Black Capped Chickadee
Jul, 2015Views
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Location
This photo was taken at the world famous Stanley Park in beautiful Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaTime
The photo was taken in the later afternoonLighting
Natural light was used. With living in the north and also being the winter season, lighting is pretty good most of the day, it is never right over head.Equipment
A Nikon D5100 was used with a 55-300 lens and it was most likely zoomed in to the max. I rarely use a tripod but I think I did pull it out for this shot. No flash was used.Inspiration
I was with a group of people that were taking a photography workshop with a couple of world renowned young professional wildlife photographers in Jess Findley and Connor Stefanison. We had stopped here to get shots of these little birds.Editing
I didn't need to do much with this photo since the sun was hiting the bird nicely. Slight cropping, and and a few outer little effects that I use on iPhoto on my Mac computer.In my camera bag
Most of my photos are taken spur of the moment and on hikes so I carry my Nikon D5100 with a 55-300 lens around my neck and have it set on the automatic sport setting. This allows me to take a photo(s) of any wildlife that may appear quickly and weather close up or far away. If the wildlife sticks around I will experiment with different settings. I usually also carry a 18-55 lens incase I decide to do some landscape photography. Often I will also take along my Olympus TG3 camera for macro shots and when I go snorkeling I use this camera and/or my go pro silver. Often I take along a mini gorilla pod tripod on hikes incase I want to do a landscape selfie. I also use a regular tripod on occasion if I am planning on doing night photography.Feedback
1-have a good zoom lens. 2- go to a place where the wildlife is used to people so you can get up close to the subject. 3- If you have a yard set up a feeder and spend lots of time there so the animals get used to you. 4- Be patient. 5- study your subject 6- get to know ur camera. 7- take some photography classes and hang with other photographers. 8- get addicted to viewbug and always try to improve on ur shots ;)
