Bird Photography

Birds in the Field for Lunch!

“For me, the camera is a sketch book, an instrument of intuition and spontaneity.” ― Henri Cartier-Bresson (French photographer)

Native: Australia; also in Europe, India, New Zealand, China, Indonesia, North Africa.
Exif Data: Aperture: f/6.3 | Focal Length: 200mm | Exposure time: 1/320 | ISO: 160
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“Creativity is the Blue Heron within us waiting to fly; through her imagination, all things become possible.” ― Nadia Janice Brown (American poet)

Native: India, Europe & African subcontinents.
Exif Data: Aperture: f/6.3 | Focal Length: 200mm | Exposure time: 1/400 | ISO: 125
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“In order to see birds it is necessary to become part of the silence.”

Native: India and Sri Lanka.
Exif Data: Aperture: f/8.0 | Focal Length: 158mm | Exposure time: 1/400 | ISO: 400
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😳 Interesting Fact: In summer, they have long neck feathers so it looks very white due to the color of the wings.

Native: Common in India, Myanmar and Sri Lanka.
Exif Data: Aperture: f/6.3 | Focal Length: 200mm | Exposure time: 1/320| ISO: 200
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“Butterflies are nature’s angels.They remind us what a gift it is to be alive.” ― Robyn Nola

Exif Data: Aperture: f/6.3 | Focal Length: 187mm | Exposure time: 1/2000 | ISO: 640
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😳 Interesting Fact: Despite being clumsy in flight these can fly long distances & are good swimmers, especially considering they don’t have webbed feet.

Native: Australia, New Zealand, Guinea and Eastern Indonesia, rarely seen in India too.
Exif Data: Aperture: f/6.3 | Focal Length: 200mm | Exposure time: 1/320 | ISO: 200
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“The sound of birds stops the noise in my mind.” – Carly Simon

Native: Southern Asia.
Exif Data: Aperture: f/6.3 | Focal Length: 200mm | Exposure time: 1/320 | ISO: 640
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😳 Interesting Fact: The beak design is so clever that the front of many Japanese bullet trains are modeled to mimic it.

Native: Africa, Asia, and Oceania.
Exif Data: Aperture: f/6.3 | Focal Length: 200mm | Exposure time: 1/2000 | ISO: 640
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😳 Interesting Fact: It sound like ‘electric sparks’ which is believed to be produced by the wings or possibly the beak. It is most easily distinguished by the loud snapping noise it makes during flight. 

Native: India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and western Myanmar.
Exif Data: Aperture: f/6.3 | Focal Length: 30mm | Exposure time: 1/60 | ISO: 500
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