Solutions: BushHawk Shoulder Mount

If tripods and monopods don’t work for you when photographing fast-flying wildlife, try a BushHawk

Text And Photography By Alan Bowslough

Updated October 17, 2016

As an avid bird photographer, I’ve tried to photograph birds with big telephoto lenses. When I used film, I shot lots of pictures, but didn’t get many keepers. After I purchased my first digital SLR camera and had taken lots of travel pictures, I decided to try it out on the birds.

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Originally Published October 1, 2008

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