Hides for Wildlife Photography

Hides for wildlife photography
Mike Lane wildlife photography www.nature-photography.co.uk
Buteo Hides www.buteophotogear.com
3 way joints for alloy poles sold by www.twowests.co.uk
Equipment I use or are mentioned in the videos I produce for KZbin. These are affiliate links and this channel will receive a small commission at no charge to you.
Olympus Cameras
OLYMPUS OM-D E-M1X Camera amzn.to/36ebMR7
OLYMPUS OM-D E-M1 MARK II Camera amzn.to/2GljWfO
Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III Camera amzn.to/33ZUpRa
Olympus Lenses
Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 300mm f/4 IS Pro Lens amzn.to/2S3PzNm
Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 40-150mm f/2.8 IS Pro lens amzn.to/3jbt9px
Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 7-14 mm F2.8 PRO Lens amzn.to/343ZeJv
Olympus M.Zuiko DIGITAL ED 100-400mm F5.0-6.3 amzn.to/3ifEvY6
Other Lenses
Panasonic LUMIX 100-400 mm LEICA Lens amzn.to/3mYb8gD
Tripods
Manfrotto 502 Fluid video Head with flat base amzn.to/30j6fFg
Hides
Photo hide Buteo Mark II One Person amzn.to/2S6H4RF
Bag throw over hide in leaf amzn.to/30hXYBh
Bag throw over hide in army dpm amzn.to/34b9Xlc
Bag throw over hide in waterproof army pattern amzn.to/2G6mcHS
Camera Bean Bags
Grippa Camera Bean Bag, Prefilled amzn.to/3jcvn7Y
Grippa Camera Bean Bag , Empty amzn.to/3mYQHjs
Camera Bean Bag, Prefilled amzn.to/2S9sJE9
Grappler Camera Bean Bag, Army Prefilled amzn.to/2S83UZe
Grappler Camera Bean Bag, Leaf Prefilled amzn.to/2Gfbw9y

[@RetrieverTrainingAlone]

I like a hide because I can wait comfortably in a chair, then shoot photos of waterfowl at the water level laying on my belly when the ducks are swimming by. My favorite is a Guide Gear Deluxe Pop-Up hide that cost about $50.

[@petra8888]

💚💚 the last one seems the best😂

[@perritohiker]

😊 I always appreciate the bit of wit at the end. 👍

[@skakdosmer]

😄 Great hide, the last one!

[@javireyesnespral]

I’m a proud owner of a buteo hide. In a few days I’ll be following your kingfisher advices inside it. Thanks foe sharing your wisdom!

[@DrewLocost]

I want the last one 🤣

[@rogerhance5883]

Another good video Mike. Like the fun bit at the end

[@nelsonliu5884]

Thank you for your informative video, Mike! Very helpful.

[@patthompson1253]

Thanks Mike - Outstanding reviews :)

[@Falkenroth1]

Thank you for your efforts in showing the hides.

[@kipmay5101]

This was a very helpful video. You answered so many of my questions. Thank you

[@alantunnicliffe8801]

Loved the review and the last hide LOL......

[@juanelecas]

Love it, specially the last one!

[@Henry30065]

Very helpful and useful advice. Thank you.

[@NikCan66]

Brilliant information about buying a hire. Greatly appreciated

[@rmanuelb]

Very nice... very nice indeed. Thanks! Loved the end by the way.

[@tomwhitmore]

Just a quick thank you for creating the content you do. The weather this week has been miserable most of the time so my time out in the field has been limited. I watched your Little Grebe video and never realised these were so close to me on the Cromford Canal! I had a walk down their yesterday and found them straight away. Will be returning in the spring for their mating plumage.

[@adrianj.wildlifephotograph1965]

I've been resisting the urge to get a hide and instead settle for just wearing camo clothing... but you're really swaying me to get one. Definitely going to have to shop. Thanks for the video!

[@stevehotshotsantini9777]

Excellent Mike, very informative, well presented as usual, and really funny ending... You're a star... Keep it going sir..! ...

[@jamamafegan4]

Brilliant, thanks for this Mike. The Buteo tent looks like a brilliant hide and I’m surprised it’s not one of the popular options when you search on google. Took me a bit of digging to come across it. I think I will get one now. Cheers

[@petedraper5185]

Thanks for the insight. I am going to purchase a chair hide, it appears to be exceptionally practical as it folds down into a backpack. Now I have quite a few acres of private farm land to wander about on, it will be ideal.

[@tomsiteman5731]

Great video Mike!

[@josejaviergarcia4832]

Hi Mike, great video as usual. The quality of the content of your channel is just amazing. Your experience, your communication skills and your jokes, makes of it one of my favourites, so THANK YOU. When for a video explaining how to use the hide from a practical perspective in order to approach wildlife?, when and where to set it up?, tricks being inside, etc. Best regards form Spain.

[@79_air-arms-shooter29]

Brilliant review this , thank you

[@johngunning2123]

Interesting video Mike. I agree with you, sitting in a hide allowing the birds to come close is a great way to photograph the wildlife and one of my favourite ways to photograph birds. I have a Buteo single man hide and have had some difficulty folding it back down so that it fits inside the carrier bag it came in. Once you learn how to do it it's easy but not initially. Here in Queensland Australia, the polyester can become uncomfortable in anything but the winter months. Another good tip is to take some water with you and in the Australian bush, there are always the dreaded ants to contend with. The internal pockets are great to carry a supply of repellent.

[@tuomas_aho]

Great video, loved the ending! Hahah 👍

[@MDMiller60]

Mike, I almost spit out my cereal when you showed the very last one that you may not be able to find, if you leave it. Thank you for your bird and hide videos. michael, Connecticut USA

[@davidosborn3356]

😃 once again very enjoyable. You never gave us the stockist for the invisi-hide though!

