Reading blog

Since my last reading blog I have read five sections of the Nature Photography, text book. The sections include. Photographs as Impressions, Getting Close, Animals in Action, Wildlife portraits, and Finding Photographic Landscapes.  The first section; Photographs as Impressions deals with realism, and subjective imagery.  The next section; Getting Close explains may techniques to get yourself within photographic range of wild life. The section stresses the importance of understanding your subjects habitat and behavior patterns. Animals in Action is the next section which covers techniques for recording animals in motion. The section has numerous hints for shooting birds in flight. The fourth section; Wildlife Portraits deals with presenting animals in a meaningful way. The section touches on building three layer picture spaces, which includes the foreground, mid-ground and background. It also identifies the importance, or meaningfulness of capturing sharp detail in an animals eye. The last section I read was Finding Photographic Landscapes, which gives clues how to evaluate potential landscape settings. Some visual cues to look for are, color, clouds, calm atmospheres,  and having an open horizon on one side of mountainscapes. All of the information presented in the sections is insightful, and the pictures, are great!