Wildlife Scavenger Hunt in South Carolina - Course Preview
Doug Gardner
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Jump in the boat with professional wildlife photographer, Doug Gardner, as he takes you on a wildlife scavenger hunt on Lake Marion in South Carolina in search of wild birds.
Doug stops to shoot the fascinating Osprey, then drives his boat to a backwater swamp where he photographs a rookery of wild birds. He captures numerous images of the colorful, yellow warbler, barred owls in flight, and green herons hiding in the trees. He also explains telephoto lenses, exposure settings, focus, white balance, and the use of natural light.
In these videos of the Wildlife Scavenger Hunt in South Carolina, pro shooter, Doug Gardner, shows you new tips and techniques that will bring life to your portraits of wild birds.
MORE IN THIS COURSE:
Wildlife Scavenger Hunt in South Carolina – Course Preview
Tips & Techniques to Photographing Osprey
Photographing Birds Along a Rookery
Encounters with More Wildlife
Okay we're all set up, I'm shooting a 500 millimeter lens. I've got a 1.45 converter, so the water in the background it's blue to the eye, but if you convert that to black and white, it'll be a neutral tone gray. So I've based my exposure on that and then at 640 ISO at F8. All right, I'm going to set my tripod up intentionally a little bit high because I think this is going to be more of a flight shot opportunity. I don't want to get too close to the nest.
They do have chicks on the nest right now. Be sure you keep that sensor on the head and if you're, if you can do it as close to the eye as possible, that's what you always strive to do is to get the eye of the bird in sharp focus. I'll do it long.
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