Randy Stout
04-21-2008, 12:39 PM
Good day all:
I have a nesting pair of Pileated Woodpeckers behind my house. The hole is at the top of a 50 ft. dead tree, in a deep ravine. I can get to the base of it, and have several possible spots on the hillside where I can get a better angle of inclination, at the sacrifice of total distance from the hole. Some of my possible shooting sites are pretty well covered, almost a natural blind, while several are more exposed.
I haven't imaged this bird before, and would love any tidbits of knowledge. I don't want to scare them off their nest. I will be working with 600mm effective focal length on a D300.
Thanks!
Randy
I have a nesting pair of Pileated Woodpeckers behind my house. The hole is at the top of a 50 ft. dead tree, in a deep ravine. I can get to the base of it, and have several possible spots on the hillside where I can get a better angle of inclination, at the sacrifice of total distance from the hole. Some of my possible shooting sites are pretty well covered, almost a natural blind, while several are more exposed.
I haven't imaged this bird before, and would love any tidbits of knowledge. I don't want to scare them off their nest. I will be working with 600mm effective focal length on a D300.
Thanks!
Randy