Assignment 33 - Birds

This assignment is about learning to take better bird photos. Birds are a favorite subject of many photographers but sometimes a very frustrating one as well. In this photography lesson we'll learn how to get back to making it simple to great bird photographs. No long lenses required. Just follow a few basic ideas and you can get great bird photos without a lot of expensive equipment.

Bird Photography Lesson

You can also view our previous fun bird assignment winners to get ideas of what great bird photographs look like.

Things to Remember
Read over the rules for details on posting your entries, image size requirements, and helpful hints. Entries MUST comply with these rules to be valid.
The deadline for this contest will be at 10PM Eastern time on September 30th.
Images MUST be taken during the contest period (Sept 16 - Sept 30).
Assignment winners will be announced October 4th.
In addition to the winner and up to 8 finalists posted in the winner's gallery, I will also be selecting several images each contest for additional critiques to be posted in the entry thread.

Assignment 33 -Birds Entry Thread - Images MUST be posted in this thread to be valid.
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