Bird Photography for Beginners: 9 Tips with Paul Miguel Photography

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Beginners Bird Photography Tips: My 9 main Tips for Bird Photography if you're just starting out - and my advice on what camera/lens to buy. Check out the individual tips below. Suggested Cameras and lenses are at the end of the video at 8.15 - I advise buying used gear.

0:23 Tips on buying equipment
1:30 Aperture Priority Setting
2:25 Exposure Compensation
3:49 Focus Area/Zone
3:25 Bird Composition
5:35 Tracking Auto-focus
6:22 Backgrounds
7:00 Get to the same Level
7:30 Bird Behaviour
8:15 Advice and examples of Cameras and Lenses to buy

Watch my review on the Canon EF 400mm f/5.6 lens:    • Canon EF 400mm F/5.6 Review: Best Value Le...  

See Tom Mason's review on the Nikon 200-500mm lens:    • Nikon 200-500mm f5.6 Wildlife Photography ...  

Watch Espen Helland using Olympus equipment for bird photography:    / @espenhelland  

Filmed with Canon M50 and 15-45mm lens.
Equipment: Canon 1DX Mark i, Canon 400mm f5.6 lens, Canon 500mm f4 mark i lens

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Anything you Can dream by The Whole Other
The Papergirl by The Whole Other
Picnic on the Roof by The Whole Other
Scrapbook by Silent Partner