I spent some time today concentrating on the smaller local birds. It’s an area I tend to neglect because it’s time-consuming and the results are frequently unsatisfactory. The main problem is getting close enough to get something decent while not spooking the subject. The alternative is to crop heavily. This is a heavy crop of a blue tit, but catching one in flight (even a short hop, which is what this was) is a bonus.
It’s far easier when they are eyeing up a bird feeder!
The foxes are still acting shy, though this one (with the slight nick in his ear) is becoming just a little more tolerant. Even so, this is a hefty crop and he won’t venture forward while I’m nearby.
Camera note: bird photos taken with the Canon 7D and EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens. Fox photographed with the EF 100mm f/2.8L macro IS USM lens.
Darko
17 Apr 2014Little birds, for now I can just hear them, early in the morning, but mostly they are shy, hiding in a bush. The bolder ones are bigger, robins and stellar jays and they don’t hesitate to land on our balcony sometimes. But never long enough for a photograph 😛
Words
21 Apr 2014Darko, as the leaves start to cover the trees it’s getting ever harder to see them. I’m learning to tell them apart by their song so I now know that it’s a goldfinch I can’t see, or a blue tit… and so on.