Photos under flood lights

I like to photograph deer, turkey, and other small animals that come
into my back yard. I have a salt/mineral lick set out on an old stump
along with corn. This set-up is about 25 yards from my camera set on a
tripod in an enclosed porch shooting through an open window. Works
great when it's light out, getting some good shots of small animals
and birds. The deer seem to come the mostly after sunset. I was
thinking of setting up a flood light system to light up that spot in
my yard to take photos of the deer, would this work? I will be using a
Rebel Ti with a 75-300 f4.5-5.6. I have some 400 and 800 speed film
and was thinking of trying 1600. I also have a 430EZ Speedlite but
don't think the flash will work.

Mark

From: (MKodra)

I like to photograph deer, turkey, and other small animals that come
into my back yard. I have a salt/mineral lick set out on an old stump
along with corn. This set-up is about 25 yards from my camera set on a
tripod in an enclosed porch shooting through an open window. Works
great when it's light out, getting some good shots of small animals
and birds. The deer seem to come the mostly after sunset. I was
thinking of setting up a flood light system to light up that spot in
my yard to take photos of the deer, would this work?

The films you're using are no doubt daylight-balanced (5500-6000 Kelvin) and
these lights will probably be 3200 or 3400 Kelvin so you'll get weird color
shifts, probably a deep amber or yellow. That's the main problem ... you can
filter this out if you have a way of measuring the color temp of the lights.

Bill