THE FLIGHT PATH: PRO SECRETS FOR CAPTURING BIRDS IN FLIGHT

Who’d have thought that three little words could instil so much fear? Yet time and again I am asked this question: How do you get a good shot of a bird in flight? Whether it comes out as a blur across a landscape, an empty branch on which a robin had been perched or a black outline against a sky, there are lots of ways in which a bird-in-motion photo can fail. But don’t get disheartened. I am here to help! Set out below are 10 steps for getting great flight shots most of the time (there’s also a lot of luck involved!).

1 GOOD EQUIPMENT

I won’t lie. The better the camera and lens, the better your chances. That means the odds of getting a great flight shot with a compact camera (or mobile phone) are about as small as the camera itself. But that does not mean you have to sell your husband to buy a pro-grade camera. Any camera that has the following, as a minimum, will