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jEssEs on BIrD lEGs
Jesses are straps made of leather that
bird handlers use to keep control of the
birds. These can make your shots look
messy, so it’s a good idea to remove
them from your pictures in Photoshop
or Elements. Grab the Clone Stamp tool
and hold the Alt key to
get a ‘good’ set of
pixels, like, then release
the Alt key and paint
over the jesses to
replace them.In association with
top geAr #
sachtler Flowtech 75 tripod
GuY’s tripod of choice is a
Sachtler Flowtech 75 tripod, billed
as the world’s fastest legs, due to
a clever magnet system that
allows each leg to be released
and locked with a lever. Its carbon fibre
construction means it’s light, tipping the scales
at just 3.5kg, but impressively can support
camera and lens loads of up to 20kg.e Xpert insight
cAmerA settings
To capTure pin-sharp shots of birds in flight
you’ll want to choose a shutter speed of 1/
sec or faster to eliminate subject blur. Go into
Manual mode and dial in a shutter speed of
1/2000 sec, an aperture of f/5.6 and an ISO of- You could use Auto-ISO, though this can be
unreliable if the brightness of the background
changing often as you pan. Take a test shot and
fine-tune the ISO until the exposure is spot-on.