Valley Quail Cock
Sony HX200V---The whole covey kept a lunch date at my feeder today. This enterprising cock usually is the first one to fly up on top, where the seeds are most plentiful. They seem to be getting used to seeing me, as they came to feed just a few minutes after I'd scattered some fresh seeds.
It was dark and overcast, with a heavy forest canopy, so I used the Hand-held Twilight Mode, which takes 5 rapid exposures and uses the best parts of each to produce one photo. These shots would not have been possible without this mode.
The camera selected ISO 1000, which is higher than I would use for normal shots, but it was necessary to get the results, especially when using full zoom.
Valley Quail Cock
Sony HX200V---The whole covey kept a lunch date at my feeder today. This enterprising cock usually is the first one to fly up on top, where the seeds are most plentiful. They seem to be getting used to seeing me, as they came to feed just a few minutes after I'd scattered some fresh seeds.
It was dark and overcast, with a heavy forest canopy, so I used the Hand-held Twilight Mode, which takes 5 rapid exposures and uses the best parts of each to produce one photo. These shots would not have been possible without this mode.
The camera selected ISO 1000, which is higher than I would use for normal shots, but it was necessary to get the results, especially when using full zoom.