There’s nothing better for a wildlife photographer than catching a beautiful pair of birds in flight and having the camera and lens to track them through a high-speed sequence. Folks shooting with Canon’s new EOS 1D Mark IV or EOS 7D will know exactly what I mean. The “AI Servo” auto-focus mode on these two new Canon DSLRs is nothing less than spectacular, especially after years of mediocre performance from most Canon models.
Another auto-focus feature that “finally” works as advertised is the “AI Focus” mode that will switch between “One-Shot” and “AI-Servo” modes when the camera detects significant motion in the subject. I use this setting frequently with water fowl to ensure that I capture the sharpest shots when they are swimming (One-Shot) and when they take off (AI-Servo) suddenly. This feature allows me to concentrate on the birds behavior to anticipate their flight rather than spending critical seconds switching from one FA mode to another and hoping that I can pan fast enough to catch the action.
Wing Man One – Brazos Bend State Park, Texas
Copyright 2011 Jeff Lynch Photography
Shot taken with a Canon EOS 7D set on aperture (Av) priority using an EF 400mm f/4 DO IS USM + EF 1.4x Extender mono-pod mounted. The exposure was taken at 560mm, f/5.6 for 1/640th of a second at ISO 200. Post capture processing was done in Adobe's Lightroom 3.
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Wing Man Two – Brazos Bend State Park, Texas
Copyright 2011 Jeff Lynch Photography
Shot taken with a Canon EOS 7D set on aperture (Av) priority using an EF 400mm f/4 DO IS USM + EF 1.4x Extender mono-pod mounted. The exposure was taken at 560mm, f/5.6 for 1/640th of a second at ISO 200. Post capture processing was done in Adobe's Lightroom 3.
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