My Favourite images and video clips from 2024 along with a quick look at this years camera gear

[@JavierMorenoX]

Wonderful, you are one the bird channels more informative, if not the most, specifically about bird behavior, which I do appreciate. Keeping going please

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Thank you.

[@lesgibbon6781]

Hi Mike, you do a great job, one of the best, thanks for sharing. Cheers

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Thanks 👍

[@skaslusky]

Great series - Wishing you another year of great shots.

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Same to you!

[@Timbojo]

Exquisite!

[@raulaltabas3652]

Hi Mike. Thank you for all your videos. I enjoy them all a lot. Greetings from Spain.

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

You are very welcome

[@mustafakasapoglu]

All of them great and as a bird photographer I can imagine the afford behind. Thanks for sharing.

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Thanks.

[@mikelahaie83]

Great job Mike, your videos always inspire. May 2025 provide you with plenty of subjects and good health!

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Thank you.

[@cliftonwhittaker260]

Thanks for taking us along with you in 2024, Mike.

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

My pleasure!!

[@georgep5032]

Many thanks for entertaining and educating us. Best wishes to you & yours for 2025.

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Same to you!

[@TheGavner1]

Fantastic images Mike thanks for sharing

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@AndyM...]

HNY Mike, all the best for '25, some wonderful sequences there, I have all my photos and video clips (nearly 300 000) on a screensaver so 30 odd years of work displays at random and brings back many memories, I like that the videos display as well. Have a beaut year !!! 🤠😎

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Sounds great!

[@royholtschke3202]

Thanks for 2024, looking forward to 2025. Keep those fantastic photos coming.

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

That's the plan!

[@janfranken719]

Wat een geweldige opsomming van beelden en heel bruikbare tips .Heb met ingehouden adem zitten kijken .Nu gaat het weer goed met mij ,maak je geen zorgen .En wat een kwaliteit .Dank je wel .

[@geofffield7805]

Thanks, Mike. A lovely video reminding us of your wonderful videos from 2024, from which I have learned so much. I'm looking forward to following you in 2025.

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Thank you

[@bobbarnes808]

Excellent Video Mike, i enjoyed the Waxwings and Pied Flycatchers, interesting how the male lifted one wing at a time, presumably a sign of attracting a female, loved the drone footage, didn't know they can follow you, no more setting a camera to film you walking in to the distance and having to walk back to retrieve, thanks for sharing.

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Thanks

[@obetten]

Fantastic photo and video series. In addition to being a top nature photographer, you are also a very skilled communicator of everything that belongs to professional nature photography. You should consider a trip to Hornøya in Vardø in the far north of Norway. Preferably early April, it's absolutely spectacular. Looking forward to many nice videos from you in 2025.

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@bonilsson3161]

The videoshot at about 12,20, i really nice, I love when the birds are eating berries its so colorful.

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Thanks.

[@steveschnetzler5471]

Wow, impressive. Thanks for sharing it. I look forward to this years adventures.

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Our pleasure!

[@tarjei99]

Very well done! Exactly what a photographer wants to see. I'm particularly pleased with the demonstration of the drone, your comment on the 150-600 and you showing what ICDSee brings to the table. The images and video clips are excellent as they always are.

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Thank you.

[@micktoulmin4616]

Thanks for your great informative videos Mike your content and information is always of the highest standard bought the 150-600 after watching your videos use it with a cotton carrier vest loving it cheers Mike keep the videos coming 👍📷

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Great to hear!

[@andysim232]

superb. just getting into animal photography. Its a steep curve but so rewarding.

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

It really is!

[@dzjing]

thank you very much for your weekly naturebomb, I enjoy them very much!!

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Glad you like them!

[@duncancookdrummond3273]

Hi Mike, thank you for sharing your excellent wildlife films and photos in 2024. All the best to you and your family for 2025.

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Thanks, you too!

[@Sam_new_1]

Hello Mike, a great collection of photos/videos as always. Thanks for all the youtube videos of 2024!

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

My pleasure!

[@johnbarnstable6103]

Love the fox photos like you say the autumn colours look so natural with the fox.Happy new year to you. JB

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Thank you! You too!

[@jeanlouis83]

Good job Mike and Happy new year 2025

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Thanks

[@philparker97]

Some excellent photos and video clips for the year, and of course, a broad variety of wonderful birds - I like the organisation of files as well.

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@louisswaim7024]

Thank you for sharing this wonderful retrospective. I loved the Waxwing footage. For weeks, I’ve been photographing Cedar Waxwings feasting on ripe persimmons on the tree in my neighbor’s tree here in Oakland, California. Quite a treat to watch!

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@garywebster8355]

Fantastic shots. I've learned a lot from watching your films over years thank you Mike.

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Many thanks!

[@johnpark8297]

Fantastic collection of video and stills Mike. Hope that 2025 is a productive year for you. Thanks for all your films over the past year, always a real treat to watch 👍

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Thanks, you too!

[@andirutherford2615]

Really loving the pictures and learning from them thanx

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Glad you like them!

