Winter Visitor, Fieldfare
One of many visiting Thrushes to the hawthorn hedge on a local lane, this time a Fieldfare.
One of many visiting Thrushes to the hawthorn hedge on a local lane, this time a Fieldfare.
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Location
This photo was taken on a walk around my local lanes, there are several Hawthorn hedges on the route which attract visiting birds in Winter, so I usually take Camera and telephoto lens as there is usually something interesting to see at any time of the year.Time
This was late afternoon maybe a couple of hours before sunset, not quite the golden hour but great for illuminating the interior of many bushes and hedges.Lighting
This time of day you have to go with what nature gives you, staying close to the hedge on the one side of the road in shadow to see the birds that are fully illuminated by the setting sun and also the background in many cases, although this Fieldfare is nicely sky lined.Equipment
Canon EOS R, Sigma 150-600mm C Telephoto.Inspiration
I'm always on the lookout for wildlife on my walks especially this time of year with so many visiting bird species. This one was particularly prominent picking up berries at the top on this hedge.Editing
Not much post processing here I like to keep images as natural as possible, minor tweak to highlights to take down the background sky and some additional sharpening / noise reduction as ISO was set to 1600 to keep shutter speeds high enough to reduce shake.In my camera bag
My kit varies with what I'm doing, on this occasion I was out birding so it was just Camera and telephoto lens, I prefer to travel light and limit the load to maybe the one or two lenses that I think I'm going to need for the day, other occasions like this I have a specific goal in mind (wildlife) and just take the one lens.Feedback
With wildlife shots if you are not planning a day in a hide it's a question of getting to know "your patch" and keeping an eye open when moving around areas that favoured by a particular species, a bit of research and local knowledge / scouting out an area helps to improve your 'luck' with photographing wildlife
