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[@simon_dentremont]

100,000 views! Thanks to all who watched and thanks for all your generous comments!

[@Twobarpsi]

Great video and advice!

[@julianovieiraa]

You deserve

[@tlaniimas1154]

soon there will be 200,000! ;) Great video! Happy New 2023 Year Simon!

[@birdman_gil]

Thank you very much! Great Tips!

[@georgedavall9449]

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[@lumixographer2185]

SUCCINCT: Others would take many episodes to convey these tips for better bird photography. Your calm manner of presentation conveys important ideas and your sample photos subtly reinforce the expertise underlying your message. BRAVO for a well conceived, informative presentation!👍

[@simon_dentremont]

thanks so much! appreciate the feedback.

[@simon_dentremont]

Lumo, I’m working on a video course for wildlife photography. Can I use your comment in promotional material, with attribution?

[@lumixographer2185]

@@simon_dentremont By all means! Feel free to use my comments if they help with your excellent work.

[@raynedimyer5263]

I have been shooting for 60 years (about 10 professionally and another decade part-time) and frequently watch teaching videos. As of today, this has been the MOST informative video for me. After the first minute or so I was saying to myself, ok, ok, ok, I use those ideas. Whoa that's new, or that's a new way to do the same thing, Hey he really knows his business! What else can I learn? Answer, A LOT! Thanks your video was very useful!!!

[@simon_dentremont]

That was toooooo kind! Thanks!

[@alexgiovanni8653]

So glad I found your channel - not only amazing content with great advice but your presentation and communication is second to none! I’m in the process of watching every video on the channel and they’re all awesome! Thank you and please keep up the great work!!!

[@98270360]

The whole internet only needs you on these subjects. Thank you for making these videos. You're the best.

[@simon_dentremont]

Wow, thank you!

[@justinwideman3471]

Nice teaching style without endless drone shots or life vlogging. Very knowledgeable without talking down to viewers and that is a very nice addition to KZbin! Keep up the good work.

[@simon_dentremont]

Glad you liked it!

[@MattShannonPhoto]

You are a master at teaching. Every point was spot on and easy to follow! Well done Simon I am very encouraged.

[@ScottMckeagan]

Simon, that right there is a masterclass in bird photography! Thanks for sharing your experience with us.

[@simon_dentremont]

My pleasure!

[@brcdqc]

This video was extremely helpful, excited to go out and try these techniques! Thanks!

[@simon_dentremont]

Have fun!

[@timrodriguez1]

Wow, that bird’s breath shot is amazing!

[@abaassabaassi2716]

You talk so clearly and slowly, even I understood. Thank you it helped a lot

[@SandboChang]

Really great tutorial, you pointed out lots of micro details that I believe many including me have missed, supplemented with the perfect example. Glad I bumped into this video before going to the field with my 150-600mm lens!

[@simon_dentremont]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@TheZGALa]

You are officially my new photography instructor. Thank you for the great tips, and also, impressive job on this channel!

[@simon_dentremont]

Wow, thanks!

[@john2000l]

I don't care how long a person has been a photographer, you bring some great ideas to working with birds in the environment. Nice Video.

[@simon_dentremont]

Thank you very much!

[@aaronbrown4917]

Only 4 minutes in and I have already learned more than I have on many other photography videos I've watched. I'm going to have to watch this a few times to take it all in

[@simon_dentremont]

Thanks!

[@EvigPoesi]

The best photography course on youtube! No nonsense or trendiness, just quality and calm. Love it!

[@lography6917]

That’s ridiculously impressive that you’re able to manually shoot at 1/50th. Amazing video! Keep up the awesome work and thank you for providing this expert advice!

[@simon_dentremont]

Will do!

[@MJDreams]

I would like you to thank you for sharing all your knowledge and experience with us! I like your style of explaining things. Easy to listen and understand.

[@extremelydave]

All I can say is listen to Simon...........all his advise is good. Thanks Simon!!!

