Master BIRDS in FLIGHT Photography! SETTINGS for SUCCESS! Image Stabilisation ON or OFF?
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- Опубликовано: 12 июл 2024
- Swallows in flight? How is that even possible? And how can YOU capture amazing birds in flight images?
Welcome Back to The Bird Photography Show with Jan Wegener & Glenn Bartley. Today we dive into the world of birds in flight photography and share with you our tips & techniques for success!
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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
0:56 Swallows in Flight!
2:10 Before & After Swallow Image & Crop
2:35 Most Important Setting
3:07 Shutter Speed Considerations
4:02 F-Stop & ISO
4:43 Best Frame Rate & Buffer
5:07 30 fps! wow!
5:26 Rolling Shutter Effect
6:05 Don't make this Mistake
7:04 Image Stabilisation ON or OFF?
10:12 Glenn's Special Tip
10:55 AUTOFOCUS
11:03 Mirrorless vs DSLR Tracking
11:46 Autofocus Cases
12:50 DSLR Focus Pumping
13:13 AF Case I Use
14:16 Mirrorless/Eye Tracking
14:47 The MOST IMPORTANT SKILL
16:44 Best Lens?
18:12 What's the ideal conditions?
19:09 Location matters!
20:04 Learn how to see
20:37 Overcast vs Sun
21:03 The Perfect Scenario
21:27 Everything you need to know
24:24 GIVEAWAY
Another great episode, I leave the IS on as I would always forget to turn it on if it was off. I remember using the focus limiter for the first time years ago and I forgot to switch it back. Next session with waders I thought my camera/lens was broken as it wouldn't focus :-) Cheers, Duade
Cheers Duade. Thanks so much for watching.
Yes, that’s always the danger of changing things you normally don’t touch. Thanks mate
When that happens it makes one's mood more unstable......
Watch your channel as well Duade, keep up the good work. Been there done that with my focus limiter too!
@@BIGNatureBoy Thanks Bruce, yes, did it a few times :-)
Great tips once again. I always have IS on as it's easier to track the birds. I shoot with an Olympus EM1-X and it has an in camera AF limiter that you can set to whatever you wish, which is normally 20-80 metres for BIF. Tracking birds is the hardest part IMHO, so I've just got an Olympus dot sight to try out. I live in Maroochydore, QLD, Australia and my favourite bird to photograph would be the Forest Kingfisher in flight. They're a real challenge to get.
Thanks for sharing, I find it easier to track with IS as well. Forest KFs are awesome!
Olympus definitely has some cool features!
You NAILED IT, Glen! Like with NIN nailed! Jaw-dropping!
What a fantastic video. Thank you for having this conversation and handing out all of this advice!
You are welcome!
Our pleasure!
IS always on 😎🔥
same :)
This is one of the best explanations of this topic that I have ever seen. Thank you. Also, it’s nice that you represent both hemispheres. (I am looking at Victoria from across the Strait - in Port Angeles.). Thanks again for the great content.
You are welcome Sandra!
Great to hear that Sandra
Thanks So much for all the wonderful tips and information... It was an awesome video!
Hi Jan & Glenn, been following your videos for quite a while and have learned many tips & skills from both of you on birds in flight. So glad that the latest mirrorless cameras are making birds in flight easier. My favourite bird in flight is the Bee Eater where they do their area hunt for insects in flight. Keep up the great work. Thanks!
Thanks for sharing Richard
Awesome Richard!
My favorite bird to photograph is the Belted Kingfisher. I live in Toronto. Thanks for a great upload gentlemen!
Cheers!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Excellent tutelage on this most difficult photography challenge. My quick tip, choose large raptors gliding, or big water birds flying sluggishly in a straight line. If you must go for something smaller, a Nankeen Kestrel hovering is a good bet. I live on Wurrundjeri and Boonwurrung lands of the Kulin Nation and my favourite bird to photograph is the little jewel, the pardelote.
Yes, slower birds help creating the necessary skills for sure
Great birds to start on for sure. And gulls!
Am just starting out in bird photography, so your effort in detailing the 'how to' and giving tips is much appreciated. It's really an amazing subspecialty. We have raptures here that seem to have a set time of day for circling over our fields. Am aiming my camera walks to try to catch them gliding over head. Alot harder than I originally imagined! So your series had been great.
