Bats...
Posted on 11/07/07 23:38
Tonights project was something that I've been thinking of on-and-off for a while. We get bats flying round and above the back garden. Being the height of summer at the moment (honest!), the long days mean they're out at dusk when you can still see them. So, the project is to take (good) photos of them.
My basic idea is to find a spot above the garden where they fly regularly, set the camera up pointed, zoomed and focused on that same location, and light the location from below with a couple of speedlights. Tonight was the first test of this theory.
In principal, it works fine. The problem is the battle between my patience and the bats flying where I want. Whilst I was setting up, there were lots of bats. Once I'd set up, there were quite a few bats, but not flying where I'd set up. For the first couple of attempts I'd used the 18-70mm lens, zoomed out to 18mm to give me a better chance of capturing the bats in the frame. Of course, that results in a tiny bat (hence this photo being heavily cropped). Next time round, I think I'm going to have to develop more patience (or start earlier...) and use a bigger zoom lens.
I shall keep you posted on progress...
