browngeek

Last night i watched the documentary winged migration. It was stunning to say the least. The cinematagraphy was simply out-of-the-world (in fact, there were 15 different cinematographers). There are never-before-seen lengthy, close-up shots of birds in flight at high altitude against spectacular backdrops. As I was watching it I realized that I was watching a documentary with no people/dialogues (just off-on narration) and that I was not bored!

There were some great action shots of the weirdest birds (like the greater sage grouse) I have ever seen.

After I was done, I was curious about how they managed to get so close to the birds in the air…they must have been on a plane, but dont birds fly away from a plane? well, I checked out imdb comments and sure enough it was from a plane but I also learned that the birds used in those shots were all trained! It definitely takes away the soaring feeling I had after watching the movie, but nonetheless, they were real birds, really flying, really migrating…I highly recommend it.

I never thought I would want to bird-watch (the real birds;-) but just thinking might be worthwhile to get into for my photography…