Awesome, thank you!
Great video.
Gotta say, one of my greatest lessons and tips was learning bird flight patterns. Terns and their pivots (which you can follow once you get a sense of their flight pattern) and falcons were the toughest for me, but I can usually get solid shots with a lot less fuss than I used to. Doesn’t really work as well for songbirds, they’re too darn fast and shy for that. I just wait for them to perch. 🙃
Also, getting out for freshly fledged birds in Canadian spring/summer means getting young birds in training, which usually means they’re a little slower than their parents. 😆
I enjoy photographing most birds, but primarily birds of prey. Southern Alberta, Canada.
Awesome Shauna!
Nice!
Thanks, very interesting and nicely done, especially the virtual dual desk. With my Olympus camera I don’t use the highest framerates, because that just shuffles way too many files to the SD card. For me, 20 or sometimes 30 fps seems to be enough, even for starting song birds. By the way, Olympus‘ pre-buffering function (ProCapture) is very handy to not miss the right moment. Maybe Canon‘s or Sony‘s recent models have something similar, I don’t know.
They don't have it, but it would be a great addition!
@@jan_wegener I also shoot an Olympus OMD MK3 in addition to the Canon R6, and one of the most valuable features is the focus limiting at the distant end. You can set the camera to only focus between 100 and 300 feet. That's on top of the usual lens focus limiting switches. It helps greatly with avoiding background focusing while a bird flies through your frame.
@@ikoknyphausen198 That's not on top, the limitter only works when the lens is not limitted from the switches. It's one way, or the other, but not both.
Great video and helpful! My favorite bird in flight in the Bald Eagle. My second favorite is the Snow Geese. I've never been able to get a Pileated Woodpecker in flight but I love the pair that hang around my suet feeder. I'm from Pennsylvania in the United States.
Thank you! Some awesome birds in your area!
This video is excellent. I like the emphasis on set up, technique skills training, and practice. The Swallow images are testament to this diligent approach. Good set of tips at the end. Highly recommended.
Thank you very much!
A couple of points on IS:
- If you are using a red-dot site turn IS off or the bore-sight vs sensor alignment can skew by a large fraction of the frame when panning - something like 1/4 to 1/3 on my G9.
- When panning rapidly, the IS can't possibly help in the direction you are panning, but it can hit the end stop and keep trying to reset unless the camera is smart enough to turn it off automatically. My G9 induced small "microblurs" if I left it on
Eastern Osprey, Such majestic and finely tuned killing machines .Perth ,Western Australia
Great birds for sure
@@jan_wegener Really enjoy your videos, I'd be lost without them, cameras are so complex these days!
@@godfreytanner1557 Great to hear and happy I can help
One more for team Osprey!
Some really good tips and techniques. Thanks!
Awesome video. You have addressed all of the most burning issues in my mind with the R5 and 600mm lens. Thank you gentlemen.
Our pleasure!
Just new to it all. Pelicans are big beautiful and slow.
Yes, they can be great subjects to learn the techniques
Definitely good ones to practice on!
That was super informative! Well done you two. The Bird Photography Channel is quickly becoming one of my favorites. I spent a lot of this past year photographing a nesting pair of Barred Owls and their offspring. Trying to get BIF shots of the parents as they left the nest was a lot of fun but also frustrating. Knowing your tips will definitely help with that next season.
Jack in Charlotte North Carolina😊
Thanks for watching Jack. Glad you enjoyed the show!
Thanks Jack! Owls are awesome
I’ve really enjoyed both of your channels, and was thrilled to see the Bird Show collaboration from two of my favorite bird gurus! I live in Port Orchard WA, USA, and have been practicing my BIF skills for 8 years now. I wish I could say I was better than I am but still have my issues. Once in a while I pull off some great shots. Glenn, your swallow shots are most excellent. I recently upgraded to a R5 with a 600 f4 hanging off it and although I can swing it pretty well, struggle like crazy trying to get decent swallow shots. Your suggestion to shoot at 3200 to 5000 shutter speed caught me by surprise. I rarely shoot above 2000. Perhaps thats my problem. Thanks! I’d love to meet you some time and perhaps attend one of your more local workshops. Cheers!
