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Garden birds feeding: Taken with a vintage 24mm lens from below

This is another go at my small project using unusual viewpoints: trying to photograph garden birds from below but this time I wanted to try a vintage 24mm lens (36mm equivalent). Below are some of the results taken in early May. I think some are quite amusing:

Juvenile and adult starlings at the feeding station
A rare, for us, blue tit looking at the now empty feeder
A new feeder has brought the blue tit in to hang upside down on the feeder
A starling hanging upside down while 2 other starlings chat away…
A sparrow, now a rare visitor to the garden, by the feeder

Below I show some views of the camera setup. This comprises of a cheap camera body with a vintage lens attached. This is housed in a modified food box. I have a budget motion detection trigger which I also house in plastic food boxes:

Showing the camera setup and motion detection for the first photos
This shows the camera sitting in the plastic box on a tripod
Setting up for the rest of the photos. Here I am experimenting with a reflector to put more light on the subject.

I am enjoying these experiments. I feel that they do show a perspective that is unusual. But more trials are required such as increasing the depth of field…