Caza_No_7
Close up - Rig
This is the rig I used for my close up of the Robin: www.flickr.com/photos/iancarroll/4429691921/
This image was taken with my mobile phone (Nokia N86).
The shutter release was a 3m cable run in through the kitchen window.
Camera settings were manual focus and as fast a shutter speed as possible. As the afternoon went on the shutter speeds dropped off in line with the light available dropping. Aperture priority was selected at f/4.0 as I wanted to maintain a blurred background from the Robin.
Manual focus is important. These Robins get spooked with the slightest of movement or sound. So, if the camera was set to auto-focus, then the hunting bit of the auto-focus would have been more than enough time for the Robins to disappear from frame. In fact, I was on continuous shoot and even at 3.5 fps the Robins had disappeared from frame after the first frame.
The point of focus always had to be the furthest point from the camera on the feeding dish. They simply didn't trust the camera so they kept their distanct whilst still getting a feed.
Close up - Rig
This is the rig I used for my close up of the Robin: www.flickr.com/photos/iancarroll/4429691921/
This image was taken with my mobile phone (Nokia N86).
The shutter release was a 3m cable run in through the kitchen window.
Camera settings were manual focus and as fast a shutter speed as possible. As the afternoon went on the shutter speeds dropped off in line with the light available dropping. Aperture priority was selected at f/4.0 as I wanted to maintain a blurred background from the Robin.
Manual focus is important. These Robins get spooked with the slightest of movement or sound. So, if the camera was set to auto-focus, then the hunting bit of the auto-focus would have been more than enough time for the Robins to disappear from frame. In fact, I was on continuous shoot and even at 3.5 fps the Robins had disappeared from frame after the first frame.
The point of focus always had to be the furthest point from the camera on the feeding dish. They simply didn't trust the camera so they kept their distanct whilst still getting a feed.