[@simon_dentremont]

excellent!

[@shirakawanaoya]

This is one of the best videos on photography that I have seen on KZbin.

[@simon_dentremont]

Wow, thanks!

[@gavinanderson3319]

Hands down the best advice video I've come across especially for someone like me who's only just getting into photography. Not only technique but basics such as getting the camera set up to give the best chance of good results, several of which I had no idea of up until you brought them to light (also using a Canon so transferring them over was easy). Really appreciate the benefit of your insight & experience Simon, thank you for taking the time to do this

[@simon_dentremont]

Glad it was helpful!

[@danbradley6696]

For slow shutter speed hand-held, I use a phrase we used for shooting weapons in the Army. "BRAS" Breath, Relax, Aim, and Squeeze. Breath control half way through a breath "stop" breathing not stop and HOLD your breath. Holding for too long will shake the camera. Relax, don't be in a hurry. As said, 100 photos and 1 is fantastic is a good shooting so don't worry about if you got the shot, just keep shooting. Aim, not simply towards the shot but preparing the focus, or zoom cropping. Squeeze, the 2nd most important other than Breath (stop not hold breath) because if you push the button down quick to get the shot, you will find you didn't get the shot. You should squeeze slowly so much that when the shutter goes off, you're surprised by it. P.S. Fantastic instructions Simon d'Entremont ! Thank You !

[@simon_dentremont]

Agree on all! Works in archery too! Thanks for sharing!

[@rj66600]

Tucking in my elbows is the one I haven’t really thought about. Thanks man. Super helpful.

[@timnightingale4325]

Really enjoyed that, thanks Simon. And some great photos to boot.

[@chengwenli9654]

very detailed, informative and helpful video, I love this! Thanks.

[@RubiksBotES]

Simon I love your photos, thanks for inspiring my photography journey.

[@simon_dentremont]

Glad you like them!

[@lorenilewis]

I don't often comment on YT videos, but this one is EXCELLENT!

[@simon_dentremont]

Wow, thank you!

[@dadgum5648]

Wow, you have a real knack for teaching. 10 incredibly helpful tips for beginners in under 20 minutes while clearly explaining everything. Thanks for the video

[@simon_dentremont]

Wow, thanks!

[@johnchilver536]

Thank you Simon for great explanations and suggestions. Getting this level of free tuition is a gift to amateurs like me. Thanks again.

[@FinnMacCuhl]

Absolutely gorgeous shots! Thanks for sharing your craft, it really helps.

[@simon_dentremont]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@johannestan6878]

The best of the best tutorial for sharp bird photography! Thanks a lot Simon!

[@ChrisRenePlaylist]

Your channel is the best. Such great information and so easily explained. I really appreciate you sharing all of this.

[@beatewalde7454]

Hi Simon, Thanks for those awesome tips. One thing to add is the use of filters. For long lenses try not to use any filters, because those will act as distorted lenses due imperfect flatness, mechanical tension of the glass against the filter ring. Below 150mm this is not a big issue. Above that value the impact is a square dependency of the focal length!

[@simon_dentremont]

Great tip!

[@redkitedesign]

This is great - thank you so much.

[@alexanderweyrauch7092]

By far one of the best videos I’ve seen about bird photography. Great job! Thanks

[@djmangelo68]

Thank you Simon for sharing your vast Knowledge and experience. It is very much appreciated!!!!

[@georgehyker]

This is probably the best photography video I have seen. Very well done and highly informative.

[@simon_dentremont]

Wow, thanks!

[@hughchisholm-ns]

I really appreciate you taking the time to teach us your "secrets". Your videos are very professional and the content is excellent. Looking forward to the next video in the series!

[@simon_dentremont]

I appreciate that! thanks Hugh

[@lucasrice96]

You’re absolutely, brilliant and I greatly appreciate the tips!!

