From failure to HAPPINESS // BIRD PHOTOGRAPHY in the forest 4K - techniques

[@laurencearnold5822]

Beautiful images Trond👍👍

[@KGsPhotography]

Beautiful images Trond. I love watching the Treecreepers going about their business up and down the trees. Cheers Keith

[@jaichndrn]

Spectacular, so cute and lovely fella.

[@trondwestby]

Thank you Jai! :)

[@malcolmross3782]

Hello Trond, great skill rewards great photographs. Thanks for sharing and stay safe.

[@trondwestby]

Hi Malcom! Thank you so much :)

[@littleoneadventures]

I love the really up close footage of the small birds, its very beautiful!

[@mikecrowley6485]

Super Photos Trond. The tree creeper is a beautiful little bird, I see them fairly often but rarely very close. 👍🏻

[@Khalid.Sharif]

Monopod is very convenient and useful in this of conditions.

[@trondwestby]

Absolutely! But I seems to not be a monopods best friend 😂 Keeps being in the way 🙈

[@keithdickson8364]

Great shots Trond. Those little birds would be hard to spot.

[@trondwestby]

Thanks Keith! Yes they are :)

[@LouisaLee63]

Great video. Love the photo of the bird from the back showing legs splayed to either side. It show the camouflage colors very nicely.

[@juanitakelly3082]

I would title the image at around 10:34 "Where's Waldo?" Yes, almost invisible and hard to catch at the same time. Beautiful shots!

[@trondwestby]

Haha.....true that :) Thanks for the comment.

[@hungrybearphotography]

Love your pictures (and videos of course). Greetings from Austria

[@trondwestby]

Thank you so much Kevin!

[@Rob.1340]

Fantastic. All the best. 👍📷😎

[@michellestewart7494]

FABULOUS!. ❤🇨🇦

[@MrTmiket0007]

Here in USA we call them Brown creeper and they always have the same behavior, starting always from bottom to top and around the tree 🐦👍🤗

[@GiuseppeGessa]

beautiful bird, and your pictures are great!!!

[@ShivaKumar-qb5oe]

Wonderful Even I am learning many things from your videos

[@angelaknight903]

Hi trond beautiful photos thank-you I was lucky on Friday & found pair of tree creepers making a nest the twigs they were carrying were twice the size of the tree creeper marvellous Then on Saturday the blue ties were having a look at the loverly nest Will have to keep my eye on them I found a view level with them absolutely brilliant really enjoyed my self thanks again ang

[@jonathansmithies]

The frame at 10:39 is my favourite Trond, with the warm orange light in the background! I have only photographed the treecreeper once and when I got home realised I had accidentally switched to jpeg and I'd blown the highlights. I was gutted! By the way, SNAP on the binoculars. The monarch m7's are really nice. It must be amazing to have the 45 megapixels on the Z9 as well for cropping into shots like that where the bird is further away. Keep it up mate, your videos are a source of constant inspiration.

[@trondwestby]

Thanks a lot jonathan for your support and kind words. ! Always a bad feeling when you switch over to jpeg without knowing.

[@cliftonwhittaker260]

Excellent work, Trond. I've seen several of these little creepers in the trees around our house but I've never been fortunate enough to photograph one. I keep hoping........ Spring is here but it is around 40F in the mornings. Maybe it will warm up soon and the spring migration will get underway. Usually the last half of April and the first half of May is the best time to photograph the warblers coming through out area. But the leaves are out and growing and the birds are getting harder to see. Just have to pick a good spot and sit and wait, and then move on to the next spot and sit and wait.

[@KevinNordstrom]

Well done Trond. Love the shots and yes, spring is the best. I love the smell of the earth waking up.

[@trondwestby]

Thank you so much Kevin! I agree....its a beautiful time :)

[@karistangebye]

Hello Trond Thanks a lot for an amazing video of a bitd i didn't know so much about before 💐👏🙌🥇

[@karistangebye]

Bird

[@trondwestby]

Thank you ! :)

[@marcobridsphotograhpy]

Hello Trond, thank you for your nice video, this is a very lovely small bird and there are very fast. Regards from Marco

[@trondwestby]

Thank you so much for your kind compliment and awesome support!

[@tonyfluertynaturephotograp5272]

Who ever came up with the name TREE CREEPER aint done never seen no tree creeper in the flesh. There ain't much creeping involved, Tree scamperer would be a much better name lol Lovely vid mate.

[@trondwestby]

Haha....funny. Thanks a lot!

[@russrichards]

Superb Trond, just superb. Love the camouflage of those little Treecreepers too! 👏👏

[@trondwestby]

Thank you so much!

[@colinhutchison7834]

I love your obvious enthusiasm for birds and photography, it encourages me to get out and enjoy the spring, thank you. Beautiful photos!

