Wildlife photographer uses swan disguise to get closer to birds

Jaymi Heimbuch.

© Henryk Janowski
Birds are usually skittish creatures and getting close enough for a photograph is only half the problem for wildlife photographers. The other half of the problem is in getting close enough while keeping birds comfortable and undisturbed by your presence so they act naturally and show behaviors not usually viewed by humans. Oh, and doing all this without damaging your expensive camera gear.
While remote cameras are one option, wildlife photographer Henryk Janowski has come up with a brilliant way to solve for all these problems and still get to be part of the action. In the local swamp where he photographs a variety of bird species, he captures intimate and up-close behaviors by swimming around underneath a swan...Continue reading...

© Henryk Janowski