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» Photography tips by Adam Jones and Lewis Kemper
» Adam Jones photography / technical information
» Lewis Kemper photography / technical information
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Looking for subjects in good light is the goal for any wildlife photographer. So while walking along the Anhinga Trail in the Everglades around sunset, with the light low and warm, I spotted this Great Blue Heron walking in the side lit vegetation. I quickly positioned myself to set my tripod in a place where I could take advantage of the backlighting. I moved to a spot and placed the tripod low to the ground so I was about eye level to the bird. I wanted a fair amount of Depth of Field in the image to keep the foreground leaves sharp and still hold shape to the background leaves. This required a fairly small aperture, so I set my lens at f16 and noticed my shutter speed was very slow, so I moved the ISO up to 200 from 100 to gain another shutter speed. Even so I was at 1/20th second but fortunately, herons move slowly and hold very still when trying to spot their prey.
Camera: EOS-1Ds camera
Lens: EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM lens with the Extender 1.4x II zoomed to 560mm
Exposure: 1/20sec @ f16
ISO 200
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This image was taken at Everglades National Park. The wildlife in the Everglades is easily accessible from alligators (don’t get too close) to waterfowls. This cormorant was hanging out just 3 feet from the Anhinga Trail. It was very comfortable around people and did not move whenever anyone walked by. I was able to set up my tripod and use my EF 100-400mm lens with the Extender 1.4x II and get very close to fill the frame with the subject. I was even able to reposition myself at different angles to get the best composition.
Camera: EOS-1Ds
Lens: EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM lens with Extender 1.4x II zoomed to 560mm
Exposure: 1/40sec @ f10; exposure bias of -.67
ISO: 200
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This image, also made in Everglades National Park, was more of a chance encounter. I had been photographing Ibis in flight and was walking past a wooden observation deck. There, on a wooden post, was this lizard with a butterfly in its mouth. The lizard was very fast and moving up and down the post. I was holding my camera so I quickly spun around and began photographing. The auto-focus on the lens was very fast and quickly locked on target. I filled the frame with the lizard zooming and stepping forward to the minimal focus distance of the lens. I was able to get about five images before the lizard ran between a crack in the post carrying its meal away! Fortunately, I had on my EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM lens and was able to work quickly.
Camera: EOS-1Ds
Lens: EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM lens zoomed to 220mm
Exposure: 1/1250 sec @ f6.3; exposure bias of -.67
ISO: 400
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I was going to Old Faithful with my son on the last day of our visit to Yellowstone National Park. We had seen the geyser go off many times during our stay and had taken some nice images under very nice light. It was about mid-day and we had packed up the car and decided to walk over for one last peak at an eruption. I carried only one camera body with an EF 24-85mm f/3.5-4.5 USM lens. When we walked up to the benches surrounding the geyser, there was a bison just 5 yards off the boardwalk. I was able to stay on the boardwalk and walk around to a position that placed the bison in alignment with Old Faithful just as it started to erupt. Just a moment after I took my picture, the bison ambled closer to the geyser and laid down becoming too small in frame to be an interesting subject.
Camera: Canon EOS-1Ds
Lens: EF 24-85mm f/3/5-4.5 USM lens at 85mm
Exposure: 1/400 sec @ f10, exposure bias of -.67
ISO: 100
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