How do the professional wild life photographers take such sharp photos that look almost borderline fake?

  • grahamsz@alien.topB
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    1 year ago
    1. Skill - you can set yourself up in locations where the light is good and the angle is good and pick appropriate settings to maximize the image quality. Knowing how high of a shutter speed you need and how to track something that’s moving and keep it in focus are absolutely learnable.

    2. Patience - i could never be a wildlife photographer since i’m just not willing to sit long enough. I’ve got some good shots by chance, but you can’t really wake up and decide - today i’m going to take a great shot of an eagle.

    3. Equipment - long fast lens, sensors with excellent high ISO performance

    4. Post Processing - digital tools have gotten really good for sharpening and increasing the resolution on images.