2008/7/9 John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Wed, Jul 09, 2008 at 12:16:46PM +0200, Tim ??sleby wrote: >> No; it is Bird In Fall. >> >> First I shotgun them, and then I photograph them while they are falling. >> The hard part is to get them in frame while they are high in the air. >> Thats the goal, because the sky gives a cleaner background. >> >> I'll share the basic tecnique. >> You have to have the camera strapped around the neck, and no strap at >> the shotgun. You shoot from the hip, and drop the shotgun directly, >> and then grab the camera, while the shotgun still is in the air. You >> can't shoot from thee shoulder, because the shotgun will get in the >> way of the camera while being dropped. >> >> It's a complicated sport, but the pictures will get you viewers attention. > > That's the hard way. The easy way is to use a simple clamp to fix > the camera to the barrel of the shotgun, and put a microswitch behind > the trigger for the shutter release. Then it's just like using a > double-barrelled shotgun with two triggers.
That,s not sport, thats just harvesting BIF pictures. -- MaritimTim -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
