Bird photography is a very challenging genre that requires a lot of specialized knowledge, top-tier technique, and patience, but when it all comes together, it can reward you with stunning photos. If you are looking to improve your own bird photography, this awesome video tutorial features two seasoned professionals discussing their background and a range of lessons and ways to improve your work.
Coming to you from Jan Wegener, this fantastic video tutorial will give you a range of tips and lessons for improving your bird photography. Bird photography can be an especially difficult genre, often requiring you to remain patient but alert for long periods of time, but also ready to employ all your technique at any given instant. You will likely notice that a lot of top professionals are using the best lenses and cameras, often pushing well into the five figures in price, and of course, there is a reason for that, but that being said, you should not let that dissuade you. You can still learn bird photography and create excellent photos with less expensive equipment, particularly with the many impressive supertelephoto zoom lenses available these days. Check out the video above for the full rundown from Wegener.
"top professionals are using the best lenses and cameras, often pushing well into the five figures in price" And this puts this out of reach for a good deal of people.. It becomes more of a social status thing, at least from my experience. I do just fine with my 300mm.
There is a lot of good advice in this video including the file management tip of deleting 95%+ of your shots.
Also… in this time of great APS-C camera bodies with very good animal AF you can get great reach (1.5x or 1.6x) with an affordable zoom. If you position your background far enough behind your subject you don't need a 600mm f4 lens.