Wild Life Photography

I like to shoot wild animals with my camera.

I want to go to some wild life sanctuary some day and click.

I got to see many wild animals in Zoo Atlanta like
African Lion, Samtra Tiger,African Elephant, China's Giant Panda,Australian Kangaroo,Rhino.

See some of my clicks hope you enjoy the clicks.

Loin King

Tigereee

Comodo Dragon

Rattle snake

African Rhinoo

Mr King Kong

The Portrait of Mr King Kong

 Fung Fu Panda

 Fung Fu Panda  part2

Cheers
Laxman

Bird Photography

Bird photography is very difficult and needs patience.

Birds are always in action looking for foods , and are very attentive.
Birds re always alert and keep checking for  threat from other creature.

We need to learn bird species,Habits and there diet to know where they can be found.

For example
Cranes, Duck , Herons can be found in most lakes,ponds.

We should not dress in bright dark colours as birds gets distracted and fly away.
Try wearing khaki,light colour clothes when you go for bird photography.

The Golden hours is best time to shoot birds the lighting is superb

The Golden hours in photography are Sunrise and Sunset.The light is of golden colour during this time.


Few tips for good birds shots

Use higher Shutter Speed
Example 1/3000 to 1/1000 Sec

Try to use larger lens (Zoom lens).Larger zoom gets u good Depth Of Field
                   If we are too close then birds will fly away.

Use Smaller Aperture so that you can get Bokeh.(F  2.5 )
i.e, You get Birds in full focus and background is completely out of focus

Composition
Try to get plain background as possible

Shoot from different sides/Angle. (Left,Top,Right)

Leave Positive space in the direction where the birds is seeing.

Please refer the below site for more Information
http://www.digital-photography-school.com/an-introduction-to-bird-photography

Cheers
Laxman

Night Photography

Night Photography

Photographing during night needs the following

long exposure (Shutter Speed)

Higher ISO (Too high will make the pics grainy so need to balance)

Aperture (Keep F Number as small as possible)

A tripod should be used for most of the night shots.

The longer the expose the better the picture