john_obenaus2

Hi Balaji,

 

I use the Nikon 67mm close up lens on my 70-200L white beast with a step down ring and it works great and is a whole heck of a lot cheaper than the canon version. You will be stopping your lens down for maximum depth of field anyway and using the stepping ring just begins that process for you.

 

John

I would like to add that your are a brave soul if your going to ride that bus in four days in a row....I suggest bringing a pillow.

Hi Matt,

 

I often head out to shoot Dall, Fannin and occasionally Bighorns. If you are in a park or reserve area the animals may well feed towards you if you sit still, but if you are in a wilderness area with "undomesticated" critters and you show your face you'll probably find that thats the last you see of them because they'll vanish off the face of the earth...even on a totally bare mountain pasture. I'm not sure where you are, but the sheep I shoot rut in and about November which is a good time to catch them banging heads, but a much more comfortable and productive time is April/May before they head to the high country. As a bonus you can get the lambing season if your willing to do a little climbing as the ewe's hang pretty close to the protection of cliffs etc. just before they are ready to drop their lambs. Don't approach them from above....it makes them nervous. Better to approach them in full view from below and take your time. Good luck! www.dreamwater.com/creation

 

John

After several years of drought finding grizzly bears to photograph, I was privileged to hit a windfall of them last spring and fall. One sow and 2 year old cub in particular were digging roots in the same valley 2 weekends in a row and gave me 2 days of the most wonderful photo opportunities I could ever ask for. The sow accepted me as part of her environment after the first few hours with them, and she fed much closer to me than any sane person would allow a grizzly to come, although the cub was not quite as impressed with my presence. In the 2 days around them I shot about a dozen rolls of 36 exp and spent much time just watching them. Although I got quite a few nice "documentary " pictures of bears including some full frame head shots and shots of the cub laying across her mothers back as she rested from her digging, I can honestly say that I only ended up with 2 pictures that I really think are good in all respects. On all the others there is always a bush thats out of place in the frame, or the low sun contrast is too harsh on the animals creating a bright and dark side, or there is a blade of grass in front of the nose....etc, etc, etc. So I would have to say that 40 pics on a good photo shoot is pretty good odds and I agree with the previous comment about getting one or two pics that make you turn and have a second look is about the norm for me out of a roll of film. But then maybe I'm just a lousy photographer. Btw you are a "free" Quebec. Maybe you just don't realize what a great country you live in yet!

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