{"id":14066,"date":"2021-03-14T07:27:05","date_gmt":"2021-03-14T11:27:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=14066"},"modified":"2021-03-14T07:27:05","modified_gmt":"2021-03-14T11:27:05","slug":"nature-phonography-bluebirds-and-dancing-elephants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=14066","title":{"rendered":"Nature Phonography: Bluebirds and dancing elephants."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Eastern Bluebird: Kennebunk, Maine, USA \u2014 Someone said, and I read it somewhere, one time, a long time ago… \u201cIt is not that the elephant dances well, it is that the elephant dances at all.\u201d I thought it was Mark Twain, but I can not find the reference using Google this morning…in fact I can not find the quotation at all…and I am beginning to think I may have made it up. \ud83d\ude42 This photo brings the quotation to mind. It might not be all that great, as photos of bluebirds go. I certainly have much better ones. But then, when you consider that it was taken with an iPhone SE 2020, it is actually kind of amazing. I keep practicing with the iPhone and the Sirui 400mm lens mounted on the Moment thin case, and I am getting better. Of course holding the phone and lens steady enough for a decent photo is the hard part. It helps to use an app like ProShot, which allows you to create custom presets with higher shutter speeds. This shot was at 1\/500 of a second, with auto ISO for correct exposure (ISO 50). I have also been experimenting with a \u201ccamera grip\u201d on the phone. It is just a plastic clamp thing with a grip like small camera, and a bluetooth shutter button on the top right under your trigger finger. It makes phone photography much more comfortable and increases your chances of holding the phone still enough. There are a few on Amazon…variations on the design. I bought this one because it has the cold shoe for mounting a mic or light. The bluetooth release is a little finicky, but when it is working, it makes the phone very \u201ccamera like\u201d. And it makes shots like this one with the Sirui 400mm possible at 1\/500th, hand held. So you see, the elephant can dance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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