Cotty wrote:
On 8/3/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED], discombobulated, unleashed:
I never heard of it being used that way (well, I've never heard of a lot of things), but it's an intriguing idea. You're using the camera, but people
don't know it.
Yet it is not covert - the camera is on display, no hidden lenses etc. The trick is is knowing when to press the shutter release, from an odd angle. Sort of like flying a remote control plane, you have to think in terms of left and right, but looking back on yourself :-)
Food for thought...
Actually I got the wireless kit for 2 reasons. One, it was a decent price on eBay. Two, I want to do battle with my friend the barn owl again this year. I have a cunning plan involving a hidden camera in the middle of a field looking straight up, and a dead mouse with a couple of hundred feet of kite string tied to its tail. Nyuk nyuk nyuk.
Not to be a total spoilsport but you need to be rather careful what you do and how much you talk about it. _Anything_ that could be interpreted as disturbing these animals, especially in the breeding season, will be pounced on by certain types.
Barn Owls are Schedule 1 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and are therefore protected at all times. You need a licence to photograph them "at the nest". The definition of "at the nest" seems to be rather grey.
English Nature publication "Nature Photographers code of practice" (sic) http://www.english-nature.org.uk/text_version/science/Licensing/publications.asp
Schedule 1 application for photography http://www.english-nature.org.uk/science/licensing/pdf/birds_application_form_3.pdf
If you need a letter of reference from an ecologist, don't hesitate.
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