Wild Photo Adventures TV Series 204

Photographing the Eastern Wild Turkey, SC
Professional wildlife photographer Doug Gardner shares tips and techniques for finding and photographing this magnificent bird. 2009

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Howto & Style

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• wildlife photography
• nature photography
• wildlife photographer
• Wild Photo Adventures
• how to photograph
• wildlife photography tutorial
• Doug Gardner

[douggardner1]

Actually I am a hunter and have been since the age of 6. Unfortunately I don't get to hunt as much as I would like to anymore, but all the skills I learned as a hunter has helped my wildlife photography many fold over the years. Thanks, Doug

[jazzmessenger8]

Do you leave the ball on the tripod loose in order to follow the turkeys, or do you tighten the tripod before each shot? Also, do you usually use manual focus in these situations?

[douggardner1]

@jazzmessenger8

If your subject is moving leave the head loose so you can track it. The only time you want lock your head down is if your subject is perfectly stationary or it's a scenic shot. As for focus, unless it's a small fast flying bird like Teal, quail, grouse etc.... I manual focus everything. With exception I probably use manual focus 90% of the time.

[Survivalisthekey]

and were did you get your camo tripod?

[douggardner1]

The camo covers for my lenses and tripod legs are made by LensCoat and B&H, Adorama, and Amazon sell them.

Thanks

Doug

[MrColt1873]

Do yall still do the show is there going to be a season 4

[john101477]

Your pretty good on that call for not being a hunter yourself :)

[Eli666Ms]

sei mimetico dalla testa ...all'obiettivo!

[augustnyne]

Great video! It was nice to watch a show about shooting Turkeys where no Turkey had to die! Lol

[LiveHuntFish]

Very informative! Thanks so much for the great videos! Love them all!