Comments for Ben Tutton http://bentuttonphotography.co.uk Wildlife Filmmaker & Photographer Sat, 17 Sep 2011 10:23:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Barbary Macaque Project by Tim http://bentuttonphotography.co.uk/2011/09/barbary-macaque-project/#comment-1733 Tim Sat, 17 Sep 2011 10:23:33 +0000 http://bentuttonphotography.co.uk/?p=334#comment-1733 ...so excited to see your finished film!! …so excited to see your finished film!!

]]> Comment on My Final Project – The Background by Ben Tutton http://bentuttonphotography.co.uk/2011/05/my-final-project-the-background/#comment-374 Ben Tutton Fri, 24 Jun 2011 12:27:32 +0000 http://bentuttonphotography.co.uk/?p=116#comment-374 Hi Peter, Sorry it's taken a while for this to appear ( I have to approve posts before they appear on the blog). I had no internet for my last few days in Morocco, but I'm back now. Please send my best wishes to Granny and Gramps if you are still there (and say hi to Mum and Peter). Good luck with explaining the internet to granny - I don't even understand how it works! Hopefully over the next few days I will have some more blog posts up. Lots of stuff happened while I was away, I just need to remember it, and write about it now. Anyway, hope you are all well, Ben Hi Peter,

Sorry it’s taken a while for this to appear ( I have to approve posts before they appear on the blog). I had no internet for my last few days in Morocco, but I’m back now.
Please send my best wishes to Granny and Gramps if you are still there (and say hi to Mum and Peter). Good luck with explaining the internet to granny – I don’t even understand how it works!
Hopefully over the next few days I will have some more blog posts up. Lots of stuff happened while I was away, I just need to remember it, and write about it now.

Anyway, hope you are all well,

Ben

]]> Comment on My Final Project – The Background by Peter Baxter http://bentuttonphotography.co.uk/2011/05/my-final-project-the-background/#comment-322 Peter Baxter Mon, 20 Jun 2011 20:41:48 +0000 http://bentuttonphotography.co.uk/?p=116#comment-322 Dear Ben, Great to be able to see this plus also read only some of your experiences and observations. I am with Granny at the moment at Kilarden, have been visiting Gramps he is doing well but dont know when he will be out. I we are accessing the internet via my HTC and laptop. Technology I thought could only be talked about an experienced by others but it does work! I have shown Granny your great images. She cannot understand how I have got them here. I can't explain! I am so glad you were able to make it out there in the end. It looks as if some of those great trees are "Atlas Cedar" or Cedrus atlantica. The most common form being Cedrus atlantica Glauca, a more blue form. You may have seen some of these on your travels. It would be great to get a response from you at some stage in order I can show Granny and Gramps. Regards Peter B Dear Ben,

Great to be able to see this plus also read only some of your experiences and observations.

I am with Granny at the moment at Kilarden, have been visiting Gramps he is doing well but dont know when he will be out. I we are accessing the internet via my HTC and laptop. Technology I thought could only be talked about an experienced by others but it does work!
I have shown Granny your great images. She cannot understand how I have got them here. I can’t explain!
I am so glad you were able to make it out there in the end. It looks as if some of those great trees are “Atlas Cedar” or Cedrus atlantica. The most common form being Cedrus atlantica Glauca, a more blue form. You may have seen some of these on your travels.

It would be great to get a response from you at some stage in order I can show Granny and Gramps.

Regards

Peter B

]]> Comment on Day 10 – Getting up close and personal with the Tourist Group by Ben Tutton http://bentuttonphotography.co.uk/2011/06/day-10-getting-up-close-and-personal-with-the-tourist-group/#comment-275 Ben Tutton Sun, 12 Jun 2011 21:58:33 +0000 http://bentuttonphotography.co.uk/?p=249#comment-275 I struggled to get out! I spent another night in the forest this week too. No monkeys this time, but the stars were amazing. It's so nice to be out here just doing this. I'll update the blog again over the next few days hopefully with more tales of what's been going on. I struggled to get out! I spent another night in the forest this week too. No monkeys this time, but the stars were amazing. It’s so nice to be out here just doing this. I’ll update the blog again over the next few days hopefully with more tales of what’s been going on.

