5 Different Techniques to Capture Beautiful Bird Photos - How Many Have You Tried?

In today's video I explain all the different ways I photograph birds, from stalking to setups. I use numerous examples to demonstrate the advantages and disadvantages. There is also a short test to see if you can tell the difference between shots that are setup or not.

I would love to hear in the comments how many you were able to get right.

Cheers, Duade
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Timestamps:
0:00 - 5 Styles Intro
0:24 - Setup or Not Test
2:54 - 10,000 Subs
3:32 - 5 Styles
4:53 - Style 1 - Walk & Shoot
7:49 - Style 2 - Sit & Wait
9:11 - Style 3 - Stalking
12:46 - Style 4 - Mobile Hide
14:38 - Style 5 - Setups
19:20 - Conclusion
19:35 - Outtakes
20:00 - Bonus Tip
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Artist: Chris Haugen Si Senorita
Title: Si Senorita

[Mark-ksjj]

I did a similar thing with my scarlet honeyeater shots. Stalking, observing behaviour and the feeding cycle all were key to being in the right place to nail the shot.

[robwasnj]

I love your humble demeanor, when you say "I'm guilty of it" that says a lot. It's obvious you have interest and care about the welfare of your subject, sadly I often see too many people doing wildlife photography for other reasons and acting poorly just to get a shot to show off on social media. Videos like this will really help those willing to learn get to a higher level quicker, when I started wildlife photos I assumed all photos were taking just walking around or stalking. Honestly some of the best tools for wildlife photography aren't lenses and cameras but often all the other things that enable you to get close or perhaps capture natural behaviour. I've really become partial to wider shots that show the animal in it's environment over the overdone blurred clean background portraits. You could seriously publish a book, it's a gift being able to explain things so clearly. Thanks for helping the art of photography.

[__-bkmm]

Your humble approach and your transparency with your process along with the great advice makes your channel stand out! It’s great to see the entire process 😊

[studio]

Dealing with the matter and placing a branch in such a way that the bird and the background match is a good exercise in recognizing corresponding situations in nature

[eduardofreitas]

I got them all right! What gave it away for me is the demeanor of the bird. The setup ones are always more alert, either looking at you or at something juicy right ahead of them, while the others, even the ones in a similar position, seem to be paying attention to something else. BTW Thanks a looot for this video! I'm just getting serious about wildlife photography and this helped so much, I've been pretty much only walking and shooting and sometimes stalking, and want to learn about setups or hiding.

[agusgedeantara]

All of them are exeptional, set up or not they are all still looks naturaly done.. 👍👍

[PascalDickhoff]

I binged so many of your videos! They are just golden! I love how open you are! Showing off, but not showing off at all, do you know what I mean? :D You have the skills and the images which are fantastic, but you don't brag, but instead even explain the technique behind the shot. Awesome. Especially in this age of "artificial information holdback" <3

[anoopn]

Very helpful video Duade. I was that guy who thought how people are shooting those beautiful shots of a bird with a nice Bokeh and your explanation opened by eyes and gave me so much confidence to continue shooting

[stanislavnaydenov]

Surprisingly guessed them all. The direction the birds looked at gave it away. Last one pretty tricky but the right one just looked tense.

[benjaminmesa]

I guessed them all right. I felt like the ones that were set up were slightly more "alert" looking. The one's that were taken without any bait looked like they were super chill and relaxed.

[Iobster]

Quickly has become my "go to" channel for photography. Also the same kind of experience got me into this as well, a red tailed hawk landed on a fence across the street from my house and let me just walk up to it and take shots with my old pentax. Ever since then I have just been doing everything I can to improve my shots.

[riyazahamed]

Amazing and informative as always Daude, good to learn and more glad that you have always been willing to share your techniques :)
Good luck

[CaliberCure]

Stalking like "Ninja Cat". So, it does work in nature, as well. :)

[bruceterrill]

Hi Duade,
I think that the bird and it's habitat usually dictates the style needed for successful capture and today's photographers have great videos, such as this, to learn the necessary techniques required for each scenario. It therefore benefits the individual to learn each of these techniques/styles of bird photography and use them where suited. The other 'style' not mentioned is of course BIF but only mad dogs and englishmen try to become proficient at such a heart-breaking past-time. . .another great video added to your collection.
Bruce

[kennuff]

Dont wish to appear clever but I got them all right. The set up birds all looked more alert as though they were looking for something, perhaps food that had been placed nearby. Spent most of the day today watching your bird videos and feel I have learnt such a lot. Thankyou for all the work you have put in. Cheers Ken

[Vacublaster]

Great video Duade, very informative thank you.

[Heavenesque]

Super interesting demo! For me there was nothing about the photo itself that gave away whether it was setup or not, but it was the body language of the bird. I did get 100% right based on small tells of the bird being slightly more aware of it's surroundings.

[phonecat]

Got em all right. I know your techniques so was easy...lol.

[atulvaidya]

Great video and very useful too. Looking forward to more such videos.

[redzone]

i tried them all :)

but i think my favourite is to sit and wait behind or rock or a tree