video: episode 11 , nature photography tips for birds
My friend and fellow photographer, Tom Uhlman, is an accomplished nature and sports photographer. I was only able to spend a few hours with Tom in his backyard one morning but I learned a whole lot about photographing birds.
Tom explains it in a way that makes me feel like I can head out into my own backyard and start making nice bird photos right away. Here is our conversation, preserved on video:
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Tom has a great love for all animals and stresses being considerate to the animals you’re photographing. One of the techniques used in the video, playing a recorded bird call, is something he says should be used minimally, so that the birds aren’t unduly distracted from protecting their territory and feeding their young.
View more of Tom’s stock bird photography on Alamy or search his other nature photographs. He and his wife, Mary Kay Carson, work as a writer / photographer team on educational children’s books. This might also be the incentive Tom needs to update his website (how about it, Tom?).
He also recommends Arthur Morris’s Birds as Art as the authority for additional learning.
A very different kind of video this week. It was interesting to see how someone gets the birds somewhere he can pre-focus. I’ve tried some bird photography, and gotten a few shots I like. However, those buggers are fast and skitish.
I really enjoyed the video; some great info, and I’m excited to try out some of the ideas and tricks.
Great video, thanks for bringing it out. Good solid tips, too.
Thanks for good tips… but where can I find apropriate sound tracks with voices of certain birds?
In response to finding sound tracks – I did a google search for Peterson bird recording and found this interesting site which lists a number of CDs – http://www.birdwatching.com/tips/birdsongs.html
Also try you public library, They may have the cd that you can check out…
Thank you for hosting this video! I love birds and have shot some in my back yard. I’m looking forward to being able to try out some of these tips to get a wider variety of birds to shoot.
And thanks, Tom, for the link.
I love this video…thanks so much for sharing!
These are absolutely fantastic tips, thank you so much! That photo with the bird on the icy branches is simply amazing! I’d really love to see more of that kind of stuff in the future.
I truly enjoyed this video on taking photos of birds. I can’t find any other video’s on taking picture’s of birds or wild animals.
If you have any other video’s on how to take picture’s of wild animals would you please let me know? Thank you so much for sharing what you have with other’s. God Bless You and your family
Carol
Thanks Tom so much…really great for me
Wow… Great! Now you Have me wanting more….