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Strictly For The Birds

Tony Britton

Active member
I hope you'll enjoy these wonderful birds. It's such an honor to be in their presence!

Double-crested Cormorant
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Green Heron
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Snowy Egret
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Brown Pelican
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Tony Britton

Active member

These are delightfully colored and sharp.

How do you obtain the “horizontally” moving bokeh?

Asher
Hi Asher,

What I especially enjoy about bird portraits is the opportunity to involve dynamic bokeh backgrounds, which involve water in the case of these 3 examples, rather than a static bokeh background involving trees or bushes. It lends a dreamy quality to the composition, in my opinion. If there's a touch of turbulence in the water, then all the better!

Tony
 

Jerome Marot

Well-known member
Very nice bird close-ups, but I have difficulty visualizing how the pictures were taken. The pictures of water birds, in particular, seem to be taken from a higher observation point. Would you have pictures of the surroundings so that I understand better how the birds were photographed?
 

Doug Kerr

Well-known member
Hi, Tony,

These are exquisite! Thank you so much.

Were these shot with a non-interchangeable-lens camera? I seem to recall that some of your earlier work on birds was.

Best regards,

Doug
 

Asher Kelman

OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Tony,

I just read that The pigeon guillemot is a species of bird in the auk family, Alcidae.

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Tony Britton: Pigeon Guilletmot

I am reminded of the high fashion women’s shoes with touches of red.

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Perhaps the colors of this Pigeon Guiletmot inspired that human fad!
 

Tony Britton

Active member
Very nice bird close-ups, but I have difficulty visualizing how the pictures were taken. The pictures of water birds, in particular, seem to be taken from a higher observation point. Would you have pictures of the surroundings so that I understand better how the birds were photographed?
Hello Jerome,

Thanks for looking and commenting. Here's an example of a wider shot from the Snowy Egret series. The "observation point" depends upon how agreeable my arthritic knees are on a given day! I especially enjoy photographing Great Herons and Great Egrets because I don't have to get too low to obtain an eye level shot!:)
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Tony Britton

Active member
Hi, Tony,

These are exquisite! Thank you so much.

Were these shot with a non-interchangeable-lens camera? I seem to recall that some of your earlier work on birds was.

Best regards,

Doug
Hello Doug,

Thanks for looking and commenting. Yes, all of my photos are from non-interchangeable lens cameras. My current camera is the Sony DSC-RX10 M3 bridge camera, which is really fantastic! It has a 20 megapixel 1" sensor and sports a 24-600 mm (35 mm equivalent) lens. The Green Heron shot from the recent series is from a very old Canon SX40 superzoom, which has 12 megapixels and a 24-840 mm (35 mm equivalent) lens.

Best,
Tony
 

Tony Britton

Active member
Here's a another set I hope you'll enjoy!

Great Egret
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Brown Pelican
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Green Heron
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Say's Phoebe
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Wood Duck
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Double-crested Cormorant
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Tony Britton

Active member
I wanted to share a few more of my favorite egret photos. Always a joy to photograph these beautiful birds. Thanks for looking!

Great Egret
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Snowy Egret
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Great Egret
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Snowy Egret
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Great Egret
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Snowy Egret
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Asher Kelman

OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Such superb contributions!

I commend you for being natures overwhelming beauty in such glorious details and with such luxurious diversity.

Thanks so much!

Asher
 
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