European beaver numbers are growing in the U.K. I try to find and film them in Kent with the OM1 mk2

[@seanbreslin5836]

Hi Mike. I’ve been following you on and off for a few years now and in this video you mentioned you’re from Worcestershire. I’m originally from from Redditch so it was a surprise to hear you say you’re from the same area, although the accent was a minor giveaway :) I emigrated to Japan a long long time ago but I’ve always enjoyed how relaxing your videos make me feel and now I know why! They have been very inspiring and often help to get me out along our local river bank or woodland to photograph. Keep the great down-to-earth content coming.

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Hi Sean, I did live in Redditch for about 7 years, but a lot of my photography is still done at Studley, very close by. Glad you are enjoying the films. I have been to Japan three times. Good photography there.

[@seanbreslin5836]

@@MikeLaneFRPSI knew some places looked familiar! Studley is so close. I always go cycling around there when I’m back.

[@SomeWise]

Mike I have to say, the colors in your videos always look fantastic. It really is apparent that whatever you and Olympus are doing with the colors is working very well!

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Thanks 👍

[@deirdreharness2701]

Great video Mike, one of the best beaver films I've seen. It's great you persevered with the weather and managed to capture true British weather and nature, thank you x

[@johntaylor8938]

Exceptional video Mike. I do enjoy your explanations of both the photography and fieldcraft.

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@johnpark8297]

Superb Mike, your perseverance paid dividends. Great footage of the beavers and the birds. Top work, thanks for sharing 👍

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@cliftonwhittaker260]

Good job with the beaver, Mike. They have greatly expanded their range here, too. I've had several experiences with them, some of them startling when I was standing out the stream fishing and didn't suspect there was one around. I have photographed two of them sunning on the bank but that's a very unusual opportunity.

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Thank you.

[@malcolmriley6897]

What a wonderful video! The spider footage was fascinating. So pleased that your perseverance paid off with the beavers.

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@eljayr4669]

I do admire your determination and it was definitely worth it. Lesser photographers would have packed up and gone home long ago with that amount of rain.

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Thanks.

[@rogerhance5883]

Excellent video. Standing there in the poring rain just shows how dedicated you are.

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@brianslade1046]

Outstanding!!!! A very enjoyable, and well presented piece of work...Inspirational too! Many thanks.

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Many thanks!

[@kathrynhall9920]

What a fascinating video, always something to learn about wildlife. I had no idea how a spider made a web. Thanks for posting. Kathryn Hall.

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Thanks.

[@stevevickers2844]

Glad you stuck it out Mike made for a very interesting video.

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Thanks 👍

[@johnkirkelionis7490]

Excellent video. Very few photographers would put up with that amount of rain and being out in the open. Well done.

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Many thanks!

[@naturemyeyes]

Absolutely wonderful video! Thank you for sharing beautiful content with us.

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@duncancookdrummond3273]

Hi Mike, I think this is one of your best videos - to date. Your film footage and commentary are a joy to watch and listen to. I know lots of folks don’t like creepy-crawlies, but to see a spider close-up, going about its business, weaving its web, is fascinating to witness. I watched one close-up recently, a bit like the one in your film, weaving a perfect web in perfect light, just outside a garden room I’m currently building for my wife. I did have a go at filming it with my old mobile phone, but didn’t quite manage to capture the same quality that you do in your films. :) Hopefully, I’ll have another chance at it, once I get my own building work finished. If only I could work as efficiently as a spider. :)

[@tonyblake8841]

I envy the cormorant eating the Redfin perch. They are an introduced species into inland waterways in Australia. A freshly caught Redfin out of clear water is as nice as any fish. Brought back fond memories. Thanks.

[@davidosborn3356]

As always a very ‘watchable’ little video. Superb weekend watch.

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Many thanks!

[@Wairoakid]

Great video Mike especially the last shots- loved the close-ups. Thank goodness for the weather sealing on the OM-1

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Thanks 👍

[@brownie3609]

Great video Mike. Perch have a very sharp, boney points on their Dorsal Fins which would make for a very uncomfortable swallow!

