BENCE MÁTÉ

ATTRACTING BIRDS

Good bird photos require getting close to birds. How can you get close without causing harm?

Exploring nature, especially with a pair of binoculars, can result in many nice experiences in a single day. The combination of distances, light conditions, backgrounds, surroundings, and the surprise of the unexpected usually prevents you from recording what you’ve experienced and sharing it with others.

If you want to produce technically flawless and visually appealing images of the phenomena and events you witness, you should try to predict what is going to happen in front of your lens. Predicting gets easier when you can attract your subjects to within a good range and also to a location of your choice. There are some ways ...

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