Photographing Wild Birds

Published by David and Charles Limited
May 2005.
ISBN 0 7153 2144 7

Softback
279 x 210mm
160 pages
200 colour photographs
60,000 words
RRP £14.99

In this comprehensive guide to equipment, composition, lighting and field techniques, Chris Gomersall passes on the benefit of his twenty years’ experience of photographing birds in the wild. Whether you are an absolute newcomer to bird photography, a keen practitioner, or just interested to know how it’s done, there will be plenty here to keep you occupied, informed and entertained.

“Photographing Wild Birds” pays particular attention to techniques for getting close to birds, but is not content with mere trophy-bagging and endeavours to show birds behaving naturally, at home in their environment, in sympathetic composition and beautiful lighting. Illustrated with the author’s own photographs, the subjects range from singing robins to action shots of hunting sea eagles, the common and the not so common, in the British Isles, Europe, North America and beyond. An informative series of case studies looks in detail at a number of very different assignments, from conception through to successful outcome. In addition, there are guest spots featuring images and advice from 15 of the world’s leading bird photographers:

Doug Allan; Niall Benvie; Laurie Campbell; Stephen Dalton; Bob Glover; Mark Hamblin; Tony Hamblin; Hannu Hautala; Janos Jurka; Mike Lane; George McCarthy; Fritz Pölking; Wendy Shattil & Bob Rozinski; David Tipling; Jan Töve.

"The stunning [hardback] front cover of a white-tailed eagle whets the appetite for more, and this book doesn’t disappoint, with eye-catching photographs on every page.”

British Journal of Photography

“A good test of any book on photography is how it deals with the tricky subject of exposure and Chris Gomersall does well in this area.”

Birdwatching

“ . . . this book would be worth the cover price if it only contained a collection of his photographs. But it contains far more; a distillation of a lifetime’s experience getting close to wonderful birds in the field.”

The Countryman

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