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Thanks.

[@MrHasherd]

Well done Mike. Thanks for persisting.

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Thanks 👍

[@georgweyand88]

Thank you for this awesome video.

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

You are welcome

[@brucegraner5901]

I'm glad your dedication and determination was rewarded with those very nice parent and kit beaver clips at the end of your video. I've never photographed a wild beaver before but have had an opportunity or two to photograph river otters. The only time I photographed one out of the water was when I followed the sound of crunching and found an otter on a bank eating a brim. Unfortunately, what was left of the brim was the last thing to go down the otter's gullet and I ended up with two pair of eyes, one fish and one belonging to the otter, looking at me in the photo. It was weirdly off-putting but I look forward to trying again and, possibly, getting results more like yours.

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Thanks.

[@CamillaI]

Amazing what Cormorants can pouch. I saw one swallow an about 18 inch Pike. Great work on the Beavers Mike a difficult subject lovely to see them in action eating the Bark.

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Thanks.

[@berntlie6799]

Very nice. I grew up with a beaver in the attic... my dad was unlucky and killed a beaver with the car when it tried to cross the road one early morning, and we had it stuffed. There were beavers in the local river: they built a dam, and flooded the fields. Also, when we went fishing in a tiny lake which hosted beaver huts, they tended to splash their (flat) tails in the water when they got nervous, to warn other beavers. At my current employer, some beaver researchers have worked on a project to export beavers to Scotland, if I'm not wrong.

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

They have been released in Scotland.

[@Soefryd]

Never thought about the spiders making their web, but it’s amazing to watch. I must try to do a video of that.

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

I would like another opportunity

[@glenbrown5916]

Great video, loved the spider making its web

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Thanks!

[@liamfinch4129]

What dedication! thanks

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Any time

[@MJSPhotographyUK]

Great video Mike, thanks for sharing and I hope you have dried out that did look a bit wet.

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

The U.K. is getting wetter.

[@malcolmbrunt4139]

Great video. Took me back to the late 1950s when I was fishing on the canal. I’ve no idea what it was but I remember it as like a beaver that came swimming towards me. Could have been mink but they have a smaller head.

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Don't think we had beavers then. Coypu would have been around, now all gone.

[@malcolmbrunt4139]

@@MikeLaneFRPS thanks I’ve often wondered what it was. Love your videos. I

[@adrian-l1r5e]

mike great video

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Thanks.

[@encrovision9315]

Excellent work!...you certainly get about :)

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Many thanks!

[@SwanSycorax]

Lovelly, many thanks.

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Our pleasure!

[@dieterdiering3041]

Again a great video.

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Thanks.

[@mjsmith8741]

Mike d in you do some post video processing to restore colours?, my OM1 videos seem very flat using the “264” codex setting compared to yours. I use settings as you recommended recently

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

No I don't change the colours. I sometimes have to change the exposure slightly. Can't think of any reason for why yours are different.

[@mjsmith8741]

@@MikeLaneFRPS ok thanks

[@Wairoakid]

@@mjsmith8741 In the Mode that you use for your video setting- PASM -what is the Picture Mode setting for that Mode i.e i-enhance Vivid, Natural, muted etc. When you use 264 this is how you select the Picture Mode for the video. I have "264" selected in the video menu and P selected as Mode for my video and when configuring P in the MENU- Cam1/Tab 2 I selected Natural or Vivid as my Picture mode so my video records in the one I select. Make sure you have not selected Muted. Don't know why I have a line drawn through my text

[@blutey]

Might be the lens you're using.

[@tarjei99]

I was surprised that I could not see any lens support for the 150-400.

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

That i son my heavier tripod.

[@alecstewart9099]

Superb

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Thanks 🤗

[@ferriesdover]

In town, Canterbury,down from Sainsbury's,all locals know.

[@johngunning2123]

I wasn't aware there was Beaver in the UK. Are these escapees from a zoo? How on earth did they become wild in the UK?

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Bred in captivity and released into the wild. We do this with many species.