Wildlife Photography can be the most rewarding, yet challenging photography for photographers… These are some shots taken over the last year with the new Nikon D850 and the Nikon 200-500 MM lens… Knowing nothing about F Stops, aperture speed, ISO settings and other numerous settings for this camera, I watched hours of YouTube videos and podcasts to figure it out…
Here are some things that helped me figure out the Nikon D850 camera and Wildlife Photography…
First thing that became apparent to me was with a big lens on zoom you shake too much when hand held shooting… So shooting at a higher speed takes out some of that blur and some of that wiggle, unless on a tripod of course… With that, make sure you up your ISO to allow more light to get to your light sensor with that fast shutter speed… So higher ISO when shooting faster shutter speed… That will allow the pic to be clear with no blur and plenty of light getting into the photo…
Second thing that became important was to take practice shots randomly to make sure you have the right settings for when that bird or deer pops up and you’re ready to go… Having missed a lot of great shots because the settings were wrong, cost a lot of pictures that could have been amazing but turned out too dark or too bright… So now checking my settings with some quick practice shots help make sure not to miss those shots…
Thirdly, practice practice practice… Take lots of photo’s and use lots of different settings, this will help you know automatically what settings you need to be at depending on what conditions you are shooting in…
These are some basic tips for beginner to novice photographers like me…