Hi everyone and welcome
to our new YouTube channel!
I'm Jonathan Giovannini
and here with me is Michele Bavassano.
Hi guys, today we are 
in Mount Rufeno nature reserve.
We've chosen these fields behind me
after a few test periods
during which we monitored
the activity of some big mammals.
Today we want to show you
how we usually set up
using a movable shed.
We will show you
how we assemble our shed
and above all 
what we're going to photograph from there.
We don't know yet
where we're going to set up exactly.
We'll decide now together with you.
We're in a quite large field.
There's a river on the right.
In front of me there's a forest
and now we'll decide where to set up.
Usually you lurk at the edge of the forest
or at the edge of some bushy areas.
But today we want to fully test our shed
so we've chosen a quite central area
to see if the animals
actually notice the shed.
We'll try to photograph the animals
coming from this direction
and with the wind blowing in our face
we hope that they won't notice us.
So we have a tent.
There.
We have some camouflage nets
Yes a classic tent by Decathlon
that opens very quickly.
-Our tripods...
-Your tripods!
Our camera backpacks
and the equipment in them.
Now it's time to get to work
because it's already late
We will create our shed
and we will show you
the most important elements.
The shed is ready
we show you how it is
and Michele will explain you better.
We've used these camo ponchos
to cover the tent by Decathlon.
A small trick,
maybe stupid but very useful
is to use some laundry pegs
to perfectly hold our covers in place
without damaging them
and in just a few seconds
you can close and fasten the covers.
From the front you can see
that the shed is perfectly camouflaged.
We use the poncho hole
to insert the lens.
We have two quite bis lenses
that create a reflection
but during the shooting phase
we'll try not to move
to ensure that animals
won't notice the lenses moving.
A storm is coming.
-Just in time!
-Luckily our shed's been mounted.
We were a little late.
It's 7 pm, we'll go inside
and wait for something.
Let's hope for the best!
The day bodes well.
Final adjustments to the equipment.
Rain has come as expected.
Unfortunately there's also a...
Maybe you could hear that.
It's a heavy storm
and we're a bit worried about lightning
and all the carbon equipment
But we're here now,
so we'll wait and see.
The storm passed quickly
and we only got slightly wet.
The sky is opening up
and we'll probably see a nice sunset.
We need to be silent
because the animals could already be around us.
The light is getting low
and we're still here.
Unfortunately no animal has yet shown up
in front of our shed.
We have a few minutes of light left.
We hope to be lucky.
In these last few minutes of light
several animals have come to visit us.
First, a beautiful male roe deer
together with some females.
As you can see, they're pretty close.
Despite the poor light
we managed to obtain
a very detailed shot.
Definitely a pleasant visit.
After all this waiting, this is very satisfying.
Not only the roe deer
but also a beautiful wild boar family.
Including this beautiful female
that has approached the shed.
You can see how close she came.
And we could shoot a nice portrait.
It's dark now.
We were about to dismantle the shed
but these deer came from the corner.
These might be the last pics of the day.
The day wasn't bad at all.
We had to wait a bit for the animals
but in the end we had some great visits.
It's dark now.
We're loaded like mules.
Let us know if you liked the video
because it might be
the first of a long series.
-Bye guys!
-See you next time!
