After a busy couple of months I'm back with another video from a very exciting location in the UK.

As many of you will know I LOVE Brown Hares and have been photographing them for many years looking to constantly expand and develop my portfolio.
Havergate Island owned by the RSPB (one of the UK's major NGO's for nature conservation and one I've worked with for many years) is a unique spot. This river Island in Suffolk is a top class location for Brown hares when them often being confiding and tolerant of people. As the island is off limits to the public (unless on the few boat trips per year), I'm extremely grateful to have been granted the amazing opportunity to head over and stay alone on the island and work with these wonderful animals.... and with any luck, I'll nail some shots I've been after for a long time!
In this first episode I'm getting out to start my shooting, working with a 70-200mmm lens to create some early portraits.

You can find out more about the RSPB and Havergate Island here and they work they are doing for conservation https://www.rspb.org.uk/reserves-and-...
A huge thanks to the warden Lyndsey for all the help!

A huge thanks also to Jackery for the explore 1000. It has been an essential on this trip to keep my shoot running, Over the last few months the power pack has been in the car and used constantly for charging and working on the go and for a locations like this when power is limited, the ability to have a huge reserve + solar for keeping things charged is a real life saver when producing media. Jackery have a range of packs for all kinds of use but the Explore 1000 I've found to be a great for my needs https://uk.jackery.com/products/jacke...

The new Nikon Monarch M7+ are available here and perfect for any wildlife photographers looking for top optical performance in a more budget friendly model https://www.nikon.co.uk/en_GB/product...

Also the Nikon Z9 as many of you know is now my main camera everyday, it's performing brilliantly and in all honesty I fall a little more in love with it on every shoot! Over the last few weeks on back to back shoots it's been awesome! https://tidd.ly/2ZTkiEB

If you're picking up any gear and want to help my channel at the same time, ordering through my Links at Wex (below) in the UK really help me out to produce more content. I am now proud to be part of the Wex Ambassador network and will be doing loads more with my favourite camera retailer over the next few years, they give a top quality service and support and having worked with them for many years, they are a great company!

If you want to see more from me, be sure to check out my Instagram @TomMasonPhoto
I have also got round to finally finishing the first stage of my new website so check it out for portfolios, workshops and more! www.tommasonphoto.com Some of the images uploaded I haven't shared before so I hope you enjoy!

As always guys thanks for watching and I'll be in the comments for any questions, Get out there and enjoy your wildlife photography!

In my bag : (UK affiliate links help me fund the channel and cost you nothing)
Lowepro Whistler 450 AW II - (travelled flawlessly on all my flights with ALL the gear below inside!)http://tidd.ly/ee5e459a
Nikon Monarch HG 8x30's - Simply love these. http://tidd.ly/3df767bbNikon
Nikon Z9 : https://tidd.ly/3GOPrcl
D850 + Grip + D5 batteries http://tidd.ly/5e9ce68e
Nikon Z6 and 24-70S - (All video for the channel now shot on this - love this little camera!) http://tidd.ly/18f827ed
Nikon 300mm 2.8 VR II (My all time favourite lens) http://tidd.ly/c3774d0f
Nikon 70-200 FL http://tidd.ly/50423b68
Nikon 35mm 1.4 G http://tidd.ly/74102f76
Nikon 20mm 1.8G http://tidd.ly/792d72d0
Nikon 1.4 TC http://tidd.ly/51bb49a8
Nikon 2.0 TC http://tidd.ly/6d38e4fe
Nikon SB-700 http://tidd.ly/40a57f1a
Spare battery http://tidd.ly/3c45d8ba
Gitzo Mini Traveller http://tidd.ly/eda4b0c
Petzl Headlamp https://amzn.to/2LX80SW
G-tech external drives https://amzn.to/2Yil63y
Macbook 12" https://amzn.to/2ZBQ57e
Rocket Blower ( I'd get this one) http://tidd.ly/8d6a3ab4
I also carry a trusty Gitzo Tripod, either my 4 series systematic or a 2 series traveller!

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