Scottish Photography Hides near Dumfries

[@paulharvey2396]

Dear Mike, I have only discovered your good work in the last few months. I feel very strongly that I want the precious wildlife you have photographed, to be still present on planet earth in another 1000 years -- can we be confident of this? I am understanding very strongly how the planet system will fail in another few generations -- it is too late, they say, for many species, but for others we may be able to do something. Thank you Mike. Thank you for this loving gift of beauty = which is God I find.

[@tomking3800]

Super images and video Mike

[@iandavidbrown7667]

another brilliant video, thanks Mike

[@johngunning2123]

What a fantastic couple of places.

[@ashstubbings2603]

Brilliant Mike! Many thanks.

[@martinpettinger]

Cheers Mike ... a very enjoyable watch and very informative .

[@capturingnaturewithsandip]

Beautiful video.

[@davidosborn3356]

Very interesting and another very enjoyable video

[@kathrynhall9920]

i enjoyed this so much, great photography. You must have had a wonderful time.

[@wildlivelover.]

Thank you Mike for the great video's i like them verry mutch greatings Peter from Liechtenstein.

[@dieterdiering3041]

Many thanks for this Video

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

You are welcome

[@dieterdiering3041]

@@MikeLaneFRPS 👍

[@BenjaminAdamsVu]

Very nice shooting locations there, I'd love to visit someday, CHEERS!

[@touchedbynature5445]

Amazing Photographs. Beautiful Captures. Looks Like A Photographs Dream. Many Thanks For Sharing Your Knowledge And Photography.

[@catherinetremerryn]

Wonderful filming and stills - incredible

[@brianlaunchbury4491]

Wonderful images. Very interesting place.

[@ammadoux]

beautiful, wonder how i miss it before, thanks so much.

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@animalesenaccion.]

Excelente trabajo, enhorabuena por el resultado.

[@michaell5038]

Thanks for great video. Looks a good place to shoot.

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Yes worth a visit.

[@michaelhawkins1173]

As always terrific video with wonderful photographs. Thank you

[@rumin8470]

The launching woodpecker shots are simply amazing.

[@VideoNatur]

Once more a great video, Mike! Wonderfull location for birding! Kind regards, Rolf

[@TheRealMartin007]

Great footage!

[@tiitushanf5726]

Lovely video mike! 👍

[@wildaboutbirds71]

So much inspiration and so many ideas to develop my own set ups here. Always enjoy your videos, Mike. Cheers mate

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Great to hear!

[@Glasgowurbanwildlife]

wonderfull images and video footage Mike! Fudgey is a good freind of mine! he really does know his stuff!

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

How he finds time to run it all is amazing.

[@satcat]

Been here several times, cracking setup ..Keep up the good work Mike.

[@SwanSycorax]

Many thanks for a great video.

[@TITAOSTEIN]

Wonderful trip!! Great Pictures and very pleasing video to watch! Thank you Mike!

[@perduealexandra5736]

I’m not a photographer but my husband is very keen. I’ve so enjoyed looking at this video, thank you so much. We live in the country on 3 acres of farm land in North central Florida and we’re lucky to be surrounded by amazing birds which we feed from 6 different feeders. Yesterday a Crane spent the day on our front lawn with our two pet donkeys. Hope she comes back though I suspect she’s at the pond next door with her friends.

[@cliftonwhittaker260]

Excellent video, Mike. Very informative as well as entertaining. As always, looking forward to your next post. :)

[@JoeHTX]

Great video Mike! That is an awesome set up that Alan McFadyen has. I wish there was something comparable in Texas.

[@vladepast4936]

you are getting better with this....Thank you for sharing!

[@JimNicholls]

Brilliant, Mike - thanks for showing this.

[@nickclaytonphotography]

Very nice Mike, Dad & I visited those very same hides of Alan's, plus the cuckoo & restart hides in early May this year. A fantastic set up, & with Alan being a pro photographer he really has an eye for the backdrop the we all love. We're booking again for next year, at a different season (Autumn) & very much looking forward to it. I meant to do some video myself, but as you say (especially with the badgers & sparrowhawk), you have to make your mind up between stills and video; & I chose stills. Excellent vlog, thanks for sharing. Best, Nick

[@daviddowling9830]

I agree with looking at your images immediately,nothing left to chance.it doesn’t bother me what other people like or dislike,it’s my time to do with as iI wish.

[@alanmcfadyen9407]

Huge thanks Mike.... done it justice and a whole lot more 🙏🙏🙏

[@thomasreed49]

You’re the best Olympus user Bar none

[@photobugz]

WOW! What a fantastic facility! I live in Washington State, USA and there is nothing like this available for public use (not that I can find anyway). You blokes in the UK are sooo lucky! Thanks very much for posting!

[@blutey]

Sounds like a business opportunity for someone out there!

[@MartinJSmithPhotographyUK]

Thanks for sharing Mike, Great video and it looks like you're enjoying the OM 1.

[@lisabirdluvr9742]

Mike, that was a totally awesome video! I really really like all of your videos but that 1 was amazing. Thank you so much for sharing. What a totally awesome experience!

[@LouisaLee63]

Amazing hides. Thanks for sharing!

[@bestpix100]

Wonderful images and footage, thanks for your time and effort

[@davdenic]

that's something I have to try

[@michaelhosken255]

As always, another incredible video. Thanks very much for putting these videos together. They are so very interesting, not just from a subject matter perspective but also from a tehnical aspect. Please keep up the great work!

[@wildcat1065]

Wonderful setup. Doesn't sound as though you got much sleep! I believe that the new Canon R7 has procapture.

