Important Wildlife Photography Equipment

Wild life photography is a lot of fun. But it does take some specialized accessories. I'm gonna talk about what I consider to be the three most important accessories for wildlife photography. The first is what is known as a Gimble Style Head. And this is a tripod head that allows you to very easily pan the lens around. So even though I've got this big, heavy lens on this gimble head, the way the gimble is designed it feels virtually weightless. So I can very easily move around and track my subjects as they're moving. And so it's a really great accessory for doing a lot of serious wildlife photography. Works great if you're working with wildlife on the ground. Or if you're working with birds flying in the air. It's very easy to use. And it creates a very stable platform for you to allow you to get the best sharpest shots you can get. The second critical accessory is a Flash. Now a flash is typically gonna be used not to be the primary source of light for your wildlife subject, but to add some fill lights. So I'll often use the flash, at a lower power setting. So that adds just a little bit of extra light to the wildlife subject. So that's a really great thing to help bring out the color. If you're shooting a bird for example, it's got colorful feathers. The flash at low power can help bring out just a little bit more of that extra color. Also it can be useful if you're working with subject that's in the shade, or if it's back lit. You can use the flash as a secondary light source to just bring in a little bit of fill light with your wildlife subject. Now a third useful accessory which is related to the flash is what is known as a Flash Extender. And this is basically a small cheap plastic device that allows you to put a fresnel attachment to the front of your flash. And this will extend the power and the range of your flash. So if you're working with more distant wildlife subjects it's very easy to go ahead and use the fill flash with that more distance subject.