Comments on: Four Tips for Better Wildlife Photography http://www.digital-photography-school.com/four-tips-for-better-wildlife-photography Discover how to use your digital camera with our Digital Photography Tips. We are a community of photographers of all experience levels who come together to learn, share and grow in our understanding of photography. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 07:58:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Sakura http://www.digital-photography-school.com/four-tips-for-better-wildlife-photography/comment-page-1#comment-99394 Sakura Tue, 30 Mar 2010 08:22:40 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=5584#comment-99394 Hello! There are very Nice techniques and beautiful arrangements of Locations along with very neat and clean photograpy every person in the Family can see and enjoy from easily. also it is the best dedication to Almighty God whose creation are very superb and fantastic " Wish Almighty Allah ( God ) bless all of us and save, protect from all kind of Diseasses and natural disasters and sins whatever those are major or minor forever ! " with best wishes and regards ! Sakura Hello!
There are very Nice techniques and beautiful arrangements of Locations along with very neat and clean photograpy every person in the Family can see and enjoy from easily. also it is the best dedication to Almighty God whose creation are very superb and fantastic
” Wish Almighty Allah ( God ) bless all of us and save, protect from all kind of Diseasses and natural disasters and sins whatever those are major or minor forever ! ”

with best wishes and regards !

Sakura

]]> By: Catherine http://www.digital-photography-school.com/four-tips-for-better-wildlife-photography/comment-page-1#comment-53127 Catherine Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:40:48 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=5584#comment-53127 Thank you for the tips. I recently got involved in this type of photography after my husband treated me to a one day experience with a professional wildlife photographer, and I have now got the bug. I am very much an amateur by your standards, but I enjoy it very much and in the short time I have been taking this type of photos, I have seen some improvement. A hobby for life for me! <a href="" rel="nofollow"></a> Thank you for the tips. I recently got involved in this type of photography after my husband treated me to a one day experience with a professional wildlife photographer, and I have now got the bug. I am very much an amateur by your standards, but I enjoy it very much and in the short time I have been taking this type of photos, I have seen some improvement. A hobby for life for me!

]]> By: Curtis Copeland http://www.digital-photography-school.com/four-tips-for-better-wildlife-photography/comment-page-1#comment-49694 Curtis Copeland Fri, 01 May 2009 17:40:38 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=5584#comment-49694 Great article on wildlife photography. Excellent photographs. Thanks for sharing your expertise! Great article on wildlife photography. Excellent photographs. Thanks for sharing your expertise!

]]> By: Adam http://www.digital-photography-school.com/four-tips-for-better-wildlife-photography/comment-page-1#comment-49679 Adam Fri, 01 May 2009 09:57:59 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=5584#comment-49679 <em>Gerry</em>, I think the main you need for the big game and other wildlife is patience and perseverance. Try setting your camera up on known paths, and use a remote trigger (they are quite cheap) from a good hiding place. Once you've got this set up, just keep trying until you get the good shot. <em>Peter</em>, if you want to use manual, then you'll need a light meter to calculate the exposure correctly. Otherwise, use AV mode, and see what shutter speed you should use for your selected aperture, then set them manually. Also, if your camera supports auto bracketing, use that to get 3 photos at different exposures. Any way, good luck to you both! Gerry, I think the main you need for the big game and other wildlife is patience and perseverance. Try setting your camera up on known paths, and use a remote trigger (they are quite cheap) from a good hiding place. Once you’ve got this set up, just keep trying until you get the good shot.

Peter, if you want to use manual, then you’ll need a light meter to calculate the exposure correctly. Otherwise, use AV mode, and see what shutter speed you should use for your selected aperture, then set them manually. Also, if your camera supports auto bracketing, use that to get 3 photos at different exposures.

Any way, good luck to you both!

]]> By: Mitch http://www.digital-photography-school.com/four-tips-for-better-wildlife-photography/comment-page-1#comment-49661 Mitch Fri, 01 May 2009 03:35:31 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=5584#comment-49661 Thanks for the tips Will I take it these are the essentials.. You're right, originality will be a pain, Something tells me I'm going to have to work around perspective more than anything now, to try for more original shots.. hmm.. Thanks for the tips Will
I take it these are the essentials..
You’re right, originality will be a pain,
Something tells me I’m going to have to work around perspective more than anything now,
to try for more original shots.. hmm..

