Avian Image of the Week for the week ending Nov. 29th, 2013: Alan Murphy - Blue Jay
Congratulations Alan!
Blue Jay
Spring, TX
D800, 85MM, ISO 200, f14, 1/125. Flash @ 1/16 power.
Two years ago, I bought a Phototrap and put it away in a drawer. This week, I finally got it out and started to play with it in my yard. My technique was very similar to a hummingbird multi-flash setup. I used a 3 by 4 foot print for the background with two flashes to light it up. I used a small narrow feeder to control the landing flight path. The phototrap trigger beam was set up to fire once the bird left the feeder. Two more flashes lit the bird. The whole image is lit with flash as main. I'll go into more detail and show set up images along with more results in my next newsletter.
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