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The Handbook of Bird Photography
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The Handbook of Bird Photography

by Markus Varesvuo, Jari Peltomaki, Bence Mate
April 2013
Beginner content levelBeginner
368 pages
9h 3m
English
Rocky Nook
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MARKUS VARESVUO

USE WEATHER TO YOUR ADVANTAGE

Some weather conditions and phenomena can add interest to your photographs.

Rain and Snowfall

Rain and snowfall stand out best when they are staged against a dark background. The end result depends greatly on the rate of precipitation, the distance between the background and the subject, and the exposure time.

If you’re aiming to take rain pictures from a blind, face your blind toward a dark background. If you’re out in the field photographing in the rain, try to get to a place where you can get as dark a background as possible. If your subject is in water, try to find an angle where a forest or some other equally dark surface is reflected on the water instead of the cloudy sky. This will help bring ...

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ISBN: 9781457179570