Noe thats a Nature Portrait

[recalluk]

Much better than the Landscape prize winners a couple of days ago :

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8318226....


EDIT : Balls, cocked up the thread title ... sorry.

Edited by recalluk on Thursday 22 October 08:52

[rhubarb]

Yep a million times better than any of those landscape shots, and definately a worthy winner

[cirks]

I bet it's an alsatian dressed up...it's just like that seagull with makeup on that Steve tried persuading us was an osprey


Seriously though, great photo and good planning.

Edited by cirks on Thursday 22 October 14:14

[GetCarter]

Indeed. Great stuff - and 1000 times better than the Landscape crap!

[Ed_P]

Yes, planning is the key. I was determined to get a shot of this marsh tit. I had noticed that they had appeared in the garden for just a couple of weeks each year. I set up a perch above a bird table, in an area with a reasonable background and that was viewable through a window. Once I knew they were around, I left the camera on a tripod, focussed on the perch. I'd keep checking throughout the day and finally got a couple of decent shots. I've used the same setup for lots of garden birds.

[HereBeMonsters]

Do you not think remotely operated shutter releases are a bit of a cheat? I mean, you just set it up, ps off home for a kip and come back in the morning...

[GetCarter]

HereBeMonsters said:

Do you not think remotely operated shutter releases are a bit of a cheat? I mean, you just set it up, ps off home for a kip and come back in the morning...

Sounds ideal to me. Why hang around?

[paul911]

HereBeMonsters said:

you just set it up, ps off home for a kip and come back in the morning...

To find your kits been nicked

[paul911]

Ed_P said:

Yes, planning is the key. I was determined to get a shot of this marsh tit. I had noticed that they had appeared in the garden for just a couple of weeks each year. I set up a perch above a bird table, in an area with a reasonable background and that was viewable through a window. Once I knew they were around, I left the camera on a tripod, focussed on the perch. I'd keep checking throughout the day and finally got a couple of decent shots. I've used the same setup for lots of garden birds.

I’ve done similar with a remote trigger. What did you use to trigger yours if you weren’t there?

Ta Paul

[Ed_P]

Sorry, didn't make myself clear. I was there, and triggered the camera with a cable. The camera was only about six feet from the subject and I knew that the sound of the shutter would frighten the bird away. I waited until the target has assumed a suitable pose, adjusted the focus manually and fired off a burst.

Here's another from the same session:

[GetCarter]

This taken whilst I was 10 miles away by a Zigview

[Ed_P]

Love the woodpecker Steve. I did consider investing in a Zigview myself.

This shot (same location, different perch twig inserted!) got used in a book to illustrate the birds of central Italy. I suppose that a Blue Tit is a Blue Tit!



This is my last bird shot - promise ...

[cirks]

Ed_P said:

Sorry, didn't make myself clear. I was there, and triggered the camera with a cable. The camera was only about six feet from the subject and I knew that the sound of the shutter would frighten the bird away. I waited until the target has assumed a suitable pose, adjusted the focus manually and fired off a burst.

Last time I tried setting up 6ft away, camera nicely focussed on the feeding station and me sitting inside with a remote trigger, the bl**dy robin landed and sat on my lens!