Backyard Bird Photography: How To Attract Amazing Birds - Bird Photography Secrets Revealed!
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- Опубликовано: 31 авг 2019
- You always ask me: How do you get the birds to land where you want them to and why do they come to you!?
It's time to find out! In today's bird photography video, I take you to a tiny backyard space, you'd never guess you could take any bird images in and will try to do exactly that. Take some amazing bird images! How will I fair?
If you want to learn more about attracting birds and get inspiration for your own bird photography photography and hear all my bird photography secrets, check out my brand new ebook!
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Great ideas. You are right that it’s best to get birds to come to you. In New Zealand it’s flowers and fruit that attract natives
Stewart Baird thanks! Yes it gives you a lot more options than chasing them around
WoW! This was just so useful. I live in England so will have fun adapting some of these great ideas. Thank you so much. I just love your enthusiasm Jan!
John Bishop great to hear John. Let me know how you go
Wow! That's amazing! Couldn't imagine it is so simple!
Thank you, Jan, you gave me inspiration so i will try to do something like this.
I already have a feeder in my backyard and some birds come to take a bite but I thought that i can't get nice pictures because of background... But now I have some ideas 😊
Natalia I that’s awesome and exactly why I did this video and my ebook. Let me know how you go! 👍😊
Great Job Jan! It is nice to find good quality bird photography videos. I use many of the same techniques in my own backyard. It is always fun to see everyone's reactions when you tell them yeah this was taken in my backyard. Again great job!
Billhoag1 thanks mate! Yes exactly! It’s nice to share some of this to show what’s possible
A lot of great information here and it's a good way to practice your technique for when you go out into the field. Thanks for sharing!
Brian Baquial thanks. That’s exactly right!
This was unbelievably helpful. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!! I tinker with similar setups in my yard by my feeders but you gave me so many new ideas!!
Daniel Cartis great to hear. Happy to give you some new ideas
Awesome mix of creativity and clever thinking! You really make me want to go to Australia 😫
Stefano Ianiro Wildlife its an awesome
place!
This video worked like you hoped it would, Jan........it inspired me to try it on winter birds in my South Texas backyard! Thanks...........
Old400 i love hearing that. Let me know how you go!
Gotta love your commitment and results because of that! Great positive video and indeed proof that birds don't need much. Having Rainbow Lorikeets and Red Wattlebirds in your backyard does help with great pics, but I bet even drab European birds can look good in a setting like this.
Thanks a lot. I started taking bird photos in my backyard in Berlin, Germany and got some wonderful images,. too. Now living here, I am used to the Aussie Birds, and would happily trade a Rainbow Lorikeet for a blue tit hehe. The grass is always greener.......
Many thanks Jan, brilliant video, you’ve convinced me.
Glad you liked it Andrew. It's just a different perspective on things and quite fun and you don't have to go anywhere!
The concept works. I have to refine it a bit, a better looking perch and then a backdrop but after two days I've got King Parrots, Sulphur Crested Cockatoos, Rainbow Larakeets and Noisy Miners coming in. Land on the high point of the perch first before heading for the food. Shooting out through my laundry door into our tiny courtyard. Thanks Jan, who knew!
Awesome, it can be a great way to get some cool shots without having to go far. If the background isn't ideal you can also try going for headshots
Hi Jan, fantastic setup! Art, creativity & wit all punched in together to create those masterpieces!!
Sarajit Sil thank you 😊
I can't tell you how much I appreciate you sharing your knowledge, Jan! This is a really cool idea and - as you said - one that can be adapted for pretty much any location. I live on the 13th floor of a condo, and last summer I put up a little feeder on the balcony. I ended up getting a family of House Finches coming to eat regularly and I just loved watching them (FYI, it was the males who regularly fed the fledglings, not the females! ) Unfortunately, I ended up taking my feeder down because they kept bumping into the glass sides of the balcony, no matter what I did, so I didn't want then to get hurt. That said, long story short, I can totally see how a set up like this would work even on an apartment balcony!! Such a great idea and one I will keep in mind for the future!! Thank you!
jewelfish that’s awesome. I love getting you guys some food for thought and new ideas. Too bad the finches kept hitting the glass. Very thoughtful of you to take it down
Thanks again Jan 0 perfect. I have the book now and will try this on my own ground floor balcony. I was aiming to do this shortly but you have inspired me to do it sooner cheers!