Would be great to have you up to Victoria some time for a shoot. Cheers!
1/2000 at 600mm and you moving is not enough most of the time. I think you might see things improve if you aim for higher speeds. Other than that, swallows with a 600 is always a tough task and I bet even Glenn had thousands of missed shots
Great show. Glad to hear the IS discussion. I too leave my IS on and find it helps me and the AF to function. I am located along the Northern California coast and most enjoy stalking the pileated woodpeckers in our area. They are a challenge to find and shoot but that’s what makes it fun. Still waiting for the epic shot.
Awesome Brian!
Thanks for sharing Brian. I hope you’ll get that epic shot soon
Another incredible informational video. Yes, you both nailed it!!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
This is the best episode yet with really good info for both novice and very experienced BIF photographers. Also, you guys are now very comfortable talking interactively across thousands of miles of the Pacific Ocean waves. I live on Cape Cod, Massachusetts that is great for BIF during spring and fall migrations. My favorite birds to photograph are raptors with Ospreys and Bald Eagles being the most dramatic, but there are many resident RedTails, Coopers, Sharp-shinned hawks as well. For falcons, we have more Merlins that Peregrines passing through. I have been lucky enough to win the best nature print of the year (Eagles fighting over Salmon) and best nature image of the year (Prairie Falcon Strikes Prey) from two of the annual competitions held by New England Camera Club Association (62 clubs competing). Recently, after a nine month wait, I received an Olympus 150-400mm with 1.25X f/4.5 to mount on my Olympus M1X and. M1Mark iii. It is stabilized to 7+ stops and I always leave IS-Auto on. I am truly impressed with what Canon has achieved with its Bird AI tracking on the R5 and R6. Bravo Canon! Now Olympus needs to up its game with its M1X Bird AI tracking which works but lags.
Thank you!
That Olympus lens looks very nice!
Cheers Jon!
Such great information. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. My favourite bird at the moment is the Pardalote. They are nesting in the slopes around my garden here in Kooralbyn Queensland. I have taken lots of notes from your video and will go out and practice. So relieved about the IS setting, Thanks again
Yes, Pardalotes are awesome. Glad you liked the video
Always on, I agree with Jan.
:)
Another great episode! Thank you guys!! 🙏🏻😊
Thanks for watching!
Nailed it!
:)
Man both the geniuses together... awesome to watch this from India... Glenn and Jan we love you guys here and are big fans of your photography..
Thanks man!
Awesome episode superbly delivered by two outstanding photographers.... huge thanks 🙏🏻
Glad you enjoyed it
Thanks for the great information and the nice shots you both shared.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Loving your joint series guys! Followed you both independently and are greedily absorbing the great tips you have to offer! Recently upgraded to a new to me 7D m2 and am immediately seeing the benefits of the improved focus system from the original 7D. My favourite subject locally in the BC Okanagan are the very vocal, Lazuli Buntings! Keep it up guys!
Yes! Those buntings are amazing!
Thanks so much Ian!
Fabulous, i just purchased the canon r5 and really appreciate the info on set up for taking photos of birds in flight...thankyou so much, i have learned a lot just watching and i have loved to take photos of birds. I live in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and i love going to the local park, photgraph ducks, seagulls, chickadees, and squirrels...and everything else. Most fav...chickadees! Thankyou so much for posting this utube...I very much appreciate all the tips you have given and using the R5 focusing system. Thankyou!!
Glen nailed it. Beautiful. Nice video, thanks.
Glad you enjoyed it
Thanks Jan & Glen for a great video on flight photography and I personally really did appreciate all the splendid tips you both gave, and I always leave my IS on!
Thanks Dennis :)
Cheers Dennis!
Great show guys! Love it a lot. My favorite bird to photograph in flight is the Osprey. I live in Ontario, Canada, and here we get many opportunities to photograph them. :D
Awesome Vasura. Thanks for watching.
Lots of people liking Ospreys! Very cool birds. Great you’re liking the show
You nailed it alright.
