This narcissoid bird wanted me to take pictures of her. Some photography advice...

in #animal7 years ago

I love taking pictures or videos of birds, but mostly they fly away when I get close. I was walking down the street today, minding my own business, when I heard this bird chirping. She was only a little more than a meter away from me... Unlike others she didn't fly away.

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I was standing there for like 5 minutes, trying to delete older photos from my camera (memory card was full) to shoot a video with her. She was posing the whole time, picking the berries and throwing them on a garbage can below the bush to make a funny sound. Right at the moment when I deleted enough photos she got bored and flew away...

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Moral of the story:

Keep your camera's memory card clean. You never know what opportunities you might get today.

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Also, try to adjust the color and lightning settings for the day. That way you won't waste time or use the crappy automatic settings I did. That way, you're gonna be able to take use of the natural lightning and you won't have to cramp up the colors like I did. If you do what I did, your photos are gonna look fake just like mine.

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Long story short, don't do what I do. I'm a shitty photographer. :)

With love,
@freegardens!

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Post scriptum: The bird is a female common blackbird, also known as Eurasian blackbird - Turdus merula. The plant is a bush of the common ivy (Hedera helix), currently fruiting with it's poisonous berries (hence, the bird didn't eat them but play with them).

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hahaha, esas cosas suelen pasar. Cuando quieres tomar una foto en el momento indicado "disparas" y la cámara te indica que la memoria esta llena, es como para morirse en el desespero borrando imágenes. Excelente foto!

Es la ley de Murphy en juego! O solo mi descuido? Muchos gracias... :)

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