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ZEISS DTI thermal imaging cameras. For more discoveries at night, and during the day.

Anyone know how to take photos of bats? (1 Viewer)

oncebittern

Steve Sheehan
In the dark I mean...whilst flying.

I've had a few attempts, and have got one or two photos that are getting there, but are still a long way from what I really want (as shown below)

These were taken with a Nikon D80, Sigma 18-50 lens manually focussed at about 1m, and with the built-in flash. Photos are 100% crops.

The next step I'm thinking will be to use more flash, in the form of an off camera Metz unit, and see where that takes me.

So, anyone got any tips please?
 

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