Basics of Digital Wildlife Photography SHOOT ONLY PHOTOGRAPHS LEAVE ONLY FOOTPRINT ©

Essentials of Digital Wildlife Photography Understanding the NATURE and WILDLIFE as the SUBJECT Equipment Composition Lighting Post Processing ©

Understanding the NATURE and WILDLIFE as the SUBJECT Preparing Ourselves for the field Be careful in the field Be patient and observe Animals are very fast ©

Understanding the NATURE and WILDLIFE as the SUBJECT Understanding the Natural History What, Where, When Field Guiding, Animal Tracking ©

Understanding the NATURE and WILDLIFE as the SUBJECT ©

Understanding the Animal Behavior © Animal Fight Zone Flight Zone Comfort Zone

Understanding the NATURE and WILDLIFE as the SUBJECT When you make the all-important transition of realizing that the well- being of your subject is more important than your photo of it, you are truly on the road to greatness. ©

Equipment Understanding your equipment Camera Settings Exposure Composition and Shooting modes ISO Aperture Shutter Speed Metering ©

Composition Framing Subject Positioning – Rule of 1/3 No visual destruction Background Clattery Avoid “Man Made” Color Tone Cold / Worm, Understanding Color Wheel ©

Composition Color Wheel Primary Colors Complementary Colors ©

Lighting DRAWING WITH LIGHT “Amateurs worry about equipment, professionals worry about money, masters worry about light” -- Vernon Trent ©

Lighting Lighting Situation Front Lighting Back Lighting Side / subdued lighting ©

Post Processing Concept of Digital Negative - RAW Digital Processing Tools Digital Processing Techniques ©

“You don’t take a photograph, you make it.” -- Ansel Adams HAPPY CLICKING ©