basics of digital wildlife photography shoot only photographs leave only footprint ©

Basics of Digital Wildlife

PhotographySHOOT ONLY PHOTOGRAPHS

LEAVE ONLY FOOTPRINT

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Essentials of Digital Wildlife Photography

• Understanding the NATURE and WILDLIFE as the SUBJECT• Equipment• Composition• Lighting• Post Processing

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Understanding the NATURE and WILDLIFE as the SUBJECT

• Preparing Ourselves for the field Be careful in the field Be patient and observe Animals are very fast

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Understanding the NATURE and WILDLIFE as the SUBJECT

• Understanding the Natural History What, Where, When Field Guiding, Animal Tracking

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Understanding the NATURE and WILDLIFE as the SUBJECT

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Understanding the NATURE and WILDLIFE as the SUBJECT• Understanding the Animal Behavior

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AnimalFight Zone

Flight Zone

Comfort Zone

Understanding the NATURE and WILDLIFE as the SUBJECT

When you make the all-important transition of realizing that the well-being of your subject is more important than your photo of it, you are

truly on the road to greatness.

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Equipment

• Understanding your equipment• Camera Settings• Exposure Composition and Shooting modes ISO Aperture Shutter Speed• Metering

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Composition

• Framing Subject Positioning – Rule of 1/3 No visual destruction• Background Clattery Avoid “Man Made”• Color Tone Cold / Worm, Understanding Color Wheel

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Composition

• Color Wheel Primary Colors Complementary Colors

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Lighting

DRAWING WITH LIGHT

“Amateurs worry about equipment, professionals worry about money, masters worry about light”

-- Vernon Trent

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Lighting

• Lighting Situation Front Lighting Back Lighting Side / subdued lighting

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Post Processing

• Concept of Digital Negative - RAW• Digital Processing Tools• Digital Processing Techniques

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“You don’t take a photograph, you make it.”-- Ansel Adams

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