Distance Photography
May. 3rd, 2006 11:41 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
anysiaI have a great deal of respect for wildlife photographers. It takes patience and just plain good luck to get decent shots of critters that like to take off when you look at them.
To give some perspective, this gum tree is about 120ft tall.
This is the shot I got of the wattlebird from the underside, where the arrow is in the above tree.
Front view of wattlebird.* Subject about 30ft away.
Side view, to show the red patches, the 'wattles' that gives the bird its' name.
*This is the kind of bird that our rather stupid cat, Affy, had bagged . He was bringing it back alive, and its' mate was hammering the top of his head. After a few solid hits, he let the bird go and off it went. Ever since then, when Affy hears wattlebirds, he hides under the car or hunkers down next to the house.
To give some perspective, this gum tree is about 120ft tall.
This is the shot I got of the wattlebird from the underside, where the arrow is in the above tree.
Front view of wattlebird.* Subject about 30ft away.
Side view, to show the red patches, the 'wattles' that gives the bird its' name.
*This is the kind of bird that our rather stupid cat, Affy, had bagged . He was bringing it back alive, and its' mate was hammering the top of his head. After a few solid hits, he let the bird go and off it went. Ever since then, when Affy hears wattlebirds, he hides under the car or hunkers down next to the house.
