Getting Close to the Action

Earlier this month I spent a few days in Florida shooting birds.

 

In particular I visited two places that I knew was home to many of our flying friends. One is Green Cay Nature Center & Wetlands in Delray Beach. The second is the town of Flamingo in the Everglades National Park where a boat toured the brackish backwaters among the mangroves. I enjoyed my time at both of these locations.

 

Thankfully I was able to get close ups of the wildlife yet stay far enough away from the birds by using a long telephoto lens.

 

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To find information about the Green Cay Nature Center & Wetlands:click here.

 
To book a two hour backwater boat tour in the Everglades from Flamingo Adventures click here.

 

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Written by: Arnie Lee
 
 

Yellowstone Wildlife

 

I’m a frequent visitor to Yellowstone National Park with its abundance of unique thermal features – geysers, mud pots, steam vents, hot springs.

Yellowstone also is home to amazing wildlife.

While I took many more pictures than presented here, below are some of the ones that I liked best from my last visit this year. There isn’t much text here, just the visuals.

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Yellowstone as with most of our national parks is one of those places where you can find scenes and wildlife to photograph and experience everywhere you go. Hoping that you get to have the experience of visiting a national park.

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Written by: Arnie Lee
 
 

   

Photography Points of View

Experts stress composition when they’re referring to how to place your subjects in the viewfinder to get that best looking photograph. Your subject may be a face, a full body portrait, a tiny flower or a majestic canyon.

You have many ways to approach those subjects: move closer, move farther away, bend your knees to lower your viewpoint, point the camera upwards slightly, climb onto a nearby bench to take in more of the subject, and so on.

By simply changing the angle of your camera in relation to the subject you can get totally different – and hopefully better – results.

Here are a few samples of how I’ve come up with different angles.
 

 

It doesn’t take much to make your snapshots slightly more interesting. And remember that these days with digital cameras (or cellphones) – it’s pretty cheap to take a few extra “experimental” photos. Have fun!
 
 
Written by: Arnie Lee
 
 

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