Bird Photography with Digital Cameras

Birds are notoriously difficult to photograph, especially small wild birds. What happens if a bird wants to hide behind a branch - do you ask it to move - do you move and spook the bird - do you mask it out in Photoshop - or do you accept that it's nature and move onto the next opportunity. The problem of getting "full-frame" photos has been made easier with the purchase of a Swarovski ATS 80 HD spotting scope, which has been mounted directly onto a 35mm Compact Camera using the Swarovski DCA adapter.

To get high quality images though, there is still no substitute for a digital SLR and good quality lens - Some of the later images are taken with a Canon 40D and a Canon 400mm L f5.6 lens.

Enjoy the bird photographs on this page and contact us if you want any more information, have any comments, or would like to purchase an image.

VideoScoping - see bird behaviour close up - Click to view

Sea Birds	Birds of North America	Waders
Ducks, Geese and Swans	Woodpeckers	Derbyshire Birds
Plovers	Birds of Hong Kong	The not-so Common