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I am still getting to grips using a camcorder and what better subject (for me) that is than the Little owl.
March is a time when the birds are paired up and the Male will become active from is winter survival mode.
I have taken advantage of the extra hour of daylight and had a go at getting some footage of the Owl, although i have now got a extra couple of bags to carry with its getting hard work especialy walking through a mud bath ,however the last few nights i have been seeing the bird come in around 7.45 and were i wouldnt even attempt shots with my camera, but being the impatient person i am i set up the video equipment as quick as i could, as it can take the bird a good hour to return if i spend to long and at dusk and thats just no good as its pitch black when he returns ...and i like to arrive before they come out and leave when they are done ,but its early days at the moment
Footage i know is not great but it was taken at 7.45 and i am realy impressed with it ,for now..
I used my 500mm f4 with a metabones adapter which takes it to 2.8 and the footage was taken wide open,i used gain (iso)1600 with manual focus,AF wont work .
I also realised after a sec or two that IS works and you can see the point were i realised and switched it on ,all good practice ,also i am using a benro s4 head were i reckon with the 500mm i could do with a S4 or a some kind of lens support ...
On the PP side i am using Prem elements 15 and just doing a few tweaks but to be honest this is straight out of camera apart from lightening,cropping in from left and right a touch to remove the vigneting and a slight tint to remove a touch of blue
View: https://youtu.be/Aud0PDnpoxI
March is a time when the birds are paired up and the Male will become active from is winter survival mode.
I have taken advantage of the extra hour of daylight and had a go at getting some footage of the Owl, although i have now got a extra couple of bags to carry with its getting hard work especialy walking through a mud bath ,however the last few nights i have been seeing the bird come in around 7.45 and were i wouldnt even attempt shots with my camera, but being the impatient person i am i set up the video equipment as quick as i could, as it can take the bird a good hour to return if i spend to long and at dusk and thats just no good as its pitch black when he returns ...and i like to arrive before they come out and leave when they are done ,but its early days at the moment
Footage i know is not great but it was taken at 7.45 and i am realy impressed with it ,for now..
I used my 500mm f4 with a metabones adapter which takes it to 2.8 and the footage was taken wide open,i used gain (iso)1600 with manual focus,AF wont work .
I also realised after a sec or two that IS works and you can see the point were i realised and switched it on ,all good practice ,also i am using a benro s4 head were i reckon with the 500mm i could do with a S4 or a some kind of lens support ...
On the PP side i am using Prem elements 15 and just doing a few tweaks but to be honest this is straight out of camera apart from lightening,cropping in from left and right a touch to remove the vigneting and a slight tint to remove a touch of blue
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