Bathing Goldcrest
Posted 18/05/2012 - 15:39
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Great captures of the bird in an unusual location.
The flash is a bit strong, but it was probably quite
dark where the bird was, so you don't have much choice.
The flash is a bit strong, but it was probably quite
dark where the bird was, so you don't have much choice.
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Algi
Pentax K-1 + K-5 and some other stuff
Algi
Posted 18/05/2012 - 15:56
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Algernon wrote:
Great captures of the bird in an unusual location.
The flash is a bit strong, but it was probably quite
dark where the bird was, so you don't have much choice.
You're right it was very dark, there was a bush overhanging the stream and also a small bridge, so it was a case of no flash no pictures.
Great captures of the bird in an unusual location.
The flash is a bit strong, but it was probably quite
dark where the bird was, so you don't have much choice.
Posted 18/05/2012 - 16:58
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Tell me, do birds taken with flash have any reaction to the flash? Do they just ignore it, do you think they are unaware, or do they seem to think "what was that?" & carry on?
Interested to hear what your experience is in this regard.
Roger.
Interested to hear what your experience is in this regard.
Roger.
The more I look, the more there is to see!
Posted 18/05/2012 - 17:25
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coker wrote:
Tell me, do birds taken with flash have any reaction to the flash? Do they just ignore it, do you think they are unaware, or do they seem to think "what was that?" & carry on?
Interested to hear what your experience is in this regard.
Roger.
Most birds I think are unaware,a few are startled by it and even then they don't fly off. Without the flash I would not have been able to get these pictures it was just too dark.
Tell me, do birds taken with flash have any reaction to the flash? Do they just ignore it, do you think they are unaware, or do they seem to think "what was that?" & carry on?
Interested to hear what your experience is in this regard.
Roger.
Posted 18/05/2012 - 19:45
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bassman wrote:
Number 3 is my favourite coker wrote:
Tell me, do birds taken with flash have any reaction to the flash? Do they just ignore it, do you think they are unaware, or do they seem to think "what was that?" & carry on?
Interested to hear what your experience is in this regard.
Roger.
Most birds I think are unaware,a few are startled by it and even then they don't fly off. Without the flash I would not have been able to get these pictures it was just too dark.Tell me, do birds taken with flash have any reaction to the flash? Do they just ignore it, do you think they are unaware, or do they seem to think "what was that?" & carry on?
Interested to hear what your experience is in this regard.
Roger.
I have learned something from this as I suspected that the flash woud scare the little birdie dudies
Posted 18/05/2012 - 21:17
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Stuey wrote:
I have learned something from this as I suspected that the flash woud scare the little birdie dudies
After being scared off by some people walking past this one came back for another wash.
bassman wrote:
Number 3 is my favourite coker wrote:
Tell me, do birds taken with flash have any reaction to the flash? Do they just ignore it, do you think they are unaware, or do they seem to think "what was that?" & carry on?
Interested to hear what your experience is in this regard.
Roger.
Most birds I think are unaware,a few are startled by it and even then they don't fly off. Without the flash I would not have been able to get these pictures it was just too dark.Tell me, do birds taken with flash have any reaction to the flash? Do they just ignore it, do you think they are unaware, or do they seem to think "what was that?" & carry on?
Interested to hear what your experience is in this regard.
Roger.
I have learned something from this as I suspected that the flash woud scare the little birdie dudies
Posted 20/05/2012 - 22:24
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Great photos. I had to go to Greece to get some ok pics of a firecrest!
Right at the end of the afternoon just before we packed up a couple of blokes turned up and one gave me a dirty look as he got his Nikon and massive f2.8 lens out the car before saying loudly "should you be using flash on birds?"
Thinking it was a genuine question I replied "Its fine mate we've been using flash all afternoon with no reaction from them," only for him to snap back quickly "well I don't think its right."
In the following days I asked around, including a couple of pros and the consensus was it was fine as long as you didn't photograph stuff like owls and nightjars at night where the flash my impact their ability to hunt for a while. In fact the biggest problem with it they had was they didn't get results they liked!
Sadly these self appointed wildlife photography police are getting all too common online and in person
coker wrote:
Tell me, do birds taken with flash have any reaction to the flash? Do they just ignore it, do you think they are unaware, or do they seem to think "what was that?" & carry on?
Interested to hear what your experience is in this regard.
Roger.
I was in a certain car park on the North Norfolk coast famous for its snow buntings on a cold grey day and photographed then from the car using a flash for at least a couple of hours with no affect when the flash fired on them or the turnstones. They would fly off when a gull flew to close or someones dog was off a lead Tell me, do birds taken with flash have any reaction to the flash? Do they just ignore it, do you think they are unaware, or do they seem to think "what was that?" & carry on?
Interested to hear what your experience is in this regard.
Roger.
Right at the end of the afternoon just before we packed up a couple of blokes turned up and one gave me a dirty look as he got his Nikon and massive f2.8 lens out the car before saying loudly "should you be using flash on birds?"
Thinking it was a genuine question I replied "Its fine mate we've been using flash all afternoon with no reaction from them," only for him to snap back quickly "well I don't think its right."
In the following days I asked around, including a couple of pros and the consensus was it was fine as long as you didn't photograph stuff like owls and nightjars at night where the flash my impact their ability to hunt for a while. In fact the biggest problem with it they had was they didn't get results they liked!
Sadly these self appointed wildlife photography police are getting all too common online and in person
Posted 20/05/2012 - 22:43
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I've used a bit of fill flash before and it doesn't seem to bother the birds at all.
I have also seen some very vitriolic and nasty exchanges on wildlife / birdwatching forums between photographers and "twitchers", with each blaming the other for either getting in the way of photographers or the photographers scaring away the birds. I stopped going to some of the bird spots simply because of the unfriendly atmosphere and idiotic "experts" that seem to hang around.
Great shots by the way of a beautiful wee bird. Always difficult to spot and more difficult to approach, so well done!
I have also seen some very vitriolic and nasty exchanges on wildlife / birdwatching forums between photographers and "twitchers", with each blaming the other for either getting in the way of photographers or the photographers scaring away the birds. I stopped going to some of the bird spots simply because of the unfriendly atmosphere and idiotic "experts" that seem to hang around.
Great shots by the way of a beautiful wee bird. Always difficult to spot and more difficult to approach, so well done!
Posted 20/05/2012 - 23:09
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Thanks for your comments .
the Goldcrest was back in the same place today having another bath ,this time I used the K-5 video .
All was going well until a woman walked between me and the Goldcrest scaring it off.
I have tried linking the video to here but it won't work so here is a link
http://www.flickr.com/photos/44696982@N08/7234091546/
During the clip you can see the Goldcrests reaction to a flash used by someone who I was showing a woodpeckers nest to.
the Goldcrest was back in the same place today having another bath ,this time I used the K-5 video .
All was going well until a woman walked between me and the Goldcrest scaring it off.
I have tried linking the video to here but it won't work so here is a link
http://www.flickr.com/photos/44696982@N08/7234091546/
During the clip you can see the Goldcrests reaction to a flash used by someone who I was showing a woodpeckers nest to.
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