Graham Gall awesome! 😊😊
Jan - thanks so much for your videos. Fairly new to bird watching, and loving every minute of it.
Your photography tips have been useful to my missus and myself!!
Currently setting up a new backyard in rural Northern Territory with alot of bird life in general around. Really looking forward to getting them in close!
Cheers mate!
Awesome to hear! Sounds like a lovely place you're at!
Top stuff Jan & thank you ....
Fantastic....
Your photos are my inspiration. thanks for sahring your tips
thanks!. I love giving you new ideas and inspiration. Hopefully you can use some of it.
I use perches in my own backyard photos and videos. Your ideas have given me lots of inspiration to try some new ideas.
that's great to hear!
Amazing video mate, credit to you for sharing how you go about getting fantastic shots.
Duade Paton cheers mate. What’s the point of keeping it all a secret if it helps others 👍
I just picked up bird photography and I'm so happy I found your channel!
Amanda Kay great to hear 😊
A fantastic video Jan , and after purchasing your new e-book "How To Attract Amazing Birds" I am pumped to try this method in my own back yard. Congratulations and Thankyou for sharing your methods and knowledge of capturing amazing bird photographs.
Brad Keyser thanks Brad always happy to help. Let me know how you go
Fantstic video Jan, I life in Amsterdam city and I photograph little birds on my balcony so nice to do...Thanks for the tips.
that's awesome Astrid!
Officially inspired. As it happens I bought the e-book last week and only found the video today! Last weekend I put out some water and food in a hope to do as you have shown is possible! Just need a background (and some birds) to hide the fence!! Thanks for revealing your secrets.
Awesome, glad you liked the ebook, too!
Awesome work Jan, great tips!
Mick McKean thanks Mick!
Wow I’ve never seen this method of bird photography. It’s a brilliant idea. Really awesome vid man
Ian Redfield really glad you enjoyed it Ian. That’s exactly why I did the video. It’s so nice to be able to get images no matter where you are and I want more people to realise this opportunity
Jan, you are such an inspiration. I will definitely try these techniques. I’m also in Melbourne and know those birds well. I frequently go to Red Hill where there are heaps of beautiful Robins of all colours. I will try using meal worms for these. I will get your book too.
I’m so surprised you don’t have at least 300,000 views. Once again a big thank you for the inspiration.
popsomniferum thanks mate! Share the word and some more views might come 😊 it’s fun to do these videos and get feedback like yours. Views will come, and if not I’m happy it helped those who have seen it
Amazing stuff! I’ll try this :)
Ashwin Satish Deshpande great 😊
Loved it and yes very inspiring will try this out soon :)
fantastic
Great info to use during iso! Definetley going to give this a shot
That's what I will have to resort to soon again as well! Good luck!
This is awesome ...I have spotted dove, sunbird, rose ring parakit, redwented bul bul, baberts coming to my garden but I never thought of what u did, setting up a perfect set up at home, good idea.... must give it a try, thanks for sharing 👍
you got some great birds coming to your yard! I hope you can get some shots
Great !!! Great !!! Great !!!!!!!!
Evgeny Gorshkov thanks
so inspiring and creative, thx !
Wow that's incredible ideas which is you applied to it on very little garden.. it's really helpful I'm sure apply in coming days.. thanks
Thanks a lot and good luck!
Trying to figure why you don’t have 150k subscribers. Great job Jan!
Jim
phooesnax it all takes time and people spreading the word 😁
This was an awesome video. I just started learning bird photography thank you for this
Glad you enjoyed it!
Gracias!!!🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Great video! Thanks for the tips!
Mathijs De Koning you’re very welcome
You are awesome! Love this going to try..
thanks! :)
Excellent!
Very cool! I've managed a couple of okay shots in my back yard, the angle of the sun and horrible background being the main issues. Now I have an idea of how to set up a background and being NZ I can just wait till its cloudy to start shooting :-) thanks for the tips!
Christopher Caine that’s great! Let me know how you go
Love this idea!
PipPipHooray 😊😊👍
Rocking video mate 👍
Karl Seddon thanks mate
Absolutely fantastic!
Many thanks!
Super cool, thanks Jan.
Glad you liked it!
My mind is exploding with ideas after watching your video. Thank you for the inspiration!!
