Camping in the winter woodlands of Denmark to photograph the little dipper. Behind the scenes about turning you ball head into a gimbal, the sled and why Canon.

Location: Denmark
Date: December 2020
Day: 2°C (35°F)
Night: 0°C (32°F)

This is my second time on this location trying to photograph the Dipper. This time I am taking a different approach by using a home made sled rather than the big tripod. The sled lets me move closer to the bird in a very low angle without making a lot of noise and movements.
I am photographing with the Canon R5 and vlogging with the R6 and since it is my first time with vlogging with this gear, it is quite unfamiliar to me. Very interesting though to try this new autofocus with animal eye af.
In the behind the scenes I am talking about the sled and about how you can turn your ball head into a gimbal to save money and weight in your photo bag. I am also talking about why I am using canon R5 and R6 in this video.


A few questions:

1. Why are you using Canon equipment in this video?
I am answering that in the behind the scenes section of the video.

2. What is the brand of the sled you are using?
It is a home made ground pot - or ground sled:) It is made of steel and painted afterwards. I simply sat together with a friend ad figured out what would be the perfect shape of such a sled to make it easy to sneak in on shore birds. This was what we came up with.
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3. How do you deal with predators when camping in the woodlands?
Here in Denmark we do not have bears and probably less than 10 wolves in the country. That means you do not have to worry about predators, snakes etc. when you are camping.

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