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Posted: February 25, 2009
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Tagged: Birds, birds in-flight, Birds Of Prey, digital bird photography, Predators, Raptors, tips, tutorial
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I love action photography and birds in-flight (BIF) are one of my favorite forms of this, especially birds of prey (hawks, eagles, owls & falcons).
Seconds count in this type of fast action photography, grab the moment if you can, and you can if you practice.
I shoot hand-held and like to hike, for me this is the ultimate form of photography. I have no patience (ok, maybe a bit), I can not sit in one spot for more than 20 minutes as I feel I might be missing something around the next bend.
From early on I practiced on anything that would move/fly, but mostly practiced on starlings, pigeons, & ducks. Downtown people would stare wondering what the heck I was doing photographing pigeons, but it does pay off and you can actually get some very cool photos of pigeons like this ;).
Not only for birds, but for everything, grabbing the moment is everything in photography. When you have only seconds to make the shot, being able to lift the camera, find your target, focus and shoot makes or breaks the shot.
high speed falcon in-flight photography
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