Giving a few tips on photographing your budgie in flight

 

 

1. It would Work best if you had 2 people in the room. or just you with a really long stick. Preferably a smaller room with less areas your budgie can become interested and perch on.

 

2.You might want to let your Budgie fly around for a little so you can see their flight pattern.

 

3. You should try and use a camera with a quick shutter speed. If it has a shutter lag it can still work though your pictures may end up being a bit blurry

 

4. Make sure your camera is on! check the focus so that it will be on the bird for the picture. If your taking a picture with your budgie a bit close it would be best to turn your flash off and just have the room well lit up (same goes for whiter birds the flash will wash them out)

 

5. Once your budgie is in flight follow it as best as you can with your camera lens. This is where you should know your birds flight pattern to help you out a bit better. There is no need to look though the view finder. you will do just as good of a job.

 

6. Take the picture of course. follow it with the camera and snap the photo when you think your bird would be in the picture (for digital photos)

 

7. or you can wait in one area where your Budgie is always flying to and snap the photo when it gets there. that works best with another person too

 

For regular photos you will want to try and look though the view finder and definatly have sombody else in there getting the bird to fly and you follow it for the pictures.

 

The faster your shutter speed the better

 

If you do have a slow shutter speed push the button just a bit before you get to your bird. Slow shutter speeds also work great for suprise photos too

 

Dont mind my spelling... Its horriable

Edited February 19, 200520 yr by BrokenDreamz

Very nice topic Ill keep this in mind

Giving a few tips on photographing your budgie in flight

 

 

1.  It would Work best if you had 2 people in the room.  or just you with a really long stick.  Preferably a smaller room with less areas your budgie can become interested and perch on.

 

2.You might want to let your Budgie fly around for a little so you can see their flight pattern.

 

3.  You should try and use a camera with a quick shutter speed.  If it has a shutter lag it can still work though your pictures may end up being a bit blurry

 

4. Make sure your camera is on!  check the focus so that it will be on the bird for the picture.  If your taking a picture with your budgie a bit close it would be best to turn your flash off and just have the room well lit up (same goes for whiter birds the flash will wash them out)

 

5.  Once your budgie is in flight follow it as best as you can with your camera lens.  This is where you should know your birds flight pattern to help you out a bit better.  There is no need to look though the view finder.  you will do just as good of a job.

 

6. Take the picture of course. :wine follow it with the camera and snap the photo when you think your bird would be in the picture (for digital photos)

 

7. or you can wait in one area where your Budgie is always flying to and snap the photo when it gets there.  that works best with another person too

 

For regular photos you will want to try and look though the view finder and definatly have sombody else in there getting the bird to fly and you follow it for the pictures.

 

The faster your shutter speed the better

 

If you do have a slow shutter speed push the button just a bit before you get to your bird.  Slow shutter speeds also work great for suprise photos too 

 

Dont mind my spelling... Its horriable

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great pictures - i am on holiday this week i wonder if i will get time to try this out ? mistymoo

Fabulous pictures! You have listed some very good tips, too. My camera has shutter lag so bad, I have to click the picture when they take off and by the time they have flown around the room and are ready to land back where they started, my camera will finally take the picture.

Fantastic pictures!!!!! I'm gonna try that with Snowy next time he comes out. ::

see, I knew this topic will take on

see, I knew this topic will take on

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its interesting heh but i hope everyone can actually make sence of what ive said

We do make sense of wha you said or else we wouldn't be posting...

These tips have helped me I can tell you that!

I managed to get i good picture of Blinkie flying thatnks to your tips!!!! I've also applied them to getting pictures of my dog in action!!! THANKS!!!

hi , most small digital cameras have a dial or switch which will give you some different options eg: auto. macro, landscape, sports and sometimes movie.if you are trying to takes pictures of your birds moving or in flight , try the sports position as this will raise the film speed and also the shutter speed . it will also let the camera focus continually while you are following the bird around

the other thing to remember with digital is that you can take as many pictures as you want, and is does not cost anything. so take loads, it might take ten pictures it could take a hundred but in the end you will get a good clear, sharp picture of your bird.

 

 

kevin

not all digital cameras have a sports view option. my shutter lag camera only has Video, Auto, Night, Landscape (distant scenery) and Closeup and i dont think my good camera has sports either and it still took nice pictures.

hi brokendremz, sorry i didn't mean anything about your photos, i just thought i would add some advice for people reading your thread.

 

kevin

I think BrokenDreamz and Bea should team up because they both produce such great pictures

Broken Dreamz's pictures are much better than mine!!!

But you produce the best visual effects! Brokendreamz takes the pictures, you make the effects. They would be great! :artist

Edited April 3, 200520 yr by Sparky

Visual effects? Like editted piccies? :mellow:

Yep

Gee, thanks..... You should post some pictures of Sparky!

hi brokendremz, sorry i didn't mean anything about your photos, i just thought i would add some advice for people reading your  thread.

   

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no its okay sorry if i sounded rude im a bad poster i was just saying not everyone has sports setting on their camera whish would be awesome if we all did

 

 

But you produce the best visual effects! Brokendreamz takes the pictures, you make the effects. They would be great! :artist

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hehe (Laughing out loud) would be intersting

Lighting

 

Anoter huge issue i havnt really mentioned is lighting!

 

if your worried about whiting your bird out with the flash try and have as many lights in the room on and turn the flash on your camera off

My results from a full lighted room an open window alowing light in and the flash on

 

if your in a fairly dark area and about a meter away i would say its safe to have the flash on

 

My Results from Buddy in a corner thats dark with Flash on

 

for a more open dark area i used the flash vs no flash and because i was a safe distance away the flash didnt wash the bird out

(with flash)

Compared to no flash

 

(no flash)

 

i really all depends on your distance and the colour of your bird

try and only use flash if your in a dark area. if you have a light bird its best to use flash over a few meters away

 

Hope some of this helped

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My most recent flight picture of tweety Taken on Close up setting of my 2.0mp camera while in the midst of spinning aorund to find where she went

It is possiable to get a picture on shutter lag with such a speedy bird!

can YOU see Tweety?

 

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Thanks for the tips on lighting! I always have trouble with making my birds looks white!

Thanks Brokendreamz

 

I think next time I take a picture of Sparky I will use a flash because as you see in my photo it's too dark.

Tweety is SUCH a pretty pied! You've had much better luck than I have taking pictures with the flash. My birds end up a completely different color when I use the flash.

 

If anyone has a camera that has an adjustable white balance, I've found that maxing that setting out will sometimes compensate for the pictures being dark when you take pictures without the flash. You'll have to play with the setting though, as it can make the pictures look somewhat overexposed if it is too high.

Great tips...I'll try them!