Ok ive seen enough poor photos that I cant take it anymore lol. Below is a simple step process to ensure you are taking actual decent photos after a kill
1. Clean your dang camera lens so It doesn't look like you are standing in a dense fog or a pouring rain.
2. DO NOT take photos standing straight above the animal
2a. In addition dont take one of the animal that is upside down or when it looks like a complete wet mess of fur or feathers. I get it you are excited but let common sense prevail here
3. If you are not alone DO NOT let your 6'5 buddy take the pictures standing straight up 4ft from you while you are sitting on the ground.
4. Your gun DOES NOT HAVE TO BE IN THE PIC. If you can add it great but its not required
5. LOOK at the photo after you take it to make sure its in focus or you have your eyes actually open.
6. You dont need the full strut decoy in the picture with you
7. TRY and not take it in the back of your truck, IF you have to then please removing the junk and trash bags behind you prior to taking the pictures
Ok Im being somewhat facetious in this, but parts of this Im being serious lol. If you are going to go to all the trouble to hunt these wild animals and truly do love them then for heaves sake take decent photos to remember them by. I dont take them so they look good on here or facebook I take them to add to my personal scrape book and I want them to fully capture the environment and hunt I took them in. It doesn't take much effort to take decent photos folks lol. If I see another upside down bird taking from 2ft away that looks like a black blob cause its wet or the lens has gum on it I may throw something.
Generally take them from close to ground level or crouching. Pay attention to what is behind you or in the shot and ideally you and the animal are not dead center of the shot but on one side of it if possible (this is harder with camera phones due to FOV). Pay attention to shadows and the location of the sun as well so you or the background are not washed out. Just make a freaking effort to take a decent photo, you will thank me later if you ever want to go back to them years later and remember details about the hunt. Pictures say a thousand words so make sure you use all of them in your photos. If you are by yourself you can still take good photos of just the animal using logs, sticks or rocks to prop it up or fan it out with ease.
I usually carry a good DSLR with me to use if we get lucky enough to have a successful hunt but Iphones and other decent phones actually have decent cameras you can use if on the right settings. Download editing apps if you use a phone camera to touch up some of the color or focus as well, not hard to do and most of the apps are very easy to use. Fotor, Snapseed and LightX are all pretty good apps on Iphones you can get that do wonders to photos.
1. Clean your dang camera lens so It doesn't look like you are standing in a dense fog or a pouring rain.
2. DO NOT take photos standing straight above the animal
2a. In addition dont take one of the animal that is upside down or when it looks like a complete wet mess of fur or feathers. I get it you are excited but let common sense prevail here
3. If you are not alone DO NOT let your 6'5 buddy take the pictures standing straight up 4ft from you while you are sitting on the ground.
4. Your gun DOES NOT HAVE TO BE IN THE PIC. If you can add it great but its not required
5. LOOK at the photo after you take it to make sure its in focus or you have your eyes actually open.
6. You dont need the full strut decoy in the picture with you
7. TRY and not take it in the back of your truck, IF you have to then please removing the junk and trash bags behind you prior to taking the pictures
Ok Im being somewhat facetious in this, but parts of this Im being serious lol. If you are going to go to all the trouble to hunt these wild animals and truly do love them then for heaves sake take decent photos to remember them by. I dont take them so they look good on here or facebook I take them to add to my personal scrape book and I want them to fully capture the environment and hunt I took them in. It doesn't take much effort to take decent photos folks lol. If I see another upside down bird taking from 2ft away that looks like a black blob cause its wet or the lens has gum on it I may throw something.
Generally take them from close to ground level or crouching. Pay attention to what is behind you or in the shot and ideally you and the animal are not dead center of the shot but on one side of it if possible (this is harder with camera phones due to FOV). Pay attention to shadows and the location of the sun as well so you or the background are not washed out. Just make a freaking effort to take a decent photo, you will thank me later if you ever want to go back to them years later and remember details about the hunt. Pictures say a thousand words so make sure you use all of them in your photos. If you are by yourself you can still take good photos of just the animal using logs, sticks or rocks to prop it up or fan it out with ease.
I usually carry a good DSLR with me to use if we get lucky enough to have a successful hunt but Iphones and other decent phones actually have decent cameras you can use if on the right settings. Download editing apps if you use a phone camera to touch up some of the color or focus as well, not hard to do and most of the apps are very easy to use. Fotor, Snapseed and LightX are all pretty good apps on Iphones you can get that do wonders to photos.
