Photo Plus - UK (2020-01)

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THE MISSION

Shoot a wide range

of movement in a

moving bird and

stitch it all together

Time needed

Two hours

Skill level

Advanced

Kit needed

• A DSLR or CSC
  with a fast burst


• Telephoto lens


• Shutter
  release cable


• Tripod


• Access to a wildlife
  hide or bird feeder

Bird-in-flight photos

Dan Mold shows you how to capture the full range of movement in a bird

flying through your frame in your back garden or local nature reserve

hen it comes to

showing the motion

of a moving subject

with your camera

you normally have two

options: use a fast shutter

speed to freeze it and get a

pin-sharp shot, or slow the

shutter speed down to inject

a sense of motion. Well, this

month We’re going to

introduce you to a technique

that will give you some more

creative options.

You’ll discover how to take a

series of pictures of a moving

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you’ll stitch together the different

parts of the sequence as it moves

through the frame, creating a

single shot displaying the range of

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wildlife and we’ll be showing you

how to do it with birds you can

shoot from a wildlife hide, or even

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camera to take the pictures with a

fast shutter speed and rapid frame

rate to catch every split-second

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together in Photoshop to combine

the parts – ending with a single

image that shows the full range of

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whole bunch of handy shooting

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practice this technique on the

birds in your garden and then

venture out to a nature reserve to

have a go at capturing more

colourful characters, like this

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local wildlife hide – King’s Dyke

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