How to Photograph Diving Red Kites - Mirrorless & DSLR (Focusing, Camera Settings & Techniques)

Pro Tips to capture your Best Photos of Diving Red Kites. In this tutorial I'm sharing all my tips and techniques to capture these birds in flight as they dive - both for Mirrorless and DSLR Cameras. Camera settings are hugely important for this type of wildlife photography, including focusing options, shutter speed, exposure and choice of shutter type.

If you get the chance to photograph this stunning bird diving then I hope these photo tips help you. All the advice is suitable for both DSLRs and Mirrorless Cameras. In this video I'm using mostly a Canon R6, with a few photos taken on a Canon 1DX. My lens of choice for diving Red Kites is the Canon 300mm EF f/4 Lens.

ROLLING SHUTTER: I don't think I've seen 'Rolling Shutter' when using Electronic Shutter for these diving birds. However, given that the Kites don't really flap as they're diving.. I suspect it's not an issue.

0:56 Lens Choice
2:48 Lighting
3:12 Camera Settings
6:21 Techniques for Diving Kites
8:13 Shutter or Back Button Focus
8:40 Autofocus Case Settings (Advanced)
9:42 Backgrounds
10:39 Bird Behaviour
11:51 Exposure & the Histogram
12:33 FPS & Electronic Shutter

A big thank you to Espen Helland for providing extra clips for this video.

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This video was filmed with a Canon M50 and 15-45mm lens.
Equipment: Canon EOS R6; Canon 1DX Mark i; Canon EF 300mm F/4 Lens

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