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This is a link to my webshots page, with the albums being Campus Wildlife, winter and Campus Wildlife, spring.

Any suggestions for improvement and better ways of capturing action shots? A lot of my pics seem to look quite posed, I'd like more action but it's really difficult to get decently focussed pics of moving things


btw - they're quite big, so watch out if you're on dialup!1



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I like to think that whoever designed marine life was thinking of it as basically an entertainment medium. That would explain some of the things down there, some of the unearthly biological contraptions

be patient.

problem with campus wildlife is that they've become used to human interaction, so become quite relaxed around people. So they will look more posed.

I agree with meria....they're just used to us and wont go running away (someone should tell that to the malard that jumped the second I turned the camera on -always the case *sigh*).

Few tips...not sure how much you know of photography, but some of these might help ....
Use a slower shutter speed to get a bit of motion, say a wing flap. This will take some working to get it so the whole animal isnt' compleatly blurred. For instance the toe blur in this shot

Sorry I havent got the specific shooting data on that pic...likely anywhere fromb 1/25th to 1/40th.
The other suggestion is to use a wide aperature to cause a narrow depth of field. This will keep the focus on what you want the focus to be on, rather than the background. Good for working on this is plantlife...it doesnt move as much .
Pay attention to the light...photography is painting with light after all...and good light can lend drama to a otherwise rather dull shot. I gained much better understanding of this when I was in Haifa....most of hte time was cloudy, but the moment the sun broke thru after a rainstorm ...my goodness I wanted to be everywhere @once .

Biggest tip I can give you is to look @your work and the shooting data afterwards (happens to be one of my favorite things about digital *lol) see what worked and what didnt, look in photomags too alot of times they'll supply shooting data for most of the pictures (my uni library had pop photography and the other one that I cant think of right now and I'd spend hours going thru back issues...sad no ).
I'm going with some friends to west virgina for a day ...hope to borrow a rebel and get some shots I'll be sure to share.
Hope I didnt step on your toes

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