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Animal photography... place ideas?

~Ecstasy-Bliss Jun 11, 2012 Hobbyist Photographer

I'm really interested in animal photography, I've realised that's the main subject I plan on continuing. I'm just running out of places to go really. I've so far been to Durrell Conervation in Jersey, Blackbrook Zoological Park, Desford Bird Sanctuary. I live in the Midlands of the UK and as I can't drive, I need to visit places in the vicinity, I'm just not sure where to go and need ideas. Generally, I'll take photographs of birds, but mammals interest me too. I'll usually do close up shots of animals, too. If you can help me, I'd be very happy! Really need to improve on my animal photography. Thanks.

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~syrupneko Jun 25, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

haha. I was just about to make a thread of my own on this, but...

if you need inspiration I have a favorites folder dedicated to animal photography. [link]

Maybe you just need an angle. You sound like you're just being too general.

I remember when I was in college, my photography teacher showed us a documentary about a photographer who took up doing animal portraits in her studio to make ends meet. I thought it was soooo coool. Maybe you should try doing something like this one DA user did:

I wish I'd thought of that when I had rats...however, I did make movies of them using miniature sets! lol.

~Ecstasy-Bliss Jun 26, 2012 Hobbyist Photographer

Thank you!

Means a lot. Yeah, I'm no longer in college, however I just purchased a book on nature photography, involving wildlife and plants and have just started reading it, it's helping me a lot.

Really like the photo and may consider doing something of the sort. And niceee

Sounds good!

~syrupneko Jun 26, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

if you're curious at all. Here's one of the only surviving ones I did in college, however it only utilized a miniature green screen set. All the backgrounds are CG, and the sound isn't that great, since I used the onboard mic (wasn't until a few months after that I got my Sennheiser). [link]

Funnily enough, I have made money selling stock footage clips like this of rats. Which, could also be a niche for you to get in to as people seem to appreciate unusual stock clips and photos of animals, since there seems to be a shortage of anything that isn't a cat or dog.

Thing is, I just seriously wonder what people did with the footage I took. Especially this one [link] of my rat standing on an Atari controller!

~Ecstasy-Bliss Jun 26, 2012 Hobbyist Photographer

Hahah thats pretty damn cool!

I like it, it's well done.

~hetroclite Jun 24, 2012

The waterfront of Monterey, California, is rich in marine life; such as sea lions, harbor seals, brown pelicans, sea otters, cormorants, and others. Their Fisherman's Wharf has several tour businesses which offer whale & dolphin watching. The nearby town of Pacific Grove has many mule deer and raccoons strolling thru the suburbs. Then turn south for Point Lobos and Big Sur.

Then there's Alaska, which offers many wildlife watching tours of bears, moose, caribou, musk ox, wolves, mountain lions, as well as walrus, seals, dolphins, & whales.

~Ecstasy-Bliss Jun 26, 2012 Hobbyist Photographer

Thanks, but unfortunately I live in the midlands of the United Kingdom and cannot leave the country due to an extremely tight budget...

~nibblesx Jun 19, 2012 Hobbyist Photographer

County shows and country fairs! The majority of my shots are from public arenas such as county events. Plus they're always a lovely day out

~Ecstasy-Bliss Jun 19, 2012 Hobbyist Photographer

I'll check out online and see if there is anything like that around my area

thank you. x

~PrimoPhotos Jun 18, 2012 Student Photographer

I've done quite a bit of wildlife photography, I worked for a big project for a while photographing water voles and other things.

Wildlife is pretty much everywhere. Rare species are everywhere, they're just elusive. If you're looking for a specific kind of animal, note me and I can try and give you some advice on how to track, or what signs to look for.

The real, real, real secret to wildlife photography is just painstaking patience. If you can conceal yourself for a few hours, you'll probably get a good shot. Handy kit to have is a long lens, portable hide, and wireless trigger rig (the latter is so marvellously useful for getting real close and personal).

Any specific questions, note me or comment here and I'll give my best help.

~Ecstasy-Bliss Jun 19, 2012 Hobbyist Photographer

One of my main subjects I like to photograph is birds.

Lately I've been watching outside my window and since the weathers been better I've seen a lot of birds in my garden and in the field behind my house. So, as you said, I need patience, so I think I may sit outside in my garden and see if I can get some shots of the birds. There's also been foxes around my house recently, so I may get up early one morning to see if I can get some shots of them. ^^ Unfortunately I can't add lenses to my camera, neither could I even afford them, but my camera goes up to 32x optical zoom.

Thanks for the advice.

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