4 68 Digital Photography QuickSteps Shooting Landscapes, Animals, People, and Objects
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1. If possible, plan your visit to the zoo on a weekday to minimize the amount of
spectators you??™ll have to work around, especially if you??™re visiting a famous zoo, like
the San Diego Zoo.
2. Choose a vantage point with a natural background. If possible, shoot from a high
vantage point. This will enable you to shoot over fences.
3. If you??™re forced to photograph through a chain-link fence, zoom in or use a telephoto
lens. Switch to aperture priority mode, and choose a large aperture (low f-stop number),
which will throw the chain-link fence out of focus and make it less apparent. When
shooting through a fence, you??™ll also have to manually focus on the animal. Otherwise,
the camera will focus on the fencing, as it is the nearest thing to the camera.
4. Zoom in on the animal.
5. Compose and shoot the picture.
Photograph Birds
You can create dramatic pictures of nesting birds and birds in flight with your
digital camera. You can capture pictures of birds in your own backyard, if you
have a bird feeder, or you can photograph them at a local lake.
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