Next pictures of a Nutria were taken this past week-end at dark with no set up, using a flash light to illuminate the subject and a 580EX mounted on my 40D. All were taken handheld using a 300mm f/4.
Socrate, your bird shots never disappoint. But your pictures of the nutria "handheld," using a "flashlight" to illuminate....is truly impressive. And he's a cute little bugger.
Love your Cardinals Socrate, as we don't have them in our neck of the woods, and your Downies are great, but you are one smart cookie (I already knew that) to use the flashlight setup to get that shot of the Nutria, well done my freind. Verno
Dave In La wrote:
wow Socrate, all tops but #4 downy is a super image.
Careful around those "vermin pests"....pretty neat technique you used
Hi Dave thanks for the comments and the advice on those "vermin pets". I found them by my house-boat, and my wife hates them.
I read that actually the problem with Nutrias originated right there in Lousiana when, in 1937, somebody imported 13 nutrias from Argentina to harvest their fur. Unfortunately an hurricane ,in 1940 destroyed the nutria cages, so by 1955 these 13 original nutrias had multiplied to about 20 million! And that was in Lousiana alone.
I've used that flashlight technique before, with good results, with Possums.
Socrate
Perfection on the cardinals and the Downy too!