Bird watching at night.

Looking for wildlife in the dark inwalkinlot of trial and error. It's hard to see through the view finder and focus the camera, I try to focus on something at the far range of my Led lights then pretty much hope for the best when walking around.

Using the built in camera flash I turn it up to +2 when walking around open fields. If I'm in a set position I turn it down to 0 or less depending on how close to the subject area I am Watching.

Last night I was using a 18-55mm lens I decided to try it because I thought the wider angle lens might catch a quickly moving animal and when visibility is so limited zoom is not so important.

Spoting some eye shine in the field I began moving towards it.

At first I thought it was a group of rabbits.

It turned out to be three birds, walking towards them with the Leds and the flash going off I got closer to them at night than trying to stalk up on them in the daylight.

Then they flew away.

Wildlife trail camera.

I bought a wildlife trail camera so I could watch for wildlife through the night in my garden I also thought it would be handy to set it up nearby when I was out and about watching holes, trails and hedgerows.

First night in the garden nothing, not even a cat.

Then I took it out to a nearby field where I know there's a lot of rabbit activity hoping for some close up eye level rabbit photos.

Well it works! 

Evening came on and the rabbits came out.

I had my canon set up on its tripod but I did'nt want to use it the main objective of the evening was rabbit photos on the trail camera.

Rabbits don't have a clue when it comes to posing for a camera and spent all their time on the wrong side of the camera.

Taken with my canon trail camera with eye shine from three rabbits behind.

When I returned home the trail camera would not work and a replacement stopped working before I had a chance to try it properly.

This was from a local store so now looking around on line for a better make of camera.

Night time, moon

Out last night looking for wildlife, only saw a couple of rabbits running out of camera flash range.  Fortunately I had pointed the camera skywards as it was a clear night with a nice moon.

Night time wildlife 2.

On a walk around a  local field I saw some bones in a clearing under a bush.

I returned  one evening to watch the patch to see what might be using it. Only a rabbit passed through while I was there.

Thank goodness for my remot trigger ! 

After a while when weariness from standing set in I packed up and took a slow walk along the edge of the field, spotted some rabbits running for cover I decided to wait and see if they came back out. 

The following pictures were taken with the camera resting on a monopod.

As I'm just starting out with nightime flash wildlife photography I'm very pleased with these images.

Gear used:- Canon100d, tripod, monopod, remote trigger,   64 buld  Led light.

Night time wildlife

As the nexpecting ats began closing in I was beginning to think I would not be able to go out with my camera as much looking for wildlife.

I discovered that I could buy an led light to attach to my camera it gave me a great light for seeing wildlife in the dark and with the flash I could take photos.

Since start my nocturnal wanderings I photographed Brown rats, Hedgehog, Rabbits and a Fox.

I was expecting a rabbit or rodent an was supprised by the appearance of a fox.

Rabbit watching

While watching rabbits I saw a lot of other wildlife pass by.

and of course the rabbits.

Mouse hole project

Yesterday I spotted what looks like a well used set of holes at the base of a tree.
There seems to be a lot of scree around the bottom of the hole and what looks like a path from the holes around the tree going left to right.

I'll be back with sliced apple etc. to see if i can get anything to come out.

I've been looking at wheat fields to try and see a mouse, yesterday one ran across the path in front of me.