I’ve heard it takes 21 days to make or break a habit. With that in mind 8 of the past 10 days I’ve been photographing birds in flight. Hundreds of frames have been shot and I certainly have a better grasp of the mechanics needed for the task. There is a noticeable difference in the quality of the images to me. I know, you’re thinking “well there should be…”. 

Each outing I tried different combos of bodies and lenses, trying hand held and using a tripod, seeking a combination to obtain the best results. So far the 610 in dx mode with the 80-400mm has the fastest focus responses and makes the sharpest image. Manual focus isn’t an option with these eyes and hand holding this combo it would be the bomb but alas a tripod is needed. 

Moving from aperture priority to manual with Auto ISO was by far the best camera setting choice I’ve made during this process.  There’s actually less thinking involved when you are in the middle of all that movement, go figure, lol.

As mentioned in my last post I believe that a Wimberley Gimbal tripod head will improve my ability to capture spectacular bird in flight photos and I still believe that to be true so, that’s my story and I’m stickin’ to it.

Here’s a couple examples of this weeks practice. Can you tell which is a try from early in the exercise and which is from today? Should I continue getting up early or do you think I grasp the concept of photographing birds in flight and I can sleep in in the mornings?

Anhinga in flightSnowy Egret in flight

Tricolor Heron in flight

And just so you know my head wasn’t always in the clouds here are a couple of my favorite bird shots from this week that were closer to the ground.

Black Crowned Night Heron

Least Bittern

Thanks for listening now GO TAKE MORE PHOTO’S!!

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