The other night I was standing outside looking up at the sky, when I spied a Bat. Haven't seen them around for a while. Usually it's about mid May when I see them. That's when it starts to stay warm at night and the bugs are out. But the past year or so they have been sparse. Back when I first started taking photos I tried to get some of a Bat. I would look out my window and wait. When I spied one I would open the window and try to snap some. Because they move so quickly I would have to put the camera in manual mode, set the flash compensation, and put it on manual focus. It would take quite a few shots to find the right flight zone and get the settings about right. But once I did, I managed to get a few decent shots. The first three are from back in '07 and '09. At the time I was using a Konica-Minolta Z6 point-n-shoot. Worked OK. Then a few shots from '13 with my Sony A65 DSLR. You can see those much better. The Z6 was just a 6.6mp, the A65 is a 25mp.



June12, '07 - Z6




July06, 09 - with Z6




July06, '09 - with Z6




May13, '13 - All the rest with the Sony A65 .

 

That is incredible. Thanks for sharing. Awesome photos and a really neat creature to see in action.

 

Nice pics, that is one critter that has sure had it's reputation maligned. They are pretty cool to watch in action.

 

Great pictures...Batman would be proud!!