2THE NECESSARY GEAR
Unfortunately, bird photography is something that requires relatively expensive equipment to achieve really good results. Generally speaking, you won’t be able to avoid buying a high-quality camera and a telephoto lens with a relatively long focal length. In this book, I’ll only discuss equipment that is absolutely necessary. If you want to dive deeper into what is available in terms of technology, there are a lot of books on that.
2-1 Black kite | Germany | In “aperture priority” mode, I select the aperture, here an open aperture of 2.8, to gently blur the background. | 300mm, aperture 2.8, 1/800 s, ISO 1000, +1/3 exposure ...
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