In order to improve my skill sets for action pho­tog­ra­phy, I took on the project of shoot­ing birds in flight. Our back­yard feed­er attracts a large amount of col­or­ful finch­es who do not seem to have a great fear of my pres­ence, at least when I am sit­ting still. I take advan­tage of this vir­tu­al­ly free oppor­tu­ni­ty and spend hours sit­ting, observ­ing and pho­tograph­ing these crea­tures.

I have writ­ten my expe­ri­ence up as a tuto­r­i­al (with some of my favorite pic­tures) and post­ed it to the Instructa­bles web site. Instructa­bles is a fun Do-it-your­self site with con­tent entire­ly pro­vid­ed by the mem­bers. It is free to view and, if you would like to con­tribute, free to join.

My tuto­r­i­al is enti­tled “Back­yard Bird Pho­tog­ra­phy” and click­ing here will take you there.

This tuto­r­i­al is also entered in thi­er Dig­i­tal Pho­tog­ra­phy Con­test, so…, if you are a mem­ber of Instructa­bles and are so inclined, you have my per­mis­sion to vote for me.

Update: The tuto­r­i­al picked up one of 5 first prizes, a week­end pho­tog­ra­phy work­shop put on by Pop­u­lar Pho­tog­ra­phy mag­a­zine. I know I need it and I guess the judges thought so too.