00:00So hello my friends, I hope you've all been doing well. You catch me in the river, going upstream to
00:12where I had placed the camera trap last time, at the fallen tree.
00:21But a few days after the last video, I actually had to come in and recover the kit because I
00:26was called away for work for a few weeks.
00:29And so I'm coming back in again now. I'm really loathe to give up this location. Give up on this
00:37location I should say.
00:39Because I feel that given the right circumstances and luck, it could produce some really nice images.
00:47Wow, there's a massive trout there. That I've not seen before.
00:53Yeah, so I'm walking back in to set up the camera again and leave it for another couple of weeks
01:00in the hope that we might catch something nice.
01:05Because I feel it is a good location. It's a very photogenic location. And I'm loathe to give up on
01:15it just yet.
01:17So we'll give it another go for a few weeks. Two, three weeks. And hope we get lucky.
01:23I also had to think about how I might set it up slightly differently. So I'll go through that with
01:28you when I get to the location.
01:30So I'll catch up with you later.
01:32Okay, so I'm back at the fallen tree. Water's come up a little bit, a couple of inches.
01:39So it must have had a little bit of rain whilst I was away.
01:43The next 10 days weather forecast looks still dry and hot up to 30, 32 degrees.
01:50So it's still warm. I'm hoping the animals will still be wanting to come down to the river for a
01:55drink.
01:55So that I can maybe get a shot of them. We shall see.
02:00So the setup I was thinking of is instead of the camera looking up the fallen tree,
02:06just actually set it to the side, looking down the river.
02:12And I might even try backlighting from a low angle so that if an animal does come across,
02:19we get a nice hair light, rim light around the outline of the animal, which might look nice.
02:28So let me set all that up and then I'll talk you through.
03:04So let's see.
03:12You can see.
03:16I want to have a nice hair Len.
03:17I want to see.
03:17Yeah, I've got a nice hair.
04:08Okay, so that's all set up.
04:11I just have to camouflage it all up a little bit, make it less conspicuous.
04:16Let me show you what I've done.
04:19So, if I can get this to focus.
04:22So that's the fallen tree here.
04:24I have the camera set up, as you can see here, facing downstream over the log, over the fallen tree.
04:34I have one flash down here, which is a fill flash.
04:40The sensor trigger is just there, the contraptions trigger.
04:45I have below the log on the other side, just here, the backlight, hair light, to try and light up
04:58the whatever animal might come across from behind.
05:02I have one of the trail cams on the tree up here, and another one across the other side with
05:09a wider angle of the whole scene on the tree over that side.
05:16So, hopefully, we might get a result.
05:20We'll see.
05:21Like I said, I just need to make sure it's all triggering fine, camouflage it up a little bit to
05:25make it less conspicuous, and I'll be back in a few days to check up on it.
05:30And fingers crossed, we'll have some images.
05:33I shall see you then.
05:38Okay, so six days have gone past now, six nights, but the camera's been out on the stream here.
05:48And I think, regardless of whether there's anything on it or not, this time I'm going to just recover it.
06:00Although I'm still in two mines, so I've brought along the extra batteries and carbs just in case I feel
06:07I should leave it.
06:09But I think I probably, in all likelihood, will recover it and try and find a different location as the
06:16weather has started changing.
06:19Autumn is getting more and more apparent, and the trees up on the mountain are starting to change colour, and
06:35I really would like to get up there as well, because it's just so pretty.
06:42Temperatures have also dropped down here.
06:44We're now mid-twenties during the day, and 10, 11, 12 at night.
06:54And this water is beginning to feel a lot colder than it was in high summer when it was just
07:00a relief to get into the water here and wade up the stream.
07:08So, we'll have a look-see what's on the camera.
07:12Fingers crossed we have a good result.
07:14This time, after weeks, months of nothing, and we'll take it from there.
07:22I shall catch up with you in a second as soon as I get to the camera.
07:54I shall catch up with you in a second as soon as I get to the camera.
08:41Well, everything seems to be firing apart from the second flash, the backlight that
08:49I set out, which seems to have run out of juice.
08:54I'm hoping that means it's because it's recorded something.
08:58So what I'm going to do first, actually before I do anything, before I look on the DSLR, is
09:04see if I can log on to the wireless solar trail cam that I have and see if there's anything
09:15on it.
09:16The trail cam go.
09:18Okay, so I'm connected up.
09:22Let's see, gallery.
09:28So there's a few recordings here.
09:31Let's have a look at the first night time one.
09:37Oh.
09:39Looks like there was a jackal who came up behind where the camera is.
09:52You can still hear him on the recording, but he didn't come in front of the camera.
10:01The water level has actually risen quite a lot now as well.
10:07Second night time one.
10:11Oh.
10:12And there's a fox who crossed it right in front of the pollen tree.
10:18And the flash went off, so I might have a picture of him on the camera, fingers crossed.
10:26Any more.
10:28And a couple more night time ones.
10:34Again the jackal in the distance.
10:38So he's been crossing over the original spot that I had set up the camera, around the back
10:46there.
10:51Didn't come in front of the DSLR.
10:57Oh, and the jackal's crossing the, oh it didn't fire them.
11:03I think he got scared and he just ran across.
11:07And it was too late in triggering that one.
11:13Let's just check out one more day time one to see if we got lucky in the day time.
11:25These appear to be just triggered by the wind.
11:28Oh no, that was a heron I think.
11:36So the daytime ones appear to have been triggered either by wind or something else.
11:51Or little birds maybe.
11:57Oh no, there's a dog.
12:02I've probably got a good shot of the dog coming up onto the, looking over the fallen tree there
12:11into the camera.
12:13Okay, moment of truth.
12:14Let's go and check out the DSLR.
12:40One hundred and fifteen triggers, some of which are me setting up.
12:47Oh, I've got a backlit fox, but he's just coming off the fallen tree.
13:02Little mouse.
13:03Oh, and a fox.
13:05Fantastic.
13:08Okay, so a limited result, but a result nevertheless, with the fox.
13:17The backlight I don't think triggered, which is a shame because that would have made it
13:24that much extra special that shot, but never mind.
13:28But that being the case, and as I mentioned, the weather changing, getting cooler, autumn
13:35is here.
13:36I think I might try and find different locations now.
13:39I might even try and set up for the wolves that I filmed on the trail cam last time.
13:45Or head up the mountain to see if we can get any autumn colors.
13:50So, yeah, that just about wraps up for this one.
13:53Thank you so much for following along.
13:55I really do appreciate it.
13:56Thank you so much.
13:57And I shall see you all again soon.
13:59Thanks so much.
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