the editorial value of such shots is less, if you submit to a publication that cares about these things.
Herb.... ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 09:15 Subject: Re: Long lenses handheld? > Paul I certainly would grant you that. The hunt is part of the fun. But after > years of photographing wildlife I've come to the conclusion that if you want > excellent shots of wild animals and birds you really need to find subjects > that are not weary of human beings. The best places to find these subjects > are, in the case of birds, around feeders or at least very public areas where > they are used to people. In the case of animals, National or provincial parks > where they are not hunted and accept humans at relatively close proximity. In > these types of areas 300 and 400mm lenses are usually all you need. Now many > will not agree with this, that's fine. I've burned a lot of film shooting > wild white tail deer and come away with only OK shots. Then I found an area > where they run wild through a large heavily forested (but fenced in) wildlife > preserve. They are wild deer but quite used to people. My good-ones-per-roll > increased substantially.
