This blog is intended to follow my progress this year in my pursuit of obtaining some worthwhile bird photographs.
Very much a beginner, with limited funds but almost unlimited time, I want to capture photographs that are more than mere record shots. I am not expecting many rare or even unusual species, but want to do justice to any bird that cares to pose for me.
Wish me luck and good light.
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Well, I'm back home again for the winter after closing down our "holiday home" - a static caravan at the side of a fishing lake.
I spent this morning cleaning the feeders and putting them up in the back garden.
Four hours have passed and apart from a robin and a great tit - no takers.
I realise that it will take some time for the birds to find the feeders, but I'm a bit worried about the goldfinches. I have kept the niger seed feeder going all summer and usually have...
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I was hoping to do some photography today, but the weather wasn't suitable. Mist and rain. I suppose I could have persevered, but I would not have been pleased by the results, so I went shopping instead.
I have not seen the coal tit again that I first saw the other day, but as I haven't been watching much today, he (or she) could have been around for ages without me knowing.
I'm still pleased with my photographic "technique" and I can't wait for the weather to improve. ...
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Yesterday was something of a watershed for me. It all seems so easy and obvious now, but looking back, I can't believe how off track I have got myself lately.
I have struggled and struggled to make FP flash work so that I can get nice sharp photographs of garden birds. I have spent weeks experimenting with distances, settings and gadgets to get consistent results that do not look obvious flash photos. And to a large extent, I have been successful, but not quite successful enough. I have had...
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It's funny how my feelings towards my photography changes - even from day to day.
One day, everything seems wrong. I cannot take photos, my attempts at bird photography are rubbish and I'm just wasting my time.
The next day, I get just one decent image and then perhaps I'm not that bad after all.
I must admit, the comments on the Gallery encourage me to keep on trying. I now I have a long way to go before I can call myself a fully fledged bird photographer (nice pun), but I...
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The weather isn't very good again today for photography. Rain. Cold. Miserable. I'm having a day off.
It rained yesterday as well, but I did do a bit of photography.
I am pretty pleased with the "set-up" now. Exposure is always the problem (and not just the camera with the weather we've just had!).
I always seem to be getting a bit of under exposure. Nothing that can't be fixed in Photoshop, but a bit annoying. I think I must be operating at the limits of the flash....
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