The hummingbird feeder
Is right outside the kitchen door. You think I could take a picture of the little bastards? Soon as I pick up the camera they’re gone. I can watch them all day, but they won’t let me take a picture.
Wednesday 27 Aug 2014
Game camera, maybe?
I may have to try that.
Watch them all day through the view finder. that way they don’t see the movement of bringing camera to face.
Otherwise a game camera might work, although with the lag time between trigger and picture you might not see anything but an empty frame.
I know in the woods I get scenic shots from time to time.
Yup, watch’em through the camera as much as you can, and even when you can’t try to make sure that you have the camera as handy as possible so that it takes as little movement as possible to take a photo. I can sit on the ground about 4ft from one of my feeders and as long as I don’t make any sudden moves they’ll ignore me.
They must be syndicated. To them, you are just another paparazzi. Pay their manager and you will get your pictures.
I might try sitting the camera in a nearby window and using a wireless remote to trigger it.
Some of the time, when I am trying to take a picture of birds they will fly away as soon as I am pointing the camera at them.
I am wondering if it has something to do with the autofocus. Might it be sending a some type of signal towards the birds, maybe sound that is out of human hearing range?
It does not seem to bother all, just smaller birds at close range.
Auto focus used infrared to range with which might trigger the birds.
If you can turn the autofocus off you might get better results.
Last week I set up a tripod, put the camera on it, and zoomed & focused on the feeder, then just sat there with a book. Tap the shutter button often enough to keep the camera powered up, and waited. Got some good pictures of the hummer in the yard.
Next time I did that, he went to the other feeder. So set up on that one, and he next fed on the first one. Then flew over, landed on the clothesline about six feet away and looked at me like “You want pictures? Screw you.” Then flew away.