Always remember that you don’t need expensive camera lenses to take extraordinary photographs of fowls. What you need is technique, and then even your smart phone camera would suffice in several circumstances. In here, we’ll go through a few simple tips that should benefit you immensely.

1. 5 simple beginner tips on bird photography

2. INTRO
Always remember that you don’t need expensive camera lenses to take extraordinary
photographs of fowls. What you need is technique, and then even your smart phone camera
would suffice in several circumstances. We’ll go through a few simple tips that should benefit you
immensely.

3. Contributing Factors
- Direction & quality of light - Composition
- Background - Proper settings
- Exposure - Position of the photographer

4. Tip 1: Everything’s in the eye
Birds look lively when there’s light in their eyes. Follow these guidelines:
- Keep the bird’s eyes in sharp focus. - Check for the catch light (in bird’s
eyes).
- Photograph from bird’s eye level.

5. Tip 2: Fill the frame
While taking individual photographs of birds, filling the frame is a
definite good practice. The advantages of this practice are:
- It’s easy to focus on the bird.
- It’s easy to properly expose the bird.

6. Tip 3: Capture birds in action
Capturing birds in action requires more patience and effort. These might come in handy:
• Early morning or late afternoon’s the apt time to capture these photographs.
• Use burst shot mode.
• Observe them closely and learn to anticipate.

7. Tip 4: Make the background do the talking
The background plays a significant role in bird photography (except in extreme-close up
photographs). Here are a few guidelines:
• Avoid taking the photograph if the background’s immensely distracting.
• Use maximum aperture values to incorporate the slightly out-of- focus effect.

8. Tip 5: Practice with common birds
Birds like wildfowl, ducks, geese, herons are quite common slow and easy to photograph. They
are also quite photogenic at the same time. Practice with them first. You can then slowly and
steadily move on to more ambitious adventures.

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