What I'm shooting is sea birds. I'm sure if they will take this kind of bait. I'll ask around in some Norwegian forums. I have been advised to feed them, but nothing about how.
Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) Never underestimate the power of stupidity in large crowds (Very freely after Arthur C. Clarke, or some other clever guy) > -----Original Message----- > From: Christian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 28. mars 2006 05:51 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: PESO: Bird shot with "Canon" > > Tim Øsleby wrote: > > > Never the less, I am working on getting closer. The problem is that this > is > > very hard. These birds have very good sight, so it is near impossible to > > sneak up on them. So, I am thinking of the opposite approach, getting > them > > closer to me. > > > > What I have done so far is go to the beach and then sit down and wait. > And I > > am pretty convinced that _this_ id how close I can expect them to come. > > > > So now, my plan A is to build a "gapahuk" - a primitive hide in English. > I > > will make it using some branches and some old curtains. The gapahuk will > > scare them off at first, but after a while they will get used to it and > come > > back. That's the time for me to enter the hide, and wait, and wait, and > then > > wait some more. > > Outside your blind, set up a perch: a branch with nothing too > distracting behind it would work. Put peanut butter on the backside of > the branch and stick bird seed in the peanut butter. Set out some other > "treats" out of the field of view of the camera. This is how Artie > Morris and Greg Downing get close to song birds and woodpeckers. :-) > > Christian > http://photography.skofteland.net >
