Birding Photography Training Intaka Island

Bird photography training at Intaka Island with Vernon Chalmers. Learn autofocus, exposure, and field techniques for capturing birds in flight and wildlife behaviour.

Bird photography training session at Intaka Island Wetland Reserve with Vernon Chalmers demonstrating birds-in-flight autofocus and field techniques.

African Sacred Ibis in Flight Intaka Island, Cape Town

Canon Camera Bird Photography Practical Training Intaka Island

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.

Birds in Flight Photography Training 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

Intaka Island Bird Species

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: Cropping. Colour correction / noise reduction / lens profile correction and a few spot removals.

Image Copyright
All Images Copyright Vernon Chalmers Photography

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