{"id":1823659,"date":"2017-12-26T18:00:08","date_gmt":"2017-12-26T17:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.moosepeterson.com\/blog\/?p=46428"},"modified":"2019-12-23T01:27:07","modified_gmt":"2019-12-22T12:27:07","slug":"its-a-bird-its-a-plane-its-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/its-a-bird-its-a-plane-its-a\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s a Bird, It\u2019s a Plane, It\u2019s a \u2026."},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m often asked how much lens do you need for bird photography? My response is a really old quote, \u201cGo out with your longest lens or else you\u2019ll come back short!\u201d<\/p>\n

And with that I always add, what\u2019s the story you want to tell? Because for me after being so fortunate to photograph birds for four decades, the answer is real simple.<\/p>\n

Let me illustrate.<\/p>\n

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Greater Sandhill Cranecaptured by D5 \/ 800mm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

My quick answer to the question is, 400mm as that\u2019s the lens I started with. The long answer is 800mm but only us nut jobs spend that much on a lens.<\/p>\n

You really need to reach down and decide if you\u2019re going to go with the herd and the easy route and simply stuff a frame with a bird and call it art, or the hard route and fill the frame with the birds word while making the bird the subject.<\/p>\n

Ya, it takes less lens for the latter, but a whole lot more skill and passion. And the complete bird photographer has both crafts in their back pocket to call on as needed.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s real simple when the viewer looks at your bird photograph, do they ask is it a bird, is it a plane or is it?<\/p>\n

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Greater Sandhill Crane captured by D5 \/ 300PF<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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