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<blockquote data-quote="Clovishound" data-source="post: 846199" data-attributes="member: 50197">This was a somewhat timely thread for me. I was supposed to give a short talk on Birds In Flight at our local CNPA meeting last week. I had to cancel due to my wife falling and breaking her hip that morning, but I was prepared and ready for it. I'm certainly no expert on the subject but gathered my thoughts based on my concentrating on BIF shooting over the last 2 years or so. It's definitely a lot of fun and brings more drama to your photography to have images of birds in action vs static images. It can, however, be very challenging to get it right. Just remember it's a matter of percentages. You work to bring home a larger percentage of good images from the opportunities. You aren't going to manage a sharp, well exposed, well composed image of every bird that flies by. The other thing I will leave with you is about luck. We tend to think about someone being lucky to have something happen in front of them. I'm a believer that you make your own luck. Concentrating on improvement, spending more time in the field, and being prepared to get the shot when the opp presents itself all contribute to bringing home the bacon. I look forward to seeing your results.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Clovishound, post: 846199, member: 50197"] This was a somewhat timely thread for me. I was supposed to give a short talk on Birds In Flight at our local CNPA meeting last week. I had to cancel due to my wife falling and breaking her hip that morning, but I was prepared and ready for it. I'm certainly no expert on the subject but gathered my thoughts based on my concentrating on BIF shooting over the last 2 years or so. It's definitely a lot of fun and brings more drama to your photography to have images of birds in action vs static images. It can, however, be very challenging to get it right. Just remember it's a matter of percentages. You work to bring home a larger percentage of good images from the opportunities. You aren't going to manage a sharp, well exposed, well composed image of every bird that flies by. The other thing I will leave with you is about luck. We tend to think about someone being lucky to have something happen in front of them. I'm a believer that you make your own luck. Concentrating on improvement, spending more time in the field, and being prepared to get the shot when the opp presents itself all contribute to bringing home the bacon. I look forward to seeing your results. [/QUOTE]

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