Bit pointless unless you're up close and personal.
LOL OK where was this started please?
Neil, law side is irrelevant, would you like a flash gun within 2 or 3 metres of your eyes and being fired?
Moral question..........from the guy who loves fox and mink..............
I personally dont use flash at all on wildlife, but the pros do, whether its a Polar Bear or a Cricket if they need flash to get the picture they will use it. There is no law about using flash on wildlife, only distrubing them at or near the nest during the breeding season. If using flash makes the wildlife go away it kind of spoils your chances of getting another shot, i have a dvd showing a pro taking pics of Robins in his back garden using fill flash at -2/3, the robin flies off but returns within seconds, and its difficult to sday if thats because of the flash or the shutter sound !
I dont use flash either, but did a quick google and came up with this.
Some interesting reading
http://www.dmcphoto.com/Articles/Flash/index.html
Trev
Ian do you know if when aplying for a lisence if you have to prove anything to the board and does anyone know the boards view on this (long shot i know but it might just solve this)
I dont use flash either, but did a quick google and came up with this.
Some interesting reading
http://www.dmcphoto.com/Articles/Flash/index.html
Trev
On sunny days when you're using flash for fill it doesn't seem to bother birds one bit and probably looks no different to them than flashes of sunlight through trees as they move around. As Ian said, the shutter sound seems to bother them a lot more.
Neil, law side is irrelevant, would you like a flash gun within 2 or 3 metres of your eyes and being fired?
Moral question..........from the guy who loves fox and mink..............
Well if it bothered the birds they would fly away wouldn't they?
Or at least stop coming back to the same spot where they were getting 'flashed'
I agree with that but do we know if that happens or not ?
At one time there was FIVE flash guns to expose the shots. The bird was not bothered at all and would dive on numerous occasions from the same perch. In fact the biggest problem was stopping the bird from perching and diving from the flash guns themselves, thats how bothered the bird was.
Truthfully mate, as long as it's broad daylight i'd have no qualms in trying it. Low light, or in the dark, then I'd forget it.
Truthfully mate, as long as it's broad daylight i'd have no qualms in trying it. Low light, or in the dark, then I'd forget it.
I've got a book by Andy Rouse...who does use flash at night, well, at least he did on a big cat anyway...yet another card on the table
Well there's infra red flash for in the dark which is invisible to them, but of course, we're back to talking getting the wallet out.
There are many cards to put on the table mate, as stated in the other thread, it is only MY opinion that flash should not be used for protected species, no more than that, just my opinion.........
We know the answer - I've used flash repeatedly on birds and they haven't even bothered to fly off. After the first couple of flashes they seem totally unconcerned. I don't do it though because I prefer the natural look of available light.
Another storm in a teacup. You can answer these questions to your own satisfaction just by trying it.
I know, I'm just opening up another area of discussion...wasn't aimed at you!