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How To Capture Great Pictures For A African Wildlife Photo Gallery

By Carolyn Jones


There is nothing more that a photographer could ask for than to be able to capture amazing portraits of the rich African wildlife. However, it is not easy to capture just even a still picture of an animal for his or her African wildlife photo gallery. To help you get the most of your safari experience, here are tips that you can do in order to get that beautiful photo.

One, get out during the wee hours of the morning and go back to your lodging late. The best time to capture great images is during the golden hour when in the sky is painted in gold color. You have to be patient and wait for the perfect moment to catch images. At this time, you get to see animals running from every direction.

Stay close to the ground. Most animals are sensitive when they see humans, by being close to the ground, it cannot easily see you. This gives the opportunity to be as close as possible to them. When the image captured is on its perspective, it would look dramatic adding a story to the picture.

Play with different angles. Most photography usually puts the subject in the center. Always doing this angle could bore your audience the moment your gallery is shown to the public since the concept just keeps on repeating. Try to put your subject on the side sometimes. This would allow you to let all the surroundings be seen while still focusing on the subject.

Four, look at its eye. If an opportunity arises, try to catch its eyes when it looks at you. Their eyes will bring your photo to life as their eyes depicts its mood and emotion. Your focus should be at it. Look at the animal and see what it is doing. When it is looking at a certain direction, do not cut it, capture the whole thing.

Know what shutter speed should you put your camera into. The perfect shutter speed is the key in being able to take a picture of an animal that is moving. If it is the wrong speed, it would just turn out as a blur or nothing is captured at all. Having the right one not only lets you capture it but will make it look for sharp and clear. An opportunity like that is hard to come by again so make it worthwhile.

Six, be prepared. You have to be prepared for the moment in order to get a photo of it. If you ask some wild life photographers, they would tell you how hard taking just one perfect photo is. You have to wait for the perfect moment to come which at that time you already are prepared. Patience is needed for this.

Seven, capturing moving photos. For newbies out there that wants to get a photo of a subject which is moving, set your auto focus to AF C if you are using Nikon and Servo for Canon. Other cameras have the same setting. Your center focus must be the head for you to capture a still photo while it moves.

The thing is, you really could not take even just a decent one right away. Practice has to be done in order to achieve such. So, keep on practicing until you find it easy to take moving pictures. Practice it with your pets first while you are still at the comforts of your home.




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