How about a few stones in the birdbath for the more natural shot.Nice capture Tom. I must see if I can do something that is a bit more sophisticated than a bird bath, your pond shots have been great.
Nice capture Tom. I must see if I can do something that is a bit more sophisticated than a bird bath, your pond shots have been great.
Awwww! He does not look happy! Great shot though!
Appreciate you stopping in Donna - thank you.
Have you thought about sinking the bird table into some ground - with the rim being at ground level - and having a few large stones behind it for a bg and maybe leading into the water and then adding a little planting.
Lovely Bird great shot love the clear pebbles but for some reason the background stones look Grainy rather than out of focus or is that me?
How about a few stones in the birdbath for the more natural shot.
I remember Chris Packham been asked for a skylark shot for a book cover for November or something and needless to say would not get the shot so he made a cardboard cut out of the skylark stuck it on a tree or hedge and did a silhouette shot the publisher was over the moon with the shot.
that is good!
lovely feather detail
not sure if he's scowling at you "can't a chap have a bath in peace?"
Very strange looking B/G as mentioned.
Hope you can let us know why. Which lens were you using?
C
I should watch that one Tom, I cannot see a reflection
As for the shot, its ok I suppose
Its a great shot but I wonder is there any way you could get a lower PoV?
Great shot Tom (the bg looks OK to me)
He does look a little grumpy though
Lovely shot!
Sweet, lovely shot
Very strange looking B/G as mentioned.
Hope you can let us know why. Which lens were you using?
C
Nice capture Tom,i would like to see an overall shot of your set up ,your secrets unfolded,lol ,thank you
john
agree nice capture Tom don t normally see shots of them having a bath
Lovely shot
As suspected - I tried a small variation to my normal PP which produced this slight side effect. Image now re-edited.
Tom
Hi,
Thats much better.
I wonder, not having looked back through your posts could you let me know the size of you pond, and how you manage to get the birds to land in the same place. I assume from comment earlier you work by Remote.
My pond is about two meters by one meter and at one meter off the ground.
It varies from zero to about four centimeters deep. The birds seem to bathe all over the place, size and depth dose not seem to come into it.
The smaller stuff using shallow and deeper water. Thanks
Did I mention the pic is MUCH better !!!
C
Many thanks for that.So possibly I am not to far out in my thoughts on this.
It is sometimes quite difficult working on ones own.
The only site I have seen showing this type of photography is a guy called "Bence" think hes in Scandinavia. I know John Robinson also does this kind of thing and very well too.
C
A lot of similarities between the 2 setups - the major difference is you have gone for a raised version. Is that by choice or due to the terrain?
Hi Tom,
Mainly choice, as in I did not have any. At the rear we have a full width conservatory. Beyond which a patio surrounded by a metre high trellis type fence, so anything on the ground cannot be seen. Along the rear of the fence is shelving for my Bonsai trees, the one in the left corner I converted to a pool. Seems to work OK except the birds land all over the place which was why I asked originally how to try and make them come to a particular point or area. We have about ten species using it at the moment
(not all at the same time !!)
Will try and put some pics up when not quite so busy.
C
A lot of similarities between the 2 setups - the major difference is you have gone for a raised version. Is that by choice or due to the terrain?
Hi Tom,
Mainly choice, as in I did not have any. At the rear we have a full width conservatory. Beyond which a patio surrounded by a metre high trellis type fence, so anything on the ground cannot be seen. Along the rear of the fence is shelving for my Bonsai trees, the one in the left corner I converted to a pool. Seems to work OK except the birds land all over the place which was why I asked originally how to try and make them come to a particular point or area. We have about ten species using it at the moment
(not all at the same time !!)
Will try and put some pics up when not quite so busy.
C
Have you tried placing a large stone in the water? Needs to be just large enough so that it is just above the water level - so that could be used to draw birds to land on it. You obviously would use that stone as your focusing point.
Tom
Yes, actually have two stones poking up through the water.
blackbirds and starlings use them, but the Chaffinches,Goldfinches,Greenfinches etc. seem to prefer standing on pieces
of slate I have used just below the surface. Maybe my larger stones are too high. Will change them this evening and wait and see.
C