WHEN U SHOOT BIRDS in the sky, mentally u are also flying with them, rather feeling that gush of air in the sky....The sense is an enormous energy giver. Thus while shooting birds or any flying object like a helicopter, the shutter must be fast enough to freeze the object....ENSURE that the shutter speed is just right to register that little bit of motion and make the picture extremely dynamic.
2. It is important to focus on the subject and lock the focus....and then wait for the right moment to shoot.This exercise may take several ''cuts'', because the creature is not posing for the photographer, but the photographer is after it.....Better have long focal length lenses, i.e. 200mm and/or above....and here the SLR will be of much help, rather than p&s or prosumers in terms of quality....in SLR u will use the best lens u can afford...so will be the result.
3. The bird above, was 100 ft on top of tree..I USED 300mm and the light was very low, because the evening was going....the sh speed may have been 1/60...so the blur was inevitable with handheld camera.....I cropped to bring it more closer.
