When photographing flying birds, it is my experience that using all the focus points available in your camera is the best way to keep the subject in focus. I shot this African white pelican taking off from a boat in Walvis Bay, Namibia, and I used a Canon 7D Mark II with the new 100-400mm telephoto (which is an awesome lens). I chose all of the 65 focus points as well as the continuous high mode, giving me 10 frames per second. The ISO was 640, and that enabled me to use a fast shutter speed of 1/1600th and f/14 as the aperture. Pelicans are large birds so I wanted to insure I had a certain amount of depth of field.
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