I THINK, MOST OF THE PEOPLE WITH CHILDREN VISIT LOCAL ZOO, with film or dcams....it gives them a good experience of using their cameras, whether expensive or inexpensive...even now with good mobile cameras, people visit with interest and bring a good number of photographs....here u will find animals, raptiles, crocodiles, deers, bears, birds and many more.1.GOOD time to click: generally it is best either early morning upto 10 am and/or after 4 pm in the evening....particularly in the evening, the warm, golden light that adds a beauty....Like the photograph above, the best time to shoot animals while they are fed(or served lunch/supper).....
2. PREVIOUSLY THERE WERE CHARGES for taking the cameras inside the premises, but thanks to good mobile cameras, the authorities were compelled to withdraw this unnecessary burden on the visitors.
3. the most uncontrolled animal is the leopard and in some places it is kept 40 ft away from the boundary and in a big cage.....while the lion and tigers have some patience to give good poses.
Therefore it is wise on the part of the photographer to carry a SLR with long focal length lens...There are now coming good prosumer cameras with 10x to 24x zooms...U can get good benefit of them in good sunlight.
4. Check for distractions: THERE is a necessary problem of iron bars or nets at viewing places..however if u have a 300mm focal length zoom and the net is somewhat wide, u can take photograph at 300mm end where the net becomes out of focus and ur lens focuses on the subject with a wider aperture of f2.8 or f3.5
5. If u are using a compact that does not allow u to control the aperture, use here the 'portrait' mode, which gives the facility of automatically keeping aperture at wider aperture.
6. When shooting, try to focus on the eyes. THIS establishes a contact with the viewer and make u feel that the animal is staring back to u or the viewer........to continue.....gshroti@gmail.com
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