The wild side of photography! Explore creative Missions to push your wildlife photography further.
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Let’s strip away the colour! 🖤 This Mission is about the power of B&W wildlife photography... where texture, contrast, and lighting take the lead. Show us how removing colour reveals something different about your wildlife shot. 🐾 Mission Tips: 🎭 Look for dramatic contrast... dark fur against bright backgrounds or light feathers against shadows 📸 Focus on texture and patterns... the roughness of scales, smoothness of feathers, or wetness of a nose ⚡ Push the shadows and highlights in editing to create mood and drama 🔍 Eyes become even more critical in B&W... make sure they're razor sharp and well-lit 💬 What made you choose this shot for black and white treatment?
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Nature's paint box is wildddd! 🎨 This Mission celebrates the incredible colours that wildlife brings to our world. From vibrant bird feathers to colourful insects to striking reptile patterns, show us the creatures where those colours make you go 'wow'. 🐾 Mission Tips: 🌈 Look for subjects with naturally vibrant colours 📸 Use complementary backgrounds that make your subject's colours pop even more ☀️ Shoot in good light to bring out those natural tones at their richest 🎯 Fill the frame with your colourful subject to maximise impact 🖼️ Consider how different colours work together in your composition 💬 How did you use editing to enhance the colours further?
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Speed on! 🦅 This Wildlife Mission is about showing birds mid-flight... whether you go slow to capture the speed or freeze things pin sharp, let's see it! How can you use editing to push that feeling of motion? 🐾 Mission Tips: 🎯 Track with your lens. Follow the bird smoothly before, during, and after the shot ⚡ Use fast shutter speeds to keep things sharp. 1/1000s minimum for most birds, faster for hummingbirds 📐 Catch birds with wings up or extended. Avoid the awkward wing positions mid-flap 🌫️ Use continuous autofocus mode and experiment with back-button focus for better tracking 📍 Position yourself where birds naturally fly... along shorelines or between feeding areas 💬 Which bird gave you the biggest challenge to track and photograph?
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Blur the world away! ✨ Inspired by the SIGMA 50mm 1.2 DG Art, this Mission is all about using shallow depth of field to isolate your wildlife subjects with creamy, dreamy background blur that makes them pop off the screen. Show us wildlife shots with beautiful bokeh. Your subject should be tack sharp while the background melts into smooth, blurred tones that don't compete for attention. 🐾 Mission Tips: 📷 Shoot wide open... f/2.8 or wider if your lens allows 📏 Get closer to your subject to increase background separation 🌿 Look for busy backgrounds like leaves or grass that blur into lovely textures 🔭 Longer focal lengths naturally create more compression and bokeh 💡 Bright spots in the background become beautiful bokeh balls 💬 What aperture did you use and how close were you to your subject?
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