Learn a lot about BIF from this episode, thank you so much for putting this together, very systematic and easy to understand. I live in Vancouver, British Columbia and have always wish to visit Australia, not only to visit my daughter (who will be moving from Melbourne to Adelaide later this year) and to photograph all those colorful birds that you have shared on your Channel in the past. Here in BC, my favorite birds are the Snow Bunting and various warblers. For raptors, Bald Eagle and Rough-legged Hawk are my favorites, and Short-eared owls as well! I can't wait to go out again and practice all the skills and settings you mentioned in this episode. Thank you once again. Can't wait to see the next episode👍👍
Hi David,
Glad we could give you some new ideas. I lived in Vancouver for a while. So many cool birds around there
Cheers David!
Thank you for the awesome tips!! I have so many favorite birds to photograph, but I guess the Tree Swallow is probably my favorite. I live in Rhode Island, and there are a few places I can go to work on my flight shots with the Tree Swallows!
Thank you again for making these videos, so we can improve our own flight shots!
Another GREAT one!!
Well done guys, keep on with the great work.
Cheers from New Zealand and Kia Kaha
Cheers Andres!
Thanks Mate
Very good as ever guys, keep it up!
Thank you! Will do!
I love ALL birds. I follow a lot of your tips already, but I loved seeing how you chose shutter speed as the most important. I totally agree!!!! Thx!
Awesome, thank you!
Hey dude, i enjoy watching your videos while sipping my coffee and taking notes. Thanks.
Glad you like them!
Coffee and The Bird Photography Show = A Good Combo!
Thanks guys for another great video! I leave IS on all the time for the same reason as many others! Have tried swallows with limited success - they are so damn fast! Will however use the focus limiting switch next time. My favourite bird is the wedge tailed eagle- there are a pair that live in our area & sometimes they will fly low over the cane paddocks looking for food- have managed to get a few shots- so majestic! I live on the beautiful North Coast of NSW. Cheers Lyn
Yes, they're awesome birds! Thanks for sharing
Thanks guys. This was a very clear and concise presentation. I found it very helpful. I definitely keep the IS on, though in some situations I will set the IS for only vertical stabilization. I've been having much more success with birds in flight with the new OM Systems/Olympus camera, the OM-1 and the 150-400mm, f4.5 lens. This combo has excellent subject detection and CAF with high frame rates of up to 50 fps. Now that I know I can capture birds in flight, I can start working on the techniques you provided for getting those really great photos. Thanks...Charlie from South Central Alaska.
I’m enjoying your videos. I will definitely look at the Case setting adjustments, thank you. I am near the coast in Maine.
Un abrazo desde Colombia SA, grandes enseñanzas en este episodio, muchas gracias.
:)
Thanks guys, great tips 👍🏻 I’m in New York City and I love when the Ospreys come back north to breed… These raptors are my personal favorite because they are just so busy & committed to snatching that fish it can see. They work hard for their food!! Also I think best to leave IS on
Yes, they’re awesome birds!
Thanks John!
Very informative. Well done to you both for a very polished training segment
Glad you enjoyed it
Finally: The most interesting and helpfull video for "birds" in flight that I've seen so far. Thanks guys!
My favourite bird to photograph is the little owl (Athene noctua), Gert from Belgium.
Glad you enjoyed it!
thank you, both!!!! Excellent...
Glad you enjoyed it!
Cheers!
Great video guys. Comprehensive, informative, and backed up with good illustrative images and personal experience. I particularly liked all your tips and the explanation of why you alter the case modes towards the left. On my 5D IV I have the three settings used for the case modes set up on the My Menu tab so I can alter them quickly without going through the AF Menu.
IS = I leave it on all the time.
Favourite bird in flight = Atlantic Puffin ( preferably with a good catch of sand eels) .
Look forward to more of your excellent videos.
Thanks for sharing Dave
Excellent video, thanks for sharing your tips!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I’m in Victoria, Australia. I quite enjoy photographing rainbow bee-eaters. They have beautiful colours and an impressive ability to dive and catch bees in mid air. Quite amazing to watch and always an enjoyable challenge to capture!
Ya those guys are stunners!!
Yep, bee-eaters are awesome!
Fantastic episode, a lot of useful tips. Thank you
Glad you enjoyed it!
