Cameras

Camera Hunting with Remote Setups – Epilogue

Posted by Gustav on Apr 28, 2011 in Cameras, Remote Setups, Technique, Vermont, Wildlife, Winter | 0 comments

G’day Everyone,

In this final briefing of our experiences using high-quality game cameras to produce publishable images of otherwise elusive wildlife, I’ll cover the important considerations for placing the cameras in the field, that is, for locating field sites with a reasonably high potential for yielding usable images of the intended subjects, and I will also provide you with some pointers on properly positioning the cameras. Though I will use our experience with bobcats to illustrate our techniques and provide examples, the concepts I outline here are generally applicable to virtually all wildlife.

Camera Hunting with Remote Setups – Game Camera Considerations

Posted by Gustav on Mar 3, 2011 in Cameras, Equipment, Remote Setups, Technique | 2 comments

G’day Everyone,

In this long overdue follow-up to my introduction to remote setups (see http://www.sojournsinnature.com/blog/?p=1551#more-1551), I’ll outline what I’ve found to be the most important considerations when purchasing a game camera.

Game cameras have been popular for some time, notably with hunters who use them not to produce publishable photos but to locate game, hence the common name for these devices. I don’t mention this to point out the obvious but to emphasize that, given their usual application, these cameras are not necessarily designed to produce gallery-quality photos. As a professional nature photographer, I have to produce images I can sell to editors and enlarge to frame for my galleries.

Camera Hunting with Remote Setups – Introduction

Posted by Gustav on May 9, 2010 in Cameras, Remote Setups, Subject, Technique, Wildlife | 10 comments

In Walden, Henry David Thoreau acknowledges that many a naturalist’s initial introduction to nature is by way of hunting and fishing:

Indeed, my first forays into the woods were with a gun over my shoulder on my uncle Victor’s 400 acre farm in upstate New York.  By the time I was 17 years old, I had shot my share of woodchuck, grouse, rabbit, and deer.  And, growing up on the Great Lakes in the fifties and sixties, I’ve caught and eaten enough perch and walleye that, if you turn off the lights, what with the accumulated dioxins, PCBs, mercury, and who knows what else in me, I’m surprised I don’t glow in the dark.