Check Your Backgrounds

Aug 24, 2010 1 Comment by Gerry

Finding a wildlife subject is one thing.  The background you have behind it is a whole different story. All too often we get so stuck on finding a subject that we forget all about what’s behind it. I have had many times out in the field when we sat watching a sky, a reflection in [...]

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Daily Photo: Glossy Starling

Jan 05, 2010 3 Comments

Glossy Starling Madikwe Game Reserve Nikon D300, Nikon 80-200 @ 200, 1/1250, f/3.5, ISO 400 ___________________________ The Glossy Starling must be one of the most common birds you will see on a safari in Southern Africa.  Most of the time they look pretty plain, and almost pure black, but sometimes when the sun catches them [...]

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Daily Photo: Colorful Elephant

Oct 20, 2009 No Comments

Colorful Elephant (Nikon D300, Sigma 50-500 @ 420mm, 1/800, f/6.3, ISO 200, Aperture Priority, -1/3 EV) __________________________ This must be one of the most common angles which people use to photograph an elephant bull. No doubt it makes for a very impressive full frame portrait but the goal is to make your images stand out [...]

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Basic Color Theory

Aug 23, 2009 No Comments

Photography is about light. Obvious statement, but let’s look at it in a little more details. For more scientific details you canclick herebut the short version is that light, which is what you are trying to capture in your images, has different wavelengths which renders it visually as different colors. The visual color range is [...]

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