Lazy Photographers

[BillyBoy02]

Daniella, I originally got my camera to take pictures of antlered deer in a ambush sort of a setting (waiting for them to come to me) I'm not quick enough on the draw (getting my camera out of the bag) to do it any other way. I would suggest that everyone else do it this way as well unless your a far distance from the querry and can seek up on what your wanting to take a photo of

the original post was about something else as animals taken in the
wild are more interesting photos and i disagree..at least for
amaters, the photos taken in the wild will probably just quick and
some time very quick snap shots, either in fear of the animal
getting away or in fear of being eated by your photographic subject.

I captured also this coyotee on a trail..he was jumping in the air
to catch a mouse...but is the photo more interesting that this nice
monkey photo that i saw, taken from a zoo, of a mother monkey
holding her baby?

http://www.pbase.com/image/624064

I do lots of hiking...and i have been in many places in USA...I
have seen many wild animals but taking good photo of them is near
to impossible..because you do not plan. Now i may be wrong..but
pro photographer spend lots of time spotting wild animals to get
the shots that they are getting...mostly this is out of consumer
reach. I have been hiking all over the state, but rare are the
occasions where you can have a good photo of a wild animal..even if
you are not lazy...and even more rare are the occasions where in
those occasion you have good light condition..as most wild animals
are coming out at night...I saw a nice bobcat, but it was at night.

Never saw a cougar...saw lots of deers...those are incredibly easy
to take in photo here in California..but in MOntreal those same
deers woudl be the greatest challange as they "fly" away as soon as
they get a sniff of human sent...

http://www.pbase.com/image/1423086

Regards to all,

Willa

Well no one said you had to look at them.

I for one would love to get out and take wild animals in there
natural habitat but I just can not get that fare out in the time I
get to spend taking pictures.

Oh could you please post some pictures of your MEERKAT
http://www.pbase.com/image/2079934

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[Daniella68313]

oh man! now that's boring!!!! (US open) and lazy...go play golf instead ))

BillyBoy02 wrote:
I'm taking some time off to watch the US Open and take a walk

I'll be back for round 3 later

http://www.pbase.com/image/1266058

Or some time a wierd shadow can make it all:

http://www.pbase.com/image/1979004

those 2 subjects can become very interesting or even unusual if
someone pay attention to details.

BillyBoy -

Some folks don't live in areas where wild amimals abound. It's
difficult to find critters - period. There's a challenge in any
photo including the squirrels, ducks, dogs, cats, kids, barns,
flowers, etc. etc. etc.

It's not so much what you photograph but how you envision the subject.

What may be beautiful to you may be so-so to me. That's the fun of
photography...the challenge is to try to portray a subject in the
most pleasing way each individual eye views it.

Judy

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[Dirk Vermeirre]

yaaaahhhhh sooo boring...i can't help but to fall asleep let
me yan for a bit...

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Hi Daniella,

Great fun, thanks but I can't say if your picture is interesting or not as I can't see if it is taken in the wild or in a Zoo. If it's in the wild then I must admit that it's an adorable picture, it deserves a POTD but if it's taken in a Zoo well then I will agree with what I could see in the picture and fell asleep, so boring.

Great regards,
Dirk

 

[Daniella68313]

oh my... i would be waiting all day..not to mention that here in CA its easy to find and approach deer... waiting for a coyotee to show up would be maybe a looonnggg wait..and waiting for a cougar to show up would mean that i would take root

the original post was about something else as animals taken in the
wild are more interesting photos and i disagree..at least for
amaters, the photos taken in the wild will probably just quick and
some time very quick snap shots, either in fear of the animal
getting away or in fear of being eated by your photographic subject.

I captured also this coyotee on a trail..he was jumping in the air
to catch a mouse...but is the photo more interesting that this nice
monkey photo that i saw, taken from a zoo, of a mother monkey
holding her baby?

http://www.pbase.com/image/624064

I do lots of hiking...and i have been in many places in USA...I
have seen many wild animals but taking good photo of them is near
to impossible..because you do not plan. Now i may be wrong..but
pro photographer spend lots of time spotting wild animals to get
the shots that they are getting...mostly this is out of consumer
reach. I have been hiking all over the state, but rare are the
occasions where you can have a good photo of a wild animal..even if
you are not lazy...and even more rare are the occasions where in
those occasion you have good light condition..as most wild animals
are coming out at night...I saw a nice bobcat, but it was at night.

Never saw a cougar...saw lots of deers...those are incredibly easy
to take in photo here in California..but in MOntreal those same
deers woudl be the greatest challange as they "fly" away as soon as
they get a sniff of human sent...

http://www.pbase.com/image/1423086

Regards to all,

Willa

Well no one said you had to look at them.

