Secrets of Nature Photography

[Wandering Sagebrush]

If you have some time, watch this video by Robert O'Toole. The Nature Photographers of the Pacific Northwest (NPPNW) invited Robert to present to us a year or two ago. I think his information and presentation style is better than many of the big names. We've had folks like Art Wolfe, George Lepp, Rod Planck, and Frans Lanting, but I have learned more from Robert than any of the others.

Edit: Here's another presentation from Robert.

 

[pvstoy]

Thanks for sharing the lesson. It is always good to saturate yourself in quality information as we sometimes forget some of the details that make images have greater impact.

 

[PaulT]

Great information. Thanks for posting the video link.

Rule of thirds really helps get better shots but hadn't thought about the rule of quads.
And I have a lot of experimentation to do with blurs. And all this time I hated getting a blurry shot other than moving water. Really like some of his.

I used to get down low to take photos a lot of the time but father time and the wet PNW has made that less pleasant for me. I can get down there but getting back up hurts more places each year,

Never imagined that I would be thinking about spending as much for a tripod and ball head as for a camera.

Paul

 

[craig333]

Most of it was a bit advanced for me but I'll keep in mind the advice about getting at eye level.

 

[Wandering Sagebrush]

I added one more presentation from Robert to the first post. Wildlife in Japan.