Handhold Bird Photography with the Panasonic Lumix G Vario 45-200mm F4-5.6 II Power OIS

[danielm]

 

 

 Note: I am not a birder photographer in any ways but just a photo taker who loves to pick some interesting pictures of the birds occasionally. 

The "made in Japan" Panasonic Lumix G Vario 45-200mm F4-5.6 II Power OIS is not a "powerful" zoom lens designed to do bird photography. It is rather an all-around telephoto zoom optic to carry with you everywhere that can manage many different subjects that need to be discriminate from their surrounding and contextes. It isn't also a very expensive lens to own and its construction quality although fairly decent cannot be compare to more pro oriented product. Moreover its maximum variable aperture is definitively on the modest side (F4-4.6). But the Lumix G Vario 45-200mm II Power OIS has two interesting qualities with its internal optical stabilization system and its weather resistant envelope. 

So, to do bird pictures with the Lumix G Vario 45-200mm II Power OIS, you need to be enough near of your subject to prevent too much editing cropping. The photographic technique selected can be different from a photographer to another. Some will work at fixed location and wait for birds. Others will trek around themselves to visit different promising spots that they know to be productive. And some will visit specialized zoo places to get pictures of more exotic species. Each of these can produce excellent results of their own. Observation, patience, good technical parametric adjustments and ... a lot of "try and error" pictures and finally be sometimes rewarded with fine iconic results.

Another good thing to experiment in doing bird photography is listing the different species and their particular habits by illustrating them. You can even participate to birder clubs or blogs and share your discoveries. 

Here are some examples of handhold bird pictures taken by the Panasonic Lumix G Vario 45-200mm F4-5.6 II Power OIS.
 

 

 

 

 

 

Photos Daniel M: Panasonic Lumix G85 / G Vario 45-200mm F4-5.6 II Power OIS

 

 

 

[Dallas]

I find birds amongst the most difficult things to photograph well. 

[danielm]

9 hours ago, Dallas said:

I find birds amongst the most difficult things to photograph well. 

 

Observation and persistence are may be the two key words for birder photography. Sure the technical aspects are important but looking, be ready and repeat shooting are often the only ways to get some acceptable results. Birds are very fast moving subjects (macro and micro movements). Pre-controlling our background has to be done most of the time before the decisive moment. But since there is a lot of different species at our disposal, it can be rewarding.

Let's keep this long telephoto lens (zoom or not) ready to be use on the camera body!🦉🦆🐣