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 Posted: Thu Jul 26th, 2012 08:09
Ed Matusik



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You said a mouthful JK. All the instructional websites, manufacturers sites, etc., are dead on about taking a few shots, looking at the histograms and making adjustments to maximize the picture quality. Unfortunately, when a free-living, wild predatory or prey animal momentarily exposes itself contrary to its instinctual and learned behavior, it won't sit still for a photographer to get that ideal studio shot, and the rest of the story is history. Like JK, I shoot first then hope that I can get a second or third opportunity to get a better shot. Most of the super sharp images seen on nature shows or in magazines were taken in national park or zoological settings where the creatures are habituated to meeting people with cameras. If you want to shoot only really wild creatures, you must develop great patience, and make a lot of exposures because you'll not end up with many high quality ones.