Birds are social animals – they communicate using visual signals, calls and songs, and participate in social behaviors including cooperative breeding and hunting, flocking, and mobbing of predators. Unfortunately, we rarely get to see these fascinating moments of their lives, but thanks to wildlife photography we can finally get closer to them (especially with big, heavy 500mm lenses running for anywhere between $5,000 and $9,000).
Meet Johh&Fish — one of the most popular ornithology photography teams on Flickr. They are a brother-and-sister team living and working together for over 20 years, however, their photography career started only in 2006.
Amazed by the beauty of rare birds in Taiwan, John&Fish just fell in love with nature. With John’s extensive training in music and the arts, he had the necessary discipline and focus to capture these amazing photographs of birds in the wild. Each image looks like a painting thanks to the duo’s creative photography ideas.
To capture these fascinating bird images, John&Fish often drive a very long to find the perfect spots for birdwatching. For example, the Hehuanshan mountain range in the center of Taiwan is a great spot for authentic photos. Their Flickr album has already reached over a million views, but they expect to produce more and even better photographs. They’ve also published their work in a book called Feiyu Taiwan: A Glimpse of the Wild Birds of Taiwan with 108 of their images, however, it’s only available in their territory for now. Take a look at a selection of their colorful photos from cute baby birds to the majestic kingfisher diving for food — their shots are second to none! Check out part two here.
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