How could I have resisted not going to Delhi Zoo again after the successful first trip.
And a big thanks to all those who trusted our earlier walk excitement and joined us and made it a bigger event.
As you know now this was my consecutive second trip for Zoo photography, I surely enjoyed it though but I think there are some challenges when you shoot in Zoo. The two big challenges are: First, the distance between you and the animals, this specially is the case if the animals are in an open area. For e.g.: Bengal Tiger, lion, Gibbons etc. The ones who are caged are difficult to capture as the bars make it difficult to get any straight shot.
Another funny challenge is that the Zoo animals are hyper in nature and they don't really stay at one place and keep moving or jumping around. I understand there behavior as they are animals who live in a free world and roam freely when they get caged they don't get that space to move freely so we find them jumping and hoping in the limited area
In spite of these challenges we could click some good photographs, In my opinion the trick to photography in Zoo is.
1. Be patient and don't run away quickly.
2. Look for a good spot from where you can capture your target
3. Wait for the right moment when which the animal might give you any time
4. Be careful about the background, at times you get artificial cemented homes as background which make the photo look very unrealistic. Try and capture them in the jungle kind atmosphere around them,
5. To capture close-up shots you need to have zoom lens with you otherwise a normal lens can also play wonders
6. Focus on eyes if you are taking a close up shot, eyes showcase the emotions in close up shot....this is true for any portrait photography
7. Most of the animals are fenced so click a good photograph of these animals you should be closer to the fence and it's all the better if the animal is away from the fence.
Challenges and good photography tricks shared are based on my experience only, let me know if you like these and plz do add to the list.
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Also check out some of my latest clicks:
