Photography

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Could anyone through some light on this subject. I have been told that if a person is photographing a dark subject with lots of detail eg: Cape Glossy Starling in good light that it is better to remove your uv filter to get better light and or detail.

Your UV filter works in a variety of different light conditions, try turning the filter a few degree's until the proper picture is achieved before you remove it.

I am also a budding wildlife photographer and i think that this is a great idea for guides like us, who want to learn from each other.

Most guys that start off photography (myself included)think that the IS (image stabilizer) or VR (vibration reduction) is enought to take a fully in focus pin sharp image, WRONG!!!!! Bean bag, bean bag, bean bag. This could be any bag eg: old bank bag with beans, pop corn corns etc to rest your camera on to capture that pin sharp image you are looking for. I have also learnt alot from posting my images on a photography forum www.outdoorphoto.co.za it can be a little clicky so don't take comments personally, but try it out

One thing with photography is that a guide is soo focused that on that perfect image that your guests are "forgotten about". As we all know guests come first, but there is a few ways to try and incorporate both guests and photography. ALOT of people arrive in "Africa" with the latest equipment and don't really know how to get around it. This is where you come into play, hopefully you know cannon and nikon products so as to give them a short lesson on the light conditions at that time. This will help and take the pressure off you taking photos and guests enjoying their safari and pictures taking. Enjoy.