As always a great video, greatly enjoyed. My favorite bird to photograph in coastal North Carolina has to be the Painted Bunting a truly beautiful bird. It looks like a artists palette of colors.
Ya that's a beauty for sure!
Yes, that's one awesome bird. I fell lucky I got some shots in texas many years ago
Great! video again....some great tips ill bring in the field....Thanks...
Cheers Rene!
Great to hear!
Another great video guys, thanks. Certainly one of the most important skills you mentioned with those long lenses is finding the bird in the viewfinder. I find quite often having the lens at my eye looking through and keeping the other eye open until I find it, works at times. Thanks for the tip on Servo case setting Jan, I had case two on the R5, but I’ll give case one a go. I love shooting the elusive Osprey and I live in Victoria, where I got some cool shots of two Sand Hill Cranes at your location featured this week Glen.
And remember with the cases to actually go in and manually dial settings to the left. None of the standard cases are ideal for birds in flight. You have to manually tweak the settings.
Glad you liked the video. Yes I use case One and both settings set to -1
In my opinion the reason most people miss shots is that they can’t find the birds fast enough in the viewfinder
@@jan_wegener I think developing that skill is the most important point from the video
One of the best informative blogs on flight Photography I've seen.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you! Glad you liked it
Lots of useful, practical tips and techniques. Thanks guys.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great video guys - as always loads of helpful content, and just love those Swallow shots. Sadly I’m not in Australia or North America, so I don’t have to ponder my favourite bird to photograph 😉
We would still be interesting in finding out what it is, though ;)
That was a very informative episode. I love taking photos of Cardinals here in Texas.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks for all the great info. Love photographing the Redish Egrets! The are so animated when they hunt for fish in the shallow waters. Florida here.
Yes! They're amazing when they fish!
Good pick!
Another great show, Jan and Glenn! My favorite bird to photograph is the Northern Harrier. I saw my first one this year in a wetland area at a nearby refuge. They are striking raptors and their face looks very owl-like. I'm in Olympia, Washington, USA and am looking forward to the fall migration starting.
The Grey Ghost as they are sometimes called. A great bird!
Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for another great episode! There were a lot of very helpful tips in there. I live in Ontario, Canada, and my favourite birds to photograph are probably Black-capped Chickadees. They're very common but they've always been one of my favourite birds and they're the first small bird I managed to take a photograph that I was proud of.
Great to hear! Yes, they're awesome little birds.
Nice. Thanks for sharing!
I love so much this series. Thank you for all your great tips. I'm a beginner in bird photography, so for now, my favorite birds to capture in flight are the ducks (because they are the easiest). I live in Québec, Canada.
Thanks for watching buddy!
Great to hear that, thanks
Thankyou both. This is one of the best tutorial on this subject.
Glad it was helpful!
I really enjoy these videos and there are great tips in this one. My favorite birds to photograph - too many, but Bald Eagles along the Iowa River in winter, Trumpeter Swans in the fall, and this summer I spent many wonderful hours with a relative rarity in Iowa - Yellow-crowned Night-Herons. Yes, I live in Iowa.
Thanks for watching Diane!
Glad to hear you are liking the show.
superb discussion.. continue these discussions
that's the plan, thank you!
Great video. Lots of really useful information that will work in the field.
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you, great video as always
My pleasure!
So funny how Jan wanted Glenn to introduce him in the beginning 😃 Thank you for your amazing and helpful videos. I am just beginning birding and your content is so helpful. Thank you so much!
Cheers!
Glad you’re liking the videos 😄
soooooo useful...thanks
Glad it was helpful!
I use a lens which has multiple IS settings. For objects in motion, I'll turn off horizontal IS. Like Jan, this aids in tracking and doesn't get it to fight with the lens motion horizontal.
Great tips, thank you!
Thank you for all the amazing tips I have been working on taking perfect swallow photos on the pond by my house and this are great tips to make them even better I am in Southern Ontario Canada. Also Subscribed to your Chanel and will share it on our bird photography groups : )
Another great tutorial, my favorite birds to play with them are the hummingbirds we do have a two species of them in my area of Tacoma Washington and they're the Anna and Rufous and I 'am looking forward in near future to join Glenn Bartely in his best spot in South America to catch a hundred of varieties of this majestic creatures.
