Page 91 - World of Animals - Issue #30

Wildlife photography

Keep the camera stable
and use a fast shutter Sharp settings
speed to keep blur out of
your images

Use a fast shutter speed Keep focused Keep quiet
Select shutter priority and keep your shutter Set your camera to continuous autofocus To avoid disturbing the animals, mute the
speed faster than your focal length to so it tracks the animal as it moves. Burst sounds on your camera, and turn off the

reduce the effect of shake. This is especially mode will also increase your chances of a flash too. At long distances, your flash won’t
important when using long lenses. sharp shot. help with lighting but may scare the animal.

Tip 1
Keep stable and sharp
Rest your camera on a hard
surface in the vehicle to
Discover how camera shake can ruin your help reduce camera shake
photos, then learn how to fix it

When shooting from a moving vehicle, camera shake can
ruin an otherwise perfect image. The bumps cause you to
move the camera during the capture, resulting in a blurry
photo, and this is even more pronounced when using
longer lenses. The more you can reduce this movement,
the sharper your shots will be, so keep yourself as stable
as possible. This may mean waiting for the vehicle to stop,
or resting your lens on a beanbag on a car window to
keep it stable. If there’s enough space, rest a monopod in
the footwell to reduce the up and down movement.

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