Photographing Starlings in Flight Using the OLympus EM1 MkII and Pro Capture

[@genemaysonet3558]

Outstanding ty

[@rogerhance5883]

Thanks for the kind comment. Glad you liked it.

[@genemaysonet3558]

I just started getting interested in birds. This has helped me so much!

[@rogerhance5883]

I am glad you found it helpful. Birds are a great subject to photograph , although at times quite challenging.

[@yourvitamin9474]

Big thanks Please make more tutorials about Olympus I am Olympus user too Love from Korea 👍

[@rogerhance5883]

Thanks for the kind comment. I intend to produce more videos on using Olympus cameras.

[@RichardsModellingAdventures]

Amazing results

[@rogerhance5883]

Thank you. Thats appreciated.

[@Amazingpictures128]

Many thanks for this interesting video! I use the Olympus E-M1 II and the Olympus 75-300 II for birdphotography. For the beginning it’s really good!

[@rogerhance5883]

Glad you liked the video. Thanks for the kind comment.

[@kentownson7256]

Thanks, You're a very good teacher, all your information is important, tried & tested from personal experience, shared for the love of birds & bird photography. A joy to watch.

[@rogerhance5883]

Chees Ken. I appreciated your kind comments

[@sabyasachibanerjee124]

Excellent explanation and such wonderful crisp shots. Amazing!

[@rogerhance5883]

Thank you for the kind comment, and glad you found the explanation helpful.

[@mohammedabbas7776]

Lovely pictures and a nice explanation of how you got them. Thank you.

[@rogerhance5883]

Thank you Mohammed. Gald you liked it and found it helpful.

[@f248Miguelfco]

As always, good work and very good explanation

[@rogerhance5883]

Thanks for the kind comment . Much appreciated

[@tobiasdavid3096]

Great pictures. Very nice video. Thank you.

[@rogerhance5883]

Thank you Tobias

[@kevinseddon6860]

Excellent thank you

[@rogerhance5883]

Thank you Kevin

[@UrbaneHobbit]

Incredible!

[@rogerhance5883]

Thank you. Much appreciated.

[@catherinetremerryn]

Fantastic, - am set up, fingers crossed!

[@rogerhance5883]

Thanks Catherine. Good luck. I have sent you a link to a blog I have posted.

[@marcelvanlierop]

I liked watching your video! Thanks for your time and effort :)

[@rogerhance5883]

Thanks for the kind comment Marcel. Glad you liked the video

[@trevoranderson791]

Thanks Roger. Very helpful

[@rogerhance5883]

Thanks Trevor

[@tomgriffinphotographyakiwi6150]

Great video. I attended your presentation tonight at Rhyl Photographic Society and after meeting jumped straight on to your channel. Learnt a lot so far, thanks for being so informative. Keep it up. 💯

[@denisglennonsafaris]

Excellent Tutorial. Thank you.

[@rogerhance5883]

Thank you Denis

[@tomweis1194]

Lovely photos and great tips!

[@rogerhance5883]

Thank you Tom

[@berndbinnewies2757]

Great pictures, thanks for shareing.

[@rogerhance5883]

No problem Bernd . Thanks for the comment

[@solimode]

Thansk for sharing. Great work

[@rogerhance5883]

No problem Claude. Glad you liked it.

[@rlrphotography-uk]

Very good Tuition ,Your videos are improving with each one .Thanks for the tips well done .

[@rogerhance5883]

Cheers Roger. I think I am starting to get the hang of videos a bit more now and do not feel quite so strange talking to camera.

[@petedraper5185]

Cracking video: thanks a lot.

[@rogerhance5883]

Thank you Pete

[@cherylfisherphoto]

Superb images Roger, thank you for sharing

[@rogerhance5883]

Thank you Cheryl

[@koolkutz7]

Great action images of some stunning looking Starlings Roger :-)

[@rogerhance5883]

Thanks for the kind comment Steve

[@chriscull3222]

This was really useful Roger...blame you for all pictures I have posted....Great video

[@rogerhance5883]

Ha ha Chris. Glad it was helpful.

[@timcollingwood6158]

Hi excellent work, well done Regards Tim

[@rogerhance5883]

Thank you Tim

[@arefuddinahmed892]

Wow! Some outstanding captures of fighting European Starlings. Kudos to you Roger. Really enjoyed the video. I use Pro-Capture quite often. Your explanation of using the mode is really praise worthy.

[@tyik]

Wow, amazing photos.

[@rogerhance5883]

Thank you

[@chriscull3222]

Really enjoyed this...going to give this a go

[@rogerhance5883]

Thanks Chris

[@norbertjankowski9960]

Super!

[@Alan-mg3zi]

Nice shots Roger. Manage to pick up some ideas from your shots. Thanks

[@rogerhance5883]

Thanks Alan. Glad you liked the video and found it helpful.

[@craigb8379]

Terrific images, Roger 🙌🙌

[@rogerhance5883]

Thank you Craig

[@JH-qv3xv]

Just the tips I needed. Thanks

[@rogerhance5883]

Glad to be of help.

[@davelock3166]

Great stuff Rodger!

