Photography secrets

[jennyb]

Originally Posted by hank

I use ' logs on poles'. Here's my latest, complete with Red Squirrel. I completed it this afternoon and was prepared to leave it out for a couple of weeks so's the birds can get used to it. But, it proved an instant hit ! So I had a few visitors within hours. The light was poor so I was using flash.
The log has a cavity in it and this is loaded with food.

The Squirrel ? - I use that for testing focus and lighting etc as it never runs off !

What a great idea. It looks much more natural for taking photos than your average bird feeder. Must give this a try.

Jenny

[hank]

This ones been on the forum before, but the photo below it shows how it was done. The log is an old feeder without the mesh ( you can see the marks where the mesh has been ). I rigged this up to see how long it takes for the birds to get used to it. The original filling hole has been blanked off with mesh and filled with suet, but it doesn't show on the photo.

[bleeper]

Thank you everyone, there are some excellant tips and ideas here. I can see I've got some DIY to do

Jen

[Hobjob]

Originally Posted by bleeper

Thanks everyone for the replies so far, I will definately look out for the gloves mentioned, my wooley ones do make holding a camera very awkward, so I normally end up with freezing hands! It certainly sounds to me as though I should find myself a spot in some woodland and put out seed/nuts on a regular basis.

Thanks again.
Jen

Try a fishing or gun shop - Le Chameax do some nice olive green ones.