There are lots of tips for birds in flight photography out there. Let me present you the ones that have made me successful with my birds in flight photographs. Those tips are not all must do, but they definitely help from my perspective. Enjoy! – shoot in manual mode The biggest advantage of shooting in
Should you be out there taking wildlife photographs when it is raining? My answer is absolutely YES, providing there is not lightning! When I take students on workshops, I typically do not pack up the gear at the first sign of rain. Well, you kind of need to have weather sealed pro lenses and you
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 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
The photograph below is a pair of Flightless Cormorant going through their courtship ritual. This pair of Flightless Cormorants is swimming around each other in the cold water current of Fernandina Island, in the Galapagos Islands. What are they doing? Courting each other! 🙂 I was lucky to witness this superb display of chase and