01 November 2019

Birds in Flight Photography Training Session

With Canon EOS 7D Mark II / EF 400mm f/5.6L USM Lens

Birds in Flight Photography

Vernon Chalmers - Birds in Flight Photography Training


Birds in Flight Photography on a crisp morning
I did a walkabout with a new Birds in Flight photographer earlier this morning. We were greeted with a cool, but crisp winters day at Woodbridge Island, Cape Town.

Camera / Photography Training Objective
Assisting a new Birds in Flight photographer getting his Canon EOS 7D Marked II tuned in for the birds around Woodbridge Island in in early morning / excellent light conditions.

Birds In Flight Cape Town Images

Images were captured in Manual Mode / Auto-ISO: Multi-shot / continuous mode at 10 fps AI Servo. Post-processing done with Adobe Lightroom 6. RAW to JPG conversion with some sharpening and noise reduction applied.

Birds in Flight Location

Milnerton Lagoon / Woodbridge Island Cape Town

Canon Gear / Memory Cards

  • Canon EOS 7D Mark II camera body 
  • Canon EF 400mm f/5.6L USM lens
  • Lexar Professional CompactFlash UDMA 7 32 GB
  • Sandisk Extreme Plus SDHC™ UHS-I Card 95MB/s 32 GB

Exposure / Other Settings: Canon EOS 7D Mark II / EF 400mm f/5.6L USM Lens

  • Manual Mode
  • Aperture: f/5.6
  • Auto-ISO 500 - 1600 
  • Focal Length: 400mm 
  • Shutter speed: 1/5000 seconds 
  • AF on - Case 1 / Wide-Zone
  • Lens Autofocus on
  • Handheld

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Reed Cormorant - Canon EOS 7D Mark II / 400mm Lens
Reed Cormorant - Canon EOS 7D Mark II / 400mm Lens  Woodbridge Island / Cape Town

Grey Heron in Flight - Canon EOS 7D Mark II / 400mm Lens
Grey Heron in Flight - Canon EOS 7D Mark II / 400mm Lens  Woodbridge Island / Cape Town

Grey Heron in Flight - Canon EOS 7D Mark II / 400mm Lens
Grey Heron in Flight - Canon EOS 7D Mark II / 400mm Lens  Woodbridge Island / Cape Town

King Gull in Flight - Canon EOS 7D Mark II / 400mm Lens
King Gull in Flight - Canon EOS 7D Mark II / 400mm Lens  Woodbridge Island / Cape Town

Pied Kingfisher in Flight - Canon EOS 7D Mark II / 400mm Lens
Pied Kingfisher in Flight - Canon EOS 7D Mark II / 400mm Lens  Woodbridge Island / Cape Town

Canon EOS 7D Mark II - Birds in Flight Photo Gallery View

Birds in Flight Photography Cape Town View