Work the acene. Being from central Wisconsin I find that my photography is a lot like hunting. When talking photography with "newbies" I remind them that there's a lot going on all around you. Turn around, for instance. How many times have I heard a fellow hunter say he didn't even know that big buck was only 50 yards in back of him. Earlier in this post someone said they didn't turn on the camera while in the car. Not sure I agree with that, hope I miss understood. I carry my camera with me all the time, never leave the house without it and it's always turned on.

I am not a wildlife photographer; however, I work with an excellent wildlife photographer. You have received a lot of very good advice, but I think you may be missing the most important item in wildlife images. Patience. My friend shoots with a beatup T6 that should have been sent to the bin a long time ago, but he has patience. Several blinds scattered about several acres and he will spend all day, literally from pre dawn to past sunset in a blind. Cold, snow, pouring rain, high wind, you name it, he's there when the image is there. BY the way, I don't see anything wrong with the two images you showed us.

Yup, Good shot

I don't spend a lot of time on this forum, or any other, too busy taking pictures. Also, I did not read all 5 pages of comments, but I would like to add my opinion on this topic. I do not make a living on photography, but I make enough to cover expenses and support my "gear head" persona and I never post images on line. In fact, I rarely post an image here on UHH. Good, bad, or indifferent they are my images and I'm selfish. The thing is, where is that "lifted" image going and what is it going to represent when it's gone? I like to have control over what is mine. Thanks for letting me vent...

I guess there is something about this scenario that I didn't get. Supposedly there were authorities there, but were unable or uninterested in removing the photographers. I think there is more to the story.

I use only Canon ink in my Canon Pro-100, and never had a problem. However, I have used 3rd party ink in my little "Brother" office printer. Just recently that printer simply quit. After replacing the 3rd party cartridge's with Brother cartridge's the printer works fine.

A couple things come to mind. It sounds as if your friend believes you are a pretty good photographer, better than he is, so maybe the two of you could set aside a block of time at lease once a week and you could tutor him your self. Check around for a community college. They almost always have a couple photography courses. Look around for a camera/photography club or group. Most of them a wide range of skill levels and most are more than willing to pass along their passion. Good luck

Got the first shot on a Friday, arm quite sore on Saturday, extreme fatigue on Sunday. No more problems for first shot. Second shot 4 Fridays later with just a sore arm for a day or so.

I'm 76 yrs old and taking pictures since I was 10. Slides, negatives, hard copies, digital, I have them all, numbered in the 10s of thousands. Family pictures, pictures of life on the farm, pictures of my military time are separate. I've instructed my family, that at my demise they are to back a dumpster up to the house and throw away EVERYTHING. All hardware, all software, everything.

I didn't say they were loosely loaded in the container. Common sense will tell you the container is packed solid. For more than one reason.

Lets see; the manufacturer of the camera/lens is in Japan, Korea, Vietnam, China or some other Asian country. As the product comes off the production line it is ensconced in the cardboard box that is specially designed for that product. From there it is moved (quite possibly some distance) to where it is packed into a huge shipping container. From there the container is moved by truck to the port of departure and loaded onto an ocean going vessel, destination: USA. From the port of Los Angeles (or elsewhere) the container is moved by truck to a distribution warehouse. At the warehouse the container is opened and the container full of photography equipment is unloaded buy hand onto pallets and the various products are moved by fork lift to the proper dock in the building. A semi is backed to the dock and the boxes are moved by hand into the trailer (it's called "finger printing"), note that the product is no longer on the pallet, the boxes are stacked on the floor. When the proper number of boxes are on the trailer the driver transports said photo equipment to it's destination. Could be several stops. At each stop the boxes are moved by hand. Note that the product is still in the original packing box. It's mistaken to say the pretty box the manufacturer provides is not suited for shipping. It is made precisely for shipping.

Great series! Those images are the reason we should have the camera with us at all times.

Treasure every moment with her. My granddaughter will be 21 in a couple months, Where did all those years go?!
Wonderful photograph...

I certainly don't think using your truck as a blind is cheating. I use mine all the time, works great for Sand Hill Cranes and to some degree with Bald Eagles and quite well for White Tails. Anyway: great capture super detail !

#1 is indeed a wall hanger, with the feeder. Very nice set...