Sunday Morning Dilemma

With the clocks going back an hour and having been busy with the workshop yesterday, I decided to have a lazy Sunday today. The F1 Indian Grand Prix was on at a reasonable time and the papers arrived in time for me to read them over breakfast for a change. Everything was going to plan; an interesting if not exciting race, an article on Foley sound recording for movies in the Sunday magazine, until?I noticed that the berries on the pyracantha bush in the back garden were proving very popular with all types of birds. Dilemma. To continue watching the Grand Prix or to take the opportunity to get a few images of the birds if possible. The light was quite good, but I was concerned what the white window frames of my neighbours house would look like in the images.

Luckily for me the best photographic vantage point for the birds was by opening the sliding patio doors next to the TV. Brilliant! Now I could watch the F1 race and photograph the birds at the same time. Who said men can’t multi-task! By taking a low view point, the white frames of my neighbours house were mostly removed from the background and their brick work produced a great out of focus background as well. I noticed that the yellow berries were more popular than the red berries on the neighbouring bush. This meant that I could predict where the birds were most likely to be, which allowed my to alter my position again to get a better background as well as a view of the TV. If only all nature photography could be this simple!