I´m trying to improve my camera skills to cach flying birds. Oh man, it's really difficult. My lens is slow focusing, and I have to prefocus if I want to have any success. Anyway I think I'm improving....
This one, handheld with a nikkor 80-400VR. I have tried to recover blown areas, but I think it's all I can do with my capture nx.....
I like the shot, as I know how hard flight images are, especially when conditions aren't perfect.
I would suggest you expand the canvas on the top and bottom. I would also remove the slanted horizontal branch below the feet, cropping it out before expanding the canvas. The eye is not in focus, again a plight of birds in flight. You can hope and they will decide to move a foot out of range and :eek: You commented on the exposure, so I won’t. Some would ask you to have the bird turn to a slightly more perpendicular flight, but I won’t. ;)
Keep shooting, that's the only way to do flight photos. I still have a long way to go as well.
Hi Jose - keep at it - takes many many shots to get that 1 really good one - as mentioned bird flying towards you would be better - you might want to look into shooting in Manual Mode - that way if you expose or the bird - it will not matter if the BG changes.
Keep them coming
Hi Jose The suggested manual metering will help for this image. As the bird moves your meter will be changing but the bird is in the same light. Will be under/overexposing the bird from frame to frame.
Position wise I think having the bird moving toward you is a big deal and makes for a better image !!!
Hi Jose,
I congratulate you on the capture...I totally agree with the techs. and advise given...consider this one as a good practice capture...I have the same lens, but I don't use mine for birds in flight, I use it for static subjects because of the slow focusing...keep practicing and soon you will be getting more and more keepers...looking forward to more...:cool:
Little egret
