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Originally Posted by Wild-Woman Taking a photo of a bird on the wing must be an art.
I had a golden opportunity to photo marsh harriers on Saturday but made such a hash of it I wouldn't even consider posting the shots.
Can you tell me what to do please?
We have a Canon EOS 350D and a Sigma70-300
Is ths lens not good enough?
I'm sorry to ask but I really am a novice at this. Julie
By the way the speed was 1/500 as it was a bit overcast at that time. Was that too slow? |
I have tried taking many pictures of in flight birds myself, but having read a few threads from other WAB members and some tips greatfully received from others. I did actually manage to capture one particular pic of my favorite bird the link is below
http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/ga...age-10800.html
The picture was taken as Beryls say's in her reply, using fast frame or continuous shooting you should find it in your camera manual. But I used a speed setting of 1/1600 of a second, and an ISO setting of 400 "I think" it is easier to achieve this when you have sky as the background, rather than a low level flight where the background may be trees or hills etc.
But increasing the ISO will help you achieve higher shutter speed settings. I took 33 pics of the Buzzard to end up with this one I eventually posted. I used the Canon 30D - Tamron 70-300mm lens.
I hope I have given you something to get you started. I'm sure WAB members far better qualified than I will be able to help out, I too will be waiting for their input.
Geoff