Bird photography isn’t exactly an easy pastime to get into, which is why the only people you see with serious camera rigs when you go birding are rich retired doctors. I mean, birds are pretty small, move around really fast, and don’t stay still when you try to sneak up on them. So that means a lot of beating around in the brush, followed by waiting for ages for the rare birds to show up. And even then, you can’t exactly tape your phone camera to a pair of binoculars. To get the primo shots, you’ll want huge, ridiculously expensive lenses to give you the reach you need to actually fill the frame.But forget all that. What if the birds came to you? That’s the idea behind the Bird Photo Booth, a camera system that attached to a feeder to bring in birds for super closeups. As the Smithsonian noted, the concept is basically a camera trap, like those used to take awesome pictures of mammals, but because it uses a GoPro or cell phone camera, it’s a lot more accessible to consumers.As the above video shows, the Bird Photo Booth produces a rad bird’s eye view of the birds cruising around your backyard, even if the soundtrack is a weird, Test Dept-ish amalgamation of clattering and cheeping. Of course, it’s not going to replace a pro camera setup (although you can score some rad stills), and it’s unlikely that something crazy like a falcon would show up at your feeder. But to get an awesome look at the birds causing a racket in your backyard, this thing is pretty legit.Follow Derek Mead on Twitter: @derektmead
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