** Take Quality Pictures......Ones to be proud of!! **
08-26-2008, 09:39 PM
#11
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Granite City, IL
Posts: 82
RE: ** Take Quality Pictures......Ones to be proud of!! **
ORIGINAL: Transcendstime
One thing I can recommend too.... Get a copy of a digital editing program (Photoshop etc) With in a couple hours you can learn to digitally edit pics (color balances, lighten and darken different areas to enchance them, etc etc)in a few minutes.
One thing I can recommend too.... Get a copy of a digital editing program (Photoshop etc) With in a couple hours you can learn to digitally edit pics (color balances, lighten and darken different areas to enchance them, etc etc)in a few minutes.
08-27-2008, 05:26 AM
#14
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: May 2005
Location: One mile east of West Podunk Tx
Posts: 5,973
RE: ** Take Quality Pictures......Ones to be proud of!! **
How about some tips for those of us that hunt alone? I do my best with setting the timer on my Canon Powershot and setting the camera on my pack or something but getting a "quality" shot is something I haven't gotten close to yet. Any suggestions?
08-27-2008, 06:16 AM
#15
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: SOUTH Carolina--I've moved!
Posts: 2,760
RE: ** Take Quality Pictures......Ones to be proud of!! **
I usually set the camera on my backpack, a log, or a pile of rocks...set the timer...and run back behind the deer if I'm by myself.
08-27-2008, 07:55 AM
#16
Giant Nontypical
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Dover, PA USA
Posts: 5,497
RE: ** Take Quality Pictures......Ones to be proud of!! **
This is the slickest little item.........and the one I mentioned in my original post:
http://www.savagearchery.com/store.php?crn=58
Look on the right side of the screen, it's called the "Pocket Pod" You take 3 arrows and stick the nocks into grooves on the bottom of the little tri-pod head that has a standard camera screw adapter in the bottom. They pivot and swivel too so you can actually angle how you want to set the "tripod" and camera.
It weighs a couple ounces at most and if you throw that and 3 field points in a small baggie in your pack you have an instant cheap arse tripod that you can jam into the dirt in pretty much any terrain.
I'm going to order another one myself because I keep misplacing the one I have.
http://www.savagearchery.com/store.php?crn=58
Look on the right side of the screen, it's called the "Pocket Pod" You take 3 arrows and stick the nocks into grooves on the bottom of the little tri-pod head that has a standard camera screw adapter in the bottom. They pivot and swivel too so you can actually angle how you want to set the "tripod" and camera.
It weighs a couple ounces at most and if you throw that and 3 field points in a small baggie in your pack you have an instant cheap arse tripod that you can jam into the dirt in pretty much any terrain.
I'm going to order another one myself because I keep misplacing the one I have.
08-27-2008, 09:12 AM
#18
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: West MI
Posts: 408
RE: ** Take Quality Pictures......Ones to be proud of!! **
Great post, Matt. I know some don't care about the photo or taking a photo at all, but to me, the photo is more precious than the mount. Something about that moment being frozen in time. Quality photos are very important to me. Again, great post!
One thing I can't stress enough is, KNOW YOUR CAMERA. You can take professional looking photos with some of the cheapest digitals out today. Now is the time to read the manual and experiment with the settings so you don't screw up the photo of your "buck of a lifetime". Or your buddies.
One thing I can't stress enough is, KNOW YOUR CAMERA. You can take professional looking photos with some of the cheapest digitals out today. Now is the time to read the manual and experiment with the settings so you don't screw up the photo of your "buck of a lifetime". Or your buddies.
08-27-2008, 09:32 AM
#19
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Oct 2005
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Posts: 21,043
RE: ** Take Quality Pictures......Ones to be proud of!! **
Thnaks, Matt...
One thing I'm going to try to do a better job of is.....taking more pictures of the recovery. That photo from last year....with the buck on his side and the arrow sticking up....might just be the best hunting photo I've ever seen. Kudos to the CAMERAMAN! Nice forethought
I took a LOT of pictures of my '07 buck....and I still thought there were some that I wish I'd had. Live and learn, but learn from everyone else's mistakes.
Thanks again, Matt.
One thing I'm going to try to do a better job of is.....taking more pictures of the recovery. That photo from last year....with the buck on his side and the arrow sticking up....might just be the best hunting photo I've ever seen. Kudos to the CAMERAMAN! Nice forethought
I took a LOT of pictures of my '07 buck....and I still thought there were some that I wish I'd had. Live and learn, but learn from everyone else's mistakes.
Thanks again, Matt.
08-27-2008, 10:47 AM
#20
Typical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Chambersburg, PA
Posts: 812
RE: ** Take Quality Pictures......Ones to be proud of!! **
Last year for the contest there was also a photo contest. I tried searching for it but couldn't find it. I will continue searching, but if someone else can find it first, there was some great examples of good pics there too.