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Message: <blockquote data-quote="brianfm" data-source="post: 1387112" data-attributes="member: 11997">I used to be a keen 35mm photographer  before I was into birding and have only recently got myself a compact digi canon which I use to record the areas I visit and any botanical interest around.I'm not, and don't think ever will be, into photographing birds.  For one thing I prefer to simply watch and record in my memory although I keep loads of written records too.  I am greatly irrittated if I write what I consider to be good report of a birding sesion and someone says, where are the photos? as if photography has got to be a compulsary part of birding.  For me it certainly is not!  Its amazing how many times I'm asked where the photos are, or similar, too.  I watched the Starling roost at Gretna last week and my mate and I were the only people there without cameras.  Maybe the photographers had seen it all before and wanted the perfect shot, but I was satisfied to watch and take in the experience and be excited by that.I must admit too, that having binoculars and telescope is enough for me.  I could not be doing with large amounts of camera gear as well.Everyone to their own thing of course and I enjoy looking at a good photograph of birds and other wildlife as much as the next person.  I also appreciate the role of photography in birding when it is done well, but for me there is enough digital images out there, for me to even consider bothering.</blockquote>