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 Post subject: Re: The 'ethics' of using flash for wildlife
Unread postPosted: Tue Mar 05, 2013 11:52 am 
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 Post subject: Re: The 'ethics' of using flash for wildlife
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There's a decent thread on flash and fill-in flash over here.
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 Post subject: Re: The 'ethics' of using flash for wildlife
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I don't agree with those 'good' guides. He will obviously not admit that his flashlight has an effect on the animals. No flashlight, no animal. No animal, no tip. We have seen it how many times where animals, and here I am talking about predators, have used man to assist him in hunting. The Cheetah jumping on top of a car in Serengeti, to get a better view was first a big 'wow' Nowadays its a common occurrence. Predators use stealth, speed, and power to catch its prey while prey uses sight, sound and smell to detect the predators. Take these factors away from any of them and the other side will win the battle.

It has been suggested, although not proven, that lions take advantage of a slippery tar road in order to catch giraffe. Forumites have mentioned how many times they have came across a giraffe kill close to a tar road. It is another example where wild animals have used man made stuff to gain an advantage over others.


I'm in total agreement and would not use flash photography at all on a night drive. I have a feeling the OP is interested primarily in birding however, where dusk and dawn are certainly improved with flash...

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 Post subject: Re: The 'ethics' of using flash for wildlife
Unread postPosted: Tue Mar 05, 2013 1:11 pm 
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Josh of the Bushveld wrote:
There's a decent thread on flash and fill-in flash over here.
It's a pleasure mods :wink:

Hehe, one to you Josh :cam:


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 Post subject: Re: The 'ethics' of using flash for wildlife
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DinkyBird wrote:
Duco, what flash do you recommend for a Canon 50D using a 100-400 lens, and only for the daytime use as you illustrated here. And at the moment, more for bird photography.

Any will do.... It doesn't have to be a monster. You are using it as fill-in.

Found the photo I was looking for. A bit too wide for a direct post here, so a link: http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i159/ ... a67bfa.jpg

The last two photos are with flash, and as you can see that makes quite a difference.

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 Post subject: Re: The 'ethics' of using flash for wildlife
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I feel like flash shouldn't be used at all. If you unable to capture it on camera without flash then simply enjoy the moment. The inner photographer in me though disagrees and I have a little fight in my head everytime, use flash and capture the moment or don't use flash and let the moment slip away.

Its quite the interesting battle.

But I stand firmly against the use of flash. It is so unnatural for wildlife and often startles and panics them

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