Southern Red Bishops in flight - Table Bay Nature Reserve

On my arrival in the Table Bay Nature Reserve last week I followed the bishops for a while, but gave up photographing them in flight due to the thickness of the reeds and the skittishness of the birds hopping and flying around.

I took a walk around the reserve and onh my way out tried the bishops again. This time as was a little more fortunate in getting a few in-flight images that is worth publishing. 

Consecutive frames
The two images are consecutive frames at 10 fps taking advantage of the fast shooting speed of the Canon EOS 7D Mark II.

Lightroom Post-Processing
All images processed in Adobe Lightroom 8. Converted from RAW to JPG. Lens profile correction. Minor colour correction. Sharpness and noise reduction applied.

Cape Town Location
Milnerton Lagoon Woodbridge Island, Cape Town. Over the Diep River flowing past the Milnerton Golf Course.

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Red Bishop male in flight in the Table Bay Nature Reserve, Woodbridge Island

Red Bishop female in flight in the Table Bay Nature Reserve, Woodbridge Island

Equipment (Birds In Flight / Action Photography)

• Canon EOS 7D Mark II DSLR camera body
• Canon EF 400mm f/5.6L USM Lens
• SanDisk Extreme 64GB 120MB/s CF Card

Manual Mode Settings

• Shutter speed: 1/4000s
• Aperture: f/5.6
• Focal length 400mm
• Auto-ISO (ISO 800)
• Continuous shooting mode (10 fps) / AI Servo
• AI Servo / AF Mode Option (Large / Wide Zone AF / Case 1)
• Lens AF On / No IS / Handheld

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