How to Take Bird Photos

They sweep overhead creating the perfect shotaway. If you don't have image stability then you
as their body forms a silhouette with the sunwill probably need a tripod to take pictures of
behind them. Birds are great targets for takingbirds with telephoto lenses.
pictures. Taking bird photographs is somethingBirds tend to move a lot. This is a major problem
that many photographers have tried one time orfor photographers. Sure you can set the shutter
another. It can be very fun and fortunately therespeed to a very fast setting. But when you're
are many species of birds. You could go scoutingtaking close up telephoto shots that require longer
everywhere to find the types of birds that liveexposures you have no choice but to cross your
locally. Seagulls, hawks, crows, those brown birdsfingers and hope that the bird will not move.
that are at all the fast food joints.If you're going out to take pictures of birds be
When taking bird photos having some simple tipsready to have some patience. It may take a few
will help greatly. Birds are very fast compared toshots to get one that's actually nice. I tend to
humans. Most birds also won't stop to let youhave to delete a lot of photos. Not because
take a picture of them. Some birds will. I'm surethey're compositionally bad but because of the
you've had a time where you threw a McDonaldsblurs from movement.
fry to a bird and the bird rushed to pick it up. I'mBirds also can help add to pictures. If you've got a
sure a couple of you may have even threw a frypicture of a landscape and you see a group of
at the birds trying to get them to leave youbirds flying by wait for them to get into the
alone.photograph and then take pictures. This takes a
Birds are not dumb creatures. I have a parrotlot of patience but the results are worth it.
that knows how to say "Hi". He is not dumb at all.A good idea for having birds come to you is to
He has his own unique personality and will not letset up a bird feeding tray or fountain in your back
some of my family members get close to theyard. All the birds will flock to your yard. This
cage. Me, on the other hand, he lets me pet himgives you the perfect chance to photograph
and goes on my finger!them from an open window. Be careful doing this
If you're taking pictures of birds either you havethough. When I set up a bird tray house in my
to be really good with animals or have a very nicebackyard the birds repaid me with white blobs all
telephoto lens. Image stability will help greatlyover my car! I ended up getting rid of the bird
when shooting close up shots of birds from fartray and finding birds in the wild instead.