Loads of small birds around - always challenging to photograph, but I do enjoy torturing myself 😆 Practice is definitely the key - as I tell my students, an accomplished marksman would expect to practice continually to retain his/her sharp shooting skills. Absolutely no difference with photography, it's a very similar skill. I notice a significant improvement in my ability to raise the lens and have the bird centred perfectly in the frame after a full week of shooting. Unfortunately that skill slides backwards when I'm on a break from bird photography, and I have to work a little extra to get my eye back in. So keep getting out there and follow those tiny fluff balls, it does get easier! Weebill Superb Fairy Wren (M and F) Brown Thornbills

I was lucky to be out with my camera last week and happen to see this Willy Wagtail very insistent on trying to get the Kookaburra to move on as it had little ones in the visinity but the Kookaburra wasn't going anywhere, hardly even turn it's head 😆

My first 'proper' birding session in months, where I could just get lost in the moment. I ventured to a small morass a short drive away - my new backyard birding spot, and it was so good to just wander without the pressure of time. I ended up with a couple of shots, despite my previously sharp shooting skills having all but disappeared. I struggled to get birds in the frame at the start, but it didn't take too long for at least some of the hand to eye memory to return. This one is the favourite shot, this attitude-filled Sulphur-crested Cockatoo letting me know I was disturbing his morning routine. Shot in high key, overexposing by +2.0 and edited further in Lightroom to balance the light and bring up the feather detail. Characters +2.0 that's for sure!

I'm working on a new course and I'm curious to know which shooting mode you use? Comment the relevant numbers below 1: Aperture Priority 2: Shutter Speed Priority 3: Auto ISO 4: Full Auto 5: Manual 6: A combination (tell me more if you can) Thank you in advance!! This will help me share the most relevant information 😊

Just love these wily characters, so industrious and rarely still, they can be a patience tester and indeed it took me quite a while to catch this one in the frame.