8 Secrets For Sharper Wildlife Photos
Do you want sharper wildlife photos? Are you tired of deleting otherwise amazing shots because of sharpness issues? Then take a look at this quick ten minute video where I'll share eight different field-tested (and time-tested) methods for securing sharper wildlife images!
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Steve...As a person who is not a frontline emergency physician and also not a professional photographer I want to thank you for your fantastic photography series. Coming home from after driving by or maybe near or even in the same town as the ER, sitting down on my computer and listen to your informative talks on photography is a breath of fresh air. I wish you and your family a safe, healthy and enjoyable holiday season. 👍👍
Steve...As a frontline emergency physician and and professional photographer I want to thank you for your fantastic photography series. Coming home after busy shift in the ER, sitting down on my computer and listen to your informative talks on photography is a breath of fresh air. I wish you and your family a safe, healthy and enjoyable holiday season.
You always explain everything so well Steve.
Steve, you are awesome! Precise, to the point, objective, no BS. Love it.
Steve, your idea of using a high shutter speed has completely changed the way I take birds pics. They are much sharper than they used to be earlier. Thank you so much for this great tip.
Wow, another eye-opener..thanks for the tip on the effect of the cool air outside and the warm air within the car...never gave it a thought but glad you did.. :-)
Someone put the link to this video in a photography group. The subject was tack sharp photos, not necessarily shooting animals. This is one of the best videos that I have ever watched. I love the picture examples. Thank you Steve.
So glad I found your channel. Really helpful for what I want to achieve.
Honestly one of if not the best channel for photo tips. Getting better images always happens after watching one of your videos and learning something new.
Always a pleasure to watch your videos Steve - and never fail to learn something new everytime .Thanks very much for all the effort you put into your videos- really appreciated
Well said with great detail of explanation. Time to photograph some wildlife.
Started to watch and completely liked the advice you were giving and subed right away. Thank you for your no BS talk and straight to the point I look forwards and going back to see your other clips.
Great video Steve, I am so glad I found you on KZhead
Great stuff, thanks for your efforts Steve, this is gold for new people to the world of wildlife photography. Also very handy when it comes down to a refresh for people teaching in seminars. Great upload once again by what I consider, hands down ,the number one YT photography channel
Many thanks!
Another great compelling Video Steve, like your books👍
In terms of explaining photography Steve and Mark Smith are in a class of their own. Great work again thanks Steve 👍👍
Mark smith ... The Bird and Osprey guy... i know him now..
I totally agree!
I have faced most of the problems you mentioned in this video. You taught well to overcome those. Thanks very much Steve.
Steve, I am a long time (30+ year) hobbyist but, new to wildlife photography and your videos are the most informative I've seen. I am very comfortable behind a camera but this genre is new to me. Thanks for all of your time and effort.
Great video Mr. Perry! You are very clear and right to the point. Please keep them coming!
Awesome advice! Just recently started trying to shoot the birds at my feeder and these lessons immediately payed off in some great shots.
Excellent tips as always, Steve. Thank you!
Your tips are the best out of everyone online , thanks for your awesome advice Steve. 👌👍
Another excellent video Steve. Your presentation skills are second to none.
Hey, this is the first video that explains so many technics so well in a short time. Well done ✔ Go on like this. Perfect
Thank you, your videos are really a pleasure to follow, so packed with useful info and tips
Thank you for sharing your knowledge and wisdom. Greatly appreciate your work.
I look forward to putting your advice into practice. Thank you for the video
Steve my man! Your wisdom isn't unappreciated. I've got far better shots as an amateur wildlife photographer. Appreciate it! Also cheers from Sri Lanka 🍻
Despite knowing my stuff, I can easily say I couldn't come close to the quality of Steve's teaching skills and ability to put al this information in easy to understand context. Anytime I come across someone in areas I like to shoot, I always point them to this channel.
Finally found a helpful video on this subject! Thank you.
I have been watching your videos for 5 years and have not seen a better video tutorial bette than yours,you explain very well and easy to understand, thank you for this awesome videos !
Thanks Steve. Another well done video. Your information is invaluable.
I'll have to try out the tips. Thank you.
Great advice. I actually used my tripod for some waterfowl birding for the first time and what a difference.
Great video and tutorial, as usual, Steve. Thanks!
Fantastic video. Thank you for creating it and for sharing all this information with us!
Yet another easy to understand extremely informative presentation
It’s so interesting to see, you also use different systems as the a9ii on that owl. I am totally curious what’s the trigger for you to select D6 or a9ii going shooting...
Great video... very informative & easy to understand. Thanks for posting!
Perfect explain for an amature. I will try those things as soon as possible. Thanks for uploading this video!!
I ve learnt so much from you Steve. Thank you for sharing all your knowledge with us. I m improving my photography by the day while applying what i watch on your channel 🙏
Good video. I once had a Dotterel only 15 feet in front of me on a cold morning with strong sunlight. I lowered my gear to the ground and shot away. Back home on the screen the shots were all soft. I worked out why in the end - it was air turbulence near the ground. Lesson learned!
Thank you for sharing the wonderful knowledge
Another great educational video Steve, thanks!!
All excellent points! There's so much that goes into sharpness that we often don't realize.
I have been looking all over for this kind of advice with no help. This video helped so much! Thank you!!!
Some great tips! I usually try to keep the car fairly cool when shooting in winter (80% of my shooting here in Canada) but that's to keep the lens/sensor/mirror(previous to mirrorless) from fogging if I leave the car and return. Never thought about heat shimmer, but makes perfect sense.
Very helpful Steve, you explain so clearly.
