{"id":5881,"date":"2020-05-09T17:23:34","date_gmt":"2020-05-09T17:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5881"},"modified":"2020-05-09T17:23:34","modified_gmt":"2020-05-09T17:23:34","slug":"stay-at-home-bird-feeder-using-new-camera-setup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5881","title":{"rendered":"Stay-at-Home: Bird feeder using ‘new’ camera setup."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I have created a ‘new’ setup that enables me to automatically take close-in photos of birds using a bird feeder in the garden. This setup utilises an old compact camera with modified software, an external battery to provide all-day power and a plastic food container to provide a measure of weather proofing. I intend to give more details on the construction of this in a later post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime here is a selection from my first sets of photographs. These aren’t perfect – I am still learning how best to use this rig but they do give an indication of its potential:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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First day’s attempt – Sparrow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Second Day’s attempt – Sparrow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Second Day’s attempt – 2 Sparrows<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Second Day’s attempt – Sparrow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Second Day’s attempt – Common starling – note the iridescence on its shoulders<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Second Day’s attempt – Blue tit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Second Day’s attempt – Blue tit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Second Day’s attempt – Blue tit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Yes, I know there are compositional issues and background intrusions, but this was mostly to check the home-made system was working and does what I want. Things will improve with experience!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have created a ‘new’ setup that enables me to automatically take close-in photos of birds using a bird feeder in the garden. This setup utilises an old compact camera with modified software, an external battery to provide all-day power and a plastic food container to provide a measure of weather proofing. I intend to … Continue reading “Stay-at-Home: Bird feeder using ‘new’ camera setup.”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52,24,3,87],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-garden","category-nature","category-photography","category-rural"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5881"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5881\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5892,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5881\/revisions\/5892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}