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Dušan Brinkhuizen: Biologist, birder, photographer and birdguide resident in Ecuador. Dušan graduated at the University of Groningen, The Netherlands, where he did bird research on extra-pair paternity, breeding systems, evolution of song, speciation and community ecology. During his studies he got hooked on Neotropical biodiversity and wilderness. Now he lives in Quito, the capital of Ecuador, and works for Mindo Bird Tours. Activities apart from leading birdwatching tours include scientific research, bird sound recording and bird photography.
I started bird photography in October 2000 using a very old Yashica body (thanks mother!) and a sturdy Russian 300mm lens. About a year later I upgraded my gear to an analog Minolta body with Sigma 400mm lens. A cheap but "indestructible" 5 megapixel digital camera was used for digiscoping and yielded some very nice pictures for a couple of years. In 2007 I got myself a Sony Alpha DSLR that was compatible with my Sigma 400mm. Digital images were not that crisp and a year later I switched to a Sigma 70-300mm F4-5,6 APO DG lens. Now I am using a Canon EOS 40D and a Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM. I got this serious set of equipement only recently (April 2011) and it was one of the reasons for opening this photo gallery.
Dušan is founder and webmaster of AvesEcuador.com: an interactive birding website with the latest bird observations and birding news from Ecuador. To view his recent publications and more go to Curriculum Vitae.
Read MoreI started bird photography in October 2000 using a very old Yashica body (thanks mother!) and a sturdy Russian 300mm lens. About a year later I upgraded my gear to an analog Minolta body with Sigma 400mm lens. A cheap but "indestructible" 5 megapixel digital camera was used for digiscoping and yielded some very nice pictures for a couple of years. In 2007 I got myself a Sony Alpha DSLR that was compatible with my Sigma 400mm. Digital images were not that crisp and a year later I switched to a Sigma 70-300mm F4-5,6 APO DG lens. Now I am using a Canon EOS 40D and a Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM. I got this serious set of equipement only recently (April 2011) and it was one of the reasons for opening this photo gallery.
Dušan is founder and webmaster of AvesEcuador.com: an interactive birding website with the latest bird observations and birding news from Ecuador. To view his recent publications and more go to Curriculum Vitae.
