Before you heading to the amazing outdoors to photograph nature, wildlife and landscape here is 10 tips to improve your outdoor wildlife photography and how to be prepared to capture amazing animals pictures on your next trip.
> Use the best camera and lenses you can afford
Learn an use the gear before you travel to location
> Shoot early and shoot late
When shooting during dawn and dusk the light is warmer, the colors are richer but most importantly the animals are more active.
> Shoot Shoot Shoot
The more you shoot the better your chance are of capturing just the image a=you are after.
> Get it sharp
Use a tripod for landscape and wildlife but If you don’t have one always set the camera shutter speed above the line focal length. For instance if you’r using a 400mm telephoto lens do not shoot your subject with the camera and lens handheld less than 1/500 of the second.
>Do your homework
Plan your outdoor and wildlife photography, study the weather condition at your destination and the anomaly behavior and habitat you want to photograph.
> Add human scale to your photographs
People in landscape giving the view the ability to understand the size of the vista and make it also more interesting then just another landscape view.
>Shoot now edit later
Photograph in Raw + Jpeg image format so even if in the field the image that you took was not well exposed you can still correct it in photoshop back home.
>Know the local customs
When you are heading into location be familiar with the local customs before you go, In some national parks around the world you will need to issue a photography and filming permit before.
>Always check you depth of field
When shooting landscape maximize the depth of field shoot at f/16 and f/22 when possible.
>Focus, than compose
When shooting wildlife first focus at your subject than frame your picture composition
I hope you find this material useful before you go outdoors in your next wildlife photography adventure