Common Poorwill

[Alan Murphy]

Common Poorwill


Workshop: Bill Forbes Pond, Amado, Arizona


D800, 300/2.8, ISO 800, F18, Continuous 8 sec shutter, Multi-Flash triggered by Bill Forbe's PhotoTrap.


With Bill Forbes help, I was able to pull of this image tonight at his pond.I set up wide enough to insure getting the bird in the frame, and even after cropping the D800 image, I was left with a 146 MP file. The best part was sharing this great experience with my participants, who all got the shot as well.

[Riaan Marais]

Hi Alan, nice shot and thanks for explaining how you did it, I want to photograph bats drinking at a pool and this will work for them as well.

[arash_hazeghi]

this is excellent, super dynamic pose plus you got some hint of BG which adds to the image. I would add a bit space on top.

excellent work

[Alan Murphy]

Hi Alan, nice shot and thanks for explaining how you did it, I want to photograph bats drinking at a pool and this will work for them as well.

Hi Riaan, I also had another lens and camera set up tighter for Bats, which came in many times. So much fun.

[christopher galeski]

nice capture,never heard of this bird,but it looks very much like our nightjar.well done.

[Jeroen Stel]

Wonderful shot Alan of this very elusive bird!
Like the wing position and those large eyes.

greetings,

Jeroen Stel

[Humberto Ramos]

Excelent capture, I do see Arash point of view about space above, but also think it works like this.
Also have a Bill Forbe's PhotoTrap for more than a year, but haven´t got much time to try it, maybe this year for some bats or owls.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

So freeking cool. I give you alot of credit on your knowledge of set-up , but who also know how to work that camera just as well. Great image.

[Vivaldo Damilano]

Love the detail Alan and it must be wonderful to be able to crop and still get this detail.

[Frank Schauf]

Perfect in every way.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

awesome shot, Alan. terrific multi-flash setup to get those eyes without any kind of red/steel effect.