Photography

After my last post with some bird pictures, I’ve been out practicing and experimenting a lot. Played with all kinds of camera settings and tried the evening golden hour. Plus I think I watched 100 YouTube movies withy tips and tricks. Did all that lead to...  

It’s a good thing we’re not shooting film anymore because for every good photo I had 25 bad ones haha

Every time I zoom in on that photo of that heron I feel it looks like one of those dinosaurs creepy actually

...and a heron got in the way, you’ve been very lucky. Seriously, a great set of photos. Well done. Regards. Kev.

That’s a nice way of putting it: trying to get the fish but the heron got in the way haha

Two very different shooting situations with the Giant Heron & Common Myna I particularly like the background and rendering of the Giant Heron and such good eye and feather detail, did I mention the background Distribution of the Common Myna Acridotheres t...  

There two things that initially I simply couldn’t get right: focus and exposure Whatever setting I tried, photos of birds flying were always blurry until someone stated the obvious and suggested to check the settings. Turned out I had command and sub comm... 

I guess both points somehow relate to getting to know & understand the equipment. It's somewhat "easier" with old film cameras as there are few functions and no menus ; ) Great that you stuck with it regarding the one genre... You're the go to guy for bir... 

Most of the difficulties I had were indeed equipment related. It took me a while to master all different exposure and focus options (and my gut tells me I’m not done yet haha). But by the same token, it has been a great discovery journey. Not only did I d... 

in its mouth.

By me it's mostly Snowy Egrets. But came upon this guy recently. I was waiting a long time for it to take off, but finally gave up. Bob ...  

The bird it self doesn’t look like a happy camper. By the look in his eyes he is probably thinking: get out of here haha. Razor sharp pic though

I must admit, a few were just lucky shots but on others I followed the book on how to get them on film. Planning, patience and then shoot as many and as fast as your camera allows (mine does 8/second and max buffer is 100 in high resolution) Then go home ... 

Impressive pics, Jurry, of what seems to be a purperreiger. I"m still amazed by the fact, that there are so many waterbirds in a country like where you are living. Regards, George

It's not easy to photograph birds in flight! Good job to you or whoever the photographer is!

Your wording suggests you find it unlikely that I made these pictures myself, but I did. Just before lockdown occurred, my wife travelled to Europe. Hence, since 8 March I havent seen her. Lockdown rules in this country dictated that I had to stay home mo... 

I assumed that the photos were yours, but then I realized I was making an assumption! So that's why I just wanted to clarify! Superb photos! I don't think I could catch a bird in flight like that. You must have a natural talent. I have a D700 Nikon, I hav... 

Much appreciated.

That or you're paying these birds a lot of money to freeze in mid-air. Some shots are stunning.

I got a relatively simple camera, but ive got a really very good time travel/freeze machine haha. Thanks for your kind words