Wrogu
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Hello,
this year I had a chance to spend some time and photograph two bee eater colonies. One of them was my local one, located in Northern Poland. Few years ago such encounter would be more than unusual but now I hear about bee eaters going as far as Sweden! The second one was located in Hungary, where certainly temperature is more favourable for this species. It was a very satisfying trip and I hope to present some more pictures in another topic.
Taking pictures of the local bee eater community didn’t come easy though. At some point we even had to a call up the police and local wildlife depot to stop bulldozer works around their colony, otherwise quite a number would be just buried alive. Thankfully this has not happen! Shooting them involved setting a portable hide (masking net plus some fishing rod holders) and estimating appropriate distance. Soon I learned what is acceptable by the birds and pure fun began of watching them forage, play and pose.
Hungarian bee eaters on the other hand were way easier to shoot as the colony was in my opinion enormous! 300 birds or more. Such numbers added to complexity but it was great fun even though sometimes light got a bit too harsh for my liking.
I hope you enjoy the set.
Cheers,
Michal
P.S. this is a cross post from another fellow (and very good forum). I hope you are not offended.
P.S.2 - we have kingfishers and rollers (barely any left) in Poland too. Those birds are also beautiful
Maybe sometimes in the future I will get a chance to take pictures of them too I certainly hope so!
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this year I had a chance to spend some time and photograph two bee eater colonies. One of them was my local one, located in Northern Poland. Few years ago such encounter would be more than unusual but now I hear about bee eaters going as far as Sweden! The second one was located in Hungary, where certainly temperature is more favourable for this species. It was a very satisfying trip and I hope to present some more pictures in another topic.
Taking pictures of the local bee eater community didn’t come easy though. At some point we even had to a call up the police and local wildlife depot to stop bulldozer works around their colony, otherwise quite a number would be just buried alive. Thankfully this has not happen! Shooting them involved setting a portable hide (masking net plus some fishing rod holders) and estimating appropriate distance. Soon I learned what is acceptable by the birds and pure fun began of watching them forage, play and pose.
Hungarian bee eaters on the other hand were way easier to shoot as the colony was in my opinion enormous! 300 birds or more. Such numbers added to complexity but it was great fun even though sometimes light got a bit too harsh for my liking.
I hope you enjoy the set.
Cheers,
Michal
P.S. this is a cross post from another fellow (and very good forum). I hope you are not offended.
P.S.2 - we have kingfishers and rollers (barely any left) in Poland too. Those birds are also beautiful
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