[@rogerhance5883]

Thank you Dave

[@whafrog]

Fantastic tips, and great shots! Just returned from a bust of a weekend where ducks were fighting but I was using AF with a crosshair shape, and almost none were in focus, instead the focus was on the still water in front of the birds. Very disappointing! I haven't tried focus peaking yet, I'll have to give that a go.

[@rogerhance5883]

Thank you for the kind comment about the video. Focus peaking only works with manual focusing, so I am not sure it would be the best option for fighting ducks which are moving. It may certainly be worth a try though. If your focus is sharp in front of the birds, you would need to move your focusingg crosshair up slightly. (I would use ieither single point focus or a small group of nine and have the camera set to C-AF for these type of shots) I hope this helps

[@WMedl]

Very impressive images and another lesson how important the preperation for such shots is. How do you manage the battery capacity when having the screen on and waiting? How can you shoot with one battery? Why don't you use a battery grip? And do you use a cable release?

[@rogerhance5883]

Thank you for the kind remarks. I do have quite a few spare batteries, and this enables me to have the screen on while waiting. To be honest, the birds are coming in quite frequently, so its not as if I am waiting for hours on end. I usually do a session like this for about an hour or so, so I will only get through one or maybe two batteries in this time. I do not own a battery grip. ( I am not even sure they make one for the MkIII ?) If I need the extra battery power I will use my EM1X body. I do use a cable release. Hope this answers your questions.

[@carolinecomparetto-iz4lz]

Hello, love your teaching, so helpful. As your using a tripod, do you switch the Ibis off? 10:21

[@rogerhance5883]

Thanks for the kind comment Caroline. To be honest, even though I have the camera on a tripod, I never switch the IS off. Olympus to recommend you do but I could not see any difference between images with it on or with it off.

[@jimreimer6140]

I think it would be nice to get the background even softer.

[@rogerhance5883]

I agree a softer background would,be better. Unfortunatelt I could obtian a softer background because it was too near the set up. When I do this again in the spring, I will introduce a false background.

[@kidlatazul]

How do you trigger the shutter? Do you use your finger or a remote? Have you tried controlling the shutter with oi.share? They're fantastic pictures. Thanks for sharing your experience.

[@rogerhance5883]

Thanks for the kind comments about the images. I do use a remote cable release. Its a lot easier than having to have your finger on the shutter button all the time. The OI Share App does not really work for this sort of shot because you need to `half depress the shutter button` and you cannot do this with a mobile phone. Quite easy with a remote. Hope this answers you question.

[@wilhelmienmarti2321]

great explanation, thanks a lot! Maybe I missed it but are you photographing on Aperture mode and auto iso or Shutter priority are Manual?

[@rogerhance5883]

Hi Marti, Thanks for the kind comment. I am shooting in aperature. I rarely use Auto ISO, - only when shooting video. When doing the se pictures I know roughly what the ISO should be depending on the lighting and aperature I am shooting at. Hope this helps.

[@wilhelmienmarti2321]

@@rogerhance5883 thanks for tour answer, but when I shoot in aperture and I want a shuttertime of 1/3000 the iso must be at least 6400 if it is a cloudy day! I am then curious hw you get the high shuttertimes with a limited iso?

[@rogerhance5883]

@@wilhelmienmarti2321 I am afraid the answer is not to shoot on cloudy days. Cloudy days are O.K for fairly static shots or portaits, where the bird sis not moving at speed but for birds in flight, there is no way around the `high ISO` problem. I only photograph birds in flight on days when its sunny and I know the light is going to be good. If its cloudy I try for other shots wher I can shoot at 1/800th sec or there abouts. Hope this helps.

[@alanlewis1593]

Really nice images, what's your post processing software do you use Topaz Denoise.

[@rogerhance5883]

Thanks for the kind comment Alan. I shoot in raw and import into Lightroom and use the sliders in this as a raw converter. Then export to Photoshop and do any shapening , cropping or tidying up. I do use Topaz DeNoise AI , but only on images where the ISO is 2000 and above. Below that, noise is not a real problem. Hope that helps.

[@alanlewis1593]

@@rogerhance5883 Great yes that helps thanks look forward to your next video

[@tariqalkindi8045]

Great photos Roger thanks for sharing. Are images at different places or it has to be the area where you focused only?

[@rogerhance5883]

Thank you for the kind comments Tariq. All the images in this particular video are taken in my own back garden.

[@tariqalkindi8045]

@@rogerhance5883 Ya wonderful & great effort i just wonder Birds will be clicked only when reaching the Focus you selected? or from various distances?

[@rogerhance5883]

@@tariqalkindi8045 No they will only be in focus when they fly into that position Tariq. The camera will fire when they are at various distances. Unfortunately you will get lots of images where the bird is just in from of or behind the point were its in perfect focus, so you need to take a lot of pictures. When you get a shot that is spot on though its worth all the ones that have not worked.

[@tariqalkindi8045]

@@rogerhance5883 Thanks so much for the kind respond I will try hope to success greeting from UAE

[@sjn2k]

What lens did you use Roger?

[@rogerhance5883]

OLympus 40-150mm F2.8