Bird Photographer

gregsmith

Bird Photographer

Another example of “You can encourage a Chickadee to do anything”.

Huh?

Took the plastic light diffuser cup from my flash, filled it with sunflower seeds and taped it to the back of my old D70..

Put my new camera on a tripod and waited for the actors to show up.

They rarely disappoint.

Bird Photographer by gregsmith
Bird Photographer by gregsmith
  • plsphoto

    plsphoto

    Excellent shot! Love it!

  • Karen  Tillotson

    Karen Tillotson

    Well Mr. Greg…you are ingenious…’tis a fantastic, awesome capture. You are the master!
    But truly…..you’re such a sneak!!!! Haha! What a great idea! I Love it!!!!
    I’m still using my D70 but when something better comes along I’ll be sure to turn it into a bird feeder. Heck I have a good friend that uses old toasters and rubber boots as flower pots!

  • gregsmith replied

    Thanks Karen. Was getting some strange looks from people at the conservation area when I was setting this one up. (Come to think of it, I always get strange looks from people at the ….).

    PS.

    You probably shouldn’t leave your rubber boots outside on the porch with friends like that. You may “Dip toe through the tulips” some morning.

    groan.

    Cheers, Greg.

  • jujubean

    jujubean

    You make it look so easy!!!! I could not acheive this if I tried!!!!! Fantastik!!!

  • gregsmith replied

    HI, Jujubean. it was a fortuitous capture. Thanks Greg.

    PS.

    Try, try! it’s great fun.

  • Bunny Clarke

    Bunny Clarke

    Bravo! Excellent capture. Very fun image. :o)

  • Rick Edwards

    Rick Edwards

    Very novel idea. I love it.

  • Trish Woodford

    Trish Woodford

    Aren’t you the clever one, wonderful idea and a fabulous capture :)

  • David McMahon

    David McMahon

    Very ingenious and the result was well deserved. Trish drew my attention to this shot when she favourited it.

  • wayne51

    wayne51

    Well done Greg, that is thinking outside the square. Wayne

  • Rhana Griffin

    Rhana GriffinRedbubbley Schweppervescence

    Ingenious Greg!! Awesome result :)

  • Josie Jackson

    Josie Jackson

    Fantastic Capture Greg, Bird in Motion – love it, your very clever, a lovely capture

  • Les Boucher

    Les Boucher

    What a great capture…well done I love it

  • CynLynn

    CynLynn

    well done! you have great patience, and it paid off. Love the chickadees, Grandma’s favorites, they will do anything for some good seeds, excellent work here. I am sure Nikon would love to have this shot!

  • Karen Kaleta

    Karen Kaleta

    Clever Fellow… Wish I had thought of it and then captured this wonderful shot…. I’ll have to see what I can drum up for myself now…. :)

  • P3T3

    P3T3

    Fantastic….do they make good pets?

  • RickF

    RickF

    Great capture!

  • Jan Piller

    Jan Piller

    Aren’t you clever!! hahaha – this is priceless!

  • Ginny York

    Ginny York

    Isn’t that clever! It made for a wonderful shot!

  • Heabar

    Heabar

    Wonderful capture Greg & such patience—i just love this shot !!! TC Heather !!!

  • gregsmith replied

    Thank you Heather, Had quite a few beak, leg and feather phtotos before capturing this. They are cooperative, yet very quick. Cheers Greg.

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