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Friday, November 11, 2011

Animal Photography, Snap Shot Photography

By Gillian Olin


Photography has been around for more than a century and our topics will never cease. There is portrait, landscape, marriage, and wildlife photography just to cite a couple. One of the nicest styles of photography centers on wildlife. It might take you a couple of hours before finding the perfect picture and capturing it, but the reward is more than worth the wait.

Wildlife photography is maybe the most difficult in the profession. You have got to have the resources, wish, and the camera. Most wildlife shots are caught using a telephoto lens as the animal will not walk near you. Every once in a while you will be able to capture the fox, elk, bear or other animal as it comes thru the woods in your path, however the majority of the time they're yards away and evasive.

Wildlife photography doesn't wait for you to happen a long and snap a photo. You want to submerge yourself in the site you choose your camera in place, and set for the light of the day. Most automatic cameras work great on the preset for those who are just learning to take wildlife photographs. Photography has traditionally been about the instant and the best photographers can catch the instant with a speed and agility of the animal they're capturing.

Start with tiny subjects when you begin your expedition into wildlife photography. Practice on your pet. Let them ramble naturally and see if you can capture the wild and silly moments on film without the picture ending up blurred. All great photographers have studied and practiced. They also use more than one shot. Ensuring your camera has a fast shutter speed will help you take more than single shot as your move with the animal. When you have the subject in your website you need to follow it while focusing and then quickly snap as many pictures as you can before they move out of site. This technique is commonly known as panning. Instead of the subject coming to you, you follow the subject.

When you have mastered your pets you can start to explore the outside sector of wildlife photography (in Dutch: dierenfotografie) . Some of your subjects will be standing still and this is another practice method. Be aware of the lighting and placement while trying hard not to bug the animal. It is most easy to get a squirrel when they are keen on eating or foraging for food. If you stay silent and walk thoroughly you can regularly get real close.

If you are selecting a larger subject like a deer or bear you are going to want to remain far enough away to get the shot, and not draw attention to yourself. Bears are dangerous creatures, but they can be photographed if you use common sense and do not tread on their territory. Wildlife photography and so the photographers have a code of ethics when attaining the perfect shots. You will need to follow these ethics for safety and the animals.

Wildlife photography is a waiting game for the ideal picture to run across your range-finder. It takes patience and a lot of practice, but the reward of having a member of the family or friend go," where did you get that photograph? I've got to have one," will sweeten the deal.




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