{"id":42776,"date":"2026-05-24T12:53:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T19:53:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/?p=42776"},"modified":"2026-05-24T12:53:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T19:53:21","slug":"at-the-bird-box","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/2026\/05\/24\/at-the-bird-box\/","title":{"rendered":"At the bird box"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><I>Bird photography for the lazy man.<\/I><\/p>\n<p>I set the camera up with a long lens on a tripod on the patio, with a <a href=https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/2012\/03\/03\/a-cheap-wireless-remote\/ target=_blank>wireless shutter release<\/a> fitted:<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pindelski.org\/Blog2\/Bird_box_1.jpg\"  alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<I>The Nikkor 400mm f\/5.6 ED IF Ai-S lens on the Nikon D800.<\/I><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Then I repaired to the office whence I have a great view of the bird box and banged away when the bird(s) arrived. Now if only I could get something better than a common sparrow \u2026.<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pindelski.org\/Blog2\/Bird_box_2.JPG\"  alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<I>The view from the home office.<\/I><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>And here are a couple of happy results:<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pindelski.org\/Blog2\/Sparrow_bird_box.jpg\"  alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<I>Common sparrow.<\/I><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pindelski.org\/Blog2\/Sparrow_bird_box_2.jpg\"  alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<I>Common sparrow with prey.<\/I><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Nikon D800, <a href=https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/2026\/05\/07\/leica-sl2-s-and-the-nikkor-400mm-f-5-6-ed-if-ai-s-lens\/ target=_blank>400mm f\/5.6 ED IF Nikkor<\/a> at f\/22 on a <a href=https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/2008\/11\/18\/linhof-s168-tripod\/ target=_blank>Linhof S168 tripod<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I made the box from odd wood scraps and it has been nothing but a joy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bird photography for the lazy man. I set the camera up with a long lens on a tripod on the patio, with a wireless shutter release fitted: The Nikkor 400mm f\/5.6 ED IF Ai-S lens on the Nikon D800. Then I repaired to the office whence I have a great view of the bird box &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/2026\/05\/24\/at-the-bird-box\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">At the bird box<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[82,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nikon-lenses","category-photographs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42776"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42776\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42782,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42776\/revisions\/42782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}