Wildlife Photography on Scotland's Isle of Eigg

[@charleschrich]

Very enjoyable,many thanks

[@JoHeard]

Glad you enjoyed watching 😁

[@ianwilsonwildlifephotography]

Great stuff Jo and some nice images. Although you mentioned the weight issue with a 600 do think you’ll find it will improve your images. Unless you’re doing birds in flight shots a monopod would be a help. 😀👍

[@JoHeard]

It is on the shopping list 👍

[@davidchristober6358]

I love this video its nice and relaxing.. thank you for the video❤

[@JoHeard]

Glad you enjoyed it! 😁

[@Joe-B1]

Really enjoyed that Jo and thanks for sharing it. Eigg looks amazing and looks like you had the whole place to yourself. 😀

[@JoHeard]

It was an amazing little bay I had to explore and so full of wildlife. I would love to spend more time here and explore further than the bay, but I had a wonderful time on my photo walk with the bay all to myself...and the animals 😂

[@Joe-B1]

@@JoHeard 🦘🐿🐫🐘🦉🐔🦏😅😅

[@simeonbennettphotography]

Excellent video Jo 👏🏻brilliant photos 👍📸big fan of your style 😊

[@JoHeard]

Thank you Simeon 😊

[@TrailStrider909]

Hey Jo! Brilliant Video. So Happy KZbin recommended this one! Keep going my friend! 2k subs in no time!

[@JoHeard]

Thanks so much!! 😊

[@TrailStrider909]

@@JoHeard Anytime my fellow traveler!

[@DaveSandell-w6r]

Lovely scenery and wildlife thanks for sharing 👍🏻👍🏻

[@JoHeard]

Glad you enjoyed it 👍

[@danieljmvisuals]

great video!

[@JoHeard]

Glad you enjoyed it 😊

[@jv7070ful]

Nice video and beautiful pictures.

[@JoHeard]

Thank you so much 😀

[@JEmmertz]

That bird at around 5 minutes in is most likely a Common ringed plover - Charadrius hiaticula. I also see someone else suggesting Merlin BirdID on the phone and I agree and recommend it wildly. You can even go out and about and have it record the bird sounds and it will suggest - with great accuracy - exactly which bird it is. You will be amazed at how good it is at pinpointing species!

[@JEmmertz]

And if I've had watched a minute more before writing I would have known you ID'd it and knew about Merlin. Oh, well, rather once too many than once too little

[@JoHeard]

I love the merlin app, I use it loads just to see what birds are around me 👍

[@WanderingMonkHikes]

Nice work. Really enjoyed these views. I do like the 200-600, but it is heavy (as you know). Your setup is quite nice. Had I chance for a do over, I think I’d go your route.

[@JoHeard]

Thank you 😊 I have found that in photography, everything is a compromise 😂 I did really enjoy using the 200-600 but it is soooooo heavy, I keep flip flopping between wanting the 200-600 and saving my back, but the 600 mm would make a lot of difference for me...or I could get the A6700 😂

[@WanderingMonkHikes]

@@JoHeard I love my a6700. It is a powerhouse

[@markrigg6623]

If you get the right kind of strap the 200 - 600 is perfectly manageable. And it's not that much heavier than what you're using now. Mine hangs in the small of my back just nice when I'm walking around. And it works for the much heavier lenses that I own as well.

[@frednorman1]

Another enjoyable video.. for bird ID I use first of all my iPhone, secondly Merlin Bird ID, but lthe app which is even more accurate is an app called Picture Bird.. It is even more accurate than the former two.. usually when I use it, it's after I've taken a photo of the bird and am back in my studio and putting the photo of the bird on my big screen on desktop computer...btw, your camera and lens have great image stabilization when you take video

[@JoHeard]

Ooo I shall have a look at that app 👍

[@ilona__willemsen]

Hi, Nice video, as always! Just wanted to let you know, that I don't think one can hold the 200-600 mm plus camera up with 1 hand like that for long. It is way to heavy and I think one will be shaking with fatigue quickly. Or maybe it is just me and I need to go the gym 😅 You gonna wanna take an extra light camera for vlogging with you then and that will bring some more extra weight with it. And you do have to carry it all around with you on your hikes. But the quality of that 200-600mm lens is great. I always use it with the 1.4 for the 840mm and crop some more after. I love it but I really wish it was much lighter. Maybe you can rent one to see?

[@JoHeard]

I rented one at the beginning of the year on my photo holiday in the Cairngorms and it was brilliant, but super heavy 😂 deffo going to need to do some weights for that one 😂😂😂 i have been quietly hoping that with all the version 2 lenses Sony has been bringing out an updated 200-600 would appear but I am not sure if they ever will, still fingers crossed for a lighter weight one 🤞

[@ilona__willemsen]

@@JoHeard I am hoping for that too! That would be brilliant. It must have better video stabilisation, right now is just mah 🫤. I would switch brands if one combo would be lighter and even better and around the same prices.

[@JohnWest-z3z]

Hi Jo, that looks like a great location. May I ask where exactly that is on Eigg? John.

[@JoHeard]

It was the bay over from the ferry terminal, near kildonnan according to Google maps 👍

[@JohnWest-z3z]

@JoHeard thanks, I hope I can get there in the next year or two.

[@abelfernandez5648]

Muy buena elección si finalmente compras el sony 200-600mm, es algo más pesado que la configuración que llevas pero la calidad y el acercamiento que vas a tener merece la pena. Yo lo tengo con la A9 y también hago vuelos a pulso siempre que puedo. Buen objetivo, buena calidad y te ahorras un poco el gimnasio,

[@JoHeard]

💪💪💪 it is at the top of the list, hoping by the end of the year I will be able to purchase one 👍

[@markshen3280]

Even though you have a great telephoto / zoom lense, try to get closer to your animals or let nature takes it course until it is closer to you, so you can take a better shot 📸📹

[@JoHeard]

Will do 👍