First Try at Bird Shooting......

Helbreath · 25th February 2004

Well inspired by all the pics posted in this section..... Decided to give it a try downstairs my house......

Sorry but i have no idea on the names of these birds....

skfoo · 25th February 2004

Hi Helbreath,

Welcome to the world of nature photography.

The birds in image #1, #2 and #4 are female sunbirds while image #3 is that of a yellow-vented bulbul.

We need to start somewhere. My advise is to pay more attention to the background and foreground. If it was the birds that you wanted to highlight, it will be less distracting if the background/foreground is clearner. So move around the trees/shrubs to look for a clean background/foreground next time.

Cheers!

Avatar · 26th February 2004

Good try, maybe you will like to do what skfoo suggested and head out to places like the Botanic Gardens for a wider variety of shooting environment?

Helbreath · 26th February 2004

Thanks for your comments..... Will look out for that on my next try...

chngpe01 · 29th February 2004

I used to practice from my home like what you are doing. I find it very useful. What I did was to practice on just getting sharp image of the bird. Once this is done than I go for the composition and background at SBG and JBP.

Keep shooting

Cheers

Harlequin · 5th March 2004

Keep shooting and most important, the Passion and of course the ability to wake up early and go get the "worm" before the birds do...

s_wrx · 5th March 2004

what a wonderful first try!

the first 2 are female olive backed sunbirds, 3rd's are yellow vented bulbul and last but not least, a female brown throated sunbird..

more pics in the future?

29th February 2004	#5
chngpe01 Moderator Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 7,490	I used to practice from my home like what you are doing. I find it very useful. What I did was to practice on just getting sharp image of the bird. Once this is done than I go for the composition and background at SBG and JBP. Keep shooting Cheers __________________ my work I am featured here, in Vol 4

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Harlequin Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: East of Singapore Posts: 1,651	Keep shooting and most important, the Passion and of course the ability to wake up early and go get the "worm" before the birds do... __________________ http://www.avianwatchasia.org for some real bird photos My website : http://www.gorgeousfeathers.com

25th February 2004	#1
Helbreath Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 856	First Try at Bird Shooting...... Well inspired by all the pics posted in this section..... Decided to give it a try downstairs my house...... Sorry but i have no idea on the names of these birds.... Last edited by Helbreath; 25th February 2004 at 08:38 PM.

25th February 2004	#2
skfoo Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 1,187	Hi Helbreath, Welcome to the world of nature photography. The birds in image #1, #2 and #4 are female sunbirds while image #3 is that of a yellow-vented bulbul. We need to start somewhere. My advise is to pay more attention to the background and foreground. If it was the birds that you wanted to highlight, it will be less distracting if the background/foreground is clearner. So move around the trees/shrubs to look for a clean background/foreground next time. Cheers!

26th February 2004	#3
Avatar Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Singapore / Taiwan Posts: 1,244	Good try, maybe you will like to do what skfoo suggested and head out to places like the Botanic Gardens for a wider variety of shooting environment?

5th March 2004	#7
s_wrx Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: sINgaPoRe Posts: 337	what a wonderful first try! the first 2 are female olive backed sunbirds, 3rd's are yellow vented bulbul and last but not least, a female brown throated sunbird.. more pics in the future?