Simple Photo tips

[MNElkNut]

It is soon to be Facebook photo season. Lets throw out some photo tips to make our pictures look better.

1. Frame the picture. Don't cut off something important and make sure the target is bigger than a pinhead. Even if he/she is a pinhead.
2. Lighting. Where is the sun? Do not take the picture into the sun. The sun 45-degree angle in front of your subject works well.
3. Try Portrait mode on your phone
4. Get low and if there are antlers, big or small, get a solid background behind them.
5. Take the picture in the field and clean the scene. No blood, no water bottle, no left hand glove. Give a little effort.
6. Take lots of pictures. Then take a few more.

 

[Carl 9.3x62]

I'll add: take pictures with the friends and family you are with. I often over think this and regret it.

 

[marksjeep]

Rule of thirds.

 

[JohnCushman]

Don't get the midget strippers in pics if you have a woman at home.

 

[BAKPAKR]

Cut the tongue out. No matter how many times you push it back in the mouth, it will come out.

 

[mtmiller]

Put the critters head closest to the camera or body perpendicular at minimum.

 

[Mule Kick]

Fold the legs under the animal and pull some grass and brush if necessary.

 

[thomas89]

Just taking the few minutes to focus on a good picture.

Rotate the head in a couple different angles to the camera.

I like to support the head/neck with a hand rather than trying to grab an ear or a horn/antler.

No tongues.

Tripod with Bluetooth remote. Cheap and well worth the few added ounces.

Someone else said it but include whoever you’re with.

I have learned a ton from some of your field photos, awesome stuff, keep it coming!

 

[HuntingWY]

Don't forget the main goal at the end of it all, getting that meat home. I wouldn't worry about spending a ton of time getting that perfect picture. Do your best in a reasonable time frame, but then get to work on breaking that animal down.

 

[Hunting Wife]

Things I’ve learned that make me happier with my photo results:

Include variations- with people, without people, with landscape background, without landscape background. Then you can still share your photos with a variety of audiences while choosing how much associated info you broadcast.

Get low, on the animal’s level. Pull branches/grass/vegetation intruding in front of faces and key parts of the subject.

If the “as they lay” spot looks like a crime scene, move the animal if
possible.

Try to tuck legs and pose head so they look semi-natural, rather than stretched full out on their side like a road kill.

It sounds like a lot of fuss, but it really only takes a couple minutes to significantly improve the quality of your pics. You can be done and field dressing in 5-10 minutes.

 

[Dsnow9]

I prefer un posed pictures, capturing the moment as it happened. I like to play with different angles, focus, and sunlight to make a photo unique and framed in a way that makes certain elements pop. I scrolled through my favorited photos and these are the ones that stand out to me. They capture the essence of the trips for me.

 

[TOGIE]

I've realized that I love the "As They Lay" thread so darn much because of how much it preserves the authenticity of the ultimate moments of a hunt.

For me, the more manicured the photo becomes the more the authenticity of the activity gets lost. Hunting is violent and messy and I'm not looking to hide that, in fact, the photos are more meaningful to me when they preserve that. I'm personally not a big fan of getting the animal all posed up or taking off my orange or hiding blood. I like to point towards a good background, yeah, and of course, you don't wanna point the camera into the sun, but that's about it. Just my opinion.

I honestly was even a little embarrassed of my mule deer photo from last year because his legs were tucked up and pretty in a classic trophy photo pose, but the reality is that is just how he laid down and I didn't change anything about that.

I think for me, and I mean no offense, I perceive so much effort into a pretty, perfect, posed trophy shot as something that creates a sort of off putting perception about what we're actually doing this (hunting) for, especially for those who don't hunt.

Just things I think about, and no judgement or offense meant. You could argue that very act of taking a photo with your animal at the end in any capacity says the same thing... and you'd be right.

 

[Khunter]

Thoughtful cropping and adjusting the shadows/constast/exposure are my most common methods to have better final photos. Only takes a minute and worth it.

And taking lots of photos. I stopped carrying dedicated cameras but the newer phones do a stellar job IMO

Other tip that yield good photos and angkes for me when digiscoping g is to video i std of snap photos of live animals for the. oat part. So easy to zip through a video and screen shot the perfect perspective/action.

I was happy with this photo from last week. Just looks good to my eye.I like that most are facing away from me.

 

[Khunter]

Don't forget the main goal at the end of it all, getting that meat home. I wouldn't worry about spending a ton of time getting that perfect picture. Do your best in a reasonable time frame, but then get to work on breaking that animal down.

Easy to say you are in a hurry, when many times that is just not really the case. If taking care of the meat properly is not at risk. I slow down and take time for photos. As someone who boils heads at home and rarely does professional taxidermy of my animals, and display very few in the house, the photos are the lasting memory I enjoy revisiting over the years repeatedly.

 

[MTTW]

My favorite field photo ever, I stole it from a book. I would love to recreate it with my slightly out of focus mug in the background. All I have to do is find a 36-inch buck. Perfect grip and grins gross me out. I realize I am in the minority.

 

[Carl 9.3x62]

My favorite field photo ever, I stole it from a book. I would love to recreate it with my slightly out of focus mug in the background. All I have to do is find a 36-inch buck. Perfect grip and grins gross me out. I realize I am in the minority.
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What book is that? I know that guy's great grandson or grandson.

 

[MTTW]

What book is that? I know that guy's great grandson or grandson.

I can't remember the name of it; I was reading it in AK a couple of summers ago. It is still in AK. It wasn't a hunting book but more of a historical account as I recall.

 

[Khunter]

I've realized that I love the "As They Lay" thread so darn much because of how much it preserves the authenticity of the ultimate moments of a hunt.

… Hunting is violent and messy and I'm not looking to hide that, in fact, the photos are more meaningful to me when they preserve that. I'm personally not a big fan of getting the animal all posed up or taking off my orange or hiding blood. I like to point towards a good background, yeah, and of course, you don't wanna point the camera into the sun, but that's about it. Just my opinion.

As they lay? here is one from an archery elk hunt. VIOLENT AND MESSY.

 

[TOGIE]

As they lay? here is one from an archery elk hunt. VIOLENT AMD MESSY.

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