How to Get Close to Birds for Photography Tips & Tricks | Geese

In this video, I show an approach for getting close to birds for photography | Tips & Tricks. Some geese started to feed regularly close to my home and one species which I've never seen in Scotland before, the Egyptian goose was amongst them. So immediately I dropped what I was doing and came up with a plan for photographing it.
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[@RichardBirchett]

Great shots Espen and really good advice and tips👍. All the best R

[@EspenHelland]

Thank you very much Richard!

[@raymondpenalver7095]

Loved this video so much Espen !

[@nabilabbas9992]

Wow ! Very nice work ..

[@joetag5429]

Duck for geese. Well done Sir.

[@johnmunro5983]

👍👍👍. The Egyptian goose seemed to think it was his field. He certainly wouldn't want to fly around too much when they are shooting, not with that target on his chest😉

[@wparo]

Nicely done. Thank you for the tips. Duck n Frame

[@paulinefollett3099]

Brilliant photos Espen. I loved the image of the Egyptian Goose in the rain.

[@GilWebster]

Forget the geese! fantastic video presentation, great production values. Lots to learn from it.

[@EspenHelland]

Thank you Gil!

[@dannydanquah3681]

My first time of seeing Egyptian geese. They are beautiful and oh your Muckmasters are awesome.

[@EspenHelland]

They are a life saver! Thanks Danny

[@johnhitchon8043]

Hi Espen. I have never seen an Egyptian Goose but you managed to capture this one really well. Thanks as always for sharing your amazing adventure. Looks like you have settled well in your new surroundings with new ground to discover as always great photos and video footage.

[@EspenHelland]

Many thanks John!

[@KGsPhotography]

Looked like a cold one Espen. We get a couple of Egyptian Geese on my local reserve every year, always look like a Goose with a black eye! Great video as usual. Cheers Keith

[@alb41ful]

Wow! I am so excited to have discovered your channel! Espen, you are a gifted teacher! Thank you for your amazing videos and teachable moments!

[@EspenHelland]

Thank up Louise 🙂

[@Rudy60426]

awesome tips an dvideo

[@seantomlinson3320]

I appreciate it, good advice. Now if only I could get close to the song birds around too!

[@touchedbynature5445]

Brilliant video, Beautiful photos. We have many Egyptian Geese here, Some say Egyptian Duck in Norfolk, in fact there is a very large population of Different Geese, in Norfolk it can get very noisy at times at some of the lakes. Many thanks for sharing.

[@EspenHelland]

Thanks Paul!

[@karthickpalani9887]

Such a beautiful bird and well framed as usual. Totally agree with your points sir, we should understand their habitat and approach them is the real wildlife photography

[@sverreedin4229]

Really useful tips thank you!

[@markus.herrmann.photography]

Such a stone wall is helpful ;) we have the egyptian geese here in Germany quite regularly.

[@ianh8396]

Yes, it is a pity we don’t have walls like that here in Germany.

[@omybeach8743]

Yes, and they are really a plague (although beautiful birds) now.

[@olemt]

Tons of these along the Moselle river. And they are less afraid of humans than humans are of them

[@avikmajumdar7668]

Ur tips and tricks helped me so much using those am clicking good photos now thank u

[@EspenHelland]

Happy to help!

[@sashaneemoht8764]

Pity the other geese couldn't understand Egyptian 😿 at least they were friendly! And they were smart... "keep your heads down" geese, when those guns were going off. (Grrr!) Happy New Year from Ayrshire, Espen. ✌

[@EspenHelland]

The Egyptian goose was definitely not friendly. Happy New Year Alex!

[@PeterLariviere1]

Great video with lots of tips for the spring migration...one difference will be access to fields since land ownership laws in Canada are a lot different than those in the UK and especially Scotland. But we do have a lot of country roads that parallel fields that will be useful for some photography opportunities...3 months to wait now!!

[@CamillaI]

We get loads of Canada Geese around Salisbury in Wiltshire but do get the odd Greylag which I consider more attractive. Usually on water near me so far easier to approach! The Egyptian is being seen as a bit of a pest now they breed so well ! Anyway good stalking skills all the best Mark 👍😍

[@EspenHelland]

Interesting! Thanks Mark

[@trevtaylor2322]

I love your videos Espan

[@shaunpell4926]

Great stuff Espen! Thanks so much for the inspiration, we have lots of dry stone walls around here, and I'll use the tips to see how I get on, not necessarily geese but other subjects especially now in lockdown as I shouldn't be going too far from home...👍

[@EspenHelland]

Absolutely, I'm quite lucky to have this on my doorstep and my nearest neighbour 1/2 a mile away

[@ansomeBob]

I've only just found your channel and loving going through your back catalogue, thanks for your work I have a sparrowhawk that sits in my tree about twice a week, she stays for 10mins unless disturbed, but is a little bit too far from the house for the 40-150Pro + 1.4TC. The first time I saw her, I managed to walk at a slow pace to around 15m and got 5mins with her before she took flight. But ever since, I try to creep very slowly towards her, but she's spooked as soon as I become visible. I'm guessing she's more nervous about things creeping up, she doesn't seem bothered about cars or people walking out in the road. Any tips apart from a hide? Do you think she will get used to me if I keep trying or will I scare her off for good? I'm not a bird person BTW Best regards from Wales

[@EspenHelland]

Thanks Bob! I think your best bet is to use a hide or try approaching in a car. Every bird of prey I’ve encountered are super aware of people and will not sit around if you approach visibly. Can you approach behind a structure? Even hang up something in between your house and where it lands that would hide your approach?

[@janfitch2760]

I’ve seen an Egyptian goose here in our river in Prato , Tuscany, but always one on its own. Why do you think they are often loners? Noticed the one you photographed was too. Great video as always.

[@EspenHelland]

They're such bullies so I can see why 😅

[@nikolatomasic4445]

Great and short video ... keep up with this short ones, I see a lot of vlogers doing 30 minute videos and talking too much and show nothing worth seeing. Your channel is great.

[@EspenHelland]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@shaunferguson8782]

Queston: What jacket are you wearing in this vid please? I 'm always looking for something hard wearing and warm for the winter months. I had a look on the links on your web site and on this vid but can't find it. cheers

[@EspenHelland]

Got it from Decathlon 👍 hunting section

[@julianwilliams4750]

Hi Espen. Who makes the jacket and trouser combo you rate in this video. Cheers

[@EspenHelland]

Got them from Decathlon 👍

[@phurbadukpa4375]

👍👍👍

[@Falkenroth1]

Those stone walls are impressive themselves. The time it took to build those.

[@EspenHelland]

They certainly are!

[@DrZeeple]

We get these geese too - they fly all the way down here to Taiwan - presumably from eastern Russia

[@ketankumarmakawana4313]

👍

[@RingWraith66]

What brand of clothes particularly the pants are you wearing in this video. Is it water resistant?

[@EspenHelland]

Yes, they're from Decathlon

[@mikesphotography7185]

We must be lucky here in Norfolk the Geese are very tame I can take images from 2mts we are a very flat wetland not like you up in Scotland you may have seen my video Walk like an Egyptian and yes I know not a very good video, stay safe.

[@EspenHelland]

Oh wow! I'm jealous!

[@oneoldgit]

Noisy devil

[@cwetfeet]

Once again, thank you for these videos.