Wildlife photography is a tough game that takes a toll on many who are new in this field. Whether you are out in the wild trying to capture a herd of elephants or deer near a water body you need to work your way carefully. Wild animals are your subjects, yet you cannot ask them to stay still or look this way. They will do what they are doing until you enter their area and they feel you are a threat to them. Saxen Van Coller has spent years out in the field taking photographs of wild animals across various nature parks and reserves. She has done various exhibitions across the globe and has been applauded for her work.
Today, let’s talk about ways one can improve your wildlife photography. As we all know in photographing things are a little different when we are dealing with the wild. Here you need to spend more time with the subjects and the more likely your images will be intimate and revealing. Sometime when taking pictures we wish to have the backgrounds blur, so that the subject is in sharp focus.
During my initial days of photography I always had a problem. In order to get a sharp subject and the blurry background all I needed to do was select the widest aperture or use portrait mode. The result of the photographs was disappointing despite the large apertures the images in the background were all either sharp as the subject or only very slightly blurred. The focus was right, the exposure was right, but for some reason there was some issue.
When after repeated tries a lot of thinking I worked out the problem. To get the picture right, you need right aperture and for that light needs to come from one direction. But when we are working in the outdoor light comes from all directions- it’s basically all over the place. It’s the job of the lens to direct those rays to be focused on the sensor. The further you are away from your camera’s focusing point the less the rays will converge on your sensor and thus the subject will be blurry on the image.
Saxen Van Coller says when you know how to manage the light you can probably get the perfect results an the image that is sharp from foreground to background. Distance is also another factor that matters when taking pictures ,make sure you are at the right distance to get the perfect shots. In the end what matters is how much you practice and spend time in the outdoors.
During my initial days of photography I always had a problem. In order to get a sharp subject and the blurry background all I needed to do was select the widest aperture or use portrait mode. The result of the photographs was disappointing despite the large apertures the images in the background were all either sharp as the subject or only very slightly blurred. The focus was right, the exposure was right, but for some reason there was some issue.
When after repeated tries a lot of thinking I worked out the problem. To get the picture right, you need right aperture and for that light needs to come from one direction. But when we are working in the outdoor light comes from all directions- it’s basically all over the place. It’s the job of the lens to direct those rays to be focused on the sensor. The further you are away from your camera’s focusing point the less the rays will converge on your sensor and thus the subject will be blurry on the image.
Saxen Van Coller says when you know how to manage the light you can probably get the perfect results an the image that is sharp from foreground to background. Distance is also another factor that matters when taking pictures ,make sure you are at the right distance to get the perfect shots. In the end what matters is how much you practice and spend time in the outdoors.
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