I’ve found that my birds are most disturbed by sudden movements and are more tolerant of noise. I try to be positioned with my hands on the camera when waiting for a bird shot. When the bird alights on a branch I slowly swing the ball head mounted camera into position.
Paul > On Dec 12, 2018, at 7:51 PM, Subash Jeyan <pdml.l...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Wed, 12 Dec 2018 13:53:20 -0800 > Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: > >> I went to a dance event in Portland last weekend and stayed at my >> friend Phil's house. He has a bird feeder and I was able to get a >> clear view of it from his living room with the sliding glass door >> open. The noise of my bigma focusing would often scare the birds >> away, and a quieter focusing lens would definitely alleviate that >> problem. > > that's a real problem with the the 55-300 too. > >> In other news, I'm getting pretty good at photographing the spot >> where a bird recently had been. > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
