When you go out to make images of wildlife, magnification is essential for a number of reasons. Most obviously is that it allows the animal to be captured full frame. Unless you always create environmental portraits, many wildlife photographers live by the adage that bigger is better. A second reason is that you keep your distance. This allows the animal to go about its regular business. This increases the likelihood that you arrest the behavior it wouldn’t perform if it’s in fight or flight mode. Magnification is also beneficial as it provides cleaner backgrounds. The narrower angle of view potentially reduces the number of distractions. Finally, their wider apertures help throw the background out of focus since the depth of field is narrowed. Use Vibration Reduction I love my 80-400mm with built-in stabilization. It provides a fantastic range that allows me to make everything from an environmental portrait to a frame-filling headshot. When attached to a digital body with a crop sensor, the 400mm length is equivalent to 600mm on a full-frame camera. Because they’re light and come with VR, they can be handheld. The rule of thumb is to shoot using the reciprocal of the focal length to […]
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