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Fantail |
Tomtit |
Trout |
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Tui |
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Banded Dotterel |
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How to take Wildlife Photo's
Wildlife photo's are difficult to take, you need to have a lot of patience and have your equipment ready all the time.
You may have to visit the same area several times (or more) and spend some time for the wildlife to get use to you
being there and pointing things at them. Useally bribery (with food) is the easiest way. One of the most important things
to remember is to advoid making any sudden movements, which is so hard when you have that prefect photo but didn't have your
camera ready. Using a telephoto lens will mean you can be futher away from your target, which is almost essential and will
make it more easy to hide, but the higher power the lens the harder it is to hold in your hand. A general guide for holding
a lense in your hand is a shutter speed equal to or higher than 1/the focal lenght (300mm lens = 1/300 shutter speed). Using a fast
shutter speed in a forest is almost imposible because it is so dark, so you will have to compensate by using a mount (monopod or tripod).
Luckily in the Mackenzie Country there is plenty of wildlife in wide open space's with plenty of light and simply hiding under a sheet
or standing vert still is enough.