Glad you enjoyed it and that I could give you some ideas
Jan Wegener hey I was just wondering if you have ever done a video on the Better Beamer? I have been considering getting one for some time now.
@@spazydoo1 not just the BB, but one on flash in general, where I use it
ruclips.net/video/Gb7e2cfgrPg/видео.html
Thanks for making this!!
Stanley Njihia you’re welcome 😊
Love this
Birdsandbirdys great to hear 😊
Great as always
thanks!
What an amazing video I have put out apple's and some got some shots of rainbow lorikeets but what a great idea thank you
Looks like we might be locked down for a few weeks what a great way to get some good shots 🤔
yes, especially in these times, your backyard can be amazing to still get some shots.
Such a great video! Great shots. BTW, where did you get those small clamps from?
foblivio they’re part of a novoflex sta-set. Trying to work out a deal with them
this is honestly the best "bird photography tip" video i have ever seen !! thank you for sharing your knowledge with us !
thank you very much :)
That’s really brilliant 👍🏼👍🏼
thanks :)
What a quality videos learned a lot from watching this 👍👍👍
Jonathan Bayliss that’s awesome to hear! Loads more to come!
Jan Wegener ideal look forward to them
Oh wow! I never would have thought you'd be able to take great bird photos in such a small space!
Haylee Boxall 😊
a big 10 to you JAN
Thanks!
Well done! That’s fantastic.
Thank you! Cheers!
Great video Jan! I'm genuinely surprised it hasn't got a lot more views but i'm sure it will happen when the word spreads. If I can offer some advice, in my opinion the thing that will take your youtube videos to the next level is improved audio. This one had some pretty bad audio, quite a lot of echo etc. Looking forward to the next video =)
thethreeislands thanks. Yeah still figuring it all out. The open garage caused that I think. Let’s hope a few more people get to see it 😊
A really good and helpful Book, danke Jan
Sen Seo thank you 😊😊😊
Brilliant
cleverly trick 😘👏👏
this is awesome!
Juan Lopez thanks! 😊
How professional as always. :)
Gyorgy Szimuly thanks my friend
This is so inspriring! I am always trying to attract birds into my garden, but have never thought of setting up a studio background! Thanks for sharing! Can you please tell me what fabric you used to paint on? Looks lke a nice, heavy and non-creasing fabric.
It’s some stretchy material I god from a homeware store
You are very lucky bro, there are still many birds around you, while here in the city I live it is very difficult to find beautiful birds around the house
Celoteh whereabouts to you live?
@@jan_wegener Jakarta Indonesia, We had to go to the forest to get photos or videos beautiful birds
Celoteh that’s too bad
I love your videos!
Great to hear :)
Nice video Jan!
Willem Verboom thank you!
Superb ❤
vis kar thanks!
Brilliant! Time to use the old wood here at our house! 😁
hehe :)
@@jan_wegener Man I can't wait for my day off lol.
Fri Intalan good luck
@@jan_wegener 🤩🤘
Very cool video!
Adi Ringer thanks!
You can hang up a tarpaulin or some jute cloth between you and the birds if you want to move closer. Or don't have a 600mm. An insect net might also work. I've used that over a window as to not scare birds at a feeder while watching them.
A chair and a slit in the fabric should do well.
Jute cloth is found in the garden centers where I live.
Yes, I sometimes use a blind, too
Your work and video posts are just awesome. Australia is an amazing nature and birding country and your set up is great to attract them. I'm just starting in birding with an old 7D and 100-400 (the first one) and I get great insights and tips from your videos. I'm going to get your book... but:
Jan: I edit this comment to give you a tip. (and I might wait for your reply to finalize my book purchase see if you catch the comment and let me know soon.
Indeed I'm tempted to purchase both the book and the video along, But... it's quite a gap in price, and as much as I may want both, I think many like me will want to get the book first and spread the expense, either because of budget... or because of budget.
And here comes the little frustration, as, for the ones that absolutely would want to start with your book only and , further down, get the surely awesome video content, there is no offering I saw with this consideration in mind, where one could purchase the video separately.
I think that's missing and that this option could increase the global sales, as it might frustrate some to want to purchase the book first but don't have the option to break down their purchase over time if they want, having to invest for the whole at first, or having to repay for the book if wishing to purchase the video further down the road.
So a few could just get the book only (did I say budget ?..) and give up on the video they might otherwise have later purchased if this option was offered.