[@mableannelliott5392]

Thank you, Sir, this was such an enjoyable learning session. I look forward to the next one

[@herdelspace1970]

Beautiful photos. Very well explained. Thank you.

[@simon_dentremont]

Glad you liked it!

[@ravendarkfoto]

Super helpful, very concise, clear information. Thank you!

[@simon_dentremont]

Glad it was helpful!

[@slkknifelover]

What a great video!! So much helpful info! Thank you!!

[@Joe-mz6dc]

Beautiful bird photos. Thank you very much.

[@whobedannyd]

Thank you for taking the time to make this very helpful video!! The tips about holding the camera tightly were especially helpful!! Can't wait to try those techniques!!

[@simon_dentremont]

You are so welcome!

[@DrLoneyDal]

Simon, you are an exceptional wildlife photographer and your KZbin videos are as impressive as any of the other highly-subscribed bird photographers. Please continue to share your images and your mastery through KZbin. I know that your audience will grow quickly - your content is just that good. Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us. Most appreciated! Can’t wait for new episodes.

[@simon_dentremont]

that’s so kind Robert. thanks for taking the time to say so.

[@teetee5687]

Thank you for this information….so clear and easy to understand.

[@jtnovaten]

Your explanation and tips are amazing! Thank you and keep up the great tips please!

[@SydneyDragon]

i never thought about the car releasing heat and it being visible in photos. thank you for that tip!

[@simon_dentremont]

Happy to help!

[@jasonjmp]

Wow. I have the 100-400, and that aperture tip worked. I was shooting shutter priority, but switching to manual and setting the aperture to 6.3 is a little sharper, nice!

[@HomeGrownCountryGirl]

Wow! You have an excellent and straight to the point teaching approach. Excellent channel, Simon!

[@kennethrohen5963]

I stumbled (metaphorically) across your channel, specifically your auto ISO hack, then this video. I'm not a bird photographer, but you presented a plethora of great techniques that easily apply to any kind of photography. Clearly, you are a very good professional and your photos are far beyond being the standard cliché shots. The way you present is very organized, clear, and smooth. Unlike ever so many who make KZbin videos, you don't do what I call "face dances," with eyebrows lips, and other facial parts flying all over, and you don't fidget and thrash, waving your arms maniacally like a madman/madperson, which is painfully amateurish and distracting. Your content and presentation earns an A+ from me, a university medical school professor. Your videos are content-rich, such that I have a lot of notes to take, along taking photos. I have subscribed. Thank you!

[@simon_dentremont]

Soooo kind of you to take the time to say so. I really appreciate it!

[@carlsmethurst8566]

Really informative - can't believe that's only your second KZbin video. I'm inspired - but please keep them coming!

[@simon_dentremont]

Thanks, will do!

[@szehenry]

Brillant advice! ❤

[@simon_dentremont]

Thanks!

[@ungavaproductions]

Realy a great presentation. Love the way you explain everything. Your photos are amazing. Thank you so much for sharing with such generousity

[@leehanley71]

Great video Simon, it really helped me so much. Thanks for sharing 📸😎

[@MrStickyGroove]

Wow! so glad i came across your channel. I've only seen 2 of your videos....... and they have helped soooo much. Awesome job Simon!!!!

[@simon_dentremont]

Youre welcome!

[@SuperMacGyver1]

You got one more follower. I am a hobby photographer since 30 years and made hundreds of thousands of photos already from which I also sold some to magazines, etc. Most of the tips I work with as well but some inspired me still to try slightly different than I do actually. You explained nice and slow and well understandable. It was joy to listen you. Many thanks for your efforts to produce so useful content.

[@simon_dentremont]

Welcome aboard!

[@SuperMacGyver1]

@@simon_dentremont thanks a lot 🤗

[@h.o.j2375]

I’ve learnt so much from your videos, it’s like a crash course in photography.

[@mukunda9g]

Great tips. Thanks.

[@markelroy7774]

great learning. thank you

[@simon_dentremont]

You are welcome!

