Photography Tips For Mountain Gorillas

Photography is the most exciting moment that every traveler wants to have while with their dream creatures. Regardless of that excitement, intending visitors on gorilla safari or wildlife safari need to be keen on certain aspects if they are to have clear pictures. To help you have enjoyable moment with these rare creatures, the following tips must be considered;

• Camera

With gorilla trekking, not any camera can be used to shoot photos. A non-flashlight camera is what is recommended if you are planning to go for gorilla trekking.  The SLR is that one tool to make your photography experience memorable with these unique creatures. For those of you who own the full frame SLR, it is even more advantageous as this will boost your photo shooting. The cropped sensor on other hand does a great work and helps zoom a lenses depending on the size of the sensor. The 1.6x sensor can even multiply the focal length of your lenses.

• Lenses

When choosing lenses, most people choose long telephoto zooms especially for safaris. Whereