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In the bush at the Central Highlands in Tasmania.
In the bush at the Central Highlands in Tasmania.
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Location
This photo was taken in the bushland in the remote Central Highlands area of Tasmania, AUTime
This photo was taken mid morning at the back of our shack that borders onto thick bush and gum trees. These little female superb fairy wrens are very active at this time of the day particularly on a beautiful day. There were several playing around on the large tree trunks this day.Lighting
The lighting is wonderful in most circumstances around the bushland in this area as the tall gumtrees provide a natural canopy to filter out the harsh sunlight and to capture the birds in a more natural setting than in my suburban home block.Equipment
This was shot on my Sony a65 mirrorless camera with a 150-600 Tamron super telephoto lens, handheld (no tripod) but with steady shot set in my camera menu.Inspiration
I love nature and I am a country girl having lived on a property bordered by trees and a river as a young girl so this is where I enjoyed being around birds. I enjoy the challenge of photographing birds and capturing special moments frozen in time. This photograph has won a gold award on a facebook photo challenge competition. The little wren may not have a wonderful side on profile but it seemed to capture the hearts of people as comments I received were like 'this makes me feel happy' and 'I had to smile when I saw this photo'. This is what makes it my own personal favourite that I have taken in my two and a half years of beginning my special journey into photography.Editing
I did minimal post processing, minor cropping, enhancement, slight sharpening, brushing out of some detail etc in adobe lightroom.In my camera bag
I have a large backpack type of camera bag which fits most of my current lenses, camera and tripod. I have a few lenses; Tamron 150-600; Sigma 10-20 (3.5) for my landscapes; Tamron 18-270 as my travel lens; Minolta 35-105 original (lovely colour and sharp) and my kit lenses. I also have a Manfrotto bfree lightweight tripod and a Manfrotto monopod plus a sigma polarising filter for my wide angle lens.Feedback
Basically, to capture something like this make sure your camera is set to continuous shooting to get a series of shots and get the lovely little birds in action. You will need to set your camera to a fast shutter speed and an iso of 400 plus is usually what I use but in lower light conditions I set it at iso 800 and higher if required rather than risk blur. My camera has 16 frames per second which is very good for continuous shooting purposes. I also set my camera to spot metering for this shot. Also, try and be very quite around the birds or hide and stand or sit very still so as not to frighten your subjects away. I find bird photography takes quite a lot of patience but is also very relaxing and therapeutic thus certainly worth the effort!
