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Learn the Art of Bird Photography: The Complete Field Guide for Beginning and Intermediate Photographers and Birders
Learn the Art of Bird Photography is a comprehensive field guide to bird photography – so you can create beautiful bird images. Bird photography can be difficult, but with this book you will learn how to make it easier, and you’ll learn how to be more successful and create beautiful images. This book contains more information about bird photography techniques than any other book on the market today. There are comprehensive chapters how to set up your camera for bird photography, how to master your camera and settings, the best settings for photographing birds in flight for beginners and intermediate photographers, practice sessions at the end of each chapter so you’ll master the concepts and techniques quickly, the basics of light, composition, exposure, depth of field, how to get the best point of view, and how to get sharp photos. There’s a complete list of the bird photography hot spots in North America by week -so you’ll know where and when to go! This book is designed to make you successful in your quest to photograph birds and create stunning bird images
- GenresPhotographyBirds
227 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 14, 2018
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July 7, 2019
Tim Boyer has written a book that feels like a photography class. He introduces you to the cameras and options, teaches you how to use them and then sends you out to practice. Learn the Art of Bird Photography: The Complete Field Guide for Beginning and Intermediate Photographers and Birders is full of pictures and diagrams that demystify photography techniques.
As an avid birder, I avoided taking pictures for years because it seems overwhelming. Eventually, I started experimenting with my phone camera by itself and in combination with my spotting scope. It was an epic failure. My good friend bought a bridge camera and started attaching his pictures to our combined eBird lists. I was impressed. It seemed like an attainable goal, so I picked one up as well. I know it’s not the best tool for bird photography, but it works well with my other gear. There aren’t many resources that teach bridge camera photography techniques, so for a while I just experimented on my own. In time, my pictures improved, but I know they can be better.
After a successful birding trip this spring, I started reading books on photography basics, nature photography and specifically bird photography. I’m picking up tips with everything I’m reading, but this book is by far the best resource for my bird photography goal. I wish the author had photography classes closer to my home.
As an avid birder, I avoided taking pictures for years because it seems overwhelming. Eventually, I started experimenting with my phone camera by itself and in combination with my spotting scope. It was an epic failure. My good friend bought a bridge camera and started attaching his pictures to our combined eBird lists. I was impressed. It seemed like an attainable goal, so I picked one up as well. I know it’s not the best tool for bird photography, but it works well with my other gear. There aren’t many resources that teach bridge camera photography techniques, so for a while I just experimented on my own. In time, my pictures improved, but I know they can be better.
After a successful birding trip this spring, I started reading books on photography basics, nature photography and specifically bird photography. I’m picking up tips with everything I’m reading, but this book is by far the best resource for my bird photography goal. I wish the author had photography classes closer to my home.
May 18, 2019
Great book for beginning bird photographers
As a long time birder but not photographer, I found this book to be a great beginner to intermediate level bird photography book. The techniques noted and even Tim's preferences were usable and helpful to me. Some of the techniques were beyond me (like flash use for birds), and I suspect I'll never use them. However, these may come in handy in the future. He uses Cannon cameras and some of his suggestions pushed me back to my camera's manual to find the settings that he noted. That alone helped me develop additional techniques. I highly recommend this book and his uTube videos.
As a long time birder but not photographer, I found this book to be a great beginner to intermediate level bird photography book. The techniques noted and even Tim's preferences were usable and helpful to me. Some of the techniques were beyond me (like flash use for birds), and I suspect I'll never use them. However, these may come in handy in the future. He uses Cannon cameras and some of his suggestions pushed me back to my camera's manual to find the settings that he noted. That alone helped me develop additional techniques. I highly recommend this book and his uTube videos.
February 12, 2021
Worth the price
I found the practical guidance very useful. Some advice was not new to me, but the text is well organised and the content reads well, offering some great insights into how to improve in what is a tricky area of photography. My only reservation is that the camera examples lean towards Canon gear (I use Nikon) and the year long calendar of birding locations is for the US only. These are only small blemishes on an otherwise enjoyable and
I found the practical guidance very useful. Some advice was not new to me, but the text is well organised and the content reads well, offering some great insights into how to improve in what is a tricky area of photography. My only reservation is that the camera examples lean towards Canon gear (I use Nikon) and the year long calendar of birding locations is for the US only. These are only small blemishes on an otherwise enjoyable and
November 3, 2019
Agradecido
He quedado muy agradecido de este libro,ya que estoy comenzando en este tipo de fotografías y me ha entregado muy buenos consejos que me ha permitido avanzar muy rápido y con buenos resultados
He quedado muy agradecido de este libro,ya que estoy comenzando en este tipo de fotografías y me ha entregado muy buenos consejos que me ha permitido avanzar muy rápido y con buenos resultados
March 3, 2020
This was an excellent guide—it helped me know the right setting for my camera specific to bird photography—to know how to compose and take pictures—and what to do in post processing digital pictures. Highly recommended.
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