I been doing nature photography for 20 years and you taught me something in 5 minutes. Heat diffraction never occured to me and explains a lot as i am a Florida nature photographer.
I've had more than one photo suffer from this but had no ability to move closer.
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Great advice Steve.... I might also add the importance of learning not only all the functions your camera has to offer, but learn all the different ways they can be used to your advantage or disadvantage....
Great Video Steve. No matter how long we have been shooting and no matter how many times we think we have the fundamentals down its so important to return and review them. I had one of those, Oh yeah moments remembering how I forgot one of these.
Great video! Not just in the information provided but the presentation and flow was perfect. I could have really used this video a year ago!
Great advice on how to get sharp images I recently been shooting more wildlife thank for the tips,
Thanks Steve. I just bought a Tamron 150-600 G2 for my D850. I was planning on tuning it with the included Tap-In Console before I start using it, thanks to you and this video, I think I’ll wait and see.
I learned a lot about filming in Nature with this video. Many, many thanks. Greetings from Switzerland.
No nonsense video, direct, clear, very good video !!!
Hi Steve! I bought your eBook last night and I really appreciate your dedication to teaching. Your videos are fantastic and full of useful instruction.
Thank you so much!
Super clear and informative video. Thanks Steve.
Even though we all miss the original Journey lineup, I very much enjoy your photography videos 🙂
Great stuff Steve! Thanks!
thank goodness i stumbled on to this video while looking for something else!!! Great focus advice that I will immediately try on my Nikon D850. Thank you!!!
Thank you! Great video - full of useful information.
Another excellent video Steve. Thanks
Very well explained! Thank you!
Perfect explained, but most of them I know already. But nobody can explain it, clear and understandable, like you Steve! I am always on manual mode and adjust by myself shutter speed and aperture as necessary. And.....not be scared of may be high ISO. It’s better than a blurred picture. Thanks Steve for this video.......
this was DEFENITELY the beeeeeeeeeeeeest video i saw. And look, i saw like 2000 videos these days searching good explanation about technicals for birds. AWSOME job man. Subscribed s2
Thank you for your extremely helpful tips.
Thanks, Steve.... Your videos have been a great help as I jump into the world of mirrorless and wildlife photography. You're one of the best!
Thanks so much!
Thankyou Steve your tips are helpful.
Muchas gracias por los consejos de siempre, Steve! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 Saludos desde Argentina
Excellent video! Very well explained and with excellent images. Now I follow you! :)
I appreciate all these tips thank you so much!!!
Thnx for best tips Steve... Following you...
Lots of good tips there. Thanks 👍
Everytime I watch your Video's it makes me want to go photograph Wildlife lol, But its Dark out right now! I really appreciate all the Help with these, Ive improved a great deal. Thank you
thank you very much for this bundle of advice with examples....
Excellent Steve!!
Great info...thanks Steve
This has really helped a lot!!!
Have to show my appreciation - sports photographer here...and content can really be adapted to sports. Cheers
Thanks so much for all your information.
Thank you for iterating using image stabilization with tele-zooms while mounted on a tripod, I shoot with a Nikon D7200/Tamron 150-600mm mounted on a tripod with a ball head and get good results with shutter speeds lower than 1/350th. However, I mostly shoot perched birds with it.
very nice content and video. i’ve got the feeling that quite a few issues are resolved in mirrorless cameras like: - AF tracking/locking over full area of the frame - front/back focusing - or even such fancy toys like eye-af is helpful I need to check more about lenses “sensing” the tripod and differenced between C, N and S...
Great tips Steve! While I normally don't have focus issues with my D500 I've been photographing sailboat races over the last few weeks and have had some problems. Specifically with a Nikon 70-300 mm zoom mounted I am experiencing a lot of focus hunting when shooting at 300 mm. But this only occurs when the camera is held in portrait orientation. If the camera is hunting in portrait orientation all I need to do is to switch to landscape orientation and I get instant lock. I've tried switching the focus point to the center as I know this is the most sensitive but it doesn't help. Have you ever experienced this problem with the D500 and/or do you know what might be causing it?
Thanks for yet another fantastic video.
I love this video man!!!!! Thanks a lot
Great information! Have you ever considered a video on using a bridge camera, like the Nikon P950?
Wonderful demonstration ur video are very helpful May I know the thing like a monitor behind u in videos
Good video man ! Thanks for all the advice
Great tips! Thanks a lot, Steve!
Even though I am a Canon shooter, I still find your advice really useful. Thanks for another good video.
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Thank you! I've searched hundreds of vlogs and sites and your tips are the answers i've been searching for. I noticed you're using a gimbal head for the tripod, do you also use it on the monopod?
Some great advice there on the Z7ii camera. Thanks.
Thank you, this is excellent information.
Nice. Thanks for the refresher. I’ve recently bought my heaviest lens yet (200-500 f5.6) and boy hand holding is becoming a challenge for the first time ever.
It's a chunk. I like that one on a monopod for extended shoots.
Thanks for another great video. Love them and your books In the section on heat distortion, is that Canaveral National Seashore? If so, hope you enjoyed my "backyard"!
Yup, it sure it is - and I always do enjoy that area :)
Excellent video.. keep up the good work
Excellent and easy to follow.
This is why Steve's channel is the best. He gets right to the point and couples his explanation with USEFUL examples. Unlike so many of the more popular photography KZhead channels, Steve doesn't need bimbos, personality hacks, cheap humour and other eye-candy to keep the viewers' attention. Sweet, short classy instruction is the way to go.
Thank you dear master.
Thank you for the wonderful information 🙏🙏🙏🙏