They're here again

Slowly but surely, winter is approaching, and that's actually a great time for bird photography.

Does that seem strange? After all, we have the most birds here in the summer, while many species fly off to warmer climates before winter.

That's true, but winter has its own advantages. In other seasons, birds have plenty of food and everything they need, so they fly all over the place, and a poor photographer has to trek far and wide to find them. In winter, however, birds seek out reliable spots with feeders, where a photographer can easily find them.

While we can't photograph storks or bee-eaters here in winter, there are plenty of woodpeckers, tits, and sparrows to capture.

I like pictures of great spotted woodpeckers the most. (Maybe that's why I have too many of them here ‒ if they start to bore you, let me know.) But they're quite colorful birds, easy to spot in the branches, and pretty common around here.

I edited these photos using Luminar Neo from Skylum (https://skylum.com). If you're a photographer who wants to edit quickly and efficiently without getting bogged down in technical stuff, I think it's your best bet.