In golf, the blind shot is a challenge presented by the course architect that shields the landing area from the golfer and forces one to trust his capabilities without visual confirmation. Of course this is only truly effective on the first time playing the course, but it still has merit on subsequent encounters. When it comes to photography, for me it means putting up a blind under my deck and sitting in a confined space until subjects show up to be photographed.
The main goal was to test the expanded flexible spot focusing of the a77II when used with the Tamron 150-600, I used the Minolta cable release and had the camera set to continuous focus and hi speed drive mode. Didn't get any action shots but it's only my first day. The focus spot did move with the bird and I found that quite beneficial. Will keep trying.
The rig before crawling it into the blind.
Some shots.
Nice shots, BTW.
