8 Tripod Tips For Beginners in Wildlife Photography
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- čas přidán 16. 07. 2024
- A tripod is often the best choice of camera support for wildlife photography. In this video I give you 8 practical tips for using your tripod more effectively in the field when shooting wildlife. Let me know in the Comments Box if you have any more tripod tips to share with my viewers! These tips are mostly suited to photographing birds and animals with a telephoto lens.
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This may be due to my style of hiking, but I don't bring a tripod. A tripod big enough to handle a long lens for wildlife is painful to carry over 7 or 8 miles. Image stabilization make it possible to take pictures and videos in all but the worst of conditions. It's easier to just raise the camera up to my eye when a photographic moment arises. If I do have to hold the camera up for a long period, I use my knees or a tree to brace, and I remind myself that holding the camera up for a few minutes is still easier than carrying a beefy tripod. Even when my arms start shaking. :D
That being said, great tips for when you do use one.
Great technique to use your knees if possible. Yes, certainly for you a tripod isn't really practical and making use of the I.S. is probably the best option.
Should use spikes rather than rubber feet. They make the tripod more stable on soft ground by pressing into the ground and also will be more stable on hard rock, concrete and ice or any other hard surface. In fact the only place I would use rubber feet is indoors when spikes may scratch the floor.
Some good tips there Paul. Regarding tip 1, I too extend the two thickest sections of each leg fully but then I turn my tripod upside down and place the head on top of my foot (keeps it clean that way). With all three legs closed up so the feet are almost touching each other I know roughly where the bottom of the feet should be relative to myself, my eye line for example. I hope that makes sense 😀 Finally I simply extend each of the smallest sections of leg by a few inches to where I know they need to be. It's very easy to see that they are all the same length in total doing it this way. If I find the tripod is not level when I turn it the right way up it's much easier to make the any minor levelling adjustments using the easy to reach thickest upper section.
Cool tip!
Thanks a lot for your tips and tricks
Awesome tips surely I will improvise this in my next birding trip sir.
Great information Paul good tips👌My tip would be go and try a few before buying!
Yep, for sure! It's something you need to try out ideally. Important purchase.
I took my tripod out when photographing Roe deer earlier this year, it was nowt but a bloody pain, added to the weight, cumbersome, and tricky to set up fast when moving location quickly. I'll keep my tripod for night shots, but for wildlife never again! lesson learned the hard way. All the best.
I know where you're coming from! The flexibility I need to photograph my Roe Deer makes a tripod very difficult, so I never use one. My next video is actually all about photographing Roe Deer
@@PaulMiguelPhotography Looking forward to your next vid! I did try a monopod but that was even worse! Will stick to handheld I think for everything but long exposure.
Hi Paul. Recent subscriber and really enjoying the vids. Very rarely use a tripod myself but I do own a lightweight carbon fibre Giottos and I find the removable central column is a good idea as it can then be used with a hide clamp, such as the Velbon. Also the hook under the head can be used to hang e.g. a beanbag (which I prefer) for extra stability in windy conditions. And thanks for the "going mirrorless" video as it persuaded me to buy the R6 rather than the MkII as my first full-frame and save myself near £1k ! All the best
Thanks for subscribing. And thank you for sharing your experiences - always good if you can remove the centre column. Hope you're happy with the R6
Useful video 👍 question, what lens is that on your r6 ?
It's an old EF 500mm f/4 mark i. Just without its lens hood
My top tip? Keep your fingers well clear of the tripod's apex when lifting and carrying a tripod, especially with a heavy lens mounted. I've had my Gitzo legs catch my fingers with a 600mm prime mounted a couple of times. There are no words to describe that kind of pain...
Yep! I've done it. Wow the pain.. I wonder how many tripod injuries there are on a weekly basis. I trapped my finger only yesterday!
When shooting small, fast moving insects, I find using a tripod very difficult. I have a Canon R6 with image stabilization, which is great, but I find my images are often not as sharp as I would like when free handing the photos (especially with an extension tube and very small insects). As a compromise, I put a leg of the tripod near the insect and brace my hand and/or the camera against the leg while shooting. I can maneuver more easily so I don't miss the shots, and the photos come out sharper. If the insects are higher up on a plant, I'll rest an elbow or wrist on the top of the tripod. It's not perfect, but it helps steady my shaky hands.
Well worth reiterating all those tips Paul, what head are you using ?
Thanks. Manfrotto fluid head. MVH502AH
Thanks for this. Very useful. What tripod head is that . Looks very good but can’t see make and model of it?
Thanks
It's Manfrotto MVH502AH Fluid Head. Quite bulky, not light, but very good.
My tip would be to buy the sturdiest tripod you can afford right away. You will save money in the long run and not need to replace it if you upgrade to a longer, heavier lens in the future.
That's very good advice.
The average tripod is very heavy for me anyhow.Hence carrying ( even a short distance can be hell ).Hence my famous wobble at times .
I understand. I wonder if a monopod is practical for you.?
Hi Paul this is good can l ask when u made this video for l see u are using a canon camera though u had left canon.
Hi. No, never left Canon.. still happy with Canon.
Here's sort of a random question: How does one deal with glass fogging up? Where I live (Connecticut, USA) is currently experiencing a midsummer-like heat wave with very high humidity. When I step out of my air-conditioned house into the humid air, it's only a matter of seconds before every bit of glass on the camera fogs up: Lens, viewfinder, LCD, screen. Even if I wipe things off with a microfiber cloth, the fog comes back almost immediately. Suggestions? Thanks in advance!
Common problem. I don't have loads of experience but basically you need to leave the camera in the same conditions as you're shooting in, for a while. It will equalize out. Steve Perry I think has done some videos on this.
I try to not use the centre column because the tripod is more wobbly with it extended.
Yes, I definitely agree.