I for one would love to get out and take wild animals in there
natural habitat but I just can not get that fare out in the time I
get to spend taking pictures.

Oh could you please post some pictures of your MEERKAT
http://www.pbase.com/image/2079934

--
Bill Huber, Fort Worth, Tx
UZI, http://www.pbase.com/wlhuber

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[BillyBoy02]

you have your facts wrong Julio, point out where I said I don't respect bears ? in fact I said the oppisite at least twice. check it out point for me !

If you've spent time in the woods you would know that other then
seeing a grizzly bear your common black bear is not a threat. They
are like any other animal,they want to get away just like any other
animal would.

this really irritates me this attitude. You are a product of
hollywood and the silly way they portray threats from animals in
the wild. I've seen a total of about 7 bears in the wild and you
really have to bend over backwards to get one to attack you besides
I'm talking about taking a photo of them with a tele photo lens at
a distance ,god keep watching the hollywood movies and being
scared of things in the woods !!!

I'm sorry, that statement shows how little you know about bears. If

you lived around bears like I do, then you would know, that you
show the Black Bear, the same respect that you would a Grizzly.

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Victor T

Seven whole bears, WOW, that makes you quite the expert. For your
info, more people have been killed and eaten by Black Bears in
Alaska, than by Grizzlies. So which city did you say you lived in.
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[Daniella68313]

oh piew! what are you saying? i just finished eating my morning cereales!

that is surely a rare specimen you captured...even more rare than
the rare wild cougar ! ))

I have to agree with you there Bill but there's an interesting
story that goes with this cow...

Seems that last week a bee flew into it's ear...

Well, the next day the farmer was milking him and the bee turned up
in the bottle of milk...
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
In one ear and out the udder... ;> )

Wait till you see Ergos photos with sheep...
Now those are interesting....

Bob

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[Daniella68313]

I am sorry if i don't repond better to your post...but i don't see what question i could answer except that for me CA have not been much of a problem. I tried the c4040 and there was much more CA than my camera (c700) and that was really apparent in many shots..but i have no idea about the d40, sorry. Maybe the c4040 that i tried have more CA than other C4040...not sure.

If these photos of yours were clueless, you have a great camera. I
saw a lot of artistic shots with artistic and funny captions.

I want a small camera like the D-40 and everyone posting here seems
to have 3 or 4 Olys. Please tell me about it.
Thanks,
Hollie

Regards,

Willa
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Please tell...when do you use which camera and how do you like the
D 40 compared to your other cameras?

thx,
Hollie

Willa
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BillyBoy02 wrote:

Judy, one way I judge a picture is how it holds up to the test of
time. 10 years from now are you going to find a picture of a cow
interesting or a duck in a pond. If you've seen one picture of a
duck swimming in a pond you've seen them all....

So I suppose if you seen one hippo, you've seen them all also,
right?...



Zoo photography can be a challenge to have the animal appear to be
in the wild...also walking around the Toronto Zoo is hardly a lazy
way to spend a day, I almost wore my shoes out walking around that
zoo...that place is huge!...

Besides, I don't think we have any hippos or lions in our neck of
the woods...

I sure wish I had my Uzi 20 years ago when I was on a safari in
Kenya Africa...

Here's some pics I took with my old Minolta 110 camera on that
safari, now that was lazy, riding around in a mini bus...

http://www.picturetrail.com/gallery/view?p=999&gid=25520&uid=18055

Bob

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[Julio Y.]

I wholeheartedly agree!!

BillyBoy02 wrote:
I'm taking some time off to watch the US Open and take a walk

I'll be back for round 3 later

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[BillyBoy02]

your way off base on another point. I've repeated this about 3 times I'M TALKING ABOUT TAKING PICTURES OF BEARS WITH A ----TELEPHOTO LENS AT LONG DISTANCES-------- (check it out in the previuos posts) I REALLY DON'T EXRECT TO BE EATEN UP BY A BEAR UNDER THESE CONDITIONS Once again get your facts straight before you wait so long to enter this discussion Julio !

If you've spent time in the woods you would know that other then
seeing a grizzly bear your common black bear is not a threat. They
are like any other animal,they want to get away just like any other
animal would.

this really irritates me this attitude. You are a product of
hollywood and the silly way they portray threats from animals in
the wild. I've seen a total of about 7 bears in the wild and you
really have to bend over backwards to get one to attack you besides
I'm talking about taking a photo of them with a tele photo lens at
a distance ,god keep watching the hollywood movies and being
scared of things in the woods !!!