[@stephenbamford4716]

Truly masterfully made photographs! The reflection in the eyes of your avian subjects is testimony to the quality of your work. From my limited study, you touch on so many folks I've read and whose works I've seen. There is a whole lot of wisdom and expertise in this well-edited video that, in my view, can be watched over and over again until it begins to become second nature. Thank you for sharing! Best wishes.

[@simon_dentremont]

Thanks very much!

[@stephenbamford4716]

@@simon_dentremont You're welcome. Now if I can just remember to do all you suggest! 🙂

[@melirn7280]

Wow, that is great content. Very thorough and easy to understand. Thank you!

[@julesgardet659]

I always learn something listening to you, thanks.

[@alfonsoaguilarcoppo7690]

Fantastic! Thank you for your tips!!!

[@simon_dentremont]

You are so welcome!

[@alanpinn2266]

Great video Simon, with good techniques for everyone! I'm not a bird or nature photographer - but I can see adapting some of these anti-vibration techniques in my landscape photography when I'm shooting hand-held. Keep up the great shots!

[@simon_dentremont]

They’ll work for sure!

[@wilfordphotography394]

Really great advice and well presented. Thanks

[@simon_dentremont]

Glad it was helpful!

[@claytonschase]

Fantastic video, thanks for sharing.

[@t0bler1]

Excellent video Simon. Lots of things that are easy to forget, especially when excited about a rare or new bird, of a particularly good photo op.

[@simon_dentremont]

Thanks Richard!

[@hansleid]

Thank jou Richard. Very useful!

[@martysliwicki580]

Thanks for this. I plan to use the tips this weekend. I tried bird photography for the first time last weekend and hard a hard time with moving subjects. This video is exactly what I needed.

[@simon_dentremont]

Glad it was helpful!

[@user-db3ty8ig3j]

Great tips, very useful. Many Thanks

[@PaulHeagen]

This is why you are an expert. Best video I have ever seen on an issue that is often so vexing and mysterious. .

[@JesseRad]

These are some wonderful tips for beginning photographers like me. I'm looking forward to using some of these soon.

[@simon_dentremont]

Great to hear!

[@yvonnerichard6099]

Thanks for these tips, there is some really useful information that I hadn’t personally seen before, even though I am an avid consumer of animal photography videos.

[@simon_dentremont]

Thanks! So glad you found it helpful.

[@victormultanen1981]

Thank tou for teaching us the craft, very needed!

[@Yorkshirewild]

Hello for the UK, thank you for such an incredible unselfish informative video.

[@stevewaycott]

Great video, Simon. I'm glad you mentioned turning the heat off in your car in the winter. I also keep the windows open to really make sure there's no temperature differential between inside the car and the outside world. I sure do get some funny looks when folks see me drive past with the windows open in the middle of winter. :)

[@simon_dentremont]

haha same here! dressed for winter in the car!

[@eugeniamattenet7146]

thanks for the way you explain things. Calme and well explained for a non english native speaking. I was really nice to follow your videos while other i stop them because of the speed of speaking

[@simon_dentremont]

Thanks very much!

[@garyfriedlander2396]

Awesome video. Thank you! This is exactly what I had been looking for in trying to figure out why many of my bird photos were soft.

[@ozitube1]

Thank you , Simon, for great tips and explaining them so well. Love your photos.

[@simon_dentremont]

Glad you like them!

[@JC.Journey]

Fantastic tips, outstanding video. Thank you for sharing your expertise! -Jody

[@simon_dentremont]

My pleasure! thanks Jody!

[@RobertColeProductions]

Great advice. Will implement these on my next session.

[@simon_dentremont]

Excellent!

[@princcipe]

Every day something New!! Thanks!!

[@paul_desruisseaux]

One of your very best video. Thank you

[@thereapersperch]

These are great tips. I never thought about the heat shimmer before.

[@simon_dentremont]

Glad it was helpful!

