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Learning wildlife photography – Monopod usage
Posted on 28. Jan, 2009 by Paul Burwell.
Learning wildlife photography – Monopod usage – There is little doubt that a monopod is a very useful tool for a wildlife photographer. Like everything, using a monopod requires proper technique to make sharp images, but probably equally important is the way…
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Learning wildlife photography – Winter photography
Posted on 15. Jan, 2009 by Paul Burwell.
Learning wildlife photography – Winter photography – Winter is the time of year when furry critters have their best fur coats and look magnificent. Winter avian photographs have a special quality when the bird is on a frosty or snow covered branch. Depending on the climate you’re going to be photographing in, there are a lot of different considerations. This post is targeted at those intrepid photographers brave enough to…
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Learning wildlife photography – Electronic flash
Posted on 14. Jan, 2009 by Paul Burwell.
Electronic flash is an excellent tool when used correctly. Unfortunately, many photographers are not comfortable using flash and end up with images that look “flashed.” Furry animals can look especially bad when electronic flash is used too aggressively. When using flash, you are typically…
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Learning wildlife photography – Exposure and metering modes
Posted on 13. Jan, 2009 by Paul Burwell.
Learning wildlife photography – Exposure mode – Your camera probably has a number of modes that you can use for choosing an exposure. Wildlife photography has some special considerations that you’ll want to take…
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Learning wildlife photography – Getting eye-to-eye
Posted on 09. Jan, 2009 by Paul Burwell.
Learning wildlife photography – Getting eye-to-eye – Many captivating wildlife images are made at the animal’s eye level. When you can and it is safe to do so, move to a lower shooting position that puts your camera’s lens at or near the animal’s eye level. It makes the animal look more majestic and compelling when…
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Learning wildlife photography – Behaviour is compelling
Posted on 08. Jan, 2009 by Paul Burwell.
Behaviour is compelling – Having a portfolio of wonderful animal portraits is great, but the images that stand out are the images where the animals are displaying some sort of behaviour. By studying a species and researching its characteristics you give yourself…
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Learning wildlife photography – The three B’s
Posted on 07. Jan, 2009 by Paul Burwell.
Learning wildlife photography – The three B’s – In an earlier article on my series on learning wildlife photography, I covered the three P’s of patience, patience and well, patience.
The three B’s are equally important and really contribute to making an image compelling and distinct. And to summarize, the three B’s of wildlife photography are…
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Learning wildlife photography – Making sharper images – Part 3
Posted on 06. Jan, 2009 by Paul Burwell.
Learning wildlife photography – Making sharper images – Part 3 – In this final instalment on making sharper images, we’ll discuss a few more things to think about when you’re trying to make the…
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Learning wildlife photography – Making sharper images – Part 2
Posted on 05. Jan, 2009 by Paul Burwell.
Making sharper images – Part 2 – In the last post I discussed some of the finer points of using your camera’s auto focusing features to help compose an image and get what’s important (the eyes!) in focus. Let’s look at some additional factors that go into making sharp images.
Lenses – The higher quality the lens, the better images it can produce. And unfortunately…
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Learning wildlife photography – Making sharper images – Part 1
Posted on 02. Jan, 2009 by Paul Burwell.
Making sharper images – Part 1 – A lot of wildlife photography is dependant on the use of telephoto,telephoto-zooms and super telephoto lenses to make reasonable images of small subjects or larger animals off in the distance. When you use a telephoto lens, you need a new set of techniques in order to ensure that you end up with sharp images. Nothing is more frustrating than…
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