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Jurry
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Some birds again

After the last few posts with birds in flight, now some photos of small birds.

It’s almost impossible to catch them in flight unless you really prepare well, find the optimum location and be very very very patient but shoot many many pictures.

It’s a bit easier to catch them sitting on a branch or something like that. But most of them are shy anyway plus now in summer time the trees and bushes have full leaves. Those leaves make an excellent hiding place for these small birds.

Some photographers “build” fake twigs into a bush or tree in such a way that they can easily photograph a bird if it’s in that fake twig. Some even put out a feeding station to lure the birds towards their position.

For me that’s all too much. I like shooting birds but only in their natural habitat and without disturbing them. Nor do I go out and sit there for hours hoping the bird flies by.

I’m the opposite, I like to sit outside on the terrace with a coffee and camera next to me in my own garden. Birds activity is usually high and sometimes there is no photo opportunity. And sometimes I’m lucky when a bird lands on a twig that somehow allows for a great photo.

Attached an example where I wasn’t sitting on the terrace but on the large balcony near the bedroom. Sat there with a coffee when an ordinary house sparrow landed and sat on a twig right in front of me.

The second series was few days later 

When I shot the first one I didn’t notice it, only when I downloaded the photos to my pc did I notice that a little beetle was flying by and it was captured in the photo. Coincidence but it gives the photo something natural.

Hope you’ll like them

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