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31 May 2012 - 9:36 PM

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cattyal (e2 Member)

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31 May 2012 - 9:46 PM

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I don't even try - I just stand in my garden and watch them going round and round the house

Hopefully someone will turn up with a more useful answer!

cattyal (e2 Member)

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31 May 2012 - 9:55 PM

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I suppose I could try one evening as they do swoop right down into the garden - possibly because I have a small pond and there's usually clouds of midges at head level. It's hard trying not to duck though when they swoop in past my ears!

Carrera_c

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31 May 2012 - 10:06 PM

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I think you're only hope would be with a light trigger (is that what they're called? object breaks through a beam of light and that triggers the camera).

Would just be blind luck if the happen to fly through it though unless you can find out where their nest is and set it up at the entrance and get them flying out of it.

oldblokeh

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31 May 2012 - 10:10 PM

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They tend to patrol the same route repeatedly. Prefocus the camera. Set up manual flash with a short duration. Point the camera in the right direction and fire away when you see the bat. Oh, and stay away from the roost. Disturbing them there is illegal.

skewey

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31 May 2012 - 10:58 PM

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Thanks Steve what sort of settings were you using

Carabosse (e2 Member)

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31 May 2012 - 11:30 PM

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Tried photographing some pipistrelle bats a few days ago. Very, very difficult: they fly fast and not that far off the ground, so by the time you've aimed the camera they're gone!

But some EPZers have succeeded - see here.

KarenFB (Junior Gallery Team)

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1 Jun 2012 - 7:24 AM

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The closest I've ever been to a bat - yes, I know it's dead, but it was such an amazing creature!