A morning of Small Birds and Flowers at Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden
Bird Life Photography at Kirstenbosch
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| Swee Waxbill Kirstenbosch Garden Cape Town |
Friday Morning at Kirstenbosch: Small perched birds and a Garden full of Peace
I expected a lot from this morning. I did not get it in the form of many small birds, but a peaceful walkabout around Kirstenbosch on a fabulous Friday morning.
Again, after quite a few rainy days in Cape Town, I returned to Kirstenbosch with my Canon EOS 7D Mark II camera / EF 400mm f/5.6L USM lens to fine-tune this new genre of small perched birds.
What I am learning is the shutter speed relationship between the small perched birds and when some of them take flight during one continuous burst. Working with a non-IS lens, I shoot with a shutter speed of 1/1250s at Kirstenbosch which is fast enough for this purpose, but not fast enough for their incredible fast in-flight action. For this I will have to increase the shutter speed to a minimum of 1/2500s - 1/3200s - and find a balance between perched and in-flight action.
My photo of the morning was the swee waxbill touching down close to me - so small and I'm happy to get this semi in-flight image at a shutter speed of 1/1250.
Kirstenbosch birds photographed during the morning:
- Swee waxbill
- Southern Double-Collared Sunbird
- Swee waxbill
- Upside down Sunbird portrait
- Dusky flycatcher
- Cape bulbul
Canon Camera / Lens: Birds and Flowers Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden
- Canon EOS 7D Mark II
- Canon EF 400mm f/5.6L USM Lens
- Manual Mode: 400mm @ f/5.6 / Auto- ISO (Various) / 1/1000s - 1/1250s shutter speeds
- No Lens IS / Handheld
Post-Processing: Adobe Lightroom
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Perched Small Birds at Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden
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