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More bird photography, The Dipper!

December 13, 2009 in Species | No comments

The Eurasian Dipper (Cinclus cinlus), hereafter dipper, is one of my favourite birds, and it is now back in Denmark for another winter sesaon. This splendid little fisher is just fascinating to watch while its doing its thing.
By first appearances it seems like any other bird of its size. What makes it special is its behaviour …. especially when feeding.

The Eurasian Dipper (C.cinlus) posing by the stream

The Eurasian Dipper (C.cinlus) posing by the stream. I just love the white bib.

You’ll find your typical  dipper fouraging in clear fast flowing streams, not too deep and with plenty of shallows reaches Read the rest of this entry »

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Taking photos of birds

December 1, 2009 in Photography | No comments

I’ve been taking macro photos for some years now and was up for a change. Birds! I thought. Not that macro doesn’t pose a challenge for me, I just felt like trying something different (and one of those huge white lenses… yum!).

I just started out this year. Being fascinated by some of the astonishing work shown by inspiring people (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) I thought “Well, just how hard can that be, I mean with one of those fantastic tele lenses and all..”  I could hardly wait! I’m a capable biologist, I know where to find birds. I’ve seen tons of interesting motives and species.The amazing mind-baffling images of raptors that I was going to take, were already scrolling through my imagination. So is this going to be a post with all sorts of amazing bird photos? Read the rest of this entry »

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