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Message: <blockquote data-quote="fugl" data-source="post: 1591214" data-attributes="member: 816">Judging from the number of threads in the ID forum from photographers wanting to know what they’ve photographed, I think that’s true in Europe & (particularly) North America as well.  To be chalked up, I think, to the stimulus that modern equipment has given to nature photography in general.  Prior to the digital revolution it was much harder--not to mention much more expensive--to take decent bird photos than it is today.Whether bird photography usually leads to a serious interest in birding, however, is another question.  I know a number of photographers, for example, with very expensive equipment specializing in bird photography.  Some of these people know a little about birds but most are not very knowledgeable about their subject matter & don’t show much inclination to become so.</blockquote>