Photographing Wildlife - Louisiana Waterthrush and Songbirds - Photo Edits

Join me as I photograph Louisiana Waterthrush and other songbirds in northern New Jersey in the spring.
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Some great lessons can be learned watching me try to photograph Louisiana Waterthrush on this particular morning. The first of which is patience. I had a plan in mind and the moment I stepped out of my van it all changed when I saw my target bird right in front of me. I followed that bird for just a bit and then decided to stick with my original plan. I now see that was a mistake and I should have stayed with the original pair of birds I saw. It made sense in the moment to follow my original plan, and I knew the habitat I wanted to head to was visually more pleasing, but the first spot I hiked to had no birds, the next spot had 1 male Louisiana Waterthrush who insisted on singing non-stop up high in the trees. So I bailed on my plan and hiked back to where I saw the birds in the morning and sure enough with a little time and patience there I was able to get some photos I liked of that pair. If I had stayed with them I could have likely gotten a lot more opportunities. That’s how you learn, this is all part of the process, going out, seeing what birds are cooperative, which locations work for photography. In my mind I thought the other two locations would be more ideal but in the absence of birds, or cooperative birds, the slightly less desirable location was the spot that gave me the shots I was after. I hope you enjoy watching me go through this process and also would like to share with you that you never guess correctly 100% of the time. I’m much better at determining where I should photograph birds but I still choose wrong plenty of the time.
Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:05 - Photo 1
10:46 - Photo 2
17:09 - Photo 3
23:35 - Photo 4
28:34 - Photo 5

[@andreaskentis565]

Hei man. I really enjoy and inspire from these shooting sessions. I said it a lot of times 😅but is true. I love the two shots on the branch.

[@RayHennessy]

Thanks so much, I really appreciate you watching and following along!