| Re: Help?
You haven't said if you have a garden or not ?!?!
If so the best tip I have seen for photographing birds is to make a perch out of a log/tree trunk/branch within a suitable distance for your camera. Introduce food into the cracks (if none exist you could make some), peanut butter is a good option as it is spreadable. You can then hide yourself away (a shed or camo netting is useful) and wait for the birds to come to you.
The benfits is that you control the composition and don't end up with bird feeders in all your pictures. It also provides a handy food source for the birds.
If you don't have a garden then see if you can find an alternative location (friends garden, local orchard etc) that won't be overly disturbed.
You could also try having a read of 'The art of bird photography' by Arthur Morris. This covers equipment as well as techniques.
All the best and let us know how you get on.
Olly |