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Wildlife photography

Tip 2 If you are out in wet weather,
keep a lens cloth to hand to
Embrace the rain rain from the front of your lens

regularly wipe off any spots of
Make the most of rainy days and get even better results

Rainy day shots can actually look very To capture the rain in the shot, look for a
effective, and you’ll often capture different dark background for it to show up well against
animal behaviour during these times too. Keep and use a shutter speed of around 1/60sec for Give it a boost
yourself (and your kit) sheltered, though, by it to appear as blurry streaks across the image. If your colours have
using a hide, shooting from your car or even You’ll only be able to do this if the animal is still come out a little
just using an umbrella. though, otherwise they’ll be blurry too. dull on a rainy day
The light will be low when it’s raining, so Think about how much of the sky you want shoot, try boosting
raise your ISO to help the sensor be more to include in the shot, depending on how grey the saturation slightly
sensitive to the light, if need be. Alternatively, and cloudy it is. If it’s just one unattractive in an app or editing
wait for breaks in the cloud, when you can block of grey then you might want to crop in programme like
often get beautiful pools of light streaming into closer to the wildlife or compose so there is Adobe Photoshop.
your images. less sky in the shot.

Tip 3
To improve its stability, avoid
extending the centre column of
your tripod on a windy day Shoot in
strong wind

Avoid blurry shots caused by camera
shake with these tripod tricks

It’s not just the movement of your hands that
can blur your shots; wind can cause problems
too. When you’re using a tripod, wind can cause
vibrations that result in a loss of sharpness in the
image. When setting up the tripod, keep it as low
as possible. Extend the legs before the centre
column and hang a bag or another heavy item
from the hook in the middle to keep it sturdy.
Also, be sure to set up on solid ground if you can.

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