Ryan, In my very honest opinion, I think nest shooting is a bad thing to do. You don't say which species you are shooting, but most birds are disturbed by human presence. To shoot with flash will make it worse.
To minimise the impact I would at least recommend to use pola filter and long exposure times. Or abstain from the shoot? -Well... It's just my 2 cents. Best, Jostein ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- Wrom: UNNYCGPKYLEJGDGVCJVTLBXFGGMEPYOQ Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 15:49:07 -0500 >Hi all, > > Somewhat of a flash-newbie here. I do mostly landscape and available >light shooting, but I've got a really neat bird nest (complete with three >young and two very caring parents) easily accessable thru a window. > >I've been shooting (moderately successfully) with Delta 3200 to get into the >shadows, but would like to do some color work. To do this, I really need to >use flash, but I've got two problems: > >- Besides the little "leafy tunnel" I'm shooting through, there's really no >other place for large uninterrupted passage of light- I'm concerned about >heavy shadowing from all the leaves and branches. > >- I'm going through glass. The birds are about 2.5 feet on the other side of >a window. > >It's almost like I need a real diffuse source of light outside (it's in a >shadowed area all day), but am not sure how to achieve this. I can work a 5P >cable outside, to either a 360 or 550 flash- I'm using a MZ-S for 35mm so I do >have some wireless options as well (but this will be difficult to do w/o the >built in flash reflecting off my window.). > >Any thoughts? Is this just impossible? Again, just thought I'd ask the >experts since this might be better answered by a studio person. > >There's a semi-live (and somewhat crappy) updating web cam pic here: > >http://friends.backcountry.net/nest/image.jpg > >If that helps- the nest is in the middle of the screen. > >TIA, > >Ryan Brooks >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >- >This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, >go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to >visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . > > . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
