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Royal Terns with breeding plumage at Fort Desoto

The Fort Desoto Park is made of five islands in the St Petersburg area (Florida). It is one of the best birding spots on the Florida West coast to photograph shore birds. I would gladly take you there on a

Rear focusing or back button focusing secrets

July 10, 2013Steven BlandinBird, UncategorizedAF, Africa, back button, bird, canon, Florida, focus, focusing, Fort Desoto, nature, photography, rear focus, royal tern, stitch, tips, travel, wildlife10 Comments

Rear focusing or back button focusing can come out very handy in wildlife photography! What is rear focusing??? This technique is not very well known, yet it is an effective way to combine ONE SHOT focus mode with AI SERVO mode. One presses the AF-ON or * back button with the thumb from the back