22 Dazzling Bird Photos That Will Inspire You

Bird photography can be among the most rewarding and stunning photography that many of us will ever try. While it requires the patience of a saint, the resulting shots, in the right conditions will often make all of the effort worthwhile.

While a lot of bird photography is done with specialist equipment such as telephoto lenses, it is also possible to take some reasonable shots without any special gear. Don't forget to look at our collection of bird photography tutorials at the end for a few more tips on bird photography.

selective focus photography of blue kingfisher — Photo by Vincent van Zalinge

low-angle photography of brown bird — Photo by Jacques LE HENAFF

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yellow bird on Sakura tree — Photo by Boris Smokrovic

close up of a yellow and blue macaw — Photo by Andrew Pons

yellow and green bird — Photo by REGINE THOLEN

gray-and-black mallard ducks flying during day time — Photo by Gary Bendig

flying blue and green hummingbird — Photo by Zdeněk Macháček

Don't forget to check out our further reading on bird photography at the end of this collection!

selective focus photography of red cardinal on tree — Photo by Timothy Dykes

green and black humming bird — Photo by AARN GIRI

blue and brown bird on gray tree branch — Photo by Bob Brewer

selective focus photo of brown bird — Photo by Georgina Steytler

blue and yellow bird on brown and green stem — Photo by Zdeněk Macháček

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photo of flying puffin bird catching fish — Photo by Sharon Watters

brown humming bird flying in mid air — Photo by Mark Olsen

time lapse photography of owl flying — Photo by Kevin Mueller

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About Author

Rob is the founder of Light Stalking. His love for photography started as a child with a Kodak Instamatic and pushed him into building this fantastic place all these years later, and you can get to know him better here.
Rob's Gear
Camera: Nikon D810
Lenses: Nikkor 14-24 f/2.8, Nikkor 50mm f/1.8

12 Comments

great shots

As an aspiring Bird photographer it's great to see inspiring works such as these. It's certainly not as easy as these guys make it look!

John.

Wow these are fantastic.

Amazing, beautiful photos. Thanks to everyone who shared them.

Nature is so beautiful, in AZ I used to see Hummingbirds everyday, their really awesome.

I love all of these shots – and in particular the babies with backlighting. Thanks.

These are awesom photos.

wow these are great shots, defiantly inspiration for a summer of shooting! i love how birds look in flight, here is my favorite bird show I’ve done https://www.flickr.com/photos/36597545@N03/3373895028/

@Plong – awesome shots! 🙂 Remember, you can embed them in our comments if you like (see the link under the comment box). 😉

wow those photos are amazing so colorful thank you for post, Jen

really well captured images. I can only imagine the amount of patience and perseverance that must have been put in to click every image that has been displayed here. Thanks for sharing.

Manish 🙂