And now, ladies and gentlemen - to the FLYING series…
Is there anybody who doesn't like birds' shots..? (Maybe there are some who like to SHOOT birds… bla ).

I like to sort the birds to three major categories:
1. The familiar, well known birds - like sparrows, doves and so on.
2. The amazing, awesome birds, which make your heart stop beatin' - like hawks and eagles.
3. The ugly, monkey-like birds - everyone have his own birds concerning this category .

I believe that it's too easy to get "wows" with #2, and too hard with #3… the interesting category is, of course, #1.
Everyone knows them. They're flying by your windows, standing on the pavement. They're always by your side, but actually you can't see 'em.

Many times people ask me how I shot the birds pics, which lenses do I use and so on. I'll try to explain my way and attitude about wildlife-photography.

First of all - I don't believe in "reality". There's no such thing as reality in stills photography - the reality is a 4Directions high-way (X, Y, Z - and the Time factor), the capture takes away 2 of 4Directions (yes, there's 3D shots, but it's just an illusion, nothing u can touch. In the video you may [!] have the T factor back).
So - if a photographer wants "realism", he may use some tricks, like pic without DOF (Ansel Adams' group 64), or "real" and some vivid colors and so on. There are also the nerds () that believe in the god of the old film... .

For me - realism in photography reflects the little things that pull you into the shot. The feeling of 3D, the vivid colors, the shallow DOF, the catch-light in the eyes, the sharpness of the relevant details…
Anyway - because there's no such thing as reality, I believe I have the "right" to change the "reality" that I capture, to reality that I couldn't capture, from any reason.
You may say - "Photomanipultor", but in my view - ANY photographer is Photomanipultor. ANY photographer. .

After this too-long foreword, to the series itself!


I capture these lovely sparrows (#1... ) near my home, in Jerusalem mountains, in the same morning. I really love this series.
Photoshop: Standard contrast, brightness and levels adjustments. Nothing special or illegal .


My most successful shot – the only one that featured as DD .
I capture this sunbird in my garden.
Photoshop: B&W conversion, contrast, brightness and levels adjustments.
One of the best WL-photographers I know tell me that usually, B&W conversion (in the sunbird case) done just for hiding of fault exposure… but it's not true in this case. I think .


There's nothing special to say about this one..
The Bible Zoo, Jerusalem.
Photoshop: Cropping, B&W conversion, contrast, brightness and levels adjustments.
As you can see - some parts of the body has burned in the process, but there were nothing I can do about this (and I tried.. Oh, yeah).



Well, I shot this one in my garden. this is female, as the gray colors may tell you, and in that day I chased after her new two "childs" .
Photoshop: Cropping, contrast, brightness, saturation and levels adjustments. and of course - blurring the background to death .
You don't need F2.8 lenses if tou know how to do this in PS .



Siksak, in Hevrew. Very nice bird.. I shot this one in the Bible Zoo, Jerusalem.
Photoshop: Cropping, contrast, brightness, saturation and levels adjustments, Re-position of the bird in the frame, and the blurring of the background .



Just a dove. The familiar dove.
In very rare position .
Photoshop: Cropping, contrast & brightness adjustments.



Thank u people .

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