Birds in Flight Photography Training Session

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

Birds in Flight Photography

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  Woodbridge Island / Cape Town

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  Woodbridge Island / Cape Town

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  Woodbridge Island / Cape Town

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