Progress after a fashion. The dull drear of the past week has shifted into high winds and squally rain. This is expected to last a couple of days or so. Hardly decent fox watching weather (they seem to hate the wind), but at least there were some breaks in the cloud today, and tomorrow may actually offer an opportunity to get out with the camera (the morning looks the better bet).
Actually, I did see the young fox for a briefest moment last night as he flashed across the garden and disappeared behind the pergola just in time to avoid the worst of the rain. Too quick for a photo though 😥
Nothing tonight though, although the break in the clouds afforded the opportunity to try some shots of the moon. I'm still experimenting with camera settings and these were all handheld shots.
ISO 100, shutter 1/500, focal length 300mm, cropped.
ISO 400, shutter 1/30, focal length 210mm, cropped. Too bright and lacks detail.
ISO 400, shutter 1/30, focal length 210mm, full frame.
KayFour
31 Dec 2006Very nice!
SittingFox
31 Dec 2006The first one in particular is very good 🙂 And no tripod??
Words
31 Dec 2006No tripod! I've got a fairly flimsy one, but in the high wind I didn't trust it with the new gear. Too much weight. It's on my list of things to get 😮
SittingFox
31 Dec 2006I've got a Manfrotto tripod, which cost about £100 but I needed something extremely strong for my spotting scope. It does weigh a tonne, though, not something I could exactly take with me on a hike.