Wildlife Photography at the Zoo

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Zoo Shots Photography - Take better pictures

Take better pictures by understanding how photography equipment plays an important role in zoo photography.

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Zoo Photography Planning and Preparation.

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Photo Tips

It may take some effort to do this, but at a zoo, you do have more control over the situation than you generally do.

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Rules Of Thumb

To SIMPLIFY THE COMPOSITION, wait for the animal to get away from any distracting elements.

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Photo Obstacles

Birds fly off in the direction that they are pointed when they are sitting on a branch or perch or whatever.

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Anti Shake Lenses

Numerous Nikon and Canon lenses now come with vibration reduction (Nikon) and image stabalization

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Shooting Raw

Should you shoot in Raw, your pc instead of the digital camera will process the information and generate an image file form it.

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Shooting in JPG

The high quality of a JPEG used having a DSLR will still be far better than exactly the same shot taken having a top-of-the-line point-n-shoot camera.

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Photo Gear

The gear you use can make or break your zoo shots. If possible, prevent using a compact camera. Because of the design of their sensor and lens.

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Camera Choices

A good choice will be a bridge digital camera or super-zoom. These cameras have a longer focal length and generally have much more complex settings

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Nikon D300

The D300 is loaded with the newest professional systems designed to produce pictures from the highest high quality.

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Nikon Telephoto Lens

Features Nikon's Vibration Reduction program, improved to compensate for image blur triggered by hand shake

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Useful Filters

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Lens Hood

Lens hoods were invented to reduce flares that occur when photographing outside in daylight.

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Tripods etc.

Llow shutter speeds and high magnifications. Heavy isn't enough.

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Tripod Heads

Ball heads are fast to set up and they supply great flexibility in positioning the camera.

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