The next step

[Brendan7]

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/pr...?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]

[Ehcalum]

A good 24 gauge and a loyal bird dog

[Brendan7]

A good 24 gauge and a loyal bird dog

hehe very funny but not funny at all at the same time [H]

[bob williams]

Brendan, This might give you some ideas:


http://exposureroom.com/members/douggardner/7f1cabed7ac04989bf314a20828e89a3/

[bob williams]

here is another one that might help





http://exposureroom.com/members/douggardner/320db47d104347a0a69d020d4544c8bb/

[Joel Eade]

Brendan,


If you want to "take it to the limit" look at this https://store.birdsasart.com/shop/item.aspx?itemid=275


Alan Murphy is the king of setups IMHO.


Of course you can do things many different ways but I would at least consider a camoflage hide and a good tripod....the rest boils down to how much effort you're willing to put forth.





Joel