60 Second Tip: Finding the Right Height When Photographing Wildlife

Finding the best angle to photograph wildlife is not just about moving from side to side. You also need to think about the best height. Standard advice is to shoot the animal at their eye level but this is not always the best angle. In this quick tip, I discuss how I decided the best height to photograph quail.
Hope you enjoy!
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Photography, video and editing by Ian Smissen
Incidental Photography by Joanne Smissen
Music
On My Way Home (sting) by The 126ers
Dusty Rhymes by Freedom Trail Studio
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Gear I use:
Cameras
- Panasonic Lumix G9 Camera
- Panasonic Lumix GX8 Camera
- Apple iPhone Xs
- GoPro Hero 4 Silver
Lenses
- Panasonic Lumix 12-35mm f/2.8
- Panasonic Lumix 35-100mm f/2.8
- Panasonic Leica 100-400mm f/4-6.3
- Panasonic Leica 8-18mm f/2.8-4
- Panasonic Leica 12mm f/1.4
- Olympus M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 Macro
- Panasonic Lumix 25mm f/1.7
- Olympus M.Zuiko 12-50mm f/3.5-6.3
Filters
- Nisi V5 100mm Kit (now superseded)
- K&F Concept ND2-ND32 Variable ND Filter
Tripods
- Jobu Design Algonquin Tripod
- Jobu Design BWG-HD3 Gimbal Tripod Head
- Really Right Stuff BH-55 LR Tripod Ball Head
- Sirui N3203X tripod + Sirui K-30X ballhead
- K&F Concept KF-TC2534 Travel tripod
Gimbal
- DJI Osmo Mobile 3 for Smartphone (Combo)
Drone
- DJI Mavic Air (Combo)
- Apple iPhone 6s
Audio
- Audio-Technica AT2020USB+ Microphone
- Rode SMARTLAVPRode Microphone for Smartphones
- Rode VMGHORode VideoMic On-Camera Shotgun Microphone
- Zoom H1N Handy Recorder
- Apple iPhone 5
Camera Bags
- Mindshift Gear Backlight 26L
- Tarion RS-01 Canvas Photography Bag
- LowePro Sling

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Thank you!

[@IanSmissenPhotography]

You're welcome 🙂

[@mikekay6288]

I always knew there would be an advantage in being close to the ground( 165cm).
Mike in Oz