always nice to hear you talk about capturing images... very supportive! )))
My pleasure! glad you enjoy the videos!
Great video as usual Tom, fabulous shots.
Cheers Frank!
Great video with some astonishing images. Absolutely love that part of Suffolk and will go back there as soon as I can
Yes I do love that little island, hoping I might have the chance to visit with others in the next few years…
@@TomMasonPhoto Are you doing a workshop there, possibly?
@@SundayRacers nothing confirmed yet but I have a few things I am working on! I’ll let people know as soon as I have something organised!
Another smashing video
Thank you!!
Love your videos and pictures. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you!!
Fabulous video - lucky you being able to stay out on the island overnight, what an opportunity!! Well done indeed Tom.
Thanks Ian, it was another fantastic week over on the Island, a real privilege for sure!
Great to see you out taking pictures again
Don’t worry I’ve been taking a lot of pictures, it’s just the RUclips videos have been a bit slow!
Hi Tom, the good old algorithm brought you to my attention. A lovely video, stunning footage amd stills. I've now subscribed and look forward to delving into earlier videos and seeing what comes next!
Cheers Stuart, well I'm very glad you found the channel and enjoyed the video, the back catalogue has quite a few videos on it from numerous projects, so I hope you like them, what comes next... well I'm planning many many more, I'm just getting settled into a new house!
Amazing portraits of the hare. Great video
Thank you!
Fantastic content as always Tom. Just one small detail that’s bothering me, you should never put the milk in before taking the teabag out. 🤪
no no no no.... teabag, milk, water, stir.
😂
The high key photo of the hare is incredible Tom. Superb images. I'm hoping to get hares this week, need to be close tho for the 300f2.8vr2 😊
The 300mm 2.8 VR II is still my favourite lens, for hares yes you have to spend a lot of time and work if with good field craft to get close but when you do, the 300mm 2.8 certainly makes the most of it!
@@TomMasonPhoto watched your latest video where you used the wide angle, amazed you got so close
Great video, Tom!
Thanks Travis!
Informative Video Thanks Tom.
Cheers John!
Isnt that a hare right behind you during your voice to camera part around 8:24? :D Great stuff!
It is indeed! He was knocking about all afternoon but kept himself below the skyline in the area where the backgrounds were a tad messy! So many of them on the island when filming I often had a couple in shot 😂😂
Hello Tom , I am a big fan of you and your photography.
I really enjoy watching you photgraph those beautiful animals and hope to get to your level someday.
I request you to please make video on wildlife photography composition skills more specifically on how you achieve those beautiful environmental potraits.
Thank you vey much
May God keep you well and good😊.
Thank you so much for the kind words, I do have a video somewhere on composition but I will certainly try and cover it more in future! Cheers, Tom
Fantastic - love the advice to stop down to 5.6 at times to increase sharpness of the subject… and the 600mm lens is something else! Maybe one day…
It’s a rather fantastic lens, it’s funny I often feel so many people just buy a supertele and use it wide open forever!
Sublime
Thank you!
Hammer it down!
I really wanted some like huge storm to just chick it down!!
👍📷😎
Jeez, that's some quality of video footage. He goes from being a dull overcast to filming hare's on a lovely sunny day 🤔. Surely this isn't the same day?
Nearly all the shots are from the same day, bar a the into ones, the thing is I was getting used to shooting the Z9 10 bit N log, so have been exposing a little differently and still think I need to perfect the grading hence why some of it seems a little bright!
Awesome Video like always... Just love the pictures, and the video as well... Thank you very much for sharing your experience...
Also I have a question... What have you put on your lens??? The black color is too good... Have been a portrait photographer for around 19 years now... Starting wildlife... Have the 400 f4.5... Probably going for the 600 f4 next... I have seen wildlife photographers cover their lenses... Why is it??? (Might be a stupid question for a seasoned person like yourself :D)
It's a lenscoat! the are made in the US and are neoprene (like mini wetsuits) for your lens to keep them safe and protected from bumps and scrapes!
@@TomMasonPhoto Thanks a million man... Reaaaally appreciate you taking the time out to reply...
Can you give link to the tripod and head you used?
The link should be in the description for the Gitzo fluid gimbal but if not its here www.gitzo.com/uk-en/gimbal-fluid-head-ghfg1/
Does locking/unlocking lens hood lock squeak? Mine squeaks and I have seen another video review of this lens that also squeaks - ruclips.net/video/f2hCRaXGiLU/видео.html squeaked at 13m55s and 18m15s
“You know you want one!”…Tom, who is going to spend £15,499 on a 600 mm lens!? I could afford it, but I’m not going to spend that much money on the lens. I’m not a professional wildlife photographer nor are any of your viewers
I know most people aren’t going to spend £15,500 a lens… but you know you want one! It’s an epic bit of glass and I’m truly fortunate to have on to use every day as a pro. But for many of course the 600mm FL (now having dropped in price hugely) is a far better option! As you can have that, a Z9 and a trip of a lifetime for the same price! I was kinda joking but don’t worry I’ll do many more affordable videos in 2024!