I'm sorry, that statement shows how little you know about bears. If

you lived around bears like I do, then you would know, that you
show the Black Bear, the same respect that you would a Grizzly.

--
C3020,C2100,C180,C210,A200,B300,A&B Macro
Victor T

Seven whole bears, WOW, that makes you quite the expert. For your
info, more people have been killed and eaten by Black Bears in
Alaska, than by Grizzlies. So which city did you say you lived in.
--
C3020,C2100,C180,C210,A200,B300,A&B Macro
Victor T

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[Julio Y.]

LOL! Good catch, Daniella. I missed it.

that is surely a rare specimen you captured...even more rare than
the rare wild cougar ! ))

I have to agree with you there Bill but there's an interesting
story that goes with this cow...

Seems that last week a bee flew into it's ear...

Well, the next day the farmer was milking him and the bee turned up
in the bottle of milk...
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
In one ear and out the udder... ;> )

Wait till you see Ergos photos with sheep...
Now those are interesting....

Bob

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--

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[Daniella68313]

well you seee...even barn photo can become boring if there are too many of them too often... I like Bob photos a lot and his barn are outstanding..but i am a little bit bored of seing barn photo...that's me and does not mean that his photos are not good..

even your favorite food would be not so tasty if you would eat it to often. I remember that once i went into a "shrimp" rampage..and eated shrimp for months...i eated them every days...i had to eat them over and over again..when that rampage was over...i could not eat them for years after that! could not even stand the sight of them

wierd huh?

Every picture out there has already been taken, or something close
too it. All anyone can hope to do is present a different angle.
Every wild animal has had their pictures taken as well. I'm going
to go to a zoo one day and get a beautiful picture of a tiger
because I love tigers, and am never going to see one in the wilds.
Went out to the woods not too long ago and got some pictures of a
majestic Great Blue Heron (the ten time zoom wasn't enough to make
it a great picture, need to look into that) some dragonflies, and a
King Snake sleeping in the grass and I have noticed there have been
pictures of snakes and dragon flies and Herons already taken and
posted here, most a lot better than the pictures I took, however,
my pictures are special to me because I took them. One day, I'm
going to get a good picture of a sunset (which it seems everyone
and their brother has already done) so that I can say it is mine.
And in a garden or in the wilds, a flower is still a flower no
matter what the angle. Who knows, one day I may even take a
picture of a cow if the moment presents itself. But one thing I
will always take pictures of (domesticated or feral, though the
feral ones are heartbreaking) are cats. I admire people who
photograph what they like, what they enjoy, and I like seeing what
they've done, how they present it whether it be cows or hawks or a
mythical unicorn, should anyone ever get the chance to get a shot
of one.

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[Julio Y.]

Excellent post!!!

Victor T wrote:
I've worked and also lived in Alaska for 25 years and to suggest
that a novice Photographer should go looking for a bear encounter
armed with a 10X zoom camera is moronic at best. You don't try to
sneak up on a bear armed with a camera. Most of the time that bear
knows your there and will give you leeway only to a certain point.
Wild bears will attack for different reasons, suprise, territorial
defense, protecting cubs and in rare cases for food. A bear has a
very good sense of smell but very poor eyersight and it's his poor
eyesight that will get you in trouble in a close incounter. If you
bump into a bear and he's none aggressive and knows your there by
all means take a snapshot but don't stalk him as you better believe
he has set a boundry of safety for you.
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[Daniella68313]

Funny but to me the one with the fence in the background looks better. I usually don't like the fence in a zoo photo but in this case it is making a nice sort of texture in the background....the colors and exposition i think are much better in the zoo photo.

I capture my photo wherever I can. The first Night Heron photo is
wild while the second is captive. If I had not practiced my
methods at the zoo, I would not have had the knowledge from the
first shoot to bring home the second photo as shooting in the wild
dose have it’s challenges.

For many of us getting out in the wild is a limited opportunity. I
love to shoot in the wild, but living in New York City and having a
full time job as well as a family limits this opportunity. Once or
twice a year I can afford the opportunity to go into the woods for
a week or two and work in the wild. There are marshes in the City
and I do visit them. Otherwise my opportunity to shoot wildlife is
limited to the Zoo. Do you propose that I park my camera most of
the year Billy? Practice makes perfect and I love to practice and
bring home images that I can share with others.

Morris

Ps. Both photos taken with a Canon G1 + Olympus B-300. The second
is 2x up sampled in PhotoShop and cropped. The second filled the
frame as is.

