Say's Phoebe Photo Notes
Don Henise (deheni@ark.ship.edu)
Wed, 07 Jan 1998 12:39:40 -0500
I wanted to add a thought or two about the photos of the Say's Phoebe.
All three of those photos that I published on the web were taken by
holding my 35 mm SLR camera with the standard 50 mm lens up to the
eyepiece of a spotting scope. The top left and bottom pictures were
taken through my Kowa TSN-2 with 20-60x zoom eyepiece with the zoom down
at the low end. The upper right photo was taken through Joan Renninger's
Leica Televid 77 scope which, as I recall, had the 20x wide angle
eyepiece (correct me if I am wrong Joan).
The point is that if you need to document a rare bird, this method is
quite an easy way to accomplish that goal. Most of us have spotting
scopes and you don't need any fancy expensive lenses for your camera.
The photos are certainly not magazine cover quality, but they do
document the bird. It also allows you to get decent photos from a
distance.
I first learned about this method from an article written by Bob
Augustine a few years back. I believe it was a "Tools of the Trade"
column in "Birding" magazine.
Good birding,
Don
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