Take a course in good water and air, and in the eternal youth of Nature you may renew your own. Go quietly, alone; no harm will befall you.
John Muir
Especially when someone looking at bird photography sees a lot of detail in the avian subject, feathers in sharp focus or a shiny glint in the bird’s eye, he or she wonders how it is accomplished. Often the viewer concludes, “Oh, well, the big lens!” “What kind of glass are you using?” is the more camera-savvy question. Guess what? It can be the humongous and fast prime lens on the oversized gimbled tripod … on a bright sunny day … bird posed at the edge of the nest … shot from the sturdy platform of the observation tower in the well-managed nature sanctuary. Nothing wrong with that. Do whatcha gotta do, I say.
Here’s what I go for, though. What I seek out and what rings my avian art bell is: first of all, it almost does not matter what the species is; [click to continue...]