Is this really a challenge and is it interesting to take photos of
fenced in animals ? How about getting the hiking shoes out and take
some pictures of "wild" animals that are seldom seen. These
domesticsted animals have all been photographed to death and are
quite boring to me. What do you think ?

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[Bill Dennen]

I don't think zoo animal shots are boring.

agreed.

plus, I don't think photographers who take pictures of zoo animals are lazy.

 

[Daniella68313]

yes sure...i went to Africa last year and took this in the Sarrengetti

the problem is that i then woke up and i was in the San Francisco zoo...ho well..everyone can dream

yaaaahhhhh sooo boring...i can't help but to fall asleep let
me yan for a bit...

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Hi Daniella,

Great fun, thanks but I can't say if your picture is interesting or
not as I can't see if it is taken in the wild or in a Zoo. If it's
in the wild then I must admit that it's an adorable picture, it
deserves a POTD but if it's taken in a Zoo well then I will agree
with what I could see in the picture and fell asleep, so boring.

Great regards,
Dirk

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[Daniella68313]

I guess it could..after all they have sort of vaccum to milk cows no?

http://www.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1008&message=2870089

Erg
What if the Hokey Pokey is 'what it's all about?' If not, 'they'
need to make 'them' stop making that claim!
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[Julio Y.]

Yes, most people have seen ENOUGH to confidently say they've "seen it all." But if that's what you think, why bother at all? You got a great pic of a wild animal, I'll show you a better one from any of the great magazines that deal with that subject, or any of the nature shows on t.v. So, again why bother wasting all that time and effort, not to mention risking your life (hehe) to take a pic, anyway? IT'S BEEN DONE ALREADY! I've seen it already. There's nothing new under the sun! Also, BillyBoy, why are you so negative? It seems to me you like to look for trouble where there isn't any. I'm relatively new here and my first experience with you was my asking you an honest, sincere question, and having you respond with something like, "Ok, Julio, I'll give you the benefit of the doubt here..." That's called "projection," i.e., seeing a trait in others (even if only imagined) that you posess and don't like. In this case, that would've been you thinking I was trying to start trouble since that seems to be what YOU'RE all about!

Is this really a challenge and is it interesting to take photos of
fenced in animals ? How about getting the hiking shoes out and take
some pictures of "wild" animals that are seldom seen. These
domesticsted animals have all been photographed to death and are
quite boring to me. What do you think ?

IMHO beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Even "fenced in"
animals, have personalities and expressions to capture.
Maureen

expressions we have all seen on tv hundreds of times

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[BillyBoy02]

the first day of deer season here in Pa there are over 1 million hunters in the woods, driving deer from thickets (and along with them bear) we hunters don't get attacked by bears,it's not a killing field for us hunters,I've also hunted for ginseng for the past 20 years,along with just hiking and no bear has ever attacked me. Like for everyone else I know the bears run away from us all just like any other wild animal would. But hollywood movies have told you a diffent story. If you want to beleive those miss-leading movie about black bears in the lower 48 go ahead we hunters in Pa know differently along with anyone else who has spent a lot of time in the woods.

I've worked and also lived in Alaska for 25 years and to suggest
that a novice Photographer should go looking for a bear encounter
armed with a 10X zoom camera is moronic at best. You don't try to
sneak up on a bear armed with a camera. Most of the time that bear
knows your there and will give you leeway only to a certain point.
Wild bears will attack for different reasons, suprise, territorial
defense, protecting cubs and in rare cases for food. A bear has a
very good sense of smell but very poor eyersight and it's his poor
eyesight that will get you in trouble in a close incounter. If you
bump into a bear and he's none aggressive and knows your there by
all means take a snapshot but don't stalk him as you better believe
he has set a boundry of safety for you.
--
Oly C-2100, Sony F707

 

[Daniella68313]

I saw some bald eagles very brevely in Lessen Volcanic mountain...even if i had wings i would not have been able to catch them as they glided very kickly. As for bears..i was fortunate enough to get face to face with them twice and not being attacked...although the male did slap his big paw and growled at me...This is no time to start thinking about composition and lighting and camera settings...

Is this really a challenge and is it interesting to take photos of
fenced in animals ? How about getting the hiking shoes out and take
some pictures of "wild" animals that are seldom seen. These
domesticsted animals have all been photographed to death and are
quite boring to me. What do you think ?

--
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[Ron S.41400]

My lazy photography Shot



Ron S.

Is this really a challenge and is it interesting to take photos of
fenced in animals ? How about getting the hiking shoes out and take
some pictures of "wild" animals that are seldom seen. These
domesticsted animals have all been photographed to death and are
quite boring to me. What do you think ?