Portraits of Birds Photography
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.
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.
Birds / Birds in Flight photographed at Intaka Island, Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden and Woodbridge Island, Cape Town
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.
Birds / Birds In Flight Portraits
Location
Diep River / Woodbridge Island / Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden
Canon Camera / Lens Settings
Post-Processing
Canon Photography Training Milnerton Woodbridge Island | Kirstenbosch Cape Town
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.
Birds / Birds in Flight photographed at Intaka Island, Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden and Woodbridge Island, Cape Town
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.
Birds / Birds In Flight Portraits
- Egyptian goose
- Cape shoveler duck
- Speckled pigeon
- Sunbird
- Hadeda ibis
- African sacred ibis
- Cape cormorant
- African spoonbill
- Yellow-billed duck
- White-breasted cormorant
- Cape spurfowl
- Red-winged starling
Location
Diep River / Woodbridge Island / Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden
Canon Camera / Lens Settings
- 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
- Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic: Cropping. Colour correction / noise reduction / lens profile correction.
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| Egyptian Goose : Woodbridge Island |
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| Cape Shoveler Duck : Woodbridge Island, Cape Town |
Upside Down Sunbird Portrait Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden Cape Town
Hadeda Ibis Portrait Woodbridge Island Milnerton
African Sacred Ibis Portrait Woodbridge Island Milnerton
Portrait of a Cape Cormorant over The Diep River Woodbridge Island Milnerton
Portrait of an African Spoonbill over The Diep River Woodbridge Island Milnerton
Portrait of a Yellow-Billed Duck over The Diep River Woodbridge Island Milnerton
White-Breasted Cormorant Portrait Intaka Island Cape Town
Cape Spurfowl Portrait Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, Cape Town
Red-Winged Starling Porret Intaka Island, Cape Town
Juvenile Helmeted Guinea Fowl Kirstenbosch Garden, Cape Town
Canon Photography Training Milnerton Woodbridge Island | Kirstenbosch Cape Town
