A different way of stalking wildlife... This topic was inspired by some of the comments in Hip Coyote's topic "Cameras & Artists Become Obsolete?" I recently saw a story about a...

srt101fan

This topic was inspired by some of the comments in Hip Coyote's topic "Cameras & Artists Become Obsolete?"

I recently saw a story about a wildlife photographer (Will Burrard Lucas) who gets fantastic shots by setting up "camera traps" at night along paths frequented by animals. I wonder what you all think of that approach in the context of all the discussion of "what is photography", manipulation of images, AI, etc.

fantom Loc: Colorado

srt101fan wrote:

This topic was inspired by some of the comments in Hip Coyote's topic "Cameras & Artists Become Obsolete?"

I recently saw a story about a wildlife photographer (Will Burrard Lucas) who gets fantastic shots by setting up "camera traps" at night along paths frequented by animals. I wonder what you all think of that approach in the context of all the discussion of "what is photography", manipulation of images, AI, etc.

A remote camera, set up to shoot automatically/remotely, is not "stalking wildlife". It is photographing animals.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Absentee (remote/automatic) photography.
Not stalking.

Wouldn't everyone out looking for a picture, be 'stalking' a photograph?

Perception...

srt101fan

OK, fantom and Longshadow, sorry you got hung up on the poorly worded title. Please forget the title and just read the post.

Ollieboy

srt101fan wrote:

This topic was inspired by some of the comments in Hip Coyote's topic "Cameras & Artists Become Obsolete?"

I recently saw a story about a wildlife photographer (Will Burrard Lucas) who gets fantastic shots by setting up "camera traps" at night along paths frequented by animals. I wonder what you all think of that approach in the context of all the discussion of "what is photography", manipulation of images, AI, etc.

Trail cams have been around for years.

fantom Loc: Colorado

srt101fan wrote:

OK, fantom and Longshadow, sorry you got hung up on the poorly worded title. Please forget the title and just read the post.

Sorry to have upset you, but won't reread nor comment further on it, becuz long discussions of esoteric topics are not my idea of how to best utilize my time.

I may just spend the rest of the day pondering why Billy Joe McAllister jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge. Now, for me, that would be interesting to discover---but each to their own.

DirtFarmer Loc: Escaped from the NYC area, back to MA

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Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

srt101fan wrote:

OK, fantom and Longshadow, sorry you got hung up on the poorly worded title. Please forget the title and just read the post.

Not hung up, not poorly worded, just if a person is not there with a camera, it's not stalking.
Unless the camera itself is capable of stalking.

EJMcD

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DirtFarmer Loc: Escaped from the NYC area, back to MA

EJMcD wrote:

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Termater.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

DirtFarmer wrote:

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srt101fan

I was hoping for a serious discussion. We post so much about what "real" photography is, emphasizing the need for a "vision" for each image and the creative talent and technical skills to get the shot. And here's a successful professional photographer who essentially uses a "spray and pray" approach to getting his images. I just wondered how folks felt about that. But I used a crappy subject title and the topic derailed before any serious conversation started.

I've asked Admin to shut down this topic but don't know if he'll do it. In any case, I'm outa here....

HOHIMER

fantom wrote:

Sorry to have upset you, but won't reread nor comment further on it, becuz long discussions of esoteric topics are not my idea of how to best utilize my time.

I may just spend the rest of the day pondering why Billy Joe McAllister jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge. Now, for me, that would be interesting to discover---but each to their own.

I always figured it was because she was PG.

BebuLamar

srt101fan wrote:

This topic was inspired by some of the comments in Hip Coyote's topic "Cameras & Artists Become Obsolete?"

I recently saw a story about a wildlife photographer (Will Burrard Lucas) who gets fantastic shots by setting up "camera traps" at night along paths frequented by animals. I wonder what you all think of that approach in the context of all the discussion of "what is photography", manipulation of images, AI, etc.

1. It is photography. It's certainly a photographic process to get the images.
2. Unless there are a lot of PP etc... it's not manipulation of the images.
3. There is no AI as the trap are mostly simple.

It's a way to get wildlife pictures, no different from using a blind or even very long lens.

Hydro47 Loc: NW Indiana

I set up four trail cameras over road kill deer carcasses in the cornfield behind my house every winter. I sometimes add a fifth camera set to take a still shot every 10 seconds during all daylight hours. That camera will show me if eagles are visiting the site. Sometimes coyotes drag the carcass a few feet so then my other four cameras may miss pictures due to the relatively small area of the motion sensor when cameras are set close to the target. Negatives are mainly that all camera settings are automatic and in some cases, the mp count is not as high as I'd like. This past year I bought a 32mp trail camera for 67 dollars. This coming winter it will join the "herd". I set four cameras as anything pointing mainly east will wash out in morning photographs and the two facing basically west will do the same in the evening.