Gambel's Quail - Up Close
Sep 6, 2015 19:39:45 #
I have a nice collection of quail that visit the ground under my bird feeder every day so I thought it would be nice to get a close up photo of one or more of them. I took my Olympus TG-3 pocket sized camera and put it in interval shooting mode, set the interval to 1 minute, put it on a Joby mini tripod and set it next to the tree the bird feeder is hanging from. 99 minutes later I came back and found it had only recorded 15 pictures with quail in them and only one was a keeper. I really like it as it was taken less than 3 feet away from the bird and was level with the bird. The camera is essentially silent so it did not spook the birds and I will be trying this again soon.
Sep 6, 2015 19:44:25 #
Sep 7, 2015 07:46:26 #
Sep 7, 2015 12:19:27 #
Sep 7, 2015 13:18:32 #
My thanks to everyone who enjoyed this picture. I really take no credit for it as the camera was automatically taking a picture every 60 seconds for a 99 minute time frame. I was probably 6 miles away when this picture was taken so all I can claim is that I programmed the camera correctly. Having said that, I still like the picture.
Sep 7, 2015 13:36:47 #
We have a yard full, the wife keeps water running for them.
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Sep 7, 2015 18:21:51 #
Sep 7, 2015 18:55:46 #
For only one that was a keeper, it was well done and a good shot to boot.
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