Post your Birds in Flight

[photogramps]

I have a question about how you all focus for your BIF shots? Do you manually set for infinity, or use auto-focus, or .........? If auto-focus, do you use center single spot, or multi-spots, etc? Don't hold back, share your professional secrets. Ha!

Personally I use auto-focus, I wouldn't trust myself manually for birds in flight.
Sometimes I will use single-point focus but more often than not 9-point, very occasionally 21.

Single-point will generally be best but can be challenging unless your tracking skills are good

 

[Kevin H]

Nothern Harrier

 

[Kevin H]

Caspian Tern

 

[Kevin H]

Merlin

 

[Roy1961]

I have a question about how you all focus for your BIF shots? Do you manually set for infinity, or use auto-focus, or .........? If auto-focus, do you use center single spot, or multi-spots, etc? Don't hold back, share your professional secrets. Ha!

i use AF with single spot for mine, i read on grandpas thread this was the best, but also the hardest, i suck less and less nowadays, but can still throw up the odd clunker.

 

[photogramps]

I have a question about how you all focus for your BIF shots? Do you manually set for infinity, or use auto-focus, or .........? If auto-focus, do you use center single spot, or multi-spots, etc? Don't hold back, share your professional secrets. Ha!

Here's an interesting and informative article on BIF from a Newsletter I regularly receive: How to Photograph Birds in Flight

 

[RockyNH_RIP]

Here's an interesting and informative article on BIF from a Newsletter I regularly receive: How to Photograph Birds in Flight

Thanks... I will want to take a look at that one...

Pat in GA

 

[Marilynne]

i use AF with single spot for mine, i read on grandpas thread this was the best, but also the hardest, i suck less and less nowadays, but can still throw up the odd clunker.

Same for me.

 

[cwgrizz]

Here's an interesting and informative article on BIF from a Newsletter I regularly receive: How to Photograph Birds in Flight

This is on my to read list now. Thanks
(Not that I will remember what I read. Ha!)

 

[Elliot87]

Just a couple of gulls today.

 

[mikew_RIP]

A few weeks without pointing a camera at a BIF and you feel you need to start all over again.

 

[grandpaw]

A few weeks without pointing a camera at a BIF and you feel you need to start all over again.

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Nice shots!!!

 

[mikew_RIP]

Nice shots!!!

Thanks Jeff

 

[Scott Murray]

A few weeks without pointing a camera at a BIF and you feel you need to start all over again.

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Great shots mate, but I hate seeing water falling from the front of the frame and not seeing why LOL

 

[grandpaw]

Great shots mate, but I hate seeing water falling from the front of the frame and not seeing why LOL

Scott, my guess is that they are flying down river????

 

[weebee]

 

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