dPS Weekly Photo Challenge – Birds in Flight

This week’s photography challenge is all about capturing birds in flight. Whether you’re near a park, a beach, or your backyard, the dynamic nature of birds in motion offers a thrilling subject to photograph. The challenge here is to freeze these fleeting moments with sharp detail, capturing the grace of a bird mid-flight, or use slower shutter speeds for creative motion blur.

Make sure you include the hashtags #dPSWeeklyChallenge and #dPSBirdsInFlight in your post, here in the comments or over on social media. You can tag us on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter!

To succeed, you’ll need to master your camera’s settings. Fast shutter speeds (1/1000s or faster) are key for freezing motion, while a wider aperture will help with focusing on your subject and blurring the background. Additionally, using burst mode will increase your chances of getting that perfect shot, as birds can be unpredictable in their movements.

Think creatively with your compositions! Try framing birds against vibrant skies, or with interesting landscapes in the background. Experiment with different angles and perspectives to convey not only the bird’s movement but the environment they’re part of. Share your best shot with the community and challenge yourself to learn from others’ work.

Make sure you include the hashtags #dPSWeeklyChallenge and #dPSBirdsInFlight in your post, here in the comments or over on social media. You can tag us on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter!

Find all of our previous weekly challenges here.

Simply upload your shot into the comment field (look for the little camera icon in the Disqus comments section) and they’ll get embedded for us all to see or if you’d prefer, upload them to your favourite photo-sharing site and leave the link to them. Show me your best images in this week’s challenge. Sometimes it takes a while for an image to appear so be patient and try not to post the same image twice.

Share in the dPS Facebook Group

You can also share your images in the dPS Facebook group as the challenge is posted there each week as well.