[@bobforgas8420]

Great stuff. Thanks.

[@kasturiranganp]

Great videos! And tracking mammals is also very good. The learning here is to prep yourself before the shots.

[@janehooren1087]

A great review of Alan's hides - love the inflight pictures of the woodpecker. My partner and I have spent many hours in the hides. The most recent been the kingfisher, otter hide And the day time Tawny owl, which were great. We also recommend the hides to friends. The hides are well maintained. Alan also checks, that everyone is ok with the settings required for each hide. Highly recommend everyone goes to at least one of his hides 🙂

[@abzjaynesimmons]

Just home from there. Could have done with a few of your tips at the time. Some great shots

[@skakdosmer]

Wonderful!

[@rogerhance5883]

Great video Mike. I have heard about Alan's hides and set ups, but never been. I will add that to my bucket list.

[@CamillaI]

Went past Alan's photography hides last week ! Next time an amazing set up ! Great to see thanks for sharing !

[@wowazaharow3930]

Прекрасные фотографии ! Удачи и успехов ☺

[@anneniven2445]

Great review Mike. Went for the first time a couple of weeks ago but will certainly return- and you are right, he is affordable ( really that should read charges too little! For the quality of hides)

[@mikecullis8401]

Great video Mike. I visited the hides 6 years ago and I can see that he has substantially extended the hide set ups. The installed tripod bases must have made life much easier as well. The Kingfisher hide I guess has gone now! This led to much bewilderment for the unknowing at the time as to how people get such dramatic images of these little birds, followed by many entries into camera club competitions!

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Kingfisher hide is being rebuilt.

[@tintin69rr]

I’m tempted to move over to Olympus from canon r6&r7 as the rolling shutter on them are shocking are the images fine detail as sharp as the full frame and such

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

I am very happy with mine and show the results on YT. Take a look at "dennis jacobsen Hercules nature reserve in Sweden" on YT. His is one of the best wildlife photography channels and he has done several recent films on the OM-1. The bad news is I have never bought a new camera thinking I would get better quality pictures. I buy for a new feature I may want, but all cameras producs great pictures. There are many thousands of wildlife photographers using Canon gear and taking great pictures.

[@alanryder]

Thank you Mike - very interesting and helpful. You have captured some good video at night with just the LED lighting. Is it right to assume that it was also possible to take stills without flash under the same conditions?

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Yes, especially for the Badgers. I think Alan said mostly he did not setup flash at the Badgers, but you would need to check.

[@dariuszbukowski7988]

Great video! I was lucky enough to visit Alan's hides, and was so impressed with his setup. By the way, I think that the 2.0 software update for Nikon Z9 introduced something similar to the precapture mode (finally!), but I think it's limited to JPEGs for now.

[@grahamhopkinson1816]

Great video Mike. Can I ask what the walk in to the hide is like? I'm thinking of booking a day but use a stick so if it's a difficult one I may need a rethink. Thanks

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

It is not very far, but it is uphill on a narrow woodland path. As it is so short I would think okay if you take your time.

[@grahamhopkinson1816]

@@MikeLaneFRPS Thanks for the reply Mike I did a workshop with Paul Fowlie and really struggled getting up and down-if you have been there you will know what I mean-it had been raining for several days prior as well! I definitely fancy a day there in Feb or March when hopefully we might have some snow around

[@seanmacgowan616]

Wonderful. Escaped the midgies then? Or is that another time of the year?

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Not at their worst yet.

[@oneandonlyjaybee]

Desperate to visit the kingfisher hide there one day when I can afford it

[@mm8276352]

Informative video, but I'm still wondering what FRPS stands for...

[@joebadger]

@maiksd Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society

[@alanryder]

At around 9:10 you say that you need to be able to set your camera up into mechanical shutter mode - is there a reason for this as although the OM-1 has flash turned off by default with silent shutter, it is possible to enable it in the menus. Maybe this is something to do with sync speeds or something? Thank you in anticipation of your answer.

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Hi Alan, I was being generic to all cameras. Every time Alan puts customers in his night hides he must have a huge problem. He tries to help them set up, but with so many camera models it will be difficult. Few people will know what to do when he hands them a flash trigger to go on the hot shoe. A manual mechanical shutter speed of 1/250th would be okay for most cameras, although I have recently read one brand has now done away with mechanical shutters in a high end camera. With the OM-1 I was happy to go to mechanical shutter mode. First I have never used flash with the electronic shutter option and it would not be the place to learn. Second the sync speed is faster, which could elimate ghosting at dusk.

[@alanryder]

Thank you Mike. I am visiting these hides next week and wanted to be as prepared as possible - hence my question and re-watch of your helpful video. I take your point on sync speed and after reading the manual, have learned that the OM-1 silent shutter mode can only sync up to 1/100s compared to the 1/250s maxi mum when using a mechanical shutter.

[@maximme]

are you doing a review of Canon R7? Can't wait for your opinion on it as you are one of the few REAL BIRD photographers around.

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Not very likely. I only review what I own and that is not likely to be Canon.

[@maximme]

@@MikeLaneFRPS / that's a pity. How about a rental ? Wonder how would that review help with traffic to your channel to justify the rental...

[@richardfink7666]

Honest question, honest answer: Doyou miss the full frame in these situations (little light)?

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

I have read that M43 cameras are not so good in poor light many times, but never noticed in practice. I tried to test it while I had the Om-1 and Sony A1, but harder than you might think to create a fair test. The limited testing I did showed nothing in it.

[@richardfink7666]

Then I did everytthing right. Now the camera just to come.

[@szczeparadom]

good morning, can you please give me the address of this hideout

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Its in the description under the video.