Comments on: How to Make Winning Wildlife Portraits http://rising.blackstar.com/how-to-capture-winning-animal-portraits.html Professional Photography Blog Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:56:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jason Collin Photographyhttp://rising.blackstar.com/how-to-capture-winning-animal-portraits.html/comment-page-1#comment-6594 Jason Collin Photography Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:25:16 +0000 http://rising.blackstar.com/?p=6983#comment-6594 I would think shaky hands wouldn't be that much of a problem because most of the time lenses needed to get shots like the elk shot will be 400mm+ and are going to be on at least a monopod, no?I too feel background makes or breaks a wildlife shot. Here in Florida you can see Great Blue Heron's all over the place, so photographing one is not a rare occurrence, but getting one with a nice clean and appealing background is. I would think shaky hands wouldn't be that much of a problem because most of the time lenses needed to get shots like the elk shot will be 400mm+ and are going to be on at least a monopod, no?

I too feel background makes or breaks a wildlife shot. Here in Florida you can see Great Blue Heron's all over the place, so photographing one is not a rare occurrence, but getting one with a nice clean and appealing background is.

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