Mammals Brock the Badger

[Dave Williams]

After discovering I had Badgers visiting the garden they kept me occupied throughout the rather draconian lockdown we had imposed on us here in Wales last year. I have hardly bothered photographing them recently but instead started putting a few peanuts out for them on a regular basis. We usually just get the one visiting, but have had as many as three at the same time.
Whereas I was photographing them further away from the house I decided I might as well get the pleasure of watching them too so now feed right outside the kitchen window. They are not habituated and would not tolerate me opening a window so it was a case of photographing through the double glazing or remote control. I opted for the latter using Canon's Camera Connect. The beauty of this is that you can adjust aperture, shutter speed and ISO and even move the focus point without being near the camera. It was the first time I tried and although it's far from perfect in focussing where I wanted it, it did get me some acceptable shots as well as the many OOF ones I deleted! As they don't appear until dusk light is in short supply and so I ended up not having much DOF which if I try again I'll have to think of a way around that.
Brock is about 10m away from the R5 and my EF 24-105 set at f4, 1/250 and ISO 3200.

• Canon EOS R5
• EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM
• 105.0 mm
• ƒ/4
• 1/250 sec
• ISO 3200

 

[Glenn.B]

Hi Dave, Another great Badger capture. Wish i had Badgers visiting my garden.