I'm starting to do a lot more study on the behavioural aspect of wildlife photography. Portrait-style shots bore me but I've come to realise that there are so many basic behaviours that have not been photographed/videoed in many species. There's a lot of weird bird behaviours here in Australia for example (play-fighting, courtship, etc) but I cannot find photos of them....that being said, I think I fundamentally don't know how to find these interesting behaviours. It really does feel like most birds do nothing but preen themselves when I'm nearby. Is there an actual technique to this kind of thing? Is it more about waiting or find the right location?[EXIF data available. Click here to show/hide.]Camera-Specific Properties:Equipment MakeSONYCamera ModelILCE-6400Camera SoftwareRawTherapee 5.10Image-Specific Properties:Horizontal Resolution350Vertical Resolution350Exposure Time1/640 secF-Numberf/6.3Exposure Bias0.3 EVFlashNo FlashFocal Length323.00 mm
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>>4364528Look for a book called “Bats Sing, Mice Giggle”, by Shanor & Kanwal. Full of fun animal behavior few people have ever heard of, seen, or even knew about til pretty recently.
>>4364528its all waiting, location and luckhowever being completely hidden is important, you are always seen as a threat to wildlifethey are not going to start play fighting or doing a mating dance if they see you watching thema lot of the interesting behaviours are also a seasonal thing only around spring timeit's also much easier to portray with videoive got a few pictures of birds holding food to give to a female/youngbut because you don't get that context with a photo it just looks like i took it before they ate it[EXIF data available. Click here to show/hide.]Camera-Specific Properties:Equipment MakePanasonicCamera ModelDMC-G81Camera SoftwareAdobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 13.3 (Windows)Maximum Lens Aperturef/6.3Sensing MethodOne-Chip Color AreaFocal Length (35mm Equiv)800 mmImage-Specific Properties:Horizontal Resolution240 dpiVertical Resolution240 dpiImage Created2024:06:30 17:28:06Exposure Time1/200 secF-Numberf/6.3Exposure ProgramManualISO Speed Rating1600Lens Aperturef/6.3Exposure Bias0 EVMetering ModePatternLight SourceUnknownFlashNo Flash, CompulsoryFocal Length400.00 mmColor Space InformationsRGBRenderingNormalExposure ModeManualWhite BalanceAutoScene Capture TypeStandardGain ControlHigh Gain UpContrastNormalSaturationNormalSharpnessNormal
>>4364621>however being completely hidden is importantMild camo and not moving much worksI've gotten pretty close to some birds while wearing just a green hoodie, and it wasn't even remotely close to a natural grass green, also, some birds don't give a fuck, swallows, for example, will be happy to play near you or robins, some of them are so curious they will get closer to you.[EXIF data available. Click here to show/hide.]Camera-Specific Properties:Equipment MakePanasonicCamera ModelDC-GH5M2Camera Softwaredarktable 4.8.1Maximum Lens Aperturef/5.6Focal Length (35mm Equiv)600 mmImage-Specific Properties:Image OrientationTop, Left-HandImage Created2024:09:25 10:00:52White Point Chromaticity0.3Exposure Time1/250 secF-Numberf/5.6Exposure ProgramManualISO Speed Rating800Exposure Bias0.7 EVMetering ModePatternLight SourceUnknownFlashNo Flash, CompulsoryFocal Length300.00 mmColor Space InformationsRGBImage Width1439Image Height1800RenderingCustomExposure ModeManualScene Capture TypeStandardGain ControlHigh Gain UpContrastNormalSaturationNormalSharpnessNormalImage QualityUnknownWhite BalanceAutoFocus ModeAutoSpot ModeUnknownImage StabilizerUnknownMacro ModeNormalShooting ModeManualAudioNoFlash Bias0.00 EV
>>4364637there is a difference between >getting close and birds not flying awayand >birds being completely comfortable and unaware of your presenceyou want the latter to see anything like a mating display>some birds don't give a fuck, swallows, for examplethe issue is most of these birds people don't give a fuck about either i can walk outside and see swallows, pigeons, magpies, mudlarks, crows, lorikeets ect.you can go to places where more exotic birds are used to people and dgaffirst time i had ever seen a crimson rosella and it landed on my head
>>4364648>shows exactly what I described yet has to be confrontational about itYou're too far down the contrarianism rabbit hole
>>4364656im sorry you feel confronted
>>4364656well for some reason you focused on the second bit about some bird behaviors instead of the main message about mild camouflage and not moving being 75% of the difficulty, of course you'll have to go to the place where they are, but that's the same for everything, I can't take a pic of the tower of Pisa from London, yknow?
>>4364659i don't disagree with anything about the camo and standing still?the only thing you really shouldn't wear is bright colours because it's more threateningi have sets of full camo clothing, it helps, but birds still have excellent eyesightif a bird sees you at all it may act differently, even if it continues to just generally ignore your presence most pros use a pop up tent bird hide where you are completely invisible to themyou just used swallows as an example which aren't really a bird many wildlife photographers would pursue
>>4364648didn't read post more lorikeets
>>4366588its not even a lorikeet
>>4366595The hell is it then? I don't think budgies are red like that
>>4366605its a crimson rosella, which i said in the postrosellas are a type of parrot budgies and lorikeets are also a type of parrot but belong to a different subfamily
