Field Photos-The Key To Getting Published
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Montana
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Retterath
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ok.. there they are. Fire away. I know my goat has some quality issues. I was by myself and its such a fun game running back and forth with the timer
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BruinPoint
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Great pics Montana - I agree completely that the photographs are a huge part of the hunt. Your pics are a great example of how some of the easiest things can improve most people's pics a ton - i.e., using a fill flash, cleaning off the blood, clearing the vegetation in front of the animal, getting shots that include some landscape, focus, subject status, framing/cropping etc. Way harder to pull off with a self timer!
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Dan and i will take some time to comment soon. We are both rather swamped the next couple of days.
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D.Turvey Jr
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Montana,
All excellent photos. Everyone of those could be used in a feature piece in one capacity or another.
Since it was brought up I will mention one thing, don't manipulate your images with photoshop or any other program prior to sending them in. Let the publications designers work with the raw image. Often times images that are already manipulated are twice as hard to work with to get it to look right as they have to undo what you did and rebuild it. So please send the raw images with your story.
Nice work Montana!
All excellent photos. Everyone of those could be used in a feature piece in one capacity or another.
Since it was brought up I will mention one thing, don't manipulate your images with photoshop or any other program prior to sending them in. Let the publications designers work with the raw image. Often times images that are already manipulated are twice as hard to work with to get it to look right as they have to undo what you did and rebuild it. So please send the raw images with your story.
Nice work Montana!
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Thanks everyone..
Turvey.. I would have never thought of the unedited photo, totally makes sense though.
Packmule... Here's the breakdown of each photo..
Pic #1.. Lighting adjustments. But with that said, the color was there,thats why we chose the spot, just needed a little help bringing it out.
Pic #2.. The dirt on the rock is actually air brushed and was not done in the field. The shot behind the shoulder, completely removed the blood.
Pic #3.. Cleaned the blood up around the mouth, air brushing.
Pic #4.. Nothing but probably should have cleaned the blood up a little from the shot.
Pic #5.. Lighting adjustments.
Pic #6.. Lighting adjustments.
I know the blood is part of it and as hunters we are used it but I like to clean it up for the photo album. As a boy and even now, I love looking through photo albums, all the memories and experiences. There is not a single big game animal Ihave harvested that is not in my photo album. Even every single doe
Turvey.. I would have never thought of the unedited photo, totally makes sense though.
Packmule... Here's the breakdown of each photo..
Pic #1.. Lighting adjustments. But with that said, the color was there,thats why we chose the spot, just needed a little help bringing it out.
Pic #2.. The dirt on the rock is actually air brushed and was not done in the field. The shot behind the shoulder, completely removed the blood.
Pic #3.. Cleaned the blood up around the mouth, air brushing.
Pic #4.. Nothing but probably should have cleaned the blood up a little from the shot.
Pic #5.. Lighting adjustments.
Pic #6.. Lighting adjustments.
I know the blood is part of it and as hunters we are used it but I like to clean it up for the photo album. As a boy and even now, I love looking through photo albums, all the memories and experiences. There is not a single big game animal Ihave harvested that is not in my photo album. Even every single doe
Reason I was asking was bc the top one and the bottom 2 have a halo-effect when they're resized for phone viewing.
I don't have very many pics left. I was "that idiot" who didn't back up computer hard drives. Also somewhere along the way I quit taking pics of does bc I was having to shoot so many of them that it turned into work.
I don't have very many pics left. I was "that idiot" who didn't back up computer hard drives. Also somewhere along the way I quit taking pics of does bc I was having to shoot so many of them that it turned into work.
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How is this? I know it doesn't have the rifle in the picture but I tried to set it up so that the antlers were sky-lighted. It was shot at a low angle to emphasize the size of the animal, and it captured the hilly terrain we were hunting. I always try to take a good harvest photo, so any and all recommendations are welcomed!
D.Turvey Jr
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Fairly good shot. I would suggest not propping his head up on the log and sitting on your rear end to scale the buck up a bit. Tuck his tongue in and don't forget to use the highest resolution on your camera. I would also suggest moving him to your right to get a less obstructed background so we can get a better feel for his antlers.
D.Turvey Jr
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Not to bad. I would sit on your rear end to get lower behind the buck to give him the visual priority and prop him up on his brisket. Tip your cap up a touch to get some light on your face and turn the buck more toward the sun. As you can see with this angle, the sun cast a deep shadow across the bucks face.