Bird Watching: Capturing Nature’s Beauty

Normally, when I go to the park, I just enjoy sitting there, watching the water move around, the blue skies, and the peaceful air. However, over the past few years, I have been capturing shots of birds to see how they turn out. I always wondered what kind of photos I could capture if I took the time out of the day. The results were quite interesting, and it grew into a fun interest. I could work on my photography skills and capture some of nature’s most beautiful birds.

Bird Watching would become a thing for me. It could be time-consuming but also rewarding once you are able to establish a plan of how you want to capture them in images. I would sometimes sit out there for hours in the morning. I would bring a book, some water, my camera, and an iPhone to play some quiet jazz while I plan my shots. Reading actually helped me think about what shots I wanted to take.

Then the time had come, and from there I was able to just click as many shots as I could. When I take photos, I like to take very many of them. I will alter the settings like the Shutter Speed, Aperture, and ISOs. I do it because I want as many different shots as I can. I feel that the more images I have, the more options I have for final edits.

While it can be challenging and time-consuming as I mentioned, the final results can be very rewarding. I never took the time to see the beauty of birds in general. My only thoughts about them were when they would use the bathroom on my car after I washed it.

This experience gave me a new perspective. Not only did I start to enjoy photographing them, but I also even took the time to learn about some of them. I didn’t think there were that many different varieties of birds.

For the Photographers, I kept my shutter speed around 1/200-1/250. My Aperture was around F 5.4-7, and my ISO was kept at 100. Once you are able to get a rhythm of how to take photos, the settings become second nature to you. The camera I am using is a Canon EOS 90D. A very effective one with excellent attributes.

Recently, I was in Hawaii and did some bird watching there as well. Here are some of the results. I was pretty satisfied with how these turned out.

And my favorite one that I got to capture on film was this one.

This experience was one of the most fun I had with my camera. While I have slowed down my bird watching recently and moved on to other things. I still like to scroll through my album from time to time, and even once in a while go to other parks and see what I can find just for the memories.