Despite a hard week, I rose early yesterday, faced the rain, and spent two hours in a nearby park capturing bird photos. Creeping through the grass without a sound, tucking my camera into my rain jacket for safekeeping during downpours, and focusing only on the birdsong offered unexpected joy. It’s comforting watching the world through a lens, away from anything but the sounds of nature.
Although I’m taking classes right now to photograph people, my first love will always be the outdoors. And while I’m getting better at using my camera in manual mode, I haven’t achieved the crispness I want yet. Let me know if you think these are headed in the right direction and if you have a favorite photo. I hope you have a great rest of your week!
- These were taken with my Olympus E-M1 MarkII, using a 75-300mm lens and edited with Lightroom Classic.
Bridgette Tales 
They are all wonderful. The cattails seems to have caught my attention this round.
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What a wonderful-looking amenity for the community. It looks so well managed and I hoped it is used and appreciated. And an excellent collection of shots Bridgette – 5 & 6 caught my eye in particular and you even included a trail (26) for a little run.
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A wonderful gallery Bridgette. Looks like a fabulous place to wander and feel surrounded by the stillness of nature
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Beautiful photos. So many good shots of nature. In my last photography class we used manual and then the professor told us to set our cameras to Aperture Mode and use f-8 to f-11. That really helped my photos.
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Very beautiful bird photos, Bridgette!! ❤️ As Elizabeth does, I use Aperture Mode which lets the camera do most of the work, I just keep an eye on the ISO. There’s a new bird photo on my blog today from the 500mm lens. Be well, great work!!
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