Birds

[adrian1963]

I was wondering how many of us love taking photographs of our feathered friends and how we approach the subject ie do you always relie on photographing birds in collections or do you try and take photographs of our your native friends.
As I will be leaving you shortly I would love to recieve your photographs at the e-mail address at the foot of this thread.

I myself love trying to capture my native friends in flight as yet to really get to grips with the focusing but have had some success but I love to go to bird collections for the more rare species or them I know I will never see in the wild

I love the challenge when at a collection to try and take a photograph with NO sign of wire or people in the back ground sometimes it takes quite a few photo's to get it right, when it does go right it looks like I was taking the photograph in the wild and the feeling I get when they are right it's great

HAWKPHOTOGRAPHY@HOTMAIL.CO.UK

 

[Maisie]

I love bird photography. Since getting my own garden with its local population, and my own pet birds, I've become a definite "bird person". I take a lot of bird photos, either of my own birds, zoo birds, wild birds or birds in falconry centres etc.

I also try to get photos of the bird without bars or wires wherever possible and with as little background distraction as possible. However, unless you're prepared to spend hours sitting and waiting, often it's either a case of getting a less-than-perfect shot of the subject, or nothing at all!

 

[gentle lemur]

Birds can be very challenging - they have the unfortunate habit of flying away when you want to take their photos. Zoo birds are much easier than wild birds, but as you say, you've always got to consider the background and also the feather condition of captive birds.
BIF photography (birds in flight) is a real test for photographer and camera. In the new year, I'm going to try for better shots of whiffling pink-footed geese (when they flip upside-down in flight to lose height quickly) and I'd love another chance to get some flight shots of peregrines, which are just about the ultimate in flying machines.
If I get any good ones, I'll send them to you.

Alan