I hear you with camo, one of those things you only want on for the shortest amount of time.
The netting is meant to if you are sitting or crouching, similar profile to one of those pop up camo tents. Its not going to help with a super cautious bird but its enough to stop a chunk of them worrying.
I was about 8 to 10m away, so pretty close. If i had a second body I could have had that with my 50-150mm less than half that distance and used my remote shutter for the diving shots while I did the close ups remotely. Needs two of you really, as you need one to hold a long stick (tripod is good backup) and the other to do the manual focusing lock on the camera.
It would have been too close if I sat there with the camera, would have scared them off completely.
Panning is easy with a good gimbal, has to be if I can do it.
I hear you with camo, one of those things you only want on for the shortest amount of time.
The netting is meant to if you are sitting or crouching, similar profile to one of those pop up camo tents. Its not going to help with a super cautious bird but its enough to stop a chunk of them worrying.
I was about 8 to 10m away, so pretty close. If i had a second body I could have had that with my 50-150mm less than half that distance and used my remote shutter for the diving shots while I did the close ups remotely. Needs two of you really, as you need one to hold a long stick (tripod is good backup) and the other to do the manual focusing lock on the camera.
It would have been too close if I sat there with the camera, would have scared them off completely.
Panning is easy with a good gimbal, has to be if I can do it.
This is good info thanks. I’m going to have to try some of this stuff.