A tip I will share (though I am no expert) is using ‘burst’ - is what I do. So I set the camera to take say, 6 shots in burst really quick - 1 of those images will likely be in focus, and not shaking.
Those deer seem at ease with us now, we have been visiting a few weeks every night, plus lots of other people use those fields in the day, I guess they feel fairly safe and so they hang around.
It really is something that warms your heart when out seeing such an animal, and the kids love it. Since it’s also their school on the far side, we have sent some photo’s into school for the other kids to see just what is on the other side of that fence at night lol.
Do you think a 660nm red would be good for spotting—maybe not cause them to spook and run?
Hum, noone, the street is quiet 
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But I do envy you that see some wildlife around your houses. 
When I’m at my parent’s, I see some wildlife during the day, namely less common birds (kite - Milvus ; grey heron - Ardea cinerea).
I’ve seen a genetta (Genetta genetta) once, and some otters (Lutra lutra) as we live on the side of a small river.
Holding a both a flashlight and a camera steady can be tricky, so I’ve put this together for my night walks…
What kind of deer is that between the FL and camera?
It seems to me a kangaroo.
I think you'll 'spot' something very interesting along a river at night! If I've read your posts right, you have a 'few' prime select flashlights for such an activity!
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That is a great rig!
I was down on Santa Rosa Beach (Florida) a few years ago with an L2, xpl hi 5000K, one night and then a throwy triple with colder LEDs on another night. With one, the sand crabs could care less but with the other, they scurried even at +200'. Darnnit! I can't remember which one was less bothersome to critters.
The little red C01R works great for night time viewing but so far haven’t spotted anything to report.
Here’s a little update on trying to get rid of a raccoon in the attic.
For a couple of weeks i figured out his timing and pattern of leaving out around 8-10 PM and returning sometime early 3-5 AM, gradually enlarging the opening. i didn’t know if it might be a female with a nest, in which case she would have an opposite pattern. Had to be sure it was male and no kits.
i started blocking off the hole with a plastic jug, so he would have to push it to get out, and then i would have an indicator that he was out. At times i would put it back in late at night, then he would pull it out in the morning.
The weather warmed up a bit such that it wasn’t going to be sub-freezing last night, so yesterday afternoon i pre-drilled nail holes in a fixture to seal him out using a piece of sheet metal and a wood plank cover to hold it down.
Then last night around 10 i heard him push out, and at 10:30 i climbed up and hammered it down with double-headed nails and used the C01R clipped on my hat for illuminatin’.
i went out around 4 this morning to catch a picture of him trying to get back in, but that may have been too late and i didn’t see him.
If it had been a female with a nest, then you have to catch the kits when she goes out and put them in the back of a wire cage trap as bait. She will go in after them, then you can load ’em all up in the truck, drive down the road and let ’em out at your neighbor’s yard…
I thought you’re not allowed to evict anyone during this whole corovirus thing.
I’m all for live and let live but that is over the limit in my book. You are a saint.
That ‘rig’ skinny_tie showed made me did out my actual real camera, I had been using my DSC-HX9V, it’s a good camera with 16x zoom, but the auto focus is a nightmare (you can disable it but it’s fiddly in the dark)
I have a Sony A350 (old) but I do have a telephoto lens, and some device which doubles it now it zooms nicely (I didn’t even realise i had these lenses lol) I bought a ’lot’ locally, and sold 1 lens which paid for the whle lot been under the stairs since lol! I am NOT really skilled at using it - any suggestions for night shooting? setting etc
I am going out with this badboy next time!
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That's a nice camera. I miss the analog world... records, film. All, almost, shuttered out of the priority of convenience.
I recently pulled out (of garage) a ~30 year-old, self-designed & built 6th order bandpass subwoofer (15" Dia.* 3' Long) and it sounds great! The kids love DJing!
I saw a possum at 1000 yards across a lake through a 16x gun scope an hour after dark here in Kansas tonight… lit-up by my Convoy C8+ (with the NEW KW CULPM1.TG emitter + FET pressure switch). Five other hunters also held this rifle tonight… and could not believe it. (they all have gun lights and now want THIS one)
I see coyote tracks in the snow and can hear them at night but getting a picture of them is hard. Dead of winter and not much stirring at night otherwise.
Yes, they are difficult to get close to. I have run into brush to get a better view but they withdrew very quickly.
Once, in Big Bend National Park, here, at the break of dawn and fifty yards away, we watched a pack frolicking in the fresh air, somewhat obscured by the creosote bush scrub.
I would have really enjoyed a good thrower on that trip, ca. 2003.
I think the only way to photograph a coyote here would be to call them in at night. Lived here my whole life and only saw a few. Hear them all the time. Same with bobcats though I don’t hear them often. Fishers are here but only see their tracks in the snow. Black bears are too common in warm months. Same with eagles year round. Almost saw an eagle take a fawn. I think one got my cat.
Leave a big crate with “ACME” printed on the side.
That’ll bring out the coyotes…
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