[@Richard-c6u1i]

Your videos are great, Mr Lane. What a lovely gentleman you come across as. Very informative and most importantly very interesting. Bravo to you.

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Glad you like them!

[@markwhitesell4491]

2024 was a good year for you.... looking forward to your adventures in 2025! Happy New Year!

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Thanks

[@stevevickers2844]

Well what a year for you Mike you have a lot to be really proud of - long may it continue. Happy new Year to you and yours. SMV

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Thanks.

[@JH-qv3xv]

So many beautiful and interesting shots. Thanks for sharing.

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@CamillaI]

I particularly liked the Waxwing, Bulfinch defending the feed and Flycatcher video but all great work Mike best wishes for 2025

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@jenniebrindley6821]

Really enjoyed these, thanks, wishing you a happy new year, Jennie

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Thank you! You too!

[@malcolmbrunt4139]

Happy New Year Mike. Many thanks for your lovely images and video.

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Many thanks!

[@jonathanashton4758]

Most enjoyable Mike, can’t say what I particularly enjoyed - because I enjoyed it all.. Happy New Year.

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Same to you!

[@rogerhance5883]

Great video Mike. The Dji Neo looks a god bit of kit.

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Hi Roger, I have replied to you comment several times, but it does not appear to work.

[@rogerhance5883]

@@MikeLaneFRPS I dont know why that would happen. This comment has come through.

[@asadsyed8186]

Dear Mike Wonderful collage 👏🏻👏🏻 You have a wealth of information about where to go and when I have recently retired and want to spend more time on photography Can you please publish or message me directly if more appropriate about the places to go and how to plan for the year Many thanks dr Asad

[@RaulSuarez-re9sg]

Beautiful! Thanks and Happy New Year!

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Same to you!

[@edwardrussell5413]

Great stuff Mike, all the best for 2025

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Same to you.

[@marcalmecija5761]

good job

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Thank you.

[@MJSPhotographyUK]

Great video, Mike. Happy New Year.

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Thanks.

[@paulhanger7242]

That drone is amazing! Lovely pics though

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Thanks.

[@mauricebawden9561]

Thanks for sharing !

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

My pleasure!

[@twitcherspictures]

Fantastic video Mike.

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Many thanks!

[@sdrtcacgnrjrc]

Wonderful! Thanks Mike

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Glad you liked it!

[@michaelbierbaum-z5x]

Happy new year Mike, thanks for sharing your very nice vids and images you got last year. Looking forward seeing more of it. Wish you good luck many greetings Michael.👍

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Thanks, you too!

[@christophercross571]

Many thanks Mike for a lovely review of your year. I have watched them all over the last 12 months, so much inspiration for me to get out there more often. Being a stills shooter for many years, I’m now starting in video. Please could I have a recommendation for user friendly video editing software. Best wishes, Chris.

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Thanks for your comments. I use Power Director. I find it simple and easy to remember.

[@christophercross571]

@@MikeLaneFRPSMany thanks Mike, I will take a look at that one.

[@MeneerMX]

thanks for the update and your continued inspirational and educational posting. You are not quite right about the 150-600mm zoom - it is easier to use than you stated about rotating as it is a trombone zoom in that you can push and pull it to zoom in/out. I use the knob on the lens hood to help me zoom in/out. It;s a very sharp and great lens. Folk moan about the weight but it's only about 10% heavier than the BWL and I don't see many posts complaining about the weight of that lens!!!

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

I didn't say it was difficult. I was emphasising how far you can zoom. It just seems to keep zooming like no other lens.

[@StephenBrooks-e9m]

Fantastic images and videos. Happy new year. Do you use ACDc to edit as well as sort your images?

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

No, only for the database features, but editing options look comprehensive.

[@BHPhotography2024]

Great video mike! Why don't you get the sony a1 II thats got 4K 120fps and with animal/bird af!

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Money!

[@anniehuang4420]

Happy New Year, Mike. I love all that you have photographed, the sharp photos and slow-mode 4-K videos. What software do you use to process the video clips?

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Power director. It is simple and easy to remember,

[@przybylskipawel]

Lovely images! Do you grade them?

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Not the video.

[@theflyingdutchman7127]

hi mike You can safely say that 2024 has been a very good and beautiful photo year for you, with beautiful images in every respect. I hope that Om-system will add 120 frames per second and with Af to the Om-1 MK II through a firmware update. I think that should be possible very well. Have you already contacted Om-systems about this? I wish you a good and beautiful photo year and good health for 2025. with kind regards from the Netherlands.

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

I hope and expect they will, but they don't pay much attention to me. Happy New year.

[@NozzerMW3]

Great video Mike, which package of ACDC are you using? I need this software myself to catalogue my images. Thanks

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

It is the Photo studio Ultimate 2021 version.

[@oneoldgit]

My biggest problem is storage space

[@NatPhoto56]

Lovely collection of images. I noticed in ACDSee that the images were all jpegs??

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

You can tell it which folders to catalogue and I only want it to show my Master Picture folders with all the processed files in. The raw files I keep elsewhere, but sometimes wonder why as I almost never use them again.