Using the OM-1 and the 150-400mm lens to film and photograph the beautiful Bearded reedling

Today I visit the Alkborough Flats nature reserve to photograph one of the U.K.s most attractive bird species. The Bearded reedling or Bearded tit.
They are not shy birds. You can get close to them easily, but they are hidden in the reeds a lot and the reed beds are extensive. So it does involve long waits for this small bird to come close, often in small groups.
The OM-1 camera with the 150-400mm lens is an ideal system to photograph and film this mobile species.
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[@medicineman4040]

Outstanding work. Just shared with the wife. Both of us awed.

[@paulpugh6178]

Excellent Mike… can’t wait to find out about the tripod 🤔

[@benjaminthomas6585]

Another stunning video Mike, you are like a good Wine gets better with age, best wishes Ben

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Somedays I am more like a flat Coke Cola.

[@peterpatterson7568]

Merry Christmas to you and the family

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Same to you.

[@andrewlovel4750]

Now then Mike I was the other photographer you saw that Sunday morning. At the time I didn't know you did vids. I must say I really enjoy them .keep up the good work and it was nice to meet you Andy

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Hope you got good shots before the fog.

[@markwhitesell4491]

I really enjoy watching your bird videos. You not only explain the photography side of things but give information about the birds, too. Wonderful photos and video - again, as usual! Looking forward to hearing more about the G9 as well as the outcome of finding your camera gear on eBay!

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Thank you very much!

[@junerobinson8169]

What fantastic vidoe. I can see why you sell alit of photo's well doe to you. Thankyou for all the videos you put alot of hard work into them. Happy Christmas and look forward to your next year vidoes.🌲

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Glad you like them!

[@michaelhawkins1173]

I am so pleased that you located your stolen items and hope they have been returned to you as you last used them. Having items stolen is unpleasant at best. If thieves would put effort into being able to use equipment rather than steel it. Hope all goes well for you with the G9 and lives up to expectations. Merry Christmas Mike.

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Only one item returned, but the one I missed the most.

[@wildlifephotographytipsand1367]

Great again Mike. Looking forward to the next installment. Happy Christmas.

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Thanks, you too!

[@refuztosay9454]

Great work. It’s interesting to see someone in wildlife using gear other than the big 3 to get it done. The stills and video were quite nice indeed.

[@cryptographerchris4856]

Beautiful birds. Beautiful images. Thanks for sharing. Can't wait for that camera comparison.

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Coming soon!

[@davidboulton3555]

Love Alkborough flats, I'm there often as I live just down the road in Scunthorpe

[@Kjell_H]

Awesome video. Well made and edited. Nothing more to add. Thumbs up immediately and greetings from Norway 🇧🇻

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Thank you very much!

[@rogerhance5883]

Brilliant video Mike. They are such stunning birds. Looking forward to next week video.

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Many thanks

[@micktoulmin4616]

Beautiful birds Mike thanks for all your great tips and videos this year have a great Christmas 📷👍

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Thanks, you too!

[@avibrickulele]

Merry Christmas for you and your family from Germany. As always a really great video and wonderful photos. Thank you for your channel. Bearded Tits are beautiful birds.

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Thanks.

[@malcolmpotter]

Lovely birds well captured Mike.

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Thanks

[@sabyasachibanerjee124]

Lovely videos as always. Beautiful bird!

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Thanks

[@pathatatra260]

I hope buy this lens 👍👍👍👍👍🥂🥂 from france !

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Is it cheaper?

[@johnpark8297]

What a beautiful film Mike thank you for posting. Love the cliffhanger at the end, I’ll be tuning in for sure 👍 Merry Christmas 🎄

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Next weeks film I enjoyed making.

[@ajs1501]

Hi great content as all ways. I'm glad you have the G9II I got mine on release day, and look forward to your videos on it. And perhaps you would consider doing a video on BIF on the G9II.

