Field Photos-The Key To Getting Published

[ScottR]

One last thought I would add is never quit taking pictures either! Part of the story with this buck is how quickly we needed to get out of there in the snow storm. This picture shows just how full my pack really was, heavy doesn't describe it, but Dalton's picture shows it.

I will pull out some pictures of the Eastmans' kills for more examples tomorrow.

 

[hardstalk]

Ive got a few that Ive been curious about. I typically don't spend too much time with the camera. but my father and I went to town on the last lope hunt. angles,brightness all kinds of stuff. beat me up. some stuff is obvious like shadows. and there is no great horn angle on a doe..

 

[ScottR]

The only thing we don't like on those pics is the gun, we prefer for the animal to be the focus and not the firearm.

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[hardstalk]

Thanks for the response. Noted!

 

[Musket Man]

The angle really makes the horns look small hardstalk. LOL!

 

[hardstalk]

The angle really makes the horns look small hardstalk. LOL!

That was taken on a governors tag. Biggest we could find in the whole state! Might wanna save your money mm! No big lopes left in NV

 

[Musket Man]

That was taken on a governors tag. Biggest we could find in the whole state! Might wanna save your money mm! No big lopes left in NV

HEY, it might score 2!!! LOL! In that case i think I will just let my 4 points expire

 

[hardstalk]

HEY, it might score 2!!! LOL! In that case i think I will just let my 4 points expire

Great call

 

[Musket Man]

Im going to draw this year and kill a B&C antelope, I know it!!!!!

 

[Elkoholic307]

The only thing we don't like on those pics is the gun, we prefer for the animal to be the focus and not the firearm.

That's funny, while looking at your pics I was thinking you should've removed the pack and put a rifle there instead.

 

[ScottR]

That's funny, while looking at your pics I was thinking you should've removed the pack and put a rifle there instead.

I had to have the packs in the pictures. I was working on a major pack review at the time, if it had been for Eastmans' I probably wouldn't have done anything with the pack.

 

[Retterath]

critique me guys

 

[Elkoholic307]

Does EHJ want rifles positioned a certain way for pictures or just no guns whatsoever?

 

[D.Turvey Jr]

critique me guys

First one is not bad, I would have swapped his ends so his head was closer to the camera and laid the rifle across his chest instead of propped up in front of him.

The second picture has a couple things that need work. One, you cropped the top of your head and two you grabbed the ear closest to the camera. If you would have moved the frame up and grabbed the other side of his head it would have been a very solid picture. Maybe drop your left arm so your elbow was on your thigh instead of your hand.

 

[D.Turvey Jr]

Does EHJ want rifles positioned a certain way for pictures or just no guns whatsoever?

Laying across their chest is fine but when they are on a bipod in front of the deer they give a frame of reference and make the animal appear smaller. It also give the rifle to much visual priority and not your trophy. Does that help?

 

[Elkoholic307]

Yes it does, thanks. I was just confused by Scott's reply to Hardstalk's photos because the rifle was laid across the chest.

 

[D.Turvey Jr]

Yes it does, thanks. I was just confused by Scott's reply to Hardstalk's photos because the rifle was laid across the chest.

I can further clarify and say we prefer the rifle to be vertical across the animals chest so that it's perpendicular to the spine. That's what we mean by across the animals chest. To have them parallel is less desirable.

 

[Retterath]

Thanks D turvey jr

 

[Montana]

Oh.. love this post. Pics are truly my trophies of the hunt. I'm always after improvement. I'll get some up.

 

[ScottR]

Oh.. love this post. Pics are truly my trophies of the hunt. I'm always after improvement. I'll get some up.

We look forward to seeing them!