[@teepee7237]

Awesome video, I can't believe that you just published video about treecreeper.. I've been capturing that little creature a whole day today here in Finland 😊 I waited an hour in under one tree to get photo under the treecreeper along the log.. 😅

[@rene.khamitov]

Hi Trond. Thank you once more for all your videos! i also was managed to catch treecreeper/ it wasnt easy . greeting from springy Olkhon island, lake Baikal

[@frikartii]

Lovely. I sat and watched/photographed a pair of these little beauties build their nest, last week. It's a species which I often photograph but always get a buzz from. It's amazing what a variety of stuff they use to build a nest with.

[@trondwestby]

wow.....cool. Would have been a great experience.

[@johnhjic2]

Hello Trond, What a super video on one of the smallest woodland birds. Great work once more. Keep well, keep safe and just enjoy what you do.

[@trondwestby]

Hello John! Thank you so much !

[@uscameloptics]

Fantastic!❤

[@mrsbilko]

We regularly get one at a feeding station nearby. It began just feeding on one tree and now feeds on fat all feeder. It also has found woodpecker stash of crushed nuts and can be seen feeding for 10 + minutes without moving. Great video again. Everyone tells a story.

[@trondwestby]

Thats awesome! Thank you so much for the compliment.

[@CamillaI]

Very cute the Treecreeper Trond lovely footage ! I found a nesting pair behind some old tree bark a couple of years back awesome nest building 👍

[@trondwestby]

Thank you so much. I have made nesting box for them this year. Hope they use tem :)

[@TBuanes_Photography]

Absolute stunng bird

[@trondwestby]

Thanks a lot buddy!

[@MrTmiket0007]

Thanks so much for sharing another wonderful video like always Mr. Trond, you are awesome and I can say for sure that you are my mentor, I have been taking awesome pictures of shore birds here in long Island NY 🗽🐦🤗

[@trondwestby]

Thank you so much for your kind compliment and support!

[@laurelb8372]

Loved this video. Such a tiny bird, would be hard to spot so exciting to capture such good images. Reminds me of my efforts to capture tiny spotted pardalotes here in Australia.

[@trondwestby]

I am so glad you did. Thanks for your kind words and support.

[@SoVeryDog]

This video showcases the excitement and joy of bird photography in the forest during the spring season. The narrator shares their preparation and techniques for capturing stunning images of woodpeckers, tree creepers, and other birds in their natural habitat. Despite the challenges of finding and photographing these elusive creatures, the narrator successfully captures some amazing shots and shares their passion for the beauty of nature

[@JeffandLeslie]

I learned something today. We have a little bird called the brown creeper (Certhia americana) where I live in the USA. It looks and behaves just like your treecreeper. I researched and they are related. Not sure which yours is perhaps. Certhia familiaris (eurasian treecreeper). At any rate, they are related. I did not know there was a related bird in your part of the world. Always a good day when we learn something new.

[@PapaVeedy]

Fantastic! We have them here in BC too in our back yard but are very hard to follow. Love those birds! Your video is awesome!

[@trondwestby]

Thank you so much Dusty! They can be hard to follow. But so fun to spend time with :)

[@stefangoldensteinwildlife9929]

Hey Trond. Your videos are always great to watch. Another great episode. Spring is such a good time for birding. Greets Stefan

[@trondwestby]

Thanks a lot Stefan! You glad you enjoy. All the best for your photography!

[@SkylarkFields]

A wonderful sighting! We get them in the uk and I have tried to photograph them but not very successfully!!

[@trondwestby]

Thank you so much for you comment!

[@wolfgangrieger1246]

Great video. I love the tree creeper. It‘s hard to find the little bird. Only if he moves up and down the tree you can see him. I saw / photopraphed him three times in my whole live. Congrats Teond.👍👍

[@trondwestby]

Thank you so much for your kind compliment.

[@sarabateman8088]

Did you add an extender to your 600mm lens? I noticed you pulled something out of your bag and attached it to the camera then re-attached the lens.

[@Karkawry1970]

Nikon 1.4TC

[@trondwestby]

Yes I used a 1.4x extender :)

[@panepintosimone8140]

Ciao Trond, nice video as always. How do you feel about hand helding the 600? While I saw that you started with the 500 before to have the 600, I went straight to the 600 FL instead of the 500 FL, and after 2 years, I started to struggle in some situations to handheld long time that beautiful but heavy 600. For me tripod and monopod is a no no choice, I hate them especially for my kind of photography hunt. So, I was thinking to downsize to the 500, keeping F4 as a must. But I'm conflicted because the 600FL is an incredible lens, allows me to heavy crop without almost any loss of details. And even those 100mm extra are gold most of the times. Did you see any difference in quality between the two? Cheers

[@trondwestby]

It is okay. The FL version has a good weight. But still need to use good techniques to hand held it for longer period. No not optical. Only focal lenght. Witch I like a lot :)

[@AleksevichOleg]

😍😇

[@gotophotoarchive9131]

Is there no ticks in your area? I miss to sit just like this in the forest because we've got infestation with ticks in our parts of Europe.