Daubenton's bat in the hunt

pyry

Hello!

Here's a bat I saw in eastern Finland at an amateur astronomers' get together.
I used a flash set to give multiple pops to catch it while hunting.

I got this:



I guess this sort of qualifies as a BIF, doesn't it? :lol3

raptorcaptor

Sweet!

Harryb

way cool

Maestro

Ghostly....neat idea that worked.

Mark Edell

that is a wild image!

pyry

raptorcaptor wrote:

Sweet!

Thanks!

Harryb wrote:

way cool

Thank you Harry

Maestro wrote:

Ghostly....neat idea that worked.

It is ghostly, isn't it? It's about a half second exposure, 5 pops from the flash at around 10 Hz. The bats don't really seem to mind at all about the flashing lights.

Thanks!

Mark Edell wrote:

that is a wild image!

Bats are cool, aren't they?
Thank you!

akmoose

Really cool ...Love the reflection.

pyry

akmoose wrote:

Really cool ...Love the reflection.

Thanks!

These bats like to hunt bugs over the water on lakes. The fly around in circles very low above the water and swoop and swerve when they find something. Their name in Finnish comes from this, 'vesisiippa' translates as water vesper bat.

When the water is perfectly calm, you get two bats for each flash pop

Giphsub

Woah! Very cool shot!

Jack'll do

wonderful capture Pyry thumb

pyry

Giphsub wrote:

Woah! Very cool shot!

Jack'll do wrote:

wonderful capture Pyry thumb

Thanks guys