This article features some images of a cormorant with chicks captured handheld along Eastport Drive in Hamilton Ontario. This was one of the stops I made during a photographic scouting mission last week.
Category Archives: Bird Photography
Photographing White Pelicans at 2400mm EFOV
This short article discusses photographing White Pelicans at 2400mm efov handheld at Eastport Drive in Hamilton Ontario. This was an unplanned opportunity as this species of bird is reasonably rare in this part of Canada. In fact, this is the first time I’ve even seen any White Pelicans in this area. All of the images featured in this article are illustrated as full frame captures, without any cropping done to the files.
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Bird Kingdom with 100-400
Recently I had the opportunity to capture some handheld images at Bird Kingdom with the M.Zuiko 100-400 mm f/5-6.3 IS zoom. I haven’t used this lens for a while as my M.Zuiko 150-600 mm f/5-6.3 IS has become my ‘go to’ birding lens.
Photographs of Small Perched Birds
This article features a selection of photographs of small perched birds captured handheld during a recent visit to Hendrie Valley.
The Reality of Cost
The reality of cost seems to rarely enter into various reviews of camera equipment, and especially those that deal with lenses.
User Spotlight: Thomas Stirr
This short announcement is to let our readers know that OM Digital Systems recently featured my bird photography in their User Spotlight series.
Observation Skills
Observation skills are fundamental to all photographers, and are especially important to tune up prior to the bird spring migration season. Many of our best images stem from us being very aware of the environment around us.
Buried in Branches
It can be difficult to photograph birds buried in branches, especially smaller subjects that don’t give us much of an auto-focus target.
Handheld Bird Photography eBook
We have just published our 188 page Handheld Bird Photography eBook, which features over 430 original bird images. This new eBook covers a range of content areas that are fundamental to handheld bird photography.
Best Cameras and Lenses
This is the time of year when many photography blogs list what they consider to be the best cameras and lenses. I usually ignore this type of content. I recently looked at some of these articles and videos to see if anything has changed over the years. It hasn’t.