[@sarahthomson8183]

Great tips!

[@simon_dentremont]

Glad you like them!

[@eerofi]

Beautiful photos. Great to watch.

[@simon_dentremont]

Many thanks!

[@sklay78]

Those are pretty much every single tip I give to people when it comes to shooting wildlife. As I've learned those things, my photography has gotten better and better. Absolutely perfect advice.

[@andymok7945]

All great tips that I have been using for years. The Canon 100-400mm Mk II is one crazy sharp lens, even with the 1.4 extender. I have moved to micro 4/3 system as I can no longer carry the weight or hold for long. The Sigma 150-600mm lens was also a really good lens. I had the Canon 300mm f/2.8, had to give it up because of the weight and using a tripod was not an option. Never tire of the Wood Duck.

[@simon_dentremont]

Weight is indeed an issue. I’m waiting for a lighter RF mount version of the 509mm f4 to show up!

[@morganontheviolin]

I like the setting of your latest videos; it is much more direct and engaging. But, I am also digging the "Papa d'Entremont' vibes of this video :)

[@johnpsheppard]

Thank you. Great combination of information and examples.

[@simon_dentremont]

You're very welcome!

[@thebutcher1412]

This is an amazing video. I’m brand new to the photography world and mainly want to do this as a hobby, and there was so many points in here that I wouldn’t have thought of. Heat rising and the shimmer caused from it was something I knew about but without this video I wouldn’t have thought it affected photos, but makes perfect sense. I just wish I had someone as knowledgeable and clear and precise that I could go out in the field and shoot with. But for the time being I will take your tips and practice out in the field

[@sarahbatsford4791]

Million dollar advice! Merci.

[@simon_dentremont]

You're welcome! Clearly I’m not charging enough! lol

[@helmuthlauscher4149]

Great Video, thank you 👍🏻 May I add another tipps? 1. Some Zoom lenses (such as one of mine) are getting significantly softer at the long end. Reducing the range e.g. from 600mm to 550mm can help to improve. 2. Control filters: One of my protection filters was obviously of minor optical quality. Shooting without brought better results. 3. Monopod as a stabilizer: Sometimes (if I got enough space to move) I use the monopod even to shoot moving birds: It's weight reduces my shaking Best regards 🤗

[@RossWehner]

This helped me significantly! The tips of changing my focus mode to continuous and Holding the camera harder to my eyeball especially.

[@stefansandmeier2080]

Excellent no-nonsense tips - thank you! Looking forward to the coming videos.

[@simon_dentremont]

More to come! thanks!

[@vero343]

Im taking photo's for a hobby. And I will be finally upgrading my kit this year. I have been using a Nikon D5200 + Tamron 70-300 since 2016 now so I am hyped to finally upgrade this year. I am thinking about getting the Nikon D780 + a 200-500 Nikon Lens. I use that lens for Zoo Photografie and use the kit lens from my D5200 to take photo's from our farm and pets. Its funny to me that I discovered all those techniques while I was learning to shoot better photo's and it shows in my photos too. In 2 weeks I will shoot wild life for the first time while we go out on a horse car. So that will defiantly be an experience!

[@freddyacosta2358]

Go for the Nikon 500, it's the perfect one for the 200-500mm. I own them myself and they are great together.

[@damienrobertson349]

Great video Simon, lots of good practical tips! I’ve been a fan of your work on IG for a long time - really inspirational as someone who just started birding and pans BiF with their elbows out 😀🤦‍♂️

[@simon_dentremont]

Hahaha (elbows out). Thanks!

[@dondennis684]

Same with me. Lol

[@kathylinaker4869]

79 yr. old hobby photographer. Fell in love with wildlife photography 1980's. Always something to learn from your well put together video's. Thank you for all your expertise & time.

[@Spacerockx1]

Been using AF-S for years, thanks for pointing out what I was doing wrong!! Always something to be learned!! Nice video.