I managed to catch photos of several leaping pink Amazon River Dolphins during my trip. Remember - this was in the wild.
Certainly not an easy thing to do, but not impossible with a couple basics and a little luck:
Use AI servo, use your fastest fps shooting mode, and shoot from the chest with a 'medium' focal length for your lens (if it's a telephoto zoom). I could see advantages from locking one's MF, also (though I kept mine on AF). By far the best trick, though is the shooting from the chest. There is no way you'd be able to find and compose a shot by looking through the viewfinder. Though I didn't have a camera with live view at that time, I'd suspect even that would have been too slow. By shooting from the chest, you can still get a good clue as to where the camera is pointing and still have the ability to swivel and shoot when you hear the first sound of the water's surface being broken. At that point, hold down the shutter and try to track your subject as best you can.
At least, this is what I did.
Location: Orinoco River Delta, Venezuela
Lens used: 100-400mm f4.5-5.6 IS
Certainly not an easy thing to do, but not impossible with a couple basics and a little luck:
Use AI servo, use your fastest fps shooting mode, and shoot from the chest with a 'medium' focal length for your lens (if it's a telephoto zoom). I could see advantages from locking one's MF, also (though I kept mine on AF). By far the best trick, though is the shooting from the chest. There is no way you'd be able to find and compose a shot by looking through the viewfinder. Though I didn't have a camera with live view at that time, I'd suspect even that would have been too slow. By shooting from the chest, you can still get a good clue as to where the camera is pointing and still have the ability to swivel and shoot when you hear the first sound of the water's surface being broken. At that point, hold down the shutter and try to track your subject as best you can.
At least, this is what I did.
Location: Orinoco River Delta, Venezuela
Lens used: 100-400mm f4.5-5.6 IS
I managed to catch photos of several leaping pink Amazon River Dolphins during my trip. Remember - this was in the wild.
Certainly not an easy thing to do, but not impossible with a couple basics and a little luck:
Use AI servo, use your fastest fps shooting mode, and shoot from the chest with a 'medium' focal length for your lens (if it's a telephoto zoom). I could see advantages from locking one's MF, also (though I kept mine on AF). By far the best trick, though is the shooting from the chest. There is no way you'd be able to find and compose a shot by looking through the viewfinder. Though I didn't have a camera with live view at that time, I'd suspect even that would have been too slow. By shooting from the chest, you can still get a good clue as to where the camera is pointing and still have the ability to swivel and shoot when you hear the first sound of the water's surface being broken. At that point, hold down the shutter and try to track your subject as best you can.
At least, this is what I did.
Location: Orinoco River Delta, Venezuela
Lens used: 100-400mm f4.5-5.6 IS
Certainly not an easy thing to do, but not impossible with a couple basics and a little luck:
Use AI servo, use your fastest fps shooting mode, and shoot from the chest with a 'medium' focal length for your lens (if it's a telephoto zoom). I could see advantages from locking one's MF, also (though I kept mine on AF). By far the best trick, though is the shooting from the chest. There is no way you'd be able to find and compose a shot by looking through the viewfinder. Though I didn't have a camera with live view at that time, I'd suspect even that would have been too slow. By shooting from the chest, you can still get a good clue as to where the camera is pointing and still have the ability to swivel and shoot when you hear the first sound of the water's surface being broken. At that point, hold down the shutter and try to track your subject as best you can.
At least, this is what I did.
Location: Orinoco River Delta, Venezuela
Lens used: 100-400mm f4.5-5.6 IS
