Escape the Ordinary: Photographing Sparrowhawks in Scotland

[@mickbear413]

Superb images mate 👏👏👏👏👏

[@andywhiteside16]

belting shots there Ashley

[@russrichards]

Fabulous video, Ash. Loved those Jay shots. Wish I had the courage to do some vids, thanks for sharing your trips with us. And big congratulations to @mickbryan8908 on the competition. 😊👏👏👏

[@davespriggs6170]

Great video again..

[@chrismc2090]

Yet another great video Ashley, love Sparrow Hawks and Red Kites, so what a combination, channel is growing well and quality is top notch, well done!

[@mikek601]

Great video thank you. Congratulations to Mick have a great time.

[@grahamsavage2270]

Superb photography once again Ashley, great video…top marks 👏

[@dylannewton76]

Easily one of your best so far Ash. Raptors always steal the show, at least for me anyway! As well as the commotion they bring to scene.

[@WildlifePhotographerUK]

Cheers Dylan, yeh always good to photograph a raptor everyone in a while 👍

[@Blue24Osprey]

One word: Wow!

[@frankinblackpool]

Your cinematography is exquisite. May I ask if you shoot in LOG, or do you use a camera profile when filming? The colour grade is vibrant, sharpness and noise reduction are flawless. BTW that Woodpecker was probably pooing its pants next to the hawk.

[@WildlifePhotographerUK]

hahah yeh that woodpecker did not move a muscle lol, for video I just use my camera settings and use adobe rgb, I have my video settings all set in using the C1 C2 and C3 settings so if just normal video c3 slow motion c2 and C1 8K

[@frankinblackpool]

@@WildlifePhotographerUK You have an 8k camera? Well that’s just cheating.🤣🤣 My image quality is nowhere near as good as yours however I do like to film in a LOG profile so that I can tinker with the exposure, colour and saturation a bit more. I only have a 4k camera however it is a MFT beast. And with my 400mm lens I could almost emulate your 8k cropping in ability, provided you are using a Full Frame camera. Otherwise all bets are off.

[@michaelsaltsman7550]

Hi what software do u use to get rid of the noise please

[@WildlifePhotographerUK]

HI, what noise do you mean, the sound from the video clips? I edit my videos with DaVinci Resolve Studio www.blackmagicdesign.com/uk/products/davinciresolve if you mean the images then I use Topaz De Noise, but what ever it recommends i always at least then half that, I also create it on a separate layer so I can then brush away parts that have been over done by Topaz

[@michaelsaltsman7550]

i mean the noise software to get crisp clean images @@WildlifePhotographerUK