Hello, Hive it’s been quite a while since I made a decent post like this one, well I’ve been busy with a bunch of stuff offline but here I am now. It’s been a hectic week for me actually but at the same time I’ve made a whole lot of accomplishments and I’m excited to be back here on the hive. Today I want to show you around my recent #photography #adventure.
Nothing new or special, we will only be looking at some close-up shots of amazing #nature, (birds) in particular.

So many people especially my friends would always ask me how I managed to capture a close-up shot of #birds and #butterflies or some other insects without scaring them away. Especially because I was a mobile #photographer this meant that I always photographed using my smartphone.

The truth is, it has never been easy and photography taught me to be patient that nothing good comes so easily. I could spend a couple of hours around a butterfly or insect just to get a perfect desired shot of it. Take nearly 50 pictures of a particular scene but end up taking just two or three pictures out of them all but publish just one.

So let’s quickly dive into today’s adventure. It’s the fall season and it’s been raining constantly for the past few days I’ve spotted different kinds of birds lately, from sparrows down to pigeons and even some adorable little ones I don’t even know their names or breed.

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Long-tailed fiscal

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APT: f/5.6 to f/6.5
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All natural light.

The pictures above are ones I spotted very early in the morning sitting on the street lights around the hood. I shot it from a good distance and what I admire so much about this very bird even though I couldn't identify it was her dark eye, It was as dark as black. With the black feathered stripes on its back, it looked so adorable and quite friendly because I took a very close distance from her and she didn’t feel frightened to flee.

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The grey headed sparrow

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APT: f/6.5
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All natural light.

Next here Is the famous sparrow, I believe this one is very popular across the globe and it’s well known as the talkative bird here in my region just after the parrot. Not like it could mimic human spoken words like the parrots do but rather, the sparrow is known to be one bird that makes a whole lot of conversations (noises).
Despite that, I still love the sparrow bird because her conversations are always adorable to listen to.

From the pictures above you can see the grey-headed sparrow bird picking up grasses that of course are intended to be used to build up her nest.

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Pigeon

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APT: f/6.5
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All natural light.

Pigeons are by far the friendliest birds second to parrots (in my point of view) but they aren’t seen much around my location and I happen to stumble on these by chance.

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Bulbul

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ISO: 100
Apt: f/6.5
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All natural light.

Here we have the bulbul, ain't nothing special about this one because it is popularly seen around my yards and I haven't paid close attention to it so I can know what's so unique about them but maybe I'll do that some other time but for now..!

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African Thrush

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The African Thrush bird is also popularly known for its whistles and melodic voice on trees.

I've got a whole lot of pictures of some other birds I can't even identify for myself, but I'd like us to fold it here until meet again I hope you enjoyed reading. Tell me what you feel about these birds?.