Pentax Q for wildlife video

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1204 posts
16 years
Laindon,Essex

Posted 10/06/2013 - 11:45 Link

Took a few clips the other day of a GS Woodpecker feeding its chick. About 25m distance and up in a tree. Light not brilliant so wide open with the DA* 300mm. Could be improved with some editing and colour balancing but I don't have much in the way of video editing software. Quite sharp though I thought, and how else could I do that for that money?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dcweather/9001520562/

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Dave

Edited by dcweather: 10/06/2013 - 11:48

Plus Member K10D K10D

6416 posts
17 years

Posted 10/06/2013 - 11:54 Link

Great stuff.

Best regards

Too far from a shore.

Algernon Algernon

8880 posts
16 years
Lancashire

Posted 10/06/2013 - 12:40 Link

That's very impressive. The lighting around holes in
trees isn't usually very good, but the Q has coped well.

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210 posts
14 years

Posted 10/06/2013 - 12:45 Link

got to say it is very impressive not just the video but the bird and i dont like birds lol

Thanks Richard

gartmore gartmore

6724 posts
20 years
Glasgow,
Scotland

Posted 10/06/2013 - 14:38 Link

Were you in a hide and how high off the ground were you? Very impressive and the sound track was good too.

Ken
“We must avoid however, snapping away, shooting quickly and without thought, overloading ourselves with unnecessary images that clutter our memory and diminish the clarity of the whole.” - Henri Cartier-Bresson -

matwhittingto... matwhittington

1474 posts
17 years
West London,
UK

Posted 10/06/2013 - 18:54 Link

Gosh that is very cool - nice one!

Cheers

Mat W

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pianoman pianoman

479 posts
16 years
London

Posted 10/06/2013 - 20:05 Link

Superb really first class

All the best

David

doingthebobs doingthebobs

1136 posts
17 years
West Berks

Posted 10/06/2013 - 20:17 Link

Springwatch is on the tele and on the computer at the same time!

Really impressed.

P.S. They just had the woodpeckers on Springwatch and apart from the white balance, I think your video is better!

Bob

Edited by doingthebobs: 10/06/2013 - 20:40

fatspider fatspider

6378 posts
20 years
Leeds,
UK

Posted 10/06/2013 - 20:38 Link

10/10 for the Q then, of course we mustn't forget the photographers bit

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dcweather dcweather

1204 posts
16 years
Laindon,Essex

Posted 10/06/2013 - 22:11 Link

Thanks - but it was really easy. Heard the youngster calling as I was walking on a nearby path. There was a less used sidepath where I set my tripod up. A good 25 metres away with the hole about 15 feet up, north facing of course. No hide , just the cover of a bush. Bird was completely unaware of my presence although had been slightly disturbed with my shutter from the stills with the K30, which is why I moved further back with the Q.
It really is good for video as lower light is less of an issue where you are not trying to freeze movement with a fast shutter speed.
In fact I had to move back a bit as I couldn't fit it in the frame.
I hadn't played it with the sound on - thanks for pointing that out!
Dave