Brendan7
02-01-2010, 07:16 PM
Hi all,
I've been doing wildlife photography for a couple of years; I bought my first DSLR a few months ago. Since then I have been shooting my favorite subjects (birds) in my backyard on weekends. My equipment: Canon 7D, 300mm f/4L IS USM, filters, etc (that's right, only one lens *for now*). I am now taking "the next step", and I have some questions. Most of my photos have been "bird and stick" style. Should I go into advanced photography setups and perches? If so, what should I use to create good setups? Is there a guide of sorts I could use ?When I approach the birds only chickadees, titmice have the guts to come to the perches and feeding stations. Should I get a blind such as this one so that cardinals, woodpeckers, etc will come? (http://www.naturescapes.net/store/product.php?productid=144)? Or is it my lens? Would a lensCoat help?
I am just looking to improve and am wondering how I should go about it. Any and all bird photographers here, I need your advice! Any wisdom you have to share would be greatly appreciated! I apologize with drowning the forum in questions...
thanks,
brendan [H]
I've been doing wildlife photography for a couple of years; I bought my first DSLR a few months ago. Since then I have been shooting my favorite subjects (birds) in my backyard on weekends. My equipment: Canon 7D, 300mm f/4L IS USM, filters, etc (that's right, only one lens *for now*). I am now taking "the next step", and I have some questions. Most of my photos have been "bird and stick" style. Should I go into advanced photography setups and perches? If so, what should I use to create good setups? Is there a guide of sorts I could use ?When I approach the birds only chickadees, titmice have the guts to come to the perches and feeding stations. Should I get a blind such as this one so that cardinals, woodpeckers, etc will come? (http://www.naturescapes.net/store/product.php?productid=144)? Or is it my lens? Would a lensCoat help?
I am just looking to improve and am wondering how I should go about it. Any and all bird photographers here, I need your advice! Any wisdom you have to share would be greatly appreciated! I apologize with drowning the forum in questions...
thanks,
brendan [H]