Our office/factory has a reasonable amount of shrubs/trees around it's perimeter (to hide it from the residential area I guess) and attracts a lot of birdlife; there are a pair of blackbirds building a nest, there has been a magpies nest last year, and there are Robin, blue, long tail and great tits. This post relates to a pair of collared doves.
A few of us have noted a pair of Colleaed Doves
building a nest in this bush, opposite the upstairs window:
The nest platform is about a metre (3'3") away from the window, and although slightly hidden from view, the birds do occasionally perch on a viewable branch:
The office is occupied all day (office hours) and the birds do not appeard to be bothered by the office worker (who, incidentally, is a bird enthusiast). I would like to take the camera into the office one day and see if I can get a reasonable photo.
The question then - what is the best way to shoot through glass (double glazed unit) ? I'm guessing a CPL would help. For practical reasons, I'd probably use the 17-70.
I might even wait for a day when the office worker is out and set up the tripod and wireless trigger - return from time to time, pop my head round the door and fire a few off. This would mostly be a one or two off - I don't want to cause any undue stress on the birds, although so far, they seem oblivious to our presence (possible helped by the mirrored window film.
Any pointes in shooting through glass greatly appreciated.
Oh, I've removed the GPS data from the above phone photos.
Lawrence
