Category Archives: Photography Techniques

Bird Photography, Birds in Flight, Micro 4/3 (OM-D/M.Zuiko), Photography Techniques

Bird Photography Settings

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Over the past while I’ve had a number of emails from readers asking me to write an article on my bird photography settings. To be honest I’ve avoided writing this kind of article in the past simply because the choice of camera settings is a very personal decision.

The way that each of us set up and use our cameras can vary significantly, based on our personal shooting style, and the equipment that we happen to own. When it comes to bird photography settings, significant differences can exist between photographers even when using the exact same camera.

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Bird Photography, Cuba, Nikon 1 (1" CX sensor), Photography Techniques

Photographing Killdeer in Cuba

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This article discusses photographing killdeer in Cuba and shares a selection of handheld images of killdeer along a stream. Killdeer are a member of the plover family and are found extensively throughout North America, Central America and the Caribbean.

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Bird Photography, Composition, Micro 4/3 (OM-D/M.Zuiko), Photography Techniques

Cropping Bird Photographs

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This article discusses cropping bird photographs and provides a number of sample images to illustrate some approaches that can be used. Photographic composition is very subjective. So, you may, or may not, agree with some of the approaches used in this article. The objective of this posting is simply to illustrate some cropping options that can be considered.

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Bird Detection AI, Bird Photography, Birds in Flight, Micro 4/3 (OM-D/M.Zuiko), Photography Techniques

Bird Detection AI Tips

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This article shares some E-M1X’s Bird Detection AI tips, and is based on experimenting with this technology over the past few weeks. I apologize in advance for using some existing images in this article… but we are in the first week of a new 4 week COVID-19 lock down.

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Birds in Flight, Micro 4/3 (OM-D/M.Zuiko), Photography Techniques

Ducks Using Cluster Area C-AF

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Yesterday I was out photographing ducks using cluster area C-AF. Being new to Olympus I had no idea that this mode of continuous auto-focus was available. After watching a video on using cluster area C-AF that Robin Wong posted, I decided to give it a try.

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Combination of sensors, Photography Fundamentals, Photography Techniques

Handheld Shot Discipline

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This lengthy article provides a summary of some of the actions that a photographer can take to practice handheld shot discipline. Many of the actions would also apply to folks who use tripods or monopods. Shot discipline is all about making sure that our camera gear is ready. That we know how to use it to best effect. That we use good camera technique. And, that we remain calm and focused.

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