{"id":8,"date":"2019-05-09T15:50:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-09T15:50:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-04-08T00:14:13","modified_gmt":"2020-04-08T00:14:13","slug":"raptors-in-focus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/index.php\/2019\/05\/09\/raptors-in-focus\/","title":{"rendered":"Raptors in Focus: VINS Bird Photography Workshop"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was a treat to have attended the raptors in focus photo workshop at Vermont Institute of Natural Science<\/a> (VINS) on May 5th. The workshop, hosted by local photographer Rob Strong, began with a slideshow presentation about camera basics and tips for shooting birds. Approximately, fifteen photographers were in attendance and by looking at their photography gear; this was not their first time at bird photography.<\/span><\/p>\n

Camera Gear:<\/strong> Nikon D500<\/a>, Tamron 150-600mm<\/a>, and monopod with ball head.<\/span>
\nCamera Settings:<\/strong><\/span>
\n1. AF-C Settings – Release Priority – Set to Focus.<\/span>
\n2. Focus Tracking with Lock-On (A3 Group) – Blocked Shot AF Response = Setting “2”.<\/span>
\n3. Subject Motion – erratic.<\/span>
\n4. Assign the PV Button to “AF Area Mode option – Single Point AF”.<\/span>
\n5. AF Area- D25 and Single Mode.<\/span>
\n6. AF Mode – AF-C.<\/span>
\n7. Set- up Back Button AF to rear Button (A8).<\/span>
\n8. Frame Rate – Set to 10FPS.<\/span>
\n9. Shutter Speed – Start at 1\/2000\/sec.<\/span>
\n10. f\/stop range \u2013 as low as possible.<\/span>
\n11. Cap ISO at 4000 (Target not over 1600).<\/span><\/p>\n

We moved outside, and our first raptors in focus model was Bridport, a Rough-Legged Hawk.<\/a> Flying between his two handlers, Sarah and Sara, we practiced our panning. I found this to be more difficult than I thought it would be.<\/span>
\n\"aptors<\/a>
\n\"raptors

Aurora, a Barn Owl,<\/a> was our second model. I think it had a damaged wing, so it could not fly. We took many pictures of the owl perched on Sarah’s hand and on top of a post.<\/span>
\n\"raptors

Kent, a Red-Tailed Hawk<\/a>, was our third model. Kent is a long term resident at VINS.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Chesterland, a Harris\u2019s Hawk<\/a>, was our fourth model.<\/span><\/p>\n

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It was a treat to have attended the raptors in focus photo workshop at Vermont Institute of Natural Science (VINS) on May 5th. The workshop, hosted by local photographer Rob Strong, began with a slideshow presentation about camera basics and tips for shooting birds. Approximately, fifteen photographers were in attendance and by looking at their photography gear; this was not their first time at bird photography. Camera Gear: Nikon D500, Tamron 150-600mm, and monopod with ball head. Camera Settings: 1. AF-C Settings – Release Priority – Set to Focus. 2. Focus Tracking with Lock-On (A3 Group) – Blocked Shot AF Response = Setting “2”. 3. Subject Motion – erratic. 4. Assign the PV Button to “AF Area Mode option – Single Point AF”. 5. AF Area- D25 and Single Mode. 6. AF Mode – AF-C. 7. Set- up Back Button AF to rear Button (A8). 8. Frame Rate – Set to 10FPS. 9. Shutter Speed – Start at 1\/2000\/sec. 10. f\/stop range \u2013 as low as possible. 11. Cap ISO at 4000 (Target not over 1600). We moved outside, and our first raptors in focus model was Bridport, a Rough-Legged Hawk. Flying between his two handlers, Sarah and Sara, we practiced our panning. I found this to be more difficult than I thought it would be. Aurora, a Barn Owl, was our second model. I think it had a damaged wing, so it could not fly. We took many pictures of the owl perched on Sarah’s hand and on top of a post. Kent, a Red-Tailed Hawk, was our third model. Kent is a long term resident at VINS. Chesterland, a Harris\u2019s Hawk, was our fourth model.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":400,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6,7],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-8","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-animals","category-birds","category-vins"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":871,"href":"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8\/revisions\/871"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}