Jays in flight in very dull light (Sony A1)

[@stans6582]

EXCELLENT , Mike your tips are so practical and easy, I really enjoy your work..............thanks

[@steviebye1]

Beautiful pictures.

[@morlepeter3973]

Sehr schön anzusehen 👍 👍 👍

[@neonbirding2680]

Very clever set up you have there. Great tips too. Thanks.

[@seanmacgowan616]

Thanks for the info. another great vid.

[@robertbohnaker9898]

Nice Rig , Mike. Good shooting setup idea. 👍

[@RobJorg]

love these birds,. good video Mike.

[@kathleeneveritt5340]

Cracking video so good to see what an a1 can do in the hands of a skilled photographer, I get fed up on Facebook when folks moan about not getting all their flight shots sharp and blame the equipment

[@cliftonwhittaker260]

As usual, Mike, a thoroughly enjoyable video. Entertaining, educational and well done. Thank you.

[@CarolineOrdHume]

Great video and tips. It's a nightmare when your settings have changed and it's not obvious which one! Or you get home and realise you have done a whole session but forgot to change one setting before you started. I love and appreciate your videos and the work put into production. Cheers :-)

[@gojoe36]

Good video. I like how you analyzed that a Jay can hold at least 5 peanuts. Most people wouldn't think of that. Nice job 👍

[@rogerhance5883]

Great video Mike. I do wish you would stop `banging on` about the Sony A1 !!!! I want one !

[@rongiesbers6458]

Thanks Mike

[@adrianmoore4690]

great video and nice shots

[@SkylarkFields]

Fantastic info, footage and stills. Agree that acorns look better, a more natural food item. A couple of times I have wondered why my camera just won't focus and then realised I have knocked a little dial on the front from C to M - therefore it was wanting me to manually focus, which I never do. Even though I had done it before I still couldn't work out what was wrong when it happened again. I am hoping it will now be ingrained into my brain.

[@Pedro-nf2rr]

Muy buena la técnica.Gracias por compartir!o.

[@richardbedford6166]

Good work!

[@blutey]

It's good you mention the camera used so people can see what it's capable of. Sometimes you see a nice video and want to know what camera and lens the KZbinr used but frustratingly they don't disclose it.

[@curtiskrueger1889]

Great technique. Can't wait to try it out. Thanks for the video.

[@timmienorrie]

Special. Love this bird.

[@patthompson1253]

You nailed it Mike. I photograph Jays a fair amount and I will adopt the two tray system - it's brilliant. Rather than hanging about hoping you are in the right spot, Thanks

[@davelock3166]

Great video and info again Mike. DXO pureraw is a gamechanger for us Olympus users!

[@CamillaI]

Nice one Mike ! I captured a Jay in flight on my travels last week ! I had to crop quite a bit too but with the Sony A1 an awesome sequence ! 👍😍

[@chrzanik666]

So glad I subscribed 👌

[@wildhomevideos]

Too bad about the wrong setting. But you still got some magnificentimages👍

[@JoeHTX]

Fantastic video Mike!

[@Richcovephoto]

Thanks for a great vid and tips.. I’m a Sony A4 shooter it’s amazing too in low light. Good to know you treat yourself from time to time with a couple of trays!👍🏻

[@Conny666]

Great picture. In Swedish the bird's name is Nötskrika 😉

[@cerealkiller4248]

What a great start to the weekend 😁 I’m going to set up my feeders later, took them down as there were brazen rats everywhere 😳

[@SwanSycorax]

Thanks Mike. Amazing photos and some great tips - as ever. I am a Nikon man with major investment in kit so cannot afford to switch to Sony, however, I do have the new Z9 on order which is also supposed to be amazing so am looking forward to trying something like this. In the meantime I will have to make do with more mundane photos and videos such as one I posted of a visit to Pulborough Brooks two days ago!!

[@NotSoGoodGamingTV]

Great vid and shots! Those pictures of when they hop look so strange, almost as if the bird was standing on air.

[@benedux]

I sometimes get really annoyed by those locked dials on my D750 because it's just a nightmare to turn them with my left hand when I'm holding a large zoom. But then again I also manage to turn them by accident unnoticed sometimes. Maybe sometimes I think mode selection should not be on those dials at all.

[@markelliot2994]

Great shots and advice…first time here…wow nearly $9000 for camera and lens…those are mighty expensive bird photos…

[@arieveloo9808]

......have the same problem with my lumix g9......never had the problem with the Canon 7d .....many very small buttons and so......and with our big fingers it's not always easy :-)

[@johngunning2123]

Brilliant as usual. Just curious as to how you knew which direction the Jay was going to appear from?

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Hi John, All winter the Jays come in mostly from the right. I am making up numbers, but lets say in 3 hours I get 20 visits, 15 from the right, 10 times they land on the right hand tray and 6 times they fly from the right tray to the left tray. That would be a good success rate. Especially as the Sony A1 gets it right almost 100% of the time.

[@corneliustitiu8739]

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

[@lucieni]

Not enough Jays in the U.K. anymore.. So rarely I see one nowadays x

[@joet9451]

Do you run all images thru dxo pure raw before importing into Lightroom or whatever editing suite you use. Thank you

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Yes all of them . This is very recent and I need to look at other options too.

[@joet9451]

@@MikeLaneFRPS thank you. I’m having the same dilemma

[@MsPernickety]

Hi what "focus area" do you use on the A1? Love watching your videos. Thanks.

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Always on Wide but with bird eye tracking on.

[@MsPernickety]

@@MikeLaneFRPS Thanks Mike.

[@pematamang9268]

What lens do you used?

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Sony 200-600mm.

[@oneoldgit]

DNO? DXO?

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

www.dxo.com/dxo-pureraw

[@oneoldgit]

@@MikeLaneFRPS thought that is what you meant. Excellent video as usual.

[@SerielThriller]

Could you make some more affordable videos? I love your ideas but can't keep up with the price!

[@maximme]

in my location, SONY is responsible for the LARGEST camera migration known. Flocks of new users. Where we used to see only 1 or 2 users in the field, now, almost 1 in 3 pax is on a SONY. what about in your location ?

[@johndoe-nh9sh]

I've always seen more Canon users than any other manufacturer and now see a lot of R5s, I guess partly because you can use (adapted) EF glass with them. I think the UK price of the A1 (£6.5k) plus another £1.5K+ for the 200-600 puts people off switching but I do see a few people with the a9ii + 200-600. I switched (from Canon) over two and a half years ago and I'm yet to see another Sony user with a 600 F4.

[@mikesoegtrop]

Mike, thanks for the tip on getting bird in flight shots. I will try this. Cheers @mikesoegtrop

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Welcome.