tonight?
well, i will have to wait
a while before i post.
Well, it's really tell what you see on any night. I hope you see something exciting!
Nice idea, OP. I never tried taking pictures at night before but will give it a try. 14 inches of snow melted as fast as it came so the critters are walking around again.
Good Morning, Pennzy!
For night pictures, I found out 2700K, even on a D4S, doesn't illuminate well enough for my Samsung smartphone. Rather, it's probably the camera sensor.
True story. I was walking down a rural road and heard the snort of a horse. The mare was about 50' away, with a colt, and being something to share with the kids, I tried to take a photo. Well, no dice. However, the mare was brown and the colt, black. I thought the camera would pick up something.
LOL, I’d actually never heard of a “drop bear”. You had me going there for a bit, kb. Googled it.
Eastern Screech Owl last night on my hike.Normally see tons of Deer, Foxes,Racoons ect
Used K60 as lighting!
Used screen shot to bring in closer.As you can see phone stats at top!
Cochise334ever, 1st off, Welcome to BLF!
Those are some great snapshots! I am surprised to be able to photograph owls but foxes are some of the most skittish creatures I barely even see!
Thanks. Sometimes you get lucky.Usually they keep their distance.I also notice sometimes after they run in the woods,a few minutes later I will see them about 75 yards behind me and folowing me.
Edir:I have a flying squirrel on here somwhere.They are the absolute most difficult to get a photo.I got lucky once,and thats all it was…once.It landed on a tree and froze…scared of the light I guess.I have to look for that one.
Flying squirrel.Only picture I ever got and I have seen dozens and dozens over the years.
I'm just about 200 miles away from the nearest flying squirrel populations in the States so they are definitely a curiosity for me.
I had at least one experience with a screech owl, recently, where I used a C8+ to observe it from about 75 meters. The best I thought I could do was get a recording of it but even that proved elusive.
I got within 15 to 18 feet from the Owl before it flew away.
I have gotten other pics of Owls before.That is the closest I got and the best picture.
EDIT: I never saw a Bald Eagle until 5 years ago. I have seen them about a Dozen times but never got a good picture .One time was at night.I heard a loud noise ,pointed my torch high up in tree as he flew away.
The last Eagle I saw a few weeks ago, there were Two flying together.Couldn’t get a photo.
in nyc the only wildlife i saw today was a roach, but it was too quick , it ran under cove base before i could take its picture. now I’m not sure if i should consider roaches a wildlife, seems more like domesticated animals
Lol! Darn squatters.
I used to attempt to pick off mice in an apartment with a BB gun. Fun for sport.
Praying Mantis
Cool!
Saw some raccoons in October. I took this with my phone’s flash iirc because the only light I had on me was my LEP and that would be inhumane.
Such characters!
I saw those eyes up in the tree (OP) from a good distance away and they stayed put when I was under them. How long did this pair hang out with you?
They hung around on the fence completely frozen for about a minute when I had them lit up with my phone’s LED. My LEP probably shocked them earlier before I saw them. Imagine suddenly looking into the sun in the middle of the night.