As you can see from the following pictures, I have discovered the secret to good photography. You will have to read below to find out how I accomplished this.
The secret to good photography is to get someone else to do it. These are courtesy of Elen Wood. Thank you Elen!
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What little cuties
They are all over the place, mostly females but a couple of these beautiful males too!
Ha ha ha! We are deeply grateful to Elen for taking these gorgeous photos – what stunning birds!
Aren’t they. I have tried to photograph them myself but they are too quick!
Why are they YOUR blue wrens?………..lol
Because I said so!
Well!
It’s kind of like I say, “our Russel…” hehaha!
Now you have Zoey the Cool Cat upset. She thinks I’m going to be someone else’s Chief of Staff……….lol
Oh no! Please apologize and explain to Zoey the Cool Cat!
She’s off pouting somewhere. She’ll be back when she wants food or when the mourning doves show up to tease her.
so vibrant
that is how I take good pics–have someone else do it (and I was a photographer for our town paper years ago–now I notice they do not send me out with a camera much anymore – lol)
haha!
and they are so good… well done Julie… you’ve discovered the secret…
You should see her camera – it’s bigger than she is!
I need Elen!
I only met her for the first time today because her husband came to do some plumbing work!
It’s a good secret.
hahaha!
OMG!! What glorious colors! Lucky you to see such beauty. Our wrens are brown. We say they wear tweed suits. Thanks. Kathy
The females are more nondescript. This is one of the two males I’ve seen recently. The other one is bright bright blue!
I like it when people reveal the secret — cause then I can do it too! š
Gorgeous birds.
Oooooh, I’d love to see those birds sometime!
Well come over for a coffee tomorrow morning – how many invitations do you need? hehehehe!
You never know–I just might pop over one day. š
I’ve never seen this type of bird before. Stunning! & you are very funny!
There is a deep blue one here too but he is impossibly fast to capture (with a camera I mean!)
I know what you mean!
As always I leave your blog with one or other smile on my face! You are so funny and yes, the wrens are as stunning as the photos!
As a long-time bird watcher, I love these pictures. Rarely do you get to see a wren so clearly and four photos no less. It’s a beautiful bird! We don’t have anything quite like it in the Southwest US. Thanks for revealing your secret!
Eventually I will hopefully have time and money to invest in better camera and more experience.
I’ve only tried to glimpse birds through binoculars, never with a camera. Can’t imagine how tough it is to get photos of small birds. Good luck!
Awesome work Ellen!
She’s good isn’t she!
She really is
Dang! I was already to get the secret. š
Ha!
What a wonderful bird ā¦ have never seen a bird that blue before ā so beautiful. You have a great sense of humor ā¦. Maybe you should take my photos from now on. Great idea.
Such pretty blue birds
i was holding my breath, waiting for the secret to these awesome photos, and then u said that!!! LOL, wow, u got me on this one
Exquisite!
You got me on this one, I was marveling about your skills!!!! š
Your wren is beautiful! Our Carolina wrens are rusts and browns–adorable, and our house wrens are smaller and darker brown…and bossy. I love them, but yours is stunning.
Julie, what a good friend to let you share with all of us! My favorite shot is the last one.
~ Lynda
My problem is that I can’t easily look at pictures. I WISH I could. Blast my inadequate computer!
Blue wrens? š We have brown wrens! I wish I could see a blue wren!
Are there squirrels in Australia? If there is, I wonder if they look like our squirrels. We have SOOOO many squirrels. Some people here don’t like the squirrels because the squirrels get into their stuff (the human’s stuff). I admire squirrels because they are survivors. They’ve learned how to survive in OUR environment – and sometimes that means INVADING our STUFF! :)))))
Do you have squirrels? š
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ha, ha…very clever of you!
Those are great photos! I love the color of the cute little wrens.
That is one gorgeous bluebird. š
So lovely so lovely… Thank you dear Julie, love, nia
My secret to ‘good’ photography is to take 101 shots and there’s a pretty good chance that at least one will be good enough to share on my PhotoBlog.
(I say 101 shots because the first time I took my little camera ‘out’ on a social occasion – my girlfriend’s birthday in 2010 – I took 101 photos – 100 of them were so blurred, everyone who saw them thought I was drunk. But, one shot turned out to have reasonable focus. Hence my theory that you need to take 101 shots).
That is a great tip!