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Jul 2020
12:47pm, 22 Jul 2020
1,657 posts
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bonners
Did hear a chiff chaff on our walk on Sunday, but thinking about it would have normally heard them in three or four more locations on that walk.
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Jul 2020
9:46am, 23 Jul 2020
3,002 posts
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um
Quite busy bats in the garden last night - well, about 9:30ish.
But impossible to get any photos. These 2 are the 'best' - but lots with no bats at all and lots with faint blurs.
Any ideas on bat technique? Other than high ISO, pre focus on the area I think they'll be and press a lot and hope. There's no way I can follow them through the viewfinder, they're just too fast and seem to have a random flight. Except when they go into the trees - but then I can't see them.
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Jul 2020
10:10am, 23 Jul 2020
6,393 posts
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Fragile Do Not Bend
You’ve not exactly chosen the easiest subject! 
Probably not much you can do with a fast moving subject in poor light. If you can identify an area of the sky used more often by the bats then you could set up the camera on a tripod pointing at that area, set it up for a rapid burst of several shots, then as you say press and hope.
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Jul 2020
10:17am, 23 Jul 2020
3,005 posts
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um
Or will they be tempted by mouldy grapes on the bird table?
Or even fresher grapes? (or oranges or other fruit)
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Jul 2020
12:00pm, 23 Jul 2020
1,776 posts
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Surelynot
Late afternoon/early evening run in open woodland yesterday in what were gloomy conditions flushed out a barn owl.
Only the second time I've seen one
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Jul 2020
12:01pm, 23 Jul 2020
44,490 posts
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Derby Tup
Fabulous bird
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Jul 2020
12:02pm, 23 Jul 2020
1,777 posts
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Surelynot
Was surprised at how big the wingspan is DT, having only seen one fly by my car on a late drive home.
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Jul 2020
12:20pm, 23 Jul 2020
44,491 posts
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Derby Tup
Whenever I see one the first thing I think is ‘gull’. Then, ‘oh wow. It’s a barn owl‘. Followed invariably by, ‘they are bigger than I remembered’
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Jul 2020
1:29pm, 23 Jul 2020
1,658 posts
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bonners
I've only ever seen one once to the best of my knowledge, driving home about five years ago on a late summer evening. Scared me witless with its size.
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Jul 2020
3:06pm, 23 Jul 2020
430 posts
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Weath
It's the age old story of reach vs. speed I'm afraid.
2 possible approaches:
1. Use a flash with the camera set to a large DoF of around f11.
2. Depending on what glass you have available I'd also try to sacrifice focal length for speed.
If I was getting shots like that with my (for example) 400mm f5.6 at a ridiculous high ISO then my next step would be to see how I fair with my 700-200 f2.8. OK, so I won't be able to get right onto the bat, but what I may be able to achieve is likely to be sharper and allow for some cropping.
Thinking about it, a 'wider' lens could actually makes more sense here as it will give you a greater opportunity to capture one in the frame.
Also I'd be looking to have the camera tripod mounted and use a remote release.
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