How to Take Pictures of Miami's Wild Animals

How to Take Pictures of Miami's Wild Animals

With a lot of practice, you can get great photos of the animals you see running around our beautiful city. Though you can’t get animals to pose for a picture, you can capture quality animal images by following some easy guidelines.

Get as close as possible to the animal.

Use the zoom on your camera as long as you don't go in to the digital zoom portion of it. Stay away from doing that so that your image comes out nice and crisp. As you can see in the shots blow. You can see how close I was to the raccoon as well as the squirrel.

Snap photos that show something characteristic of the animal.

Snap photos of the animal sleeping, eating, rolling around, running up a tree or just running away from you and your camera. Don't take a pictures of it looking at you on the flow ("unless you get down on the floor at his level")

("You see the raccoon has character and he like yogen fruz")

Frame the animal as the main subject.

You want the animal to be the focus of the photo, as opposed to getting lost in the background.

Just hanging out

Be patient.

Nature photography is often a combination of planning, luck, and patience. When photographing wildlife, choose locations where you have a high probability of seeing the animal you want to photograph, take the proper gear, then wait patiently for that lucky shot to happen.

Be calm and quiet.

Obviously, if you make a ruckus in the woods, the wildlife you hope to capture is going to leave. Likewise, if you find your puppy adorably playing with her stuffed animal and you race across the room screaming for someone to get your camera, your puppy will quit playing and turn her attention to you ("to figure out what your problem is"). The shot is lost.

Shoot away.
Take as many pictures as you can. The animal is going to be moving so shoot as many as you can so that you can catch them in a still frame in focus and with character.

Happy shooting :)

Don't be scared to Zoom in...

Zoom In

You don’t always have to see all of something to know what it is, so really zoom in and fill the frame in order to get more interesting photos of everyday things. Take a look at the photo on the top it is shot where you can see the full model and the whole bell. My Original plan was to have a photo of the model and the bell in the same shot , but take a look at the photo on the bottom that is a extreme close up of just the bell. I’m not saying the photo you see here are the most artistic photo ever, but I think it’s a bit more interesting when you get closer to your subject.

Happy Shooting :)

How to get better shots with your point and shoot camera.

Hold Your Camera Like You Mean It
One of largest source of trouble with digital photos is camera motion. Holding your camera still is essential, especially with point-and-shooters, which take some time to focus and capture an image. When you see pro photographers shooting, you'll notice that they hold the camera carefully, keeping it pressed against their eye. That isn't just so they can see through the viewfinder. It keeps the camera stable so that they can get sharp images. But often if you watch non-pros, you'll see them waving their cameras about at arm's length. If you're holding your camera in one hand or at arm's length, you're much less likely to get a sharp photo than if you're holding it close to you with both hands. If your camera has a viewfinder, use it when you can.
Holding the camera against your forehead will stabilize it. And if you keep your elbows against your sides, then you'll have a full "triangle" of stability and the best chance for a sharp image. Even if your camera doesn't have a viewfinder, you can hold it carefully in both hands with your elbows against your sides. Many current-model point-and-shooters are available with image stabilization built in. This isn't a substitute for good technique, but it can certainly help make up for the difficulty of holding a small camera steady, particularly if you're on a moving vehicle or outside on a windy day.

Happy Shootings :)

("I shot this with a Canon 5MP point and shoot camera")

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