How the professionals do it!

lightpainter · 17th December 2007, 22:11

Up to get the sunrise down the Medway Riverside Country Park on Sunday morning, as I wandered round a pond that’s frequented by lots of birds with my 75-300 lens on, snapping away at anything that moves, as you do, when along comes this fellow with a nice sturdy tripod and ‘two’ camera bags, he proceeds to set up this arrangement, then he set up his camera with an L series telephoto lens and just stands there waiting in the freezing cold for something to land on the twig, I guess he was after some stock photos of robins on a branch.
It just seems a bit unsporting to me, a bit like shooting game from a hide!
Here’s one that I took before he arrived, this little chap was so friendly he kept coming to close so I couldn’t focus on him!

17th December 2007, 22:11	#1
lightpainter Posted a thing or two 2004 Rover 75 Saloon 2.5 V6 Conn SE Auto Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Rainham, Kent. Garden of England Posts: 1,162 Thanks: 28 Thanked 42 Times in 6 Posts	How the professionals do it! Up to get the sunrise down the Medway Riverside Country Park on Sunday morning, as I wandered round a pond that’s frequented by lots of birds with my 75-300 lens on, snapping away at anything that moves, as you do, when along comes this fellow with a nice sturdy tripod and ‘two’ camera bags, he proceeds to set up this arrangement, then he set up his camera with an L series telephoto lens and just stands there waiting in the freezing cold for something to land on the twig, I guess he was after some stock photos of robins on a branch. It just seems a bit unsporting to me, a bit like shooting game from a hide! Here’s one that I took before he arrived, this little chap was so friendly he kept coming to close so I couldn’t focus on him! __________________ See my pictures here. My Flickr [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]