Portraits of Birds Photography

Portraits of Birds Cape Town

Portraits of Birds at Intaka Island, Kirstenbosch, and Woodbridge Island explore bird photography through close-up studies of species in natural habitats across Cape Town’s diverse ecosystems.

Detailed bird portrait captured at Woodbridge Island Lagoon

Speckled Pigeon: Portraits of Birds, Woodbridge Island

Portraits of Birds / Birds in Flight
Birds (in Flight) photography can be challenging at times. Its never a certainty that a 100% well-framed images are going to end up in your camera's memory card.

From time to time I also end up with birds that's either to fast, I see them too late or perhaps they are to close to my 400mm lens. I end up of what I refer to as portrait shots - although my intension was the complete bird in flight.

If the images are in focus I will attempt to post-process them as Birds / Birds in Flight portraits.

Location
Birds / Birds in Flight photographed at Intaka Island, Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden and Woodbridge
Island, Cape Town.

Canon Camera / Lens Settings

Canon EOS R6 Mark III / EF 400mm f/5.6L USM Lens
Canon EOS 7D Mark II / EF 400mm f/5.6L USM Lens
Canon EOS 6D / EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM Lens
Canon EOS 70D / EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM Lens
Manual Mode: Auto-ISO: 320 - 640 / Aperture: f/5.6 / Shutter Speed: 1/1000s - 1/3200s
AI Servo: Case 1: Wide Zone AF / 10 fps High Speed Continuous Mode (EOS 7D Mark II)
AI Servo: Zone AF / 7 fps High Speed Continuous Mode (EOS 70D)

Post-Processing