field photo

[slaw]

hey borch, i was wondering if I could enter a field photo in the contest. I didn't have anyone or the know -how to take a pic of myself out there. I think this is a great photo. [image][/image]

[Hoyt03]

very nice looking bird, congrats

[HuntnMa]

beautiful bird........

[borch]

That is a beauty!

Unfortunatly I'm only using photos from the entry thread for the photo contest.

Make sure to check the photo forum though. They have a contest in there as well. Although I haven't checked to see if it's going yet.

[hunterDWL]

great pic

[arrow32]

Good pic

[AdrianJHare]

Slaw , taking pictures of yourself that will catch an eye can be very frustrating. To start you need a camera that has a selftimer on it. Another thing that works good for this and makes the job easyer is a Tripod to place the camera on. This will also help level the camera while the shot is taken.

Now finding the spot that will turn a picture into a peice of work is the next step in this project. This can be quite hard to do and at times you may have to go out of your way to find a proper background.

I have drove 30 minutes in an area like SD to get the background shots that I want.

Once your set with all the options to take the pic , you then have to amagine what kind of picture you want and how you want the bird displayed. This is a very fast time thing as the timer will work on its own set time. You may end up taking a number of pictures in the set to try and capture the one your are after. Every picture needs a display of the hunter and taking a few of you smiling, looking away, not smiling is something to capture at the time of the photo, it makes it easyer to get what you want when you look them over.

Over the years I have taken a number of hunting photo's and some have turned out the way I like and others have not. I do find that having a low perspective of the shot seems to gain in the out come of the photo. I take a tripod with me all over where I hunt. I do not carry it but keep it in my truck or bag when traveling.

Here is one from this passed season that I took and it was the first picture that took at the time. Just plain ol lucky.



Hope that helps you along with some picture taking in seasons to come. Not that there is anything wrong with your photo, its quite good , but it would be better to see you in it aswell....

Adrian J Hare

[borch]

Adrain,

Another nice bird and pic. It's also good to have a reference item(in this case the fence post) for center your photo.

[Shaun_300]

Awesome pics man, great looking bird.

[maytom]

That sure is one dark turkey, is it an Osceola? LOL!!!

[HarvDog]

Very nice picture!