After using a 30mm Pentacon lens from the 1960's to create some Infrared images a couple of weeks ago I had the crazy idea to try and take wildlife images with a lens of similar vintage. This sounded like a good idea at the time! Find out how I got on in part one where I make life easy for the lens by shooting garden birds just to see if the optics are up to it before some more strenuous tests in further videos.
Wildlife Photography - More time and Better Light!
These are the might have been shoots the times when it was almost or could have been perfect. They normally happen for me when my photography is tagged onto something else, and this is the story of this video. Join me as I try to fit a photography vlog into a whistle stop trip from Nottinghamshire to Wick on the far North East tip of Scotland. A fight with time and weather, changing plans and looking back at what more time and better light could have lead to. Ah well there's always next time.
Wildlife Photography - Don't Give Up
Ever have one of those days where despite all your best efforts and using all your skill the wildlife just won't play ball. Well don't worry it happens to us all. In this weeks video I had intended to shoot at some local woodland but with terrible light conditions I changed my plans and headed for the newly harvested fields. I set everything up for success but the wildlife is absent. But perseverance pays off and I do eventually get a reward for the early start and hours of work.
After The Harvest - Wildlife Photography as the Fields Open Up Again
The last few months it has been difficult to take pictures of the wildlife in my local area. With the fields full of arable crops most wildlife can pass un-noticed. This week saw the first combined harvesters in the fields around me and after glimpsing some roe deer ears above the crop I take the opportunity to try and get some images as they emerge to feed on the crops not collected by the farmer.
Creating Ghostly Infrared Images
In this video I pursue my long held fascination with the ghostly side of infrared photography. In the past I have used film cameras to achieve this, this time I use my Sony A6400 paired with a sixty year old (at least) East German lens and an infrared filter to produce some ghostly images from Ossington Estate a few miles from my home. Please like and Subscribe to the channel.
How I found and Photographed Fox Cubs
This week I use the knowledge gained from last weeks video on photographing badgers to help me find a family of fox's and there cubs. Follow me as I try to get into a position to watch these beautiful animals. I am also able to film and photograph while leaving the family undisturbed.