Let me know if there is an option, or soon will be, to better decide. Thank you for your time and insight if you catch this comment...
Hey,
Yes Australia is an amazing place!
if you go to my page: aviscapes.com/products/
You can purchase each product individually.
The ebook is here by itself:
aviscapes.com/attracting-birds/
Thank you a lot for the video! Very inspiring! Which clamps do you use? Thank you!
They're from a Novoflex STA-Set
:) really perfect, dammmnn cool thanks !
Glad you like it!
Fantastic
phooesnax 😊😊
Incredible! I am new to your videos and have seen you used a flash in your camera. What's this for exactly? Thanks for sharing
Just to add a bit of extra light and sparkle to the image. Glad you enjoy my videos
Jan. Great video! I've become a firm fan of your videos while waiting for my Canon EOS R5 to arrive. I also tried some back garden bird photography during our lockdown in the UK and played with a few artificial backgrounds but yours beats of all of mine hands down. I'd be really interested to know what material you used for your background. Are you able to advise, and also where you got it? The only problem is that my garden visitors are a lot less spectacular than yours!!
I got this background from a local shop that sells a lot of fabrics. It was light green and is stretchy and it doesn't wrinkle! The latter is important so you don't have folds everywhere. I then just spray painted it
@@jan_wegener Thanks Jan. I will see what I can find on-line!
I'm intrigued as to the use of the flash. What distance are you getting with it and what is the setup. Thanks
Manannan Photographics my next video will be about flash. You can read about it here for now.
Aviscapes.com/blog
Great. You are lucky for all the beautiful birds that visit your patio. Good ideas. Thanks for your video.
glad you liked it!
Another good video Jan. You made a comment that has me baffled. At around three minutes you said "..... no sunflower seeds, as they are not good for birds". Could you explain that, as here (UK) they are considered good for birds due to high energy content. If you were referring to birds found in Australia, perhaps you should have qualified the statement.
Should’ve said not too many as they’re quite fatty. And here it’s mainly parrots eating them that can tend to only eat them. I suppose it’s different if you have true winters and some other species
Wonderful video jan .. can you tell us about your gears plz .
thanks! You can read a bit about gear here: aviscapes.com/flash-settings-and-accessories/
And I was planning to show a bit of my gear in my next video
Awesome video Jan... I have set up seeds and water in a similar spot... two months into it and only house sparrows so far... still waiting :)
VINEETH RADHAKRISHNAN sometimes it can take a little bit. Depends on your area. What birds are you hoping for?
@@jan_wegener I've seen blue jays, cardinals, white winged doves, american robins so far on the fence right next to the yard... hopefully any of those will jump on to the perch soon... I am waiting in my pop-up blind every evening :D
Surely they will soon. Is there specific food you could offer? Maybe mealworms or nuts?
@@jan_wegener Yeah.. I have peanuts (blue jays), safflower seeds (cardinals), mealworms (robins) in a tray :)
Can I call you bird whisperer.
Great.💚
Sure, why not
great tips thanks
what part of AUS are you in Victoria?
Andrew Balcombe near Melbourne
@@jan_wegener lovely part of the world. Especially for a bird photographer.
Thank you jan
Very good video . Unfortunately I soled my telephoto lens 😔
nima rahimzadeh oh no! Now you have to get really close 😆
@@jan_wegener yes with my mobile camera 😂
Wonderful video and very instructive. I have 2 questions for you, are you living in a tropical area?.The second question is: where can I get a printed copy of you book?
thanks! I live in Melbourne, Australia, which is not very tropical at all. There's no printed copy version atm. Just an ebook, which you could print if you wanted to.
Thanks for the reply. I asked the question about where you live, because of those colourful birds, that I always associate with tropical areas.
I’ll buy and print the Ebook, thanks a lot.
@@RobertoGonzalez-qw4ll typically yes, but there are a few colourful ones here as well
I die laughing looking at some people's bird photography set-ups! And these Heath Robinson contraptions _work_ !
:)
"Not sunflower seeds 'cause they're not good for birds?"
Maybe you could make a video on that; what to feed what kinds of birds, what to look out for, etc. I thought sunflower seeds were great to feed birds...
Zechla i should’ve said sunflower only in small amounts. They’re quite fatty. Birds love them, but you don’t wanna give them too much of them
@@jan_wegener gotcha. Thanks for informing me!
