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"What shutter speed should I use to ensure that birds in flight are sharp?"
Rachel Healey, Worcester
BRIAN SAYS… Birds in flight are a demanding subject, requiring a mixture of skill and luck. Among the skills required is selecting a suitable shutter speed. For any birds flying directly towards the camera, your shutter speed will need be 1/1000 sec usually or more. Too slow and the bird will fly through the point of focus creating blurred results. As the birds get smaller they are often faster, so increase the shutter speed and don’t compromise shutter speed to have a lower ISO. It’s best to be sharp with a little noise, than a blurred shot. You’ll also need to understand your camera’s focus settings and be able to track the bird around the frame as it flies. Make sure that you study the photographs that don’t quite work out, to identify when it’s focus errors or motion blur that makes them an unsuccessful image.