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  • Eye level shot for birds high up on trees

    Posted by Rohan Tamhankar on March 25, 2023 at 8:09 pm

    if anyone can please guide and provide valuable inputs… In case of few birds which are normally spotted very high up on trees such as Great hornbills … How to take eye level shots ?

    Rohan Tamhankar replied 1 year, 9 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  • Sudhir Shivaram

    Administrator
    March 25, 2023 at 8:11 pm

    If the birds are way up on a tree, a common mistake a lot of photographers does is to get close to the tree which makes the angle of shoot very steep. That will not work.

    One option is to move far away from the tree and using a tele photo lens compose the image. Due to the far distance and the tele lens, you will get the feel of eye level shooting.

    • Rohan Tamhankar

      Member
      March 28, 2023 at 7:42 am

      Thanks sir. Will keep that in mind. I do realise that I’ve made the mistake of going nearer a few times.

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