hard time shooting birds in flight

[rick93]

Thanks manny212, Terenas 1986, Joel!
@Joel; I cropped it a little but the grain was there already. Glad you like it.

 

[ScubaDude]

Birds in flight take a LOT of practice to get good at. Start with easy birds (pigeons or sea gulls... they aren't usually spooked by human attention). I don't know what you have in the way of post-processing software, but any of the big name noise reduction PS add-ons (some come in stand alone programs) or selective blurring will get rid of background noise. BTW, bird photography can be very addicting; you have been warned.

 

[rick93]

I got another shot today of the doves. I hardly see them around my place but there are lots of them closer to the coast.


1. shot at 1/400sec, ISO 800, f/5.6.

2. 1/40sec, ISO 400, f/5.6

Thanks again for looking


PS. Thanks Scubadude! I have Picasa and GIMP. Don't really know how to use GIMP, and about the addiction... I probably already am addicted.

 

[FireDiva]

Beautiful clarity on the head and center of the body, well done I say.

 

[Joel_W]

Nice two picture set. Picture #2 is simply superb. Excellent composition.