SOuth America must be awesome
Really very informative video!! Thanks for sharing!!
Glad it was helpful!
Very insightful! That was a great presentation
Thank you!
Once again, you provide great content. I am surprised you do not have a 100K subscribers by now. I have learned so much from watching your videos. Keep the content coming. It is truly appreciated. Yes, he nailed it!
Working on it! With all your help we will get there :D
Favorite Bird - Rainbow Lorikeet in 1 Smith Lane, Toowoomba 4350 Australia
That is a real beauty!
awesome birds, got some here as well!
Always looking forward to the next in the series. I only have a handful of birds in flight and most of them as for slow flying birds. Nice to learn the tried and tested techniques to improve my BIF photos. My favorite subject are backyard birds. I am in Omaha, NE, USA.
Thanks for sharing! Slow birds are ideal to get a hang of things
Thanks for watching Eric.
You guys are great. Many pro photographers think they know it all while you two stand in the gray area. Life is not black and white and neither is photography(no pun intended). Thank you for discussing issues which we all face as pro or back yayrd photographers. Keep up the good work. Thank You so much!!!
Thank you :)
Another great video with super tips.. thank you both... looking forward to the next one!!!! My favorite bird - Painted Bunting and I live in Dallas, TX, USA
Our pleasure! Thank you
Vineeth, I have seen your images of painted bunting in facebook and Instagram..they are gorgeous 👌
@@santoshmahalik thank you!
Great info once again!! Thank you Jan and Glen. IS on at all times for me. I need all the help I can get. My favorite birds to capture is the one in front of me since i'm so new at wildlife. My best accomplishment with BIF is the Tree Swallow. Fast skittish erratic in flight these birds are but I've managed (with luck) to get a few focused shots due to my determination. I'm using the R6 w/ Sigma 150-600mm . As you know this lens is not an RF lens so it makes tracking and focusing very difficult. Cheers from Southern California!!!
Great tips guys for BIF!
The light I would say is the most important factor for me and most interesting to experiment wit.
Definitely good to have the sun behind you but might be surprised when on the other side.
Totally agree!
What an amazing show
Thank you!
Cheers!
Always worth watching and learning about bird photography. I'm in Melbourne, Australia and I think my favourite bird to photograph has to be the Black Shouldered Kite. I certainly struggle with birds in flight.
Thanks for sharing Allan!
Nice pick, thanks for watching Allan
Bird Track is for beginners thats why I use it.
You are a rock star in the world photography
My camera has a huge buffer
Loved the video, Some of it i was already doing some it was new. You both did an amazing job of instruction!!! Thank you :) George
Awesome! Thank you!
Thanks guys . I got so much out of this .
Great to hear!
Beautiful images Glen
Me in my Glenn voice: Thank you :D
Wonderful info guys many thanks
Our pleasure!
Great tutorial on birds in flight photography. The best I’ve viewed yet and especially relevant since i have moved from Canon 5D III to R5 at the beginning of this year. The swallows are astounding. My favorite birds to photo are raptors in particular ospreys with waterfowl being a close second. Thank you for the great instruction. Two thumbs up for sure.
Cheers Bill!
Almost forgot. I always leave IS on.
Thanks Bill! :)
Hi guys. Always enjoy your videos. I do a lot of birds in flight and all of your recommendations are good. With respect to IS, I never turn it off as I find it makes acquisition of the bird and tracking much easier. Also, the faster the bird the more I use the focus limiter.
My favorite bird is any type of raptor but eagles are particularly terrific. I’m in Florida.
Thanks for sharing Alan. Lots of great bird photo opportunities in Florida!
Thanks Jan and Glenn great episode, enjoy your great tips, I am new to your channel.
Thanks for watching!
I use a dot sight for BIf. It is especially useful for small and erratic flying birds. I never leave home without it :)
Great episode. My fav bird to photographe is great blue heron and i am from Toronto, Canada.
Thanks for watching 😀
Thanks guys top video packed with realistic useful tips! I live in Perth Western Australian and love the Blue Wrens.
Thanks mate. Hard to see go past the Fairywrens down here