Wildlife Photography Compositional Tips. How I Compose Wildlife Photos. In this video I share tips on how to improve your composition. There’s a few useful rules, including the rule of thirds – but so much depends on all the elements in the frame and how you wish to use them.
Check out this excellent video on Composition by wildlife photographer Tom Mason: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8g2hnR3k8Y
Filmed with Canon M50 and 15-45mm lens.
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29 responses to “Wildlife Photography Compositional Tips: How I Compose Wildlife Photos”
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Hi I love watching your vlogs you have Inspired me to do wildlife photography and to do vlogs please like my vlogs thanks
As always great tips. Comments about placing subject in different areas of frame to show space/movement of great value and liked comment about shooting with purpose. A lot to think about. Thanks.
Nice one buddy, good tips there 😎 good vid 😉👍
great stuff, thank you
Great vlog, Paul with some useful advice. Something I struggle with is composition, great pics to show alongside the explanation, thanks & keep safe
Thanks for this Paul I really enjoy your content. I did a composition video a few weeks ago on my channel.
Nice expensive camera sitting dangerously close to the edge of the table.
Half way through your video and I’m just WAITING for you to knock your camera off the table…it’s RIGHT on the edge. Will he, won’t he…I’m staying tuned for sure.
I spent most the time watching this video waiting for you to knock the camera off the edge of that table!!
Not good for the nerves 😕
Very nice images, well chosen to illustrate your points.
Some lovely images, Paul, and sound advice. If you’ve reminded me of one thing it’s that I’m guilty of zooming in too tightly too often and not including enough of the surrounding flora. Thank you, and by the way, how did your 1DX not end up on the ground? OMG!
Thanks a lot for sharing your professional tips with us, Paul! Whenever there was a frame with you talking, I couldn't move my eyes off the camera fearing it'd fall off the wobbly table 😀 Hope it didn't!
Why do you use the Rule of Thirds and not Golden Ratio?
Hi Paul all those tips and yet to me the last one was the best ripp up the rule book and do your own thing. My photography is personal to me I don't show my images to anyone I'm not looking to sell any so I'm free to experiment and at the end of the day if I like an image then great if I don't I just delete it. This may change in the future but for now I'm happy just having fun with it.
Hi, is the Nikon D500 a good camera? I’m also thinking of a sigma 150- 600 mm lens.
I love the pictures you showed us in this video!! So amazing.. Helpful tips!! Thank you!
Nice shots and helpful tips…question, do you ever shoot with a teleconverter on your 400 mm?
Great tips, I love my 400mm f5.6
I don't know anything about taking photos but it looks interesting. It's like an art in my opinion. The world is a canvas and the camera is the brush.🙂👍💯
Please Paul, do not do that again. All through that video I spent too much time watching your arm ever so close to the camera/lens, which appeared to be perilously close to the edge of the table.
Hi I wonder if I heard you before in my head because I that is just what I’ try to do. Thanks for this video so I know that what I do is almost rigt.
Thanks again for these tips Paul. Hey, you're not going to believe this! I've just been given..yes GIVEN a DSLR! Yes, ok it's quite an old one, a Canon 450D, so circa 2008, but a friend of mine's Dad had it for about a year and then sadly past away. He's just asked me if I wanted it! Ok, so it's not the latest 'all-singing-all-dancing' camera but what d'ya want for nothing? Never look a Gift Horse in the mouth I say!
C'est gentil d'attirer mon attention 😲
1dx or 5d mark iv for wildlife?
Great video Paul-my fix of nature for a while!
400mm f5.6 lens is legendary for its light use. Nice comp tips!
Nice sir……..love from Kashmir
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