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Wildlife Viewing & Photography |
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| General Photography Tips |
- How much film should you bring? Lot’s and Lot’s!
Estimate how much you think you need to bring and then double it! It is
better to take home unused film for a future use that to run out of film
on your trip.
- For quality enlargements use Kodak High
Definition (HD) film, (www.kodak.com).
- Probably the best two lenses to have are a 28mm -
200mm zoom for general purposes and for wildlife a 200mm - 400mm zoom.
Anything larger than 400mm and you should use a tripod.
- If you can’t afford the Nikon or Cannon telephoto
lenses, don’t despair. Tamron makes an excellent moderately priced
lenses, (www.tamron.com).
- A good quality teleconverter is another option to
extend the length of your existing lens. Visit nextag.com or dealtime.com
to compare features and prices.
- Generally speaking the slower the film the less
grainy the enlargements. But with long-range zoom lenses you lose light
gathering ability and you may have the better results with 400 speed film.
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Fisherman Photo Tips |
- Get close enough to fill the view finder with your
subject. Most people tend to shoot too far back from the hunter or
fisherman holding his trophy.
- If you are going to release the fish, handle it
carefully and minimize the time it is out of the water.
- Grab the fish under the head with one hand and the
tail with the other hand and twist the fish a little to hold tension to
reduce the chance of the fish jumping out of your grip.
- Extend your arms and hold the fish away from your
body if you want it to look larger.
- Keep the sun to your back.
- Choose a nice background
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Big Game Hunter
Photo Tips |
- Respect the animal with your photos.
- Get close enough to fill the view finder with your subject. Most
people tend to shoot too far back from the hunter or fisherman holding his
trophy.
- Take photos before field dressing.
- Cover blood with dirt or snow.
- Don’t leave the deer’s tongue hanging out. Put it back inside his
mouth or remove it.
- Take front views and side views.
- Look for background choices that contrast the deer antlers the best
so they show up and don’t disappear against a camo coat. For instance us a
snow background, water or sky. Sometimes if the hunter takes off his camo
jacket, and he has a solid color shirt underneath, it may make good
contrast.
- Extend your arms and hold the antlers away from your body if you want
them to look larger.
- If you take a picture of your partner and his deer with his gun, be
sure it does not look like the gun is pointed at his head!
- Hat brims often create too much shadow on the subjects face. There
are two ways to compensate for this, use a fill in flash or remove the hat
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Professional Wildlife Photography Tips |
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