Canon Camera Bird Photography Practical Training Intaka Island
Vernon Chalmers Birdlife Photography Intaka Island, Cape Town
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| African Sacred Ibis in Flight Intaka Island, Cape Town |
I generally facilitate most of my Birds / Birds in Flight Photography Training at Woodbridge Island, Milnerton, Cape Town. during early December 2022 I had an opportunity for a client practical photography training session at Intaka Island, Century City, Cape Town.
Intaka Island Photography Training Objective
This practical and hands-on training session was an opportunity for my clients to experiment with Canon camera Manual Mode and Aperture Priority (Av) Mode settings for water birds and / or birds in flight. We settled in the bird watching / photography hide facing away from the sun and was greeting with quite exquisite afternoon light.
I have taken a few birds / birds in flight shots during the photography training session and herewith a list of the Intaka Island birds (top to bottom) and the general Canon camera / lens settings I personally used for all the birds in this post:
Birds / Birds in Flight Intaka Island
- African Sacred Ibis
- White-Breasted Cormorants
- Juvenile Black-Crowned Night Heron
- Common Moorhen
- Little Egret
- Red-Billed Teal Ducks
- White-Breasted Cormorant
- Yellow-Billed Duck
- White-Breasted Cormorant
- Juvenile Common Moorhen
- Cape Wagtail
Canon Camera / Lens Settings Intaka Island
- Canon EOS 7D Mark II Body
- EF 400mm f/5.6L USM Lens
- Manual Mode
- Auto-ISO: 250 - 800
- Aperture: f/5.6
- Shutter Speed: 1/2500
- AI Servo: Case 1: Wide Zone
- 10 fps High Speed Continuous Mode
- Handheld
Lightroom Post-Processing
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic CC 11.4: Cropping. Colour correction / noise reduction / lens profile correction and a few spot removals.
Afternoon Birds / Birds in Flight Images (After 17:00) At Intaka Island, Cape Town
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| White-Breasted Cormorants Getting ready for 'battle' Intaka Island, Cape Town |
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| (Juvenile) Black-Crowned Night Heron Intaka Island, Cape Town |
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| Common Moorhen Intaka Island, Cape Town |
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| Little Egret in Flight Intaka Island, Cape Town |
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| Red-Billed Teal Ducks in Flight Intaka Island, Cape Town |
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| White-Breasted Cormorant in Flight Intaka Island, Cape Town |
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Yellow-Billed Duck Intaka Island, Cape Town
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White-Breasted Cormorant Portrait Intaka Island, Cape Town
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Juvenile Common Moorhen Intaka Island, Cape Town
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| Cape Wagtail at Intaka Island, Cape Town |
Birdlife at Intaka Island, Cape Town
Vernon Chalmers Birds / Birds in Flight Photography Training Intaka Island
