Below are some photographic tips and techniques, to help you take better images:
#1 Overcast weather is best for rainforest photography
- Overcast weather creates subtle, diffused lighting which makes for nicer images of rainforests
- It creates less contrast on cloudy days as compared to shadows and harsh light that is produced on sunny days
#2 Which setting is best? Jpeg or RAW?
- This refers to the ‘quality’ setting on your digital camera.
- RAW is always preferred rial
- RAW gives you more ability to change the exposure and white balance of an image in post-processing, than does a Jpeg image.
#3 Why shooting with your widest aperture is best for wildlife images
- Widest aperture (or F-stop) means the smallest number but widest opening
- When you are hand-holding a larger lens, using the widest aperture your lens gives a higher shutter speed and less chance of creating a blurry image
- It creates a nicer, blurred-out background
#4 Get to know your camera really well
- Get to know your camera settings well, so that when a situation presents itself, you are ready to take press the shutter, rather than struggling with the camera’s settings.
- If you spend valuable time trying to work out how to best change the camera’s settings, it’s easy to easily miss that special moment.
#5 Spend time observing wildlife behavior
- Observing wildlife behavior is a very important part to capturing great behaviour or ‘action’ shots. Watching an individual animal beforehand, often helps you preempt any possible behaviors that may occur. You can then be ready to press the shutter.
- Capturing great sunrise and sunset images with a tripod and remote
- When photographing a sunrise or sunset, the ambient light will be low. Hand-holding will result in blurry images.
- A sturdy tripod will minimise movement of the camera and lens
- By using a remote or cable release, it also helps minimise any movement caused by physically pressing the shutter button with your finger, especially in very low light conditions created by sunrises and sunsets.
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