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

thanks

[@theflyingdutchman7127]

hi mike beautiful photos and video again. I look forward to your next video and the denouement of your stolen video tripod and head. Merry Christmas

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Will be out next week

[@davidosborn3356]

In a word ‘Excellent’! Looking forward with interest to next week’s episode.😀

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

First film of its type for me next week.

[@davidosborn3356]

@@MikeLaneFRPS Have you ever thought of doing a Photoshop process video. As a regularity I never get my images from the OM1 as good as yours and I always wonder what you do.

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Hi David. Its an area I avoid as I don't feel qualified. I hardly do anything to my pictures. I watch other people do amazing things, but could never remember it all. Nothing wrong with your pictures anyway.

[@davidosborn3356]

@@MikeLaneFRPS Oh Mike I think you’re more than qualified but I can understand your reasoning. There’s a vast majority of my OM images that I never use as I just can’t get them right in photoshop, I’m never sure if the photoshop imported profile over saturates, gives too much contrast or the colour balance isn’t quite right, whatever I’ve got many, many images that never see the light of day. Merry Christmas 😀

[@johngunning2123]

For bird watchers in the UK you post some really interesting places. I need an Australian version of Mike Lane. Having said that I did find a Painted Snipe in Brisbane a couple of weeks ago. Merry Christmas!

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

I did two months in Queensland, but it was a long time ago.

[@solar-e-bike-touring-europe]

Very nice footage Mike, have a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year 👌👍

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Thanks, you too!

[@wildcat1065]

Great video Mike, the beardies are such stunning birds. I don’t tend to do video but I am intrigued as to what the G9 mk2 does much better than theOm1.

[@ronnyolsson2802]

Great video and stunning bird ( Bearded reedling ) I photographed them a couple of weeks ago :) Ronny //

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Thanks.

[@stephencooper8565]

Lovely birds, I go to Leighton moss to see them . love your videos, thanks and merry Christmas to you

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Thank you! You too!

[@laku4412]

Thank you for this great video! Looking forward to hearing what happened in regards to your stolen stuff, I sure hope you're back on good gear! A merry Christmas time to you and your loved ones. Cheers

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Thanks

[@duncancookdrummond3273]

Great footage and photos, Mike. It'll be interesting to hear more on your thoughts using the G9 2 👍

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Coming soon!

[@chrismc2090]

Another great video Mike, I am lucky Leighton Moss is only an hour from me, so Bearded Reedlings can become a common theme for me. The reason why cut out images can be so popular is possibly because people/companies who purchase them have a clean back ground and space around the subject to place copy / text etc. Love Saturday mornings with your videos, one of the highlights of the weekends. Keep it up! :)

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Thank you.

[@ukwildlife]

Great photos and footage. The local bearded tirs seem to have gone missing this autumn, which is a shame as I hoped to film them. Will be interested to hear your thoughts on G9 mkii. I use OM1 for photos, but the GH6 for video. Which is fine until i want to switch from 1 to the other! G9 mkii might help with that

[@birdwatcherlubuski]

I remember attempting to photograph these merry fellas on a very windy day last winter - it was a nightmare, not only were their perches blowing about but the birds would constantly get obscured by reeds... Do check the weather forecast beforehand, if you know you're gonna encounter them. Oh, and Merry Christmas to you Mike and all viewers! 🎅

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Wind is always an issue, more than rain.

[@SachinSawe]

Great video! Sorry to hear about your Car and gear getting stolen! Hope you were able recover the tripod by using the ebay listing

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Alll in next weeks film.

[@pwright57]

Thanks for the video. I'm looking forward to your thoughts and video on OM1 and G9ii as it'll be one of those that will be my next purchase.

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Coming soon!

