Some Birds Shots.

Ray22 · Jul 24, 2012

Hi all,

I'm new in photography less than 2 months into it and this is a few pics I have taken using my D3200 with a 70-300mm lens. Please let me know what you think and how I can improve future pictures.

My own critique is that in some bird shots the background is a bit too bright/white this was due to the bright sun and is hard to compose a bird photo since they dont pose for you for very long

knsaravanakumar · Jul 24, 2012

SCraig · Jul 24, 2012

Very nice. Birds are difficult to shoot since, as you said, they don't pose very well and most of the time we have to settle for what we can get.

Next time some fill flash will brighten up the birds and allow you to underexpose the background to get rid of some of the harsh light. Additionally since a couple are eating at a feeder you might just use a simple white reflector to reflect some of the sunlight back onto the front of the birds.

Ray22 · Jul 24, 2012

SCraig said:
Very nice. Birds are difficult to shoot since, as you said, they don't pose very well and most of the time we have to settle for what we can get.

Next time some fill flash will brighten up the birds and allow you to underexpose the background to get rid of some of the harsh light. Additionally since a couple are eating at a feeder you might just use a simple white reflector to reflect some of the sunlight back onto the front of the birds.

Thank you so much for your help. I never tough of this, a lot of times I do struggle with the lighting for the birds, I will try this next time!

SCraig · Jul 24, 2012

Post them when you get them. I love bird shots and you have some there I would love to shoot. In this part of the USA we have nothing that can compare to some of the birds you see every day. Luckily we have none of the lizards either

ScubaDude · Jul 24, 2012

Excellent shots for a beginner. To get better at shooting birds, read this e-book. Bird photography can be very addicting... you have been warned.

BuS_RiDeR · Jul 25, 2012

Nice shots. PS - One of them isn't a bird I think...

Ray22 · Jul 25, 2012

ScubaDude said:
Excellent shots for a beginner. To get better at shooting birds, read this e-book. Bird photography can be very addicting... you have been warned.

Thank you so much!