]]> By: Joe Decker http://www.digital-photography-school.com/four-tips-for-better-wildlife-photography/comment-page-1#comment-49652 Joe Decker Fri, 01 May 2009 02:21:54 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=5584#comment-49652 Gerry, You're right that working in low light is a real challenge, that polar bear image was a real example of that, taken in dark overcast at what would have been sunset, from a zodiac filled with a bunch of other excitable photographers. I'll see about putting together a follow-up article on the subject, but my answer comes down to really making some tradeoffs. Learn how far you can push your camera ISO and still get a great result, and how much farther you can push it and still get a good but not great result. (In the case of the polar bear, an old camera, ISO 400). I tend to work wide open or near as I can in those conditions, I think that particular image was taken with just a 300L/4 at f/4. Even with those advantages I needed image stabilization to keep the 300 still ... and even then I only managed about 60-70% still enough. At any rate, a longer article would talk about those things in more detail and probably bring in some comments about flash. Peter--i'm kinda surprised you were getting overexposed images, I wonder if that was the nature of the scene (e.g., .was it naturally a "low key" scene?) or whether your meter was getting fooled, and if so by what? If you want to drop me an image or two at joedecker (at) gmail (dot) com I can try and give you a guess, but it's hard to know without being there. Thanks to everyone for the kind words! --Joe Gerry,

You’re right that working in low light is a real challenge, that polar bear image was a real example of that, taken in dark overcast at what would have been sunset, from a zodiac filled with a bunch of other excitable photographers. I’ll see about putting together a follow-up article on the subject, but my answer comes down to really making some tradeoffs. Learn how far you can push your camera ISO and still get a great result, and how much farther you can push it and still get a good but not great result. (In the case of the polar bear, an old camera, ISO 400). I tend to work wide open or near as I can in those conditions, I think that particular image was taken with just a 300L/4 at f/4. Even with those advantages I needed image stabilization to keep the 300 still … and even then I only managed about 60-70% still enough.

At any rate, a longer article would talk about those things in more detail and probably bring in some comments about flash.

Peter–i’m kinda surprised you were getting overexposed images, I wonder if that was the nature of the scene (e.g., .was it naturally a “low key” scene?) or whether your meter was getting fooled, and if so by what? If you want to drop me an image or two at joedecker (at) gmail (dot) com I can try and give you a guess, but it’s hard to know without being there.

Thanks to everyone for the kind words!

–Joe

]]> By: Paul Drumm http://www.digital-photography-school.com/four-tips-for-better-wildlife-photography/comment-page-1#comment-49593 Paul Drumm Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:02:19 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=5584#comment-49593 Nice article, I'd totally agree that the connection with the eye playing a big part in a great wildlife shot. Here's some I've managed to take as a learning amateur (they're from Dublin zoo so not sure if that counts as WILDlife!!) : http://www.flickr.com/photos/drummp2/3440733979/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/drummp2/3301628372/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/drummp2/3301633042/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/drummp2/3301611708/ Nice article, I’d totally agree that the connection with the eye playing a big part in a great wildlife shot.

Here’s some I’ve managed to take as a learning amateur (they’re from Dublin zoo so not sure if that counts as WILDlife!!) :

http://www.flickr.com/photos/drummp2/3440733979/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/drummp2/3301628372/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/drummp2/3301633042/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/drummp2/3301611708/

]]> By: Peter http://www.digital-photography-school.com/four-tips-for-better-wildlife-photography/comment-page-1#comment-49583 Peter Thu, 30 Apr 2009 12:12:18 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=5584#comment-49583 Will, your photos ara amazing, and the interview was very informative... thanks. Will, your photos ara amazing, and the interview was very informative… thanks.

]]> By: Will http://www.digital-photography-school.com/four-tips-for-better-wildlife-photography/comment-page-1#comment-49580 Will Thu, 30 Apr 2009 11:06:28 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=5584#comment-49580 Nice tips. I give away some more good wildlife photography tips in this interview: http://news.deviantart.com/article/77144/ Nice tips. I give away some more good wildlife photography tips in this interview: http://news.deviantart.com/article/77144/

]]> By: April http://www.digital-photography-school.com/four-tips-for-better-wildlife-photography/comment-page-1#comment-49567 April Thu, 30 Apr 2009 02:43:51 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=5584#comment-49567 Those photos are beautiful. Those photos are beautiful.

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