[@Thultmark]

Where can I purchase that last hide you demonstrated?! You took a leaf out of Philip Pullman’s world. Brilliant. Many thanks

[@jerryhutchinson2543]

Excellent vlog with great advice. Where did you buy the last one....???

[@BadgerBotherer1]

Great video, although wish you'd given us more information about the invisible hide at the end. I had a Jamie Wood hide when I started bird photography in the nineties. It came to a sticky end when it was run over by a tractor somewhere near Cardiff. Just as well I wasn't in it at the time! The only thing that survived was the head of my Benbo Trekker tripod.

[@jangoddefroy5628]

Tragopan also has nice and functional nature photographer hides with loads of details specially developed for nature photographers .

[@kangzau1006]

Very helpful and Hilarious ending. I think that's the 4th one is the real TARDIS hide

[@robertvantzelfde3162]

Hide nr2 is the best👍I have to have one

[@gileselliott]

Where can I buy the fourth one? Is it easy to fold up once you find it again? Thanks for sharing your knowledge - very useful.

[@pablogonzalez8304]

I like the third one but with the second camo pattern maybe they have digital cam pattern or walk around in a ghillie suit

[@phughes696]

Great video, also I love your bean bag very good I got from your website . did you ever use a Simon King hide. I was thinking of getting one looks good. Great video and photography thank you

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

No I have not used one.

[@MsTri1988]

Ok my teacher!

[@adrianmoore8200]

i got Simon King hide i use in my back garden

[@strac2534]

I need the last one

[@adamkrauss303]

Thanks but missing from this, as I find from many other hide reviews, is video showing you sitting inside with camera and tripod set up so we can better gauge ergonomics.

[@giuseppemarz]

Good evening, where can i buy it? Please can you write me the link

[@snap-n-shoot]

Tragopan Photo blinds are the best on the market.

[@ashstubbings2603]

Hi Mike. Thanks for the video. quick question if I may? I'm looking for a hide I can use from my mobility scooter. Now, obviously I would have to enter the hide from the back or somewhere, but I would need it to open out fully so that I could just 'drive' in! Can you recommend anything? The two-man one that you showed would be big enough but doesn't seem to open fully. Many thanks.

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Hi Ash, The hide doors do not fully open. It is very easy to pull the hide over the top of you and I do that 50% of the time rather than use the door. I just sit on my stool and lift up one edge of the hide pulling it over my head. Both the Buteo hides would be hard to erect and fold from a sitting position though. Mike

[@ashstubbings2603]

@@MikeLaneFRPS My apologies for the delayed response to your message. I think what I might do is just go for the cheapest option and buy some Camo Netting to just drape over the scooter. Thanks for your help.

[@aquaticcolledgefishing]

Can you send me a link to the last hide please. At least I can buy it and my Mrs won't notice 🤣👍

[@ChrisGradyPhoto]

Hello Mike, I was just wondering where you get the camo material from? Many thanks.

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

We sell it at www.wildlifephotographyshop.com

[@ChrisGradyPhoto]

@@MikeLaneFRPS Thanks Mike. Just ordered some.

[@davidburchettephotography6513]

Get some seam sealer for those seams 😉

[@przybylskipawel]

Hi! I am considering buying a bag hide and one that pop out at me is EVO Oak by outdoorphotographygear. It is very small, lightweight and gives you full view as it is semi-translucent. But based on your experience, does semi-translucent material work as a camo material? I mean does it cover me enough from the eye of a bird? Or does it have to be made of solid fabric?

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Semi-translucent sounds like the clear-view netting I use in my wooden hides. Works there because inside the hide is dark. Not sure how that would work on a bag hide. I use a bag hide made of light cotten. It does need to be lightweight else it is very uncomfortable.

[@przybylskipawel]

Well... this semi-translucent one weighs 500g. Regular is around 750g. Not much, I guess

[@przybylskipawel]

@@MikeLaneFRPS Do you use one made by Buteo photo gear?

[@rolandrick]

Where can I get hide #4? 😁😁

[@johndoe-nh9sh]

Main hide I use is a single person one from Wildlife Watching Supplies. More like a tent to put up and with a snood for your lens. I've also got a cheaper one from ebay, one of those that disc types that spring out into a square hide, which I'll leave out for days at a time. Biggest problem I have is after a while sitting on a fold out stool one of my legs is guaranteed go to sleep =)

[@hamonangansilabanmonang9387]

Lae Speaking Indonesian

[@sanchitraheja8167]

Hi Mike, The amazon link for the buteo hide is broken. Can you post usa links as well so we can use your links. Thanks !

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Here is their web site. www.buteophotogear.com I don't see them on Amazon USA. The Amazon UK link works from my end.

[@davestokes3446]

That's why I have so much difficulty folding mine, I don't stand on it!

[@nicksmith557]

What seat do you use in a hide?

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

A camping stool mostly. Picnic chair sometimes.

[@derricksalisbury7631]

Great video from the invisible man

[@jadepayne1326]

Do hides make birds feel more comfortable and act normal in the garden then they do when you just sit there?

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Yes they do.

[@JasonFischer2711]

I would love this method too. But you clearly arent a smoker haha

[@garybrown9719]

Im selling all my Panasonic gear canon and fuji gear to fund the 150-400mm Have not read the em1x manual No custom settings yet No my menu set up I love my new em1x 4-15-2021 photographed & video 1st track meet With a Tamron 70-300mm via VILTROX adapter On em1x focus was fast enough for long jump Continues focus work Video worked Tracking worked And I have no clue how to go into the new menu to refine my settings Im very impressed with the new supper control panel.