What's the common sense of shooting wild birds?

In all photography categories, wildlife photography has the highest requirements for equipment. Among them, wild bird photography is particularly important. Generally speaking, 600 mm large aperture telephoto lens is the standard configuration for wild bird photography. For a small climber like Kingfisher, if you want to get a satisfactory close-up, you must also prepare a lens with a magnification of 1.4 or 2 times, and expand the focal length of the lens to 840 ~ 1200mm. If conditions permit, the infrared remote control device will bring you a brand-new perspective and great convenience.

A lens with a long focal length will "amplify" the impact of shutter vibration and reduce the success rate of the work. Therefore, using a large tripod is extremely important for obtaining high-definition images. In addition, it is necessary to prepare more fuselage and load more films to prevent wonderful pictures from missing opportunities because of continuous high-speed shooting and frequent film changes.

As for film, I almost only use professional reverse films, and its rich layering, color reproduction and long-term preservation are beyond the reach of ordinary negative films. The medium-speed film with a sensitivity of 400 is the best, which can not only maintain a relatively high shutter speed to "freeze" the action of the kingfisher, but also ensure that the particles in the picture are not too thick.

Shooting skill

Kingfishers have dazzling feathers, so you can easily find them. Before shooting, we should do a good job of stepping on the spot, carefully observe and understand the waters where kingfishers often appear, the time when they appear and the hunting spots, and it is best to find the branches where they often appear, so as to set up shelters to wait. Once the kingfisher appears in the range of your lens, don't press the shutter immediately. Because kingfishers are extremely vigilant, when they arrive at a hunting point, they will carefully observe whether there is danger around them. If you disturb them at this time, you will lose all your efforts. The correct way is to wait patiently for a minute or two before starting shooting (remember! Try not to make noise, the lens swing should be small and slow, and the focusing mode should be manual. The camera can be wrapped in a towel to reduce the shutter sound. Don't be stingy with this movie. A precious shot opportunity may never come again. Why not do everything possible to hold on to it?

Of course, the most important thing in shooting kingfishers is patience and perseverance. It can be said that a precious shooting opportunity comes from countless hours of loneliness, irritability, loneliness and countless mosquito bites ... Without firm will support or sufficient financial support, huge hardware expenses, bottomless film consumption, almost endless bunker waiting, ecstasy and depression alternate instantly (I finally thought I had taken a wonderful picture with a remote control device, but found that the receiver was unfortunately. If all this doesn't make you depressed, then I think the only thing you need is good luck!