Welcoem to posts!!
in the future - u will be able to do some more stuff here,,,!! like pat catgirl- i mean um yeah... for now u can only see others's posts :c
Hi Guys,
Just a quick update to stay in touch. Im heading north for the forests of the Wolkberg Mountains. Last time I was there I got tick bite fever and scared myself Sh#tless wandering through the chest high foliage. Wondering every step if I was about to tread on a Mamba.
Hope you are out with your camera too!
https://youtu.be/uDAsjVSCpKo
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I've got a couple of long-form stories I'd like to tell one day but I've been struggling to figure out how to get images and footage.
One of them is about the last elephant in the 60,000ha Knysna forest. She's 45 years old and hardly ever seen except on camera traps. She's been alone for years in the inaccessible interior.
She's called Oupoort, which translates from the wonderfully contextual Afrikaans, to 'Old foot', 'Old path' or even 'Big foot'.
So yesterday, I suddenly thought about uses for Ai in stories like this, where there is no footage or any photos but there IS a story.
I was able to produce the B&W image below (with quite a bit of help from Photoshop) which I think is pretty good for a first stab and a fledgling technology. You may even see that the left tusk is shortened just like the real Oupoort's in the colour photo!
I started to think of Ai as something that could eventually make stories like this possible. Probably not right now but soon? More of a partner technology than a threat? Especially when it becomes capable of making footage or sequential images.
I wonder what you think about this?
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Hello good people of Youtube!
I'm trying to plan what kind of videos to make and would value your thoughts. Do you have a topic you would like to see covered? A problem? A destination you're interested in? A decision to make or a question?
Please let me know!
Will
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Can you tell which pic cost $1,700 more? A or B? And is it worth it?
both shot at ISO6400 @800mm
Researching a new video.
Thanks to everyone who answered!
A lot of people have been asking me if they should upgrade to the Canon R6 from a crop sensor DSLR (7D mark ii, 80D, 90D etc...) and I think it's not a straight yes or no answer.
Like most things in wildlife photography, it all depends on what YOU shoot, HOW you shoot and what lenses you have.
If you are often constrained by distance, and find yourself cropping a lot (like me) and you are not planning on increasing the focal length of your lens at the same time as upgrading, then I think it's very hard to beat the massive resolution advantage of the 7D mark ii.
The R6 shines much more brightly than the already very good 7D mark ii in capturing bird in flight and and fast moving birds, where eye-autofocus system and more importantly, the buffer depth and frame rate of the electronic shutter become important. It may also be true, that those using hides, or stalking on foot can move much closer to the subject. If you can regularly fill the frame, then the R6 is a better option.
Of Course, if you use the electronic shutter there is some risk of rolling shutter deforming the subject. This means that depending on the lens, the speed of the mechanical shutter is 'only' 12 FPS. BUT this is further reduced depending on your lens. This might drop down to 9 FPS - less than the 7D2!
The AF system on the 7D mark ii is still one of the best around even if it does feel archaic in comparison to mirrorless.
There is still a deep hidden value in the 7D mark ii for those either starting out in wildlife photography or those who, like me, think an extra $1700 might best be invested in improved glass.
After all, in a few years something else will have replaced the R6 and R5, but your lens may still be serving you well.
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Happy Christmas everyone hope you have a great holiday!
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All my monitors & PCs were blown up in the lightning strike - it's a big chance to rethink everything....
I've been researching monitors (extremely limited in South Africa due to around 100% additional tax - so everything costs double and there are very few niche monitors eg. no Benq's, no Gigabyte M27 etc... Acer X27)
It would really help to get some monitor suggestions from you!! What are you using and are you happy?
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Been working full speed on the New Canon EOS R6 Profiles... They are finished!! courses.willgoodlet.com/canon...
Really hope they solve some problems for those with the R6. If you like them please let people know as I am not advertising them.
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I've just finished a preliminary review of the Canon EOS R5 - I'll be adding MUCH more info in the next few days.
Any questions you want answered and included? Let me know!
willgoodlet.com/blog/canon-eos-r5-wildlife-photogr…
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Some people asked me to do a star trails Sequator Tutorial - this is the finished image. It goes a bit beyond Sequator though! Any interest in how to do this or should I stick with wildlife?!
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Thanks to Andrew Beck and @WildEye for finally calming my shattered nerves!
With Canon intent on killing off the 5D and 7D lines, I was very worried that my EF lenses would not work as well on the Canon R5/R6 in real-life wildlife conditions.
Andrew was using the same lenses as me, the 100-400 ii and the 400 f2.8 with 1.4x and 2x teleconverters. And they work, not just well but brilliantly!! Phew.
Feeling very relieved that I don't have to sell all my beloved lenses.
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I'm on a mission to inspire and help you to photograph amazing wildlife and birds.
My name is Will Goodlet. I am a wildlife and landscape photographer and I spend my time exploring the dusty roads of Africa in my Land Rovers Basil & Manuel.