Creative Garden Bird Photography

Learn how to take beautiful images of birds in your garden through the careful placement of twigs and consideration to the directionality of light and the effect of that light illuminating parts of your garden.
Why not visit my website to view a portfolio of images, read some blogs on photography or watch a selection of videos on nature photography:
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Bio
Jimmy Mc Donnell is a nature photographer from Co Wicklow, Ireland with a passion for capturing images that reflect the beauty of the natural world.
Jimmy was delighted to be accepted as a fellow of the Irish Photographic Federation on March 11th, 2023 and holds the FIPF accreditation.
In 2022, Jimmy was awarded overall winner in the national RTE “Eye on Nature” Award for Wildlife Photography.
In 2023, Outdoor Photography magazine reached out to Jimmy to publish a selection of images in a 4 page spread entitled “Portfolio” in the August issue.
Jimmy enjoys giving talks on nature photography to camera clubs and other interested clubs, libraries, groups etc. Please drop me an email if interested.
This video was shot on a Nikon Z8 with a Nikkor Z 24-120mm lens with DJI mic
Music in this video is sourced from Epidemic Sound.
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[@eugeneduffy9253]

Brilliant as usual Jimmy

[@neilcole3406]

Spring moves so fast!

[@jimmymcdonnell9435]

It’ll be here again in a few months though, Neil!

[@antonoat]

Superb film Jimmy, love the photos! Birds really do enrich our lives. Cheers.

[@billbaker4970]

Beautiful shots Jimmy love it.

[@jimmymcdonnell9435]

Thanks Bill, Jimmy

[@aeroptical]

Wonderful video Jimmy. You've a lovely garden and setup.

[@jimmymcdonnell9435]

Thanks, Just reminded me I’ll have to start tending to the garden instead of sitting in the hide taking photos! Jimmy

[@johncarnahan4067]

Brilliant video Jimmy and beautiful photos and footage wildlife and especially birds take time and patience. Especially all the preparation work you did really paid off thank you for sharing your video

[@jimmymcdonnell9435]

Many thanks John. I really enjoyed playing around with different twigs and positions on the sleepers. Jimmy

[@alexmartin247]

Super video Jimmy. Amazing bird shots!

[@jimmymcdonnell9435]

Thanks Alex, Hope to see you tomorrow evening at GCC. Thanks for my portrait photograph on You Tube - you did a great job on that face! Jimmy

[@alexmartin247]

@@jimmymcdonnell9435 Finally the recognition I deserve 😂

[@annekennedy388]

Very interesting.

[@jimmymcdonnell9435]

Thanks Anne, Jimmy

[@PeterLariviere]

Love the video and your images are wonderful. The European Goldfinch is so much prettier than our Goldfinch here in Eastern Canada. Glad I discovered this channel!!

[@jimmymcdonnell9435]

Hi Peter, Thanks so much for your compliments. I’ve just looked at your Goldfinches across the Atlantic - they’re pretty special. I guess we get used to what’s in our back yard! Jimmy

[@PeterLariviere]

@jimmymcdonnell9435 true...there is another wildlife photographer from the UK here in Canada right now and his videos are reminding me not to discount the 'regular' birds I see all the time. Looking forward to seeing more of your videos.

[@marcogalimberti5846]

Hi how is the z8 doing with the birds about the focus
thanks