Building a bird hide - Photographing Garden Birds - Part 1
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- Опубликовано: 28 авг 2024
- This is the first part of my three part series giving advice about how to take photographs of garden birds.
In this video I show how I have converted a garden shed into a bird hide.
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Part 2: Setting up feeding stations and perches • What food will attract...
Part 3: Camera settings and tips for taking successful photographs • How photograph garden ...
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That’s a brilliant idea well done
Brilliant video Darrell. Love the idea of the dummy lenses to get the birds used to the idea of the camera. Cheers Keith
KG's Photography Thanks Keith. Glad you enjoyed it.
Thanks. I have a backyard shed and I have been thinking about doing the same thing. I appreciate the simplicity of your setup.
Very cleaver idea with the mugs, just bought some. Thanks for sharing
This has been really useful. I’ve been considering something similar and still looking at options. Love the idea of using those mugs. Genius. Look forward to your next videos.
Glad you enjoyed the video and found it useful.
Really interesting. The hide looks great, and the images you put up on screen were super. I like the whiteboard idea too.
Many thanks.
Absolutely loving your videos Darrell. Your images are incredible too. I can’t wait to get out there and try some of the things you have shown us. Cheers!
Thanks Paul. Glad you enjoy the videos. I am in Italy at the moment on holiday, but I have filmed two videos so far and a third planned for tomorrow morning. Will do a photo share on a live stream too.
Absolutely love your videos Darrell. Your images are incredible too and I can’t wait to get out there and try some of the things you have shown us. Cheers!
You've gone way back for this one. When I look back on those early videos I do find them a bit embarrassing. Still glad you enjoyed it.
Great video, I would love a permanent hide like this with a decent area to photograph wildlife. Looking forward to more videos
Thanks for your comments. Glad you found the video interesting. I am going to start a weekly upload schedule. This week will be the birds I have seen this week.
Darrell Oakden Photography looking forward to it
nice work
Thank you! Cheers!
Hi, very nice info there as I will be returning from abroad to the UK soon and have a bird hide in mind. Russ.
Thanks Russ. Part two about feeding and perches will be uploaded shortly. I filmed it this morning and will edit it this evening.
Awesome video 😌, I’m about to put a hinged opening on my shed so that it hinges inwards , I’m worried that the wood will rot where I make my cuts though with the jigsaw. Have you had any issues with any wood rotting where you have modified/cut the wood to make openings etc.
I did initially have some issue where water got in and delaminated the shelf. Since I have put an overhang above the opening it has kept the water out.
This is just what I was looking for. Great job! I’d like build one from the ground up myself. May I ask the approximate dimensions of the shed (in feet), pls?
It is 8x6 ft.
@@DarrellOakdenPhotography Thank you for your prompt reply!
Hi Darrell! I want to do the same at my backyard, but my idea is to install glass window and the outside with mirror effect. Do you think this will scare the birds? many thanks. Nice video!
My best guess would be that it wouldn't scare the birds. They seem more concerned with movement. I would still suggest a hole for the camera rather than shooting through glass. At one point I did think about having a heater in the shed but this caused the the windows to steam up.
The person could do with some support under his shelf. We all know what camera shake is and that shelf will not do.
Thanks for your comment. Since I made this video I have put extra support under the shelf to make it more stable. I am not sure if I mentioned it in a subsequent video, but the the shelf has been stabilised.