Birds photography shooting skills

To understand the behavior of birds

For shooting birds smoothly, we need to have a probably understanding of the habits of the birds before filming. Only by understanding their life habits, we can shoot the excellent works more smoothly in the wild complex environment. for example, we are going to shoot the swan or ardeidae, we need to know swan and ardeidae life habits before shooting, search and understand the relevant knowledge, so that we can be more efficient to shoot a wonderful photo.

Equipment selection

Compared with other types of animal photography, bird photography is paying more attention to is the distance and concealment. Use the telephoto lens, you can capture them without disturb them in the distant place. Usually, birds are small and timid, the photographer is very difficult to close to them. So you need to prepare a telephoto lens, which can guarantee that you can shooting them in the far distance. As for the specific focus lens, you can choose according to the specific circumstances. However, in general, choose the focal length more than 300mm telephoto lens can meet the demand of most of the time of the shooting. In order to ensure animal subjects in the picture are clear, you also need to use three tripod to steady the camera.

Camera techniques

Besides preparation equipment, we also need to master some camera settings in order to more quickly respond to the problems in the shooting. Usually, in the actual filming process, we will quick setting the camera's autofocus mode, drive mode, shooting mode, iso, shutter speed, , thus as quickly as possible to cope with the problems in the actual shooting. Quickly set up the iso in practical shooting, quickly set up the camera sensitivity can timely deal with the problem of insufficient light photos. Quick set drive mode in practical shooting, quickly set up drive mode can timely switch camera single shoot, continuous shooting mode, thereby increasing success rate of capturing dynamic moments.

Captured moment

In the process of shooting birds, in order to make more wonderful photos, we can start from capturing birds wonderful moment, shooting them fascinating and interesting aspect. If you want to capture the wonderful moments of birds, we also need to begin from familiar with bird life habits, only understand their behavior, we can make some effective in actual photography to capture the moment. For example, understand the link of swan flew to heaven with unprecedented run-up, we can in the actual shooting, capture them in the water run to the moment of its wings; When shooting birds in the wild, we can choose two or more birds stop on the branches, side by side and look at somewhere in the scene together to make the photo more interesting. Of course, in addition to understand these, when we are filming, still need more observation, thus captured more wonderful scene.

Leaving space in front of birds

Leaving space in front of birds, we can understand it into two points, One is the flying bird flying in front, the other is the sight of flying birds. Leaving space in front of birds avoid the bird accelerate out of the picture. Leaving space in front of birds can give the viewer more room for imagination, so as to increase the interest of photos. When shooting the birds fly, as far as possible in the front of the birds flying to reserve some space in order to avoid in the process of filming the birds out of the picture. In addition, leaving space in front of bird sight, it's like a portrait photography, reserve a space in front of the view of the character can avoid the viewer view is suddenly stop, which cause picture composition uncoordinated.

The composition methods for shooting birds

Bird photography, shooting some of the birds with light color, and obvious relationship between light and shade in the scene, we can use the method of contrast to highlight the main body, and to show the birds hair. In specific filming, in the presence of light and shade relations of scenario, first to observe birds' characteristics, for the birds with light color and bright, we can use the camera spot metering to ensure that the birds exposure accurate pressure dark background at the same time, in order to achieve the contrast effect.

Contrast activity, we also can say it is the actual situation of contrast, in simple terms, it is movement and stationary combined together in the scene, so as to present a visual contrast images. When the birds were taken, we often use this method to increase the screen move feeling to add new idea of photos. In the actual filming, camera need to be stable on a tripod, using suitable shutter speed catch birds movement is relatively slow body with the wings of the swing faster, form a comparison of both to increase the fun of photo. In addition, shooting photos with dynamic-static comparison, in addition to the need of skilled technology, the photographer needs to have some patience.