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Inside cave church in Spain

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Outside the Cave church...

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palides2021 said:
Do the birds see you? How do you do it? If I see birds, they also see me and fly away.
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Yes, the birds see me. Many fly away, but not all. This is where the patience comes in. Waiting, waiting, waiting.
Eventually the shot is yours. Many times I observe, seeing where birds land consistently then I will leave my camera focussed on that spot until a bird comes along. There is my shot.
 
Bretrick said:
Yes, the birds see me. Many fly away, but not all. This is where the patience comes in. Waiting, waiting, waiting.
Eventually the shot is yours. Many times I observe, seeing where birds land consistently then I will leave my camera focussed on that spot until a bird comes along. There is my shot.
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I met a birder who was published in many magazines. He told me his technique for getting great shots.

It went this way: He had a tall fence not far from his rear patio. He set a pan of bird seed on the fence a few inches below the fence top. He had a motion sensor switch aimed at the top of the fence.

Typically, birds did not land in the pan of bird seed, but would land on the fence top first and have a look around before jumping down to the seed pan. When they first landed on the fence top the sensor would go off and trip a camera's shutter that he had mounted on a tripod aimed at the fence from his patio. He'd set the camera to take a certain number of frames per trip of the motion sensor.

Then he'd go to work for the day. When he got back he unloaded the sd card from the camera and ran the photos through a viewer. Then he'd select those he liked and cropped them and tweeked them in PS. That's how he did his bird photography. All pretty much automated.

Pro's have a system. And this was his, he told me. I've since learned that Pro's in almost any genre of photography have system of some sort that produce consistent quality. Us snappers never realize that good photography is really a system. A system takes thought and money to invest in. I guess I am just a dumb snapper that can't figure out a system for my photography.
 
Bretrick said:
Yes, the birds see me. Many fly away, but not all. This is where the patience comes in. Waiting, waiting, waiting.
Eventually the shot is yours. Many times I observe, seeing where birds land consistently then I will leave my camera focussed on that spot until a bird comes along. There is my shot.
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Interesting. I have tried doing it, but my mistake is to make a movement toward the camera (to take the photo) and I lose them. Then I leave, because I don't think they will return again. I will try it with more patience next time, like you. Thank you for the tip!
 
Robb.hisself said:
I met a birder who was published in many magazines. He told me his technique for getting great shots.

It went this way: He had a tall fence not far from his rear patio. He set a pan of bird seed on the fence a few inches below the fence top. He had a motion sensor switch aimed at the top of the fence.

Typically, birds did not land in the pan of bird seed, but would land on the fence top first and have a look around before jumping down to the seed pan. When they first landed on the fence top the sensor would go off and trip a camera's shutter that he had mounted on a tripod aimed at the fence from his patio. He'd set the camera to take a certain number of frames per trip of the motion sensor.

Then he'd go to work for the day. When he got back he unloaded the sd card from the camera and ran the photos through a viewer. Then he'd select those he liked and cropped them and tweeked them in PS. That's how he did his bird photography. All pretty much automated.

Pro's have a system. And this was his, he told me. I've since learned that Pro's in almost any genre of photography have system of some sort that produce consistent quality. Us snappers never realize that good photography is really a system. A system takes thought and money to invest in. I guess I am just a dumb snapper that can't figure out a system for my photography.
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Wow! That's brilliant what the birder did! Thanks for sharing that.
 
I was just out in the backyard rearranging my stone steps and topping it off with a stone turtle and a Bougainvillea
when Bella walked over to make friends with the stone turtle.

I've seen her touch noses with a live medium sized Lizard just waiting to snap at her with his mouth open and teeth showing but as she slowly and softly got close he slowly closed his mouth. She touched his nose with hers for about 10 seconds, then the lizard turned and calmly went away. I instinctively knew she wouldn't get hurt. She did it with a garden snake once but just before she touched his nose he calmly left.

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Robb.hisself said:
I met a birder who was published in many magazines. He told me his technique for getting great shots.

It went this way: He had a tall fence not far from his rear patio. He set a pan of bird seed on the fence a few inches below the fence top. He had a motion sensor switch aimed at the top of the fence.

Typically, birds did not land in the pan of bird seed, but would land on the fence top first and have a look around before jumping down to the seed pan. When they first landed on the fence top the sensor would go off and trip a camera's shutter that he had mounted on a tripod aimed at the fence from his patio. He'd set the camera to take a certain number of frames per trip of the motion sensor.

Then he'd go to work for the day. When he got back he unloaded the sd card from the camera and ran the photos through a viewer. Then he'd select those he liked and cropped them and tweeked them in PS. That's how he did his bird photography. All pretty much automated.

Pro's have a system. And this was his, he told me. I've since learned that Pro's in almost any genre of photography have system of some sort that produce consistent quality. Us snappers never realize that good photography is really a system. A system takes thought and money to invest in. I guess I am just a dumb snapper that can't figure out a system for my photography.
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I does take more money than I am prepared to spend.
I will remain a happy snapper and be content with those shots that come my way. :)
 
palides2021 said:
Interesting. I have tried doing it, but my mistake is to make a movement toward the camera (to take the photo) and I lose them. Then I leave, because I don't think they will return again. I will try it with more patience next time, like you. Thank you for the tip!
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Yes. You must have your camera at the ready. I sometimes wait hours for the shot. Eventually I will leave as well. Simply depends on how much I want the photo.
 
Bretrick said:
Yes. You must have your camera at the ready. I sometimes wait hours for the shot. Eventually I will leave as well. Simply depends on how much I want the photo.
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I would never wait hours for a shot.. I get my shot within the first few minutes. The only time I'm willing to wait is when I'm photographing a train going over a certain area.. other than that..it's quick , shoot, go...
 
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