How do people manage to get the fabulous bird-shots that you can find all over RedBubble’s portfolios? So there you are, almost frozen to death but still holding on when you finally get rewarded by that beautiful kingfisher that, after hours of waiting, decides to go sit on the spot where you wanted it, all ready to catch a fish right in front of your camera, when a whole family comes barging in yelling “good morning everyone”…..as if there was a sign saying that the photographers in the hide are all deaf and people should by all means shout. By then, all you can do is watch the beautiful kingfisher you have been waiting on all day, fly off and disappear to not return for at least several hours. I can tell you, publicly accessible hides are best avoided. How do people manage to get the fabulous bird-shots that you can find all over RedBubble’s portfolios? Because just going somewhere, aim your camera and shoot a bird that’s up in a treetop sure isn’t working. So what is? Another kind of bird hides. The ones that you can rent for a day or half a day and are used only by photographers. Those hides are small, well hidden, sound-isolated and very often located in spots in the woods where people aren’t usually allowed to go. Mind the fact that you will need a 400 mm or more tele-zoom, but people that like capturing birds already have one of those. I have been to several of those hides, and let me tell you, it is worth every penny. Those penny`s by the way, are often used to help maintain the words the hide is in, so they are penny`s well spent. To attract as many birds as possible, at most hides there will be a small pond, surrounded by tree logs, branches and all kinds of other accessories from Mother Nature. The hides are at a low level, allowing you to capture the birds from a great angle, no matter where they will sit, and even capture their reflections in the water. Because birds are fed at those places, they are likely to return daily, attracting even more birds.
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