]]> Comment on Day 10 – Getting up close and personal with the Tourist Group by Brenda Tutton http://bentuttonphotography.co.uk/2011/06/day-10-getting-up-close-and-personal-with-the-tourist-group/#comment-246 Brenda Tutton Wed, 08 Jun 2011 14:25:46 +0000 http://bentuttonphotography.co.uk/?p=249#comment-246 Nan says she would have fallen out of the hammock (assuming she had got in) when the macaques came past in the morning Nan says she would have fallen out of the hammock (assuming she had got in) when the macaques came past in the morning

]]> Comment on The Ultimate Wildlife Filmmaker’s DSLR Camera? by Ben Tutton http://bentuttonphotography.co.uk/2011/02/the-ultimate-wildlife-filmmakers-dslr/#comment-87 Ben Tutton Thu, 14 Apr 2011 09:37:27 +0000 http://bentuttonphotography.co.uk/?p=81#comment-87 Hi Dom, Just checked out the video on Vimeo, and it looks very good. It must be a bit tricky to get focus perfectly. What I currently do on the 7D is use the camera autofocus (mirror flips down then back up again) to focus quickly then adjust it from there if required using the 5 or 10x magnification. I'm also thinking of getting a monitor instead of a loupe. The main reason being that if I'm sitting down filming at a low level I cant move round with the camera when panning, so wouldn't be able to keep my eye to the loupe. A monitor attached to the tripod leg would solve that. Keep my head in the same position while I pan and pull focus. Now I just need to save up for one! Hi Dom,
Just checked out the video on Vimeo, and it looks very good. It must be a bit tricky to get focus perfectly.

What I currently do on the 7D is use the camera autofocus (mirror flips down then back up again) to focus quickly then adjust it from there if required using the 5 or 10x magnification.

I’m also thinking of getting a monitor instead of a loupe. The main reason being that if I’m sitting down filming at a low level I cant move round with the camera when panning, so wouldn’t be able to keep my eye to the loupe. A monitor attached to the tripod leg would solve that. Keep my head in the same position while I pan and pull focus. Now I just need to save up for one!

]]> Comment on The Ultimate Wildlife Filmmaker’s DSLR Camera? by Dom Greves http://bentuttonphotography.co.uk/2011/02/the-ultimate-wildlife-filmmakers-dslr/#comment-64 Dom Greves Sun, 20 Mar 2011 23:32:39 +0000 http://bentuttonphotography.co.uk/?p=81#comment-64 Well it does the job: http://www.flickr.com/photos/domgreves/5544750736/ It does become essential to nail the focus at x3 however and I'm not sure how a loupe would attach to the swivel screen. Mine doesn't seem to generate any .THM sidecar files which is frustrating. Well it does the job:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/domgreves/5544750736/

It does become essential to nail the focus at x3 however and I’m not sure how a loupe would attach to the swivel screen.

Mine doesn’t seem to generate any .THM sidecar files which is frustrating.

]]> Comment on The Ultimate Wildlife Filmmaker’s DSLR Camera? by Dom Greves http://bentuttonphotography.co.uk/2011/02/the-ultimate-wildlife-filmmakers-dslr/#comment-50 Dom Greves Thu, 10 Mar 2011 00:21:34 +0000 http://bentuttonphotography.co.uk/?p=81#comment-50 Presumably anything above 3x zoom is a digitally magnified picture otherwise there wouldn't be enough pixels on the 18MP sensor. Presumably anything above 3x zoom is a digitally magnified picture otherwise there wouldn’t be enough pixels on the 18MP sensor.

]]> Comment on The Ultimate Wildlife Filmmaker’s DSLR Camera? by Ben Tutton http://bentuttonphotography.co.uk/2011/02/the-ultimate-wildlife-filmmakers-dslr/#comment-45 Ben Tutton Mon, 07 Mar 2011 22:42:50 +0000 http://bentuttonphotography.co.uk/?p=81#comment-45 No luck at Focus. Canon weren't there. Apparently they reduced their advertising budget, so I didn't get to play. :-( In terms of mounting the long lens I've not shot much in wind before, so not really had any problems. I think that a support at the long end would help, but the tripod and head needs to be really stable too the heavier the better. No luck at Focus. Canon weren’t there. Apparently they reduced their advertising budget, so I didn’t get to play. :-(

In terms of mounting the long lens I’ve not shot much in wind before, so not really had any problems. I think that a support at the long end would help, but the tripod and head needs to be really stable too the heavier the better.

]]> Comment on The Ultimate Wildlife Filmmaker’s DSLR Camera? by Dom Greves http://bentuttonphotography.co.uk/2011/02/the-ultimate-wildlife-filmmakers-dslr/#comment-44 Dom Greves Mon, 07 Mar 2011 21:14:36 +0000 http://bentuttonphotography.co.uk/?p=81#comment-44 Any luck at Focus on Imaging? Any luck at Focus on Imaging?

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