The Art of Photographing Animals

Cavalier

Back in October I posted an article to my Photo Blog about photographing animals. Mind you, this was not an article on how to successfully photograph animals, but rather an expose' of some of my poor attempts at capturing the critters. I thought those of you who post to the Wildlife forum might get a kick out of the article.

Here it is:

http://jowestimages.wordpress.com/2014/10/04/the-art-of-photographing-animals/
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Hunter58

Very cute and I think some of those shots are quite good. I like the cuddle shot of 3 of them in the bed they blend together so well you almost I can't tell where each dog is, looks like one body with 3 heads.

Cavalier

Very cute and I think some of those shots are quite good. I like the cuddle shot of 3 of them in the bed they blend together so well you almost I can't tell where each dog is, looks like one body with 3 heads.

Thanks Hunter. The boys don't seem to enjoy getting their picture taken as much as I enjoy taking them. There are a lot of animal shots I didn't include for sake of brevity - a lot of just-misses. I have a particularly hard time with deer and bears - even the bears that walk up to my large office window to peek in (that actually happened a few months ago). The camera is never close enough or I panic and start shooting before checking the settings.

Stumblebum

Wow Jo! What a fantastic post! Now I am not much of reader.....but the shot of doggy on his back on floor, 3 of them on pavement, two duck upside down and synchronously and cat looking back.....oh the cat looking back.....In love!clap

Cavalier

Thank you Stumblebum! You are too kind :giggle.

The cat really did have an attitude. Caught her in a tree having a territorial argument with a squirrel that same day. Not sure who won, but they both walked away.

Stumblebum

Oh wow! What a moment!!

Tony Britton

Wonderful capture! I really enjoyed viewing your SmugMug galleries, especially the "Eastern Sierra Range" and the "Merced River Poppies."

Tony
http://www.tonybritton.smugmug.com/

Cavalier

Thank you Tony.