Software Introduction (sort of)

Certain pieces of software are required to process your shots, especially if you shoot in RAW format.  It’s a huge subject so I’m not going to get into software and how I use it, yet.  The discussion on software will probably constitute a lengthy part of this series and it may surprise beginning bird photography hobbyists how much time and effort it can take to get an image to where you want it (if you choose to) and what is involved in the workflow (in this case, my workflow!).  So I think I’ll hold off on my detailed software discussion and move on to preparation for actually going out and capturing bird images in the camera.  If you want to skip directly to my first post processing article from here, just go to Lightroom 3: Hub of my Workflow.  Don’t forget to come back and resume with Part 9, Intro to capturing bird images.

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Bird Photography Equipment (1)

DSLR Features for Bird Photography (2)

Memory Cards for Cameras (3)

Lenses for Bird Photography (4)

Bird Photography Accessories (5)

Tripod or Monopod? (6)

More Accessories for Bird Photography (7)

Capturing Bird Images – Introduction (9)

JPG format or RAW Format? (10)

Shooting Bird Photos (11)

Two Different Exposure Methods (12)

Other Camera Settings and Features (13)

Exif Data (14)

Depth of Field and Aperture (15)

Best Time to Photograph Birds (16)

Composition in Bird Photography (17)

Getting Close in Bird Photography (18)

Backgrounds in Bird Photography (19)

Using External Flash when Photographing Birds (20)

Photographing Birds in Flight (21)

Lightroom 3: Hub of my Workflow (22)

Processing Images in Lightroom 3 (23)

Processing Images in Lightroom 3 (24)

From Lightroom to Plugins (25)

Using Lightroom to Upload Images (26)