Are you tired of taking blurry wildlife photos? You know, the ones where you have to explain what’s in the photo to your friends and family. “I promise, that’s a bald eagle.” Hopefully this blog helps you out.
I’ve always had an interest in photographing nature and wildlife. I’ve enjoyed using my smartphone’s camera to take close-up photos of plants, insects, and amphibians, but I often struggled with far away shots. For example, my videos of this white red-tailed hawk are objectively terrible. On a side note, there is a Facebook group called Crap Bird Photography, where users delight in sharing their less-than-perfect bird photos. I’ve already contributed a few.
Anyway, about a month ago, I decided to put the telephoto lens (an Olympus 40-150 mm 1:4-5.6; no idea what this means) on my wife’s Olympus OM-D camera to take some longer-range photos that were in focus.
I brought it with me on nature walks to get some practice. My approach went like this: 1) Zoom in as much as possible, 2) Try to find the animal in the viewfinder and center it, 3) Use autofocus (halfway press the shutter button), and 4) Take lots of photos.
This has produced some nice shots if I don’t say so myself:
