3.6m Omlet Chicken Run for sale, Brand New in Boxes, Milton Keynes (MK19)

[Henergy]

Last question of the night

 

Some of you have wonderful hen pictures - any tips ? All my shots so far have blurry heads because they move so quickly !

[stoice]

Take lots!

I've so many where they've moved at the last second, it's just luck (And a little bribe of a grape for their attention) if they're in focus or even in the shot at all! Good light helps too though.

 

You have to show us your best efforts of course though.

[Sammiboo]

Agree take lots and lots of pictures! many times I've fine to take the perfect picture and then suddenly ended up with a fluffy bum as she scurries off!!!

 

Afterall we are only going to post up the best if our piccies

[Plum]

They are so difficult to photograph. I guess using a faster shutter speed would help or a better camera. I know nothing but my son takes fabulous pictures of the chickens and I have the fuzzy head or 3rd eyelid shot every time.

Yeh lots of pictures.

[Henslaved]

Use the sports setting on your camera if you have one

[Redwing]

If you want posed shots not 'natural ones' then pop the chook somewhere strange (I cover the cooker on my worktop with a towel and photograph there) if you put them somewhere strange chances are they will stay put for a while unsure as to what to do!

[oneyolktoanother]

we get one of us to throw some food down and the otehr snaps away like a mad person we are lucky with one of our chooks miss mocha she comes right up to the camera and poses

[bucklamp]

I'm sure I've read on the forum that it is possible to hypnotise chickens Perhaps that would give you chance to snap away.

[Ain't Nobody Here]

Step one, drape white plastic mattress protector over back of chair.

 

Step two, put chicken on said protector and take lots of photos till you get one where she's looking ahead.

 

I don't take all my photos like this, Omlet were just looking for a photo for their breed section . I'll never match Redwing's fabulous photos of show chickens .

 

[Chortle Chook]

Oh that's a super shot. You and Redwing are obviously such pros

On the other hand I do think that Tarzan knows how to pose because when I saw him at the Reading show he was 'in position' all ready for a camera shot. (Alas I have no digital camera - yet or I'd have had to snap him)

[Space Chick]

Another top tip is to try and get down to hen level, you can get some great shots if you are down there

 

Like this one

 

 

(BTW - I'm not showing off, I am pants at photography... My husband on the other hand I think is a fab photographer... He's even won prizes at Reading Bantam show for his photography )

[lauragale]

As a pet photographer I am increasingly asked to photograph chickens. I love them - and have 3 of my own (amongst other animals...). I totally agree with Redwing's advice about putting them somewhere strange. The chuck in this photo is on a big white sheet in the garden with a flash gun to make the white sheet look really white. But there were A LOT of out-takes.... But that's half the fun surely!

 

[Chortle Chook]

Both Spacechick and Lauragale's shots are lovely because the hens are seen to have real character. I love those loopy combs.

[Henergy]

Tried the 'sports' mode on the camera - much improved, thank you

[Sammiboo]

Another top tip is to try and get down to hen level, you can get some great shots if you are down there

 

Like this one

 

 

(BTW - I'm not showing off, I am pants at photography... My husband on the other hand I think is a fab photographer... He's even won prizes at Reading Bantam show for his photography )

 

thats a fab picture OH has just glanced over at my screen and made the same comment

[Redwing]

On the other hand I do think that Tarzan knows how to pose because when I saw him at the Reading show he was 'in position' all ready for a camera shot. (Alas I have no digital camera - yet or I'd have had to snap him)

 

Believe it or not the best show chooks are often taught to pose using some nifty tricks depending on the breed and required pose - for example Pekins need to pose low so at home their training pen at home may be covered on the top two thirds and they are fed goodies through the bottom bit of the cage to get them low - when someone at a show approaches they will automatically assume this pose hoping for a treat

 

My guys are rewarded for standing side on and holding it for some seconds by me putting a goodie on the end of a judging stick through the bars of the cage

 

It doesnt always work though! one of my pullets has consistently refused to pose for judge or camera all season!

 

see! she just plonks herself down - no one has ever seen her legs!

 

 

Jack on the other hand knows how to strike a pose!

 

[Sammiboo]

Photo i took on my iphone earlier

 

[Space Chick]

Fab pic, I love a dust bathing pic

 

Tasha - jack is a star, but that pullet, well she is a bit of a diva

[LuckyChickenLover-]

I find that if you get someone to hold them then you can get good shots of them because they can't move about , but that's only really good for shots of their heads as you get arms/ hands in the way of their bodies.

 

I also find that if you get down to their level they will look straight at the camera because they don't know what it is I got some fab shots that way, like the picture on the left in my sig.

 

[chickanne]

Try taking a real close up of their feather detail.

Even with a pretty ordinary camera you can take a high resolution picture then blow up the image and crop to the best area.

I'd post one of mine, but I'm hopeless at that sort of thing!!