Psilos Bird Photography |
Flying in for lunch Long tailed tit antics |
Trying to photograph a small bird flying
at great speed at a feeder is no easy task, but when they are as prolific
and cute as a recent flock of Long tailed tits that visited then it
is worth all the frustration and effort to try. All these photos were
taken using the Canon 350d and the sigma 170-500mm apo dg. It was a
very bright sunny day and the feeder was in reasonable light so average
shutterspeeds were at around 1/500. |
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The main problem I found with capturing
these birds was getting the focus in the right place. The lens wants
to focus on the feeder but the bird is to one side and once they hit
feeder the action is lost. So trying to focus on only one side of the
feeder helped alittle. Trying to second guess them though is very frustrating
as you never know which direction they are going to fly in from. So
many times luck has to be on your side. |
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