How to Photograph Flying Birds

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#1 book with 14+ HOURS of video at Amazon:

RECOMMENDED WILDLIFE CAMERAS & LENSES:
Starter ($1,200 used at Amazon): Canon 7D & Canon 400mm f/5.6
Better ($1,700 used at Amazon): Canon 7D II & Canon 400mm f/5.6
Great ($3,200 at Amazon): Nikon D500 & Nikon 200-500 f/5.6
Best ($16,000 at Amazon): Nikon D850 & Nikon 600 f/4

27 Comments
  1. Tony & Chelsea Northrup says

    #1 book with 14+ HOURS of video at Amazon: http://help.tc/s

    RECOMMENDED WILDLIFE CAMERAS & LENSES:
    Starter ($1,200 used at Amazon): Canon 7D http://help.tc/7D & Canon 400mm f/5.6 http://help.tc/c400
    Better ($1,700 used at Amazon): Canon 7D II http://help.tc/7D2 & Canon 400mm f/5.6 http://help.tc/c400
    Great ($3,200 at Amazon): Nikon D500 http://help.tc/d500 & Nikon 200-500 f/5.6 http://help.tc/n500
    Best ($16,000 at Amazon): Nikon D850 http://help.tc/d850 & Nikon 600 f/4 http://help.tc/n600

  2. Hellgap50 says

    Tony are you and Chelsea fighting you started off with a canon and stole the Nikon for a few shots just to let you know canon ex explorer of light dumped all his canon gear cuz he was pissed ide be pissed too but ide never never dump my canon just remember a canon can be bought and sold but your wife is for life lol you got him good Chelsea

  3. paul raviele says

    I DIED at “do these puns make you think I’m a birch” I love ittttt !!

  4. Matt Crossley says

    The best camera is the one you have in your hand, as long as it has a $10,000 lens and you're 20 feet from the bird.

  5. MolviDSLR Khan says

    What camouflage kit you are wearing ? Any recommendation?

  6. Jules Sanchez says

    I think this video was for the birds ! PUN ! 😂

  7. TheRacerRich says

    Without getting into the world of $16k 800mm lenses, is it basically impossible to get small birds like cardinals and finches in flight?

  8. hitmhard says

    I know this is an older video, but I hope you or somebody can help me with my focus issues on my Canon 5D mark 4. I'm using the canon 70-300 f/4.0 is usm 2. The shutter speed I use is about 1600 to 2000, ai servo. I've tried all focus points, and single focus point. Well yesterday I took over thirty shots of eagle's that were flying about 150 feet in the air, and not one was sharp. Could it be simply because the eagle's were to far away for that lens, or do I need to change some settings to get better results? I am not a fan of back button focus. Pls help.

  9. dfg297lpopdirk says

    exp comp i take it your shooting raw so its not an issue

  10. Wade Morales says

    It’s kinda interesting that on the opening of the video Chelsea recommends shutter speeds starting at 1/2000 sec for larger more predictable birds. Then they show a perfectly sharp image of a duck in flight shot at 1/300 second. That’s a huge difference.

  11. susan edge-baker says

    Change your name to Re-punsel

  12. jose2883 pv says

    1:20 thats a holy bazooka!

  13. Sean Sambone says

    guy looked MISERABLE esp beg of video lol thing He had period

  14. ArianOby♈ says

    lol…………..the puns are terrible!

  15. Red & White says

    i have noticed that the nikon sport mode is a fantastic preset.. i know its a preset and not manual but can you change your settings in the blink of an eye to get the unexpected.. i shoot jpeg on wildlife and manual.. but sometimes this sport preset on my D7200 is much quicker.. only thing it does is it looses a little saturation. but we all edit anyway so its not a problem

  16. Tom Garrison says

    Love watching you both your video tips are great and you have fun while doing them, thats the best part it has to be FUN or no reason to do it.

  17. Daniel Dougan says

    I knew my shutter speed needed to be fast, but holy moly that's very fast. I'm afraid my OM-D E-M1 won't be able to deliver good image quality at the ISOs needed for 1/2000 and higher…even with 40-150mm f2.8 PRO lens unless I'm in very bright light. sigh

  18. Butch Dye says

    She’s a fine birch!

  19. k3n12ock says

    1:05, when you can walk 4ft over and around the tree but decide you wanna hop over it instead… hehe

  20. Jawidkwok Kwok says

    Have not tripod ,would you feeling tire?

  21. S R says

    I have tried BBF but i just can not get the handle on it. Most of my pictures come out blurry.

  22. She is so cute.

  23. Fantod says

    I am continually blessed by you two. Your information is always useful and intelligent. And, being a punster, I appreciate Chelsea. And speaking of puns:
    Chelsea, I see that you are always trying so shutter Tony up with your lens of humor. You seem to have a lot of pun with him in your videos. You can focus in on a large variety of subjects, as your keen depth of wit zooms in on virtually any topic while staying clean and not becoming too raw. You know when to stop and when to capture and freeze the moment. Your mind is quick as a flash, and can take the barest idea and develop it into a pun. Your jokes are witty and not just noise and are always well composed if you always properly frame them. If you just work a bit more on the framing, you can become a master punster like me! You certainly seem to have been exposed to other punsters without their having a negative impact. I note that Tony tries to dodge your puns, shuttering up his hearing when you try, but if you persist, you can burn them into his hearing through just the smallest aperture into his attention and make contact. Once you fix onto a subject, try enlarging on it, and then frame your puns around the idea. You can then mount quite the punishing humor attack on Tony that will most clearly display your awesome talents for humor. I can clearly picture your becoming an accomplished master punster! Best to you!! -Jeff M.

  24. Nivrutti Kawade says

    Very nice

  25. Robert Mckinnon says

    Their is a saying that I read many years ago. I am in my early 60s. For every 1000 photographers, 1 photographer will use a tripod. I am that photographer. Just saying.

  26. Debra Nelson says

    Is anyone else watching this and does NOT have that kind of Camera?

  27. Stephen Powell says

    No-one ever mentions metering modes in these video tutorials. For birds in flight for example do you use Evaluative, Centre-weighted Average or Spot?

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