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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Clovishound" data-source="post: 846197" data-attributes="member: 50197">Remember the old joke about the tourist asking a NY policeman, "How do you get to Carnegie Hall?". To which he replied, " Practice. Practice. Practice.". Find some place that has a lot of birds in the air. It doesn't matter if they are aesthetically pleasing subjects or not. Then spend time acquiring and tracking them. The more you practice it, the better you will be at it. If flying birds are not readily available, pick a random static target that is at the general distance as a flying bird might be, and try acquiring that subject quickly. A good technique with zoom lenses is to start with a wider focal length to acquire, and then adjust the zoom to fill the frame. Obviously, this isn't an option with your 500 prime.</blockquote>