16. WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER. A meeting with Keith Hutton at Yio Chu Kang Crescent forest
28 Jun 2020
PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS: SPRAY AND PRAY
"Why are you stressing me?" Kenneth Hutton, the retiree photographer was upset when I asked him to use the "spray and pray" technique to photograph a rare large black butterfly with a prominent bright yellow spot, fluttering across and away from us in a zig-zag flight path. It appeared a second time for a few seconds and disappeared into the secondary forest. The image shown here is what I saw.
I had met Kenneth for the first time at Yio Chu Kang Crescent where he was photographing birds.
This lizard would not disappear completely. He would show his head and eyed me. Curious. If I went nearer, he would shift further behind the tree, but always with his head visible to see what I would do next.
"No, thank you," I said to Keith.
This lizard was playing "Peek-a-boo" game with me. Peek-a-boo or peekaboo is a form of play usually with an infant. To play, one player hides his or her face, pops back into the view of the other, and says Peekaboo!, sometimes followed by I see you!
Back to the rare butterfly disappearance. "Kenneth," I said. "You were telling me this Spray and Pray technique when you captured an eagle in flight in Pasir Ris, I was suggesting this technique."
I was surprised that he was stressed out by my advice. "You made $2,000 with this technique!"
An Australian National Geographic photographer nearby asked if he had Singapore eagle photographs. He got paid $2,000 for 8 of the 12 frames she wanted.
In this photography tip, he had clicked his 600 mm zoom lens continuously following the flight path of an eagle in Pasir Ris Park. 'Spray' means continuous clicking of your camera at 12 frames per second for example, and 'Pray' means you hope you succeed in capturing some sharp images.
In this Covid-19 pandemic, a retiree photographer who met me for the first time could be stressed by my one remark. The area was a secondary forest in a deserted Yio Chu Kang Crescent road. Bright sunshine flashed on our face, cool breezes waved the long lallang grass. A few bees flying around the wildflowers while yellow, white and orange butterflies fluttered. How much stress there would be for business owners who loses money while they still pay their employees and feed their families?
PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS: SPRAY AND PRAY"Why are you stressing me?" Kenneth Hutton, the retiree photographer was upset when I asked him to use the "spray and pray" technique to photograph a rare large black butterfly with a prominent bright yellow spot, fluttering across and away from us in a zig-zag flight path. It appeared a second time for a few seconds and disappeared into the secondary forest. The image shown here is what I saw.
I had met Kenneth for the first time at Yio Chu Kang Crescent where he was photographing birds.
"Shall I go to the other side of the tree trunk to get the lizard to move to your side?" Keith asked. This Oriental Garden Lizard would shift his position to hide just behind the tree trunk as I clicked my camera to take a photograph of him
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This lizard would not disappear completely. He would show his head and eyed me. Curious. If I went nearer, he would shift further behind the tree, but always with his head visible to see what I would do next."No, thank you," I said to Keith.
This lizard was playing "Peek-a-boo" game with me. Peek-a-boo or peekaboo is a form of play usually with an infant. To play, one player hides his or her face, pops back into the view of the other, and says Peekaboo!, sometimes followed by I see you!
Back to the rare butterfly disappearance. "Kenneth," I said. "You were telling me this Spray and Pray technique when you captured an eagle in flight in Pasir Ris, I was suggesting this technique."
I was surprised that he was stressed out by my advice. "You made $2,000 with this technique!"
An Australian National Geographic photographer nearby asked if he had Singapore eagle photographs. He got paid $2,000 for 8 of the 12 frames she wanted.
In this photography tip, he had clicked his 600 mm zoom lens continuously following the flight path of an eagle in Pasir Ris Park. 'Spray' means continuous clicking of your camera at 12 frames per second for example, and 'Pray' means you hope you succeed in capturing some sharp images.
In this Covid-19 pandemic, a retiree photographer who met me for the first time could be stressed by my one remark. The area was a secondary forest in a deserted Yio Chu Kang Crescent road. Bright sunshine flashed on our face, cool breezes waved the long lallang grass. A few bees flying around the wildflowers while yellow, white and orange butterflies fluttered. How much stress there would be for business owners who loses money while they still pay their employees and feed their families?
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