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Sunset Drama: Bird in Flight


 
 
How do you photograph a flying bird against a sunset?


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April 25, 2004

 

Bob Cammarata
  Meter for the sky in the background (a portion of the sky not exposed to the direct rays of the sun). This will render your sunset close to how it appeared to the naked eye, and will show the bird in silhouette. Shutter speeds will vary depending on the species. Soaring birds - like herons, eagles, or vultures - can be frozen at 1/60 or 1/125 sec, while a much faster speed of 1/500 sec. is required to attain feather detail in beating wings. Take a lot of frames to get the best shot possible. Also, wings look better on the up beat, than down.


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