[@pwright57]

And it was well worth waiting for. Thanks for the comparison. As expected, it hasn't made my decision any easier, but that's not your fault! I guess I need to decide how much I'd use the superior video on the G9ii. A while back I'd have said I wouldn't, but watching your videos has made me ponder. I noticed that in your kites and buzzards video that mention you use the G9ii for video and the OM1 for stills, which seems to be the opinion of a few others. I can't justify 2 bodies, so a decision will have to be made, but it did make me curious as to which one you'd choose if you could only have the one? Anyway, thanks once more for this, and many of your other videos I've watched. @@MikeLaneFRPS

[@doug11127]

Great video, I've always wanted to photograph this species. I guess its like trying to get a clear shot of a reed warbler through the reeds when they show for a few seconds. Can't wait to hear how it turned out with your gear on ebay, how annoying to see it for sale. Happy Christmas Mike🙂 Doug

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Much easier than reed warbler but less common

[@peterhurley552]

I went to Leighton Moss a couple of times to photograph them but both times weather was against us. Eventually went to Old Moor near Barnsley and got some great shots. As you say they're not shy but you need some decent light to photograph them in my opinion.

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Thanks

[@sue.Hoo123]

Looking forward to seeing your comparison on the G9ii and OM-1 as I just got the G9ii. I’m also very intrigued about you finding your stolen kit on EBay. Merry Christmas to you.

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Got another YT film out of my stolen tripod,

[@TheSannaeriksson]

If I were filming more I think the Lumix g 9ll might have been my choise for filming. But I have so much olympus and OM gear that I will stick with my OM1’s. I have two of them because I loved the camera so much after I had used it for a while so when a friend wanted to sell hers I bought it from her. Both OM systems and Panasonic make excelent cameras, it’s almost two years since the OM1 entered the market so it’s not hard to understand that the lumix g 9 ll have some advantadges. Is it enough for everyone to swich from OM1 to lumix g 9 ll, absolutely not and who knows when the next camera from OMsystems come? Who knows… Merry Christmas Mike and thank you for this years beutiful films and images. 🎉

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Each has it advantage and disadvantage.

[@RikidLot]

This channel is even turning into a good detective story! Very curious about your experiences with the G9II coupled with the Olympus 150-400mm. If I'm not mistaken, you will be the first to test this combination. Happy Holidays!

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

A film I enjoyed making.

[@mattmavor9154]

I am very impressed by your photography. I just purchased the Olympus 150-400 lens and was wondering what product did you use to camouflage your lens?

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Mine came from www.outdoorphotographygear.co.uk, but Google Neoprene lens covers and there are many others.

[@przybylskipawel]

You got G9 II? How awsome! I have a buyer for my GH6 and once I sell it I intent do buy G9II. I would love to know your take on how does it work with Olympus lenses on wildlife in terms of AF and IS. I am amazed about the video I get from GH6. 5.7K 60p looks fabulous for wildlife. So much details, cropability and DR when using VLog. But necessity to use ISO2000 to engage DRBoost is so annoying. And AF lags behind. With these two problems solved and with 60fps in stills regardless of the lens Panasonic G9II could become my go to wildlife camera.

[@d-entrecasteaux]

Looks like you already replaced or bought your Miller tripod/ head off eBay or was this filmed before your stuff was nicked? Great photography as well as a whodoneit thrown in. Thanks and Merry Christmas from the USA.

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Things do not get filmed in the order used, but it is more complicated than that. Next weeks film explains.

[@przybylskipawel]

Cut-outs are used for different educational materials e.g. books for children. BTW those birds are astonishing. Sadly they do not live in my area.

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Not close to me either.

[@pankajnjoshi9673]

Will be interested in knowing how does G9ii fare when paired with Oly 150-400. I look forward to OM-1 x G9ii comparison.

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

Coming soon.

[@happylarry1394]

Really interested in the G9 II for the 4k 120 slow motion video. i assume that this works with auto focus? and also interested how it works with Zuiko lenses including the 300mm F4.

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

at 120 fps it will AF, but loses subject detection.

[@przybylskipawel]

You call the Police? But don't tell now as it would spoil the surprise :) I hope you will get some of your gear back!

[@MikeLaneFRPS]

There is no easy catch all answer.