After several dozen B&H videos over the last few years, Jeff is always my favorite presenter, and I can't recommend his 'Pixels After Dark' presentation enough. Thanks again for this one Jeff.
I am horrified by his lack of respect for animals - ie the shot of the mother elephant clearly highly stressed and moving to protect her baby. He had no clue what he was doing. No decent wildlife photographer would ever do that. And who is he taking these for? If you take shots in confinement, you are ethically supposed to be clear, unless the shot is just for you. Wildlife photographers are clear about wild vs confinement. And to shake keys at the zoo - like those animals aren't stressed enough. He should stick to what he knows - events- and not pretend to be able to do everything. Way too much arrogance.
hannah b, I understand your complaints, but let me try to resolve your problems with his shots. 1. His vehicle was just passing by, and he pressed the shutter button. And-based off of the telephoto lens he was using-, he was relatively far away from the elephants. 2. There is NOTHING wrong with shooting wildlife at the zoo, without showing the rest of the zoo. First off, a ton of photographers do that, and secondly, it in know way is lying to only show the animal and not the habitat, as long as he doesn’t pretend they are in the wild-he doesn’t. Finally, you have no idea if he includes the location on his photos on social media-which he does. 3. Shaking your keys might not be the nicest thing to do, but animals in the zoo are better off their, than being poached in the wild, and many are brought in when they have severe injuries and wouldn’t survive. So I wouldn’t worry about them having a heart attack, because they falsely got excited about food.
After several dozen B&H videos over the last few years, Jeff is always my favorite presenter, and I can't recommend his 'Pixels After Dark' presentation enough. Thanks again for this one Jeff.
Always enjoy your videos. Thanks, Jeff.
Always good. Thx Jeff
BH should invite me. I can do it for free. I have been shooting for 3 years.
I am horrified by his lack of respect for animals - ie the shot of the mother elephant clearly highly stressed and moving to protect her baby. He had no clue what he was doing. No decent wildlife photographer would ever do that. And who is he taking these for? If you take shots in confinement, you are ethically supposed to be clear, unless the shot is just for you. Wildlife photographers are clear about wild vs confinement. And to shake keys at the zoo - like those animals aren't stressed enough. He should stick to what he knows - events- and not pretend to be able to do everything. Way too much arrogance.
hannah b, I understand your complaints, but let me try to resolve your problems with his shots.
1. His vehicle was just passing by, and he pressed the shutter button. And-based off of the telephoto lens he was using-, he was relatively far away from the elephants.
2. There is NOTHING wrong with shooting wildlife at the zoo, without showing the rest of the zoo. First off, a ton of photographers do that, and secondly, it in know way is lying to only show the animal and not the habitat, as long as he doesn’t pretend they are in the wild-he doesn’t. Finally, you have no idea if he includes the location on his photos on social media-which he does.
3. Shaking your keys might not be the nicest thing to do, but animals in the zoo are better off their, than being poached in the wild, and many are brought in when they have severe injuries and wouldn’t survive. So I wouldn’t worry about them having a heart attack, because they falsely got excited about food.