Relaxing POV wildlife photography
I felt like making a slower video this time around, so grab your favourite drink and snack and lets go find some wildlife!
In this episode we're capturing photos from my point of view with the sony a7iv and the 200 600 g lens.
I managed to find a nice variety of wildlife even though it's November now. Of course my first subject of the day was the Great Blue Heron (My most photographed subject and I promise no hunt part 3 lol). I also found a small handful of other birds.
While exploring I managed to find an area with lots of evidence pointing towards beavers being in the area, so I staked it out and the wait began...
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Amazing footage of the beaver!!
Thank you so much!
Love the content and watching your channel grow, can't wait to see more from you man! Also that photo of the moody woodland at 6:45 was stunning
I will absolutely continue to improve these videos and grow! That photo was much different from my usual style, glad you liked it!
Nice job with the video. Have the same setup and really enjoy just hiking along the river and getting pics and videos of wildlife. Good luck in your KZhead journey.
Thank you! It’s an amazing camera setup and a beautiful hobby.
Really nice video and pictures ❤
The last time or two using my A7iv and the 200-600mm lens I'm getting some strangely fuzzy and slightly out of focus images. I'm going to re initialize the A7iv. Not sure what's going on. Other images are fully sharp and correct. It worked perfectly with the A7iii and in the beginning with the A7iv.
I haven’t had any major issues with this setup, huge improvement from the a7ii I was using before this.
This is a really nice video, amazing photos great job 👏
Thank you, I appreciate the comment!
This video was amazing and I’ve been waiting for some warmer weather up in Alberta so I can go take some wildlife photos. This video really got me excited to hear out!
Glad you enjoyed! I'm excited for some warmer weather as well!
If you don’t mind me asking where in the world do you live?
@@Camera_Days__ Southern Ontario
I have A6400 with 100-400. Recently I discovered the "Recall custom hold" function. For "Recall custom hold 1" I've set exposure compensation of -1 and for ""Recall custom hold 2" I've set exposure compensation to +1. I've assigned "Recall custom hold 1" to lens function button and "Recall custom hold 2" to the thumb button (AF lock or whatever). It is great when you have white or black birds with sky or trees in the background. You can change exposure compensation quickly without turning the wheel. Only problem is that when shutter is half pressed those buttons do nothing. I'm wondering if on A7IV it works the same way and if you can use programmed function when shutter half pressed.
I have not tried setting up any recall settings yet, definitely something I need to look into. Thank you for sharing!
Nice video
great video as always...
Thank you!
Love this content and watching your channel grow, and now i do it too
I really appreciate the support! It’s an amazing hobby!
Super cool beavers! Nice video!
Thank you!
@@CurtisSnapshot It's ok! I was forgetting, you got a new friend. Ciao!!
8:07 ...The beaver left the tree cut in half !
There's even more trees like that now, across the park. The beavers have been very active all year.
The thin branch covering the red cardinal's face is whats probably causing the autofocus to not get the eye. I experience these things sometimes, where I am wondering why it is not focusing but when I look out of the viewfinder, I saw some thin bush getting on the way of the subject's face but I just didnt notice it because it was out of focus in the viewfinder.
I was using a medium focus point and the rest was user error on my part. The lens was basically focus breathing way past the bird. So I corrected the issue by setting the lens itself to only focus from 2.4m - 10m, then I was nailing the focus after that.
Great video!
Thank you!
@5:07 my camera has the same focusing issues at times. I thought it was the lens (Tamron 150-500) Apparently not 🤔 A7IV as well as my A7iii.
Tbh it was user error on my part, the lens was basically focus breathing way past the bird. So I corrected this issue by setting the lens itself to only focus from 2.4m - 10m, then I was nailing the focus after that.
which autofocus field are you actually using? 🤔
I was using Tracking Spot Large, which is usually my go to focus setting.
nive video man
Thank you!
The video so too unstable for a relaxing session. But love the photos though.
That’s totally fair, I still have tons to learn. Thanks for commenting!
Mostly views of the ground
Im working on improving!