Common Pitfalls Most Wildlife Photographers Neglect

1. Saxen Van Coller – Common Pitfalls Most
Wildlife Photographers Neglect
Photographing wildlife is
altogether a different
experience. Animals specially
wild ones are beautiful
subjects. Hence a
photographer cannot resist
capturing the images of these
majestic creatures in their
natural habitat. Unlike
landscape photography,
animals are constantly on a
move and can be pretty
uncooperative when it comes
to taking pictures making
them botched and blurry.

2. Here are a few common pitfalls that a wildlife
photographer can look carefully into:
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A tiny subject­ when out in the wild its tough to approach the wild
animals as they get easily spooked. This is the reason many wildlife
photographs look like tiny specks. This can work in some situations,
but for the most part each photographer wants a subject that is large
enough in the frame with the details in the eyes. Here you need to use
a good telephoto lens with a long focal length over 200mm which will
allow you to keep the distance while still filming the frame.
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Blurred image comes in many forms. While taking photographs of
wild animals the, entire image can be blurred due to a camera shake
or making the important areas blurry. This problem increases when
the lens is magnified by longer focal lengths. Using a tripod is tough
as the animals are moving constantly and so will you states
Saxen Van Coller. So the only solution is to use a very fast shutter
speed. You can also use a lens with image stabilization as this will
prevent camera shake blur.

3. 
We have all been there when you see the perfect shot,
frame it and hit the shutter. But by the time the
camera focuses and the exposure is made the animal
moves making it a missed moment. And all you are
left here with is nothing in the camera. Anticipation is
what you need here. It's a skill that comes with
practice and a keen eye.
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If you know when the perfect moment is about to
happen, hit the shutter right before the peak moment
and this will cause the camera to snap at just the right
time. This work in cases of animals like whales or
giraffes who move instantaneously.

4. 
Continuous shooting is also a good thing. When you know
the animal is in motion, and this is the best chance you
will get then put your camera on the continuous shooting
mode where you can take several images per second and
choose the best one.
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A higher­ end DSLR and mirrorless cameras will have a
much faster and maximum shooting speed. No matter
which camera you have, if it has a fast memory card both
SD and CF cards who have a certain speed that they
operate at then you have hit bullseye. A faster card will
make sure that your camera doesn't get bogged while
trying to save images.

5. It is not called the wildlife for nothing. Animals
love their space and are not adjusted to polite
society, they can be pretty rough, so make sure
you are not in their way at the wrong time.
Animals spend most of their time looking for
food and the spats over food can turn ugly, so
never be in the way of their lunch. The last
thing is it's very important to treat animals and
their habitat with utmost care and respect to
avoid any unfortunate incident.

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