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May, 2017Views
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Location
This little guy was at Paradise Country on the Gold Coast. They feed the lorikeets a few times a day for visitors to see, but unlike other places they don't encourage you to try and get them to land on you. I like trying to get shots of these guys because when they are all together they usually don't sit still for long and it gives me plenty of practice with moving objects. I was really lucky to get the extra light in the eye. I am just an amateur but spend a lot of time at car shows or my kids sporting activities.Time
This one was taken mid-morning when they came down for a feed.Lighting
The place where these guys come in for food is under a big tree but we got lucky and a few of them had landed on top of the fence posts in the partial sun.Equipment
I used a Nikon 5100D with a 55-300mm lens. It always has the polarising filter on there when we do outside walks.Inspiration
I am always looking for opportunities to get better shots of wildlife, but especially the eyes. With these guys being so active it is a good chance to practice.Editing
I got lucky with this one and other than a crop I just ran it through lightroom to lighten the shadows on the near side of the bird.In my camera bag
This is like a trick question for me. As a single parent what dont I have in my bag. I have one of those bags that has a normal back pack on the top and the boys little Nikon s32's are in there. In my section on the bottom I have my Nikon 5100D, a 18-55mm lens, a 55-300mm lens, spare battery, 3 spare memory cards, cleaning cloths and kit for the both the lenses and teh camera itself. We are mostly out and about with our cameras so always need to clean off dust etc.Feedback
As an amateur I don't think I really have much advice to offer other than to have patience an keep trying for the shot you want. A lot of the time with the birds I will focus in on one that has stayed there long enough and then keep looking at that spot until the next one lands. I don't care how many shots I take, after all I am not paying to print them just to find the right shot. An even if it is the same type of bird the next time we go out, the light and the weather will be different and I just might get that better shot.
