When I was visiting Sumatra, I took a few night walks in the jungle by myself to see what I could find. Spotlighting on your own can be difficult because you need to flash a light on the subject, then focus the camera and then shoot. Usually the animal will run off before you can get do all that. This civet, however, was a bit curious as to who this strange man was walking around in the dark. I was able to grab three or four shots before the civet disappeared back into the forest. Nikon D300 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 400mm) ISO 500, f/10 at 1/60th of a second, Nikon SB-800 flash unit
We did spotlighting in Australia with HEADLAMPS that worked great! All I needed to do was handle the camera, and my husband handled the camcorder. We got some nice pics of possums!
You still got a great shot!
Hi Norma,
Yes, that’s the way I do it — with a headlamp on my head. The tricky part is aiming it exactly at what my long camera lens is focusing on. I loved the possums in Australia.
The civet was pondering how brave you are! Maybe it thought you were crazy or wondering why you don’t have any fur. 🙂 Great shot of a creature not often seen.
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You are brave! Great shot:)
We did spotlighting in Australia with HEADLAMPS that worked great! All I needed to do was handle the camera, and my husband handled the camcorder. We got some nice pics of possums!
You still got a great shot!
Hi Norma,
Yes, that’s the way I do it — with a headlamp on my head. The tricky part is aiming it exactly at what my long camera lens is focusing on. I loved the possums in Australia.
The civet was pondering how brave you are! Maybe it thought you were crazy or wondering why you don’t have any fur. 🙂 Great shot of a creature not often seen.
Never saw one of those before, great shot!