@@jan_wegener In Canada here our birds love the black oil sunflower seeds and it is a common thing to feed only that or suet. But they need the fat in winter to get thru the cold. so I guess it depends what kind of birds you are feeding. We have chickadees, woodpeckers, sparrows and finches as well as nuthatches that feed on this. Nothing exotic looking like you have :(
Pat R yes, the type of bird plays a big role.
sigh, living in New York City I have neither a backyard nor a balcony :( and really nowhere one could safely set up perches like this. But your videos inspire me...to move to Australia :) Actually I was in Australia photographing birds last year and am eager to return. Of course we were shooting in the wild...no perches except for naturally existing ones. I wonder, do you do photo tours/guiding?
Janet Zinn i am doing private ones atm and might be offering something more next year. But private is probably the best way to learn anyways! Feel free to msg me
One more thought, I’m sure there are at least some wetlands near you, where you can find some water birds. I’ve also actually seen a bunch of nice warbler images from Central Park
@@jan_wegener oh there are plenty of great places to photograph birds near me, and I get great warbler shots in my local park. But its just not practical to do the type of perch set-ups that you do. For one thing, in any city park here you'd need a permit to do such a thing (they would consider you a pro---even if you're not.)
Janet Zinn yes that can be annoying. I usually try to be in private property, but that’s not always easy to achieve. Best of luck 👍
Hi Janet. I don’t know how to link it, but use the RUclips search function to check out Mark Smith’s trip to NY Central Park. It will be well worth your time.
Which budget flash should we buy for bird photo graphy bro
ishor gurung I’ve only ever used my canon ones, so it’s hard for me to give advise on others, but from what I hear most cheaper brands are doing an ok job. The main thing is recycling time being likely slower
Okay, you've a pretty much controlled environment in your backyard, but most of your photos are "in the wild", where you set up a perch - do you bring along a bowl of water and food for those birds? In other words, how are they attracted to YOUR perch as opposed to the myriad available natural perches?
Thanks!
There are many different ways. I have written a whole ebook about the topics and the techniques that I use. aviscapes.com/attracting-birds/
It's kinda always different depending on what bird you photograph and the habitat
Jan Wegener Thank you!
Trying to find the back drop cloth shown in this video. What would you call the pattern on it if search for this backdrop ? thanks
I spray painted it. It’s a light green stretchy material
IT'S SUPER HANDY IN QUARANTINE TIMES.......
Venkatesh K thank you 😊
Very good, video. But why are sunflowers not good for the birds?
some birds can get too fat if that's the only thing they eat, especially parrots.
How long did it take for the birds to come?
Awesome Animals a few days
Baiting in this manner I think is fine for this kind of work, however, I'm not a big fan of doing the same out in the field. If one decides to bait in the wild as well, my only recommendation is to use the subject's natural food source from the wild as the bait.
😮😮😮 mind blown! Lol.. are the “plants” you real? They are right?
yep!
@@jan_wegener sold
I already tried it kind of worked but I couldn’t found any flowers they liked
Birdsandbirdys you can spray a bit of sugar water on to them if they’re not quite to their liking
L'expérience personnel dans un milieu sauvage est plus important que de faire la plus belle photo.. vous passez à côté de l'essentiel ;-)
Where are you located
Australia
Everybody seems to have one favorite bird food which is bad for the birds.
Shredded coconut (I checked, no problem)
Rolled oats
Black sunflower seeds
Ordinary sunflower seeds
In Norway people buy hundreds of kilos of sunflower seeds for the birds. No problems seen.
I don’t think sunflower is bad per se. It’s more so that especially parrots will tend to only eat it and can be prone to getting fat, because the sun flower seeds are so fatty. Here we also don’t have a winter like you do, so that plays a role as well I think. I should’ve said don’t feed too many. But it really depends on the species you’re feeding too
Is the fat parrot observed or just feared?
As you probably know, sick birds at least here will turn into featherballs to conserve heat.
At a feeding site in Norway they ringed all the birds visiting. Even though they could only observe 6-8 birds at a time, they ringed 300 birds.
So the amount of feed eaten might not reflect the number of birds seen.
tarjei99 that’s more of a general sentiment than actual observation I’d say.
I think you will find as wild birds go, a fat bird is a soon to be dead bird.
Evolution and predators makes sure that the birds only eat what they need.