Wildlife photography, If only we could talk to the animals before we start photographing them, then we could ask them what time they were going hunting for food that day and have all of our photographic equipment set up ready to go. Unfortunately, life isn't like that, but, if you're tackling wildlife photography on a more serious basis - maybe even selling digital pictures online - then it would really pay you to take time out and do some research on the animals you intend to photograph. This can give you an enormous advantage that could lead to some spectacular shots during your wildlife photography session.
Being in the right place at the right time, knowing the best times of the year, along with the animals' habits, can all go towards fabulous photos and can be the difference between your pictures being sold or gathering dust. Experience plays a big part and is all part of the Wildlife Photography learning curve.
UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL - Experience will help you when getting up close to your subject, particularly if you are photographing, say, a deer which stops grazing and suddenly looks up at you, but then starts grazing again after a few seconds. You know that you are in with a chance of taking some shots as opposed to the deer just standing still and staring at you. This would obviously tell you that the deer sees you as a threat.
BIRD TALK - Some of the easiest signals to read in the natural world are given off by birds. From the way they may ruffle their feathers ready to fly off because you have got too close to the noises some make. The more experience you gain, the more you will learn how far you can go with your particular subject
DANGER ZONE - Spending time in a particular area and environment is always a good idea with Wildlife Photography, allowing you to eventually be accepted. This can be done to great advantage with deer. All animals will have their own safety zone, that so-called invisible line which, once crossed, means that your chance of taking any pictures has gone. But staying at a distance from the deer and immersing yourself in that particular area will eventually result in some outstanding photographs.
If you are following your wildlife on foot, then try to wait until it is eating before moving. If it looks up at you, stop and allow your subject to relax and resume feeding. If you are stalking an animal that has a good sense of smell, moving downwind in a criss-cross motion will be better for you and help provide less of a threat to the animal.
PATIENCE - This can sometimes produce startling results with you're Wildlife Photography. Just sitting still on the ground or nice and quietly on a stool can often result in an animal coming closer to you. This can work with photographing birds as well.
FEEDING SITES - Use your patience to your advantage by sitting close to feeding sites and water holes. Many animals can't resist a few free nibbles and using these little tricks all help towards great pictures with your Wildlife Photography. In the UK, there is the Red Kite Feeding Station set up at Gigrin Farm in mid-Wales. One for wild swans is at Welney Wetland Centre in East Anglia. Worldwide, there are probably numerous animal feeding sites; it's more about discovering them, taking the pictures is the easy part.
Being in the right place at the right time, knowing the best times of the year, along with the animals' habits, can all go towards fabulous photos and can be the difference between your pictures being sold or gathering dust. Experience plays a big part and is all part of the Wildlife Photography learning curve.
UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL - Experience will help you when getting up close to your subject, particularly if you are photographing, say, a deer which stops grazing and suddenly looks up at you, but then starts grazing again after a few seconds. You know that you are in with a chance of taking some shots as opposed to the deer just standing still and staring at you. This would obviously tell you that the deer sees you as a threat.
BIRD TALK - Some of the easiest signals to read in the natural world are given off by birds. From the way they may ruffle their feathers ready to fly off because you have got too close to the noises some make. The more experience you gain, the more you will learn how far you can go with your particular subject
DANGER ZONE - Spending time in a particular area and environment is always a good idea with Wildlife Photography, allowing you to eventually be accepted. This can be done to great advantage with deer. All animals will have their own safety zone, that so-called invisible line which, once crossed, means that your chance of taking any pictures has gone. But staying at a distance from the deer and immersing yourself in that particular area will eventually result in some outstanding photographs.
If you are following your wildlife on foot, then try to wait until it is eating before moving. If it looks up at you, stop and allow your subject to relax and resume feeding. If you are stalking an animal that has a good sense of smell, moving downwind in a criss-cross motion will be better for you and help provide less of a threat to the animal.
PATIENCE - This can sometimes produce startling results with you're Wildlife Photography. Just sitting still on the ground or nice and quietly on a stool can often result in an animal coming closer to you. This can work with photographing birds as well.
FEEDING SITES - Use your patience to your advantage by sitting close to feeding sites and water holes. Many animals can't resist a few free nibbles and using these little tricks all help towards great pictures with your Wildlife Photography. In the UK, there is the Red Kite Feeding Station set up at Gigrin Farm in mid-Wales. One for wild swans is at Welney Wetland Centre in East Anglia. Worldwide, there are probably numerous animal feeding sites; it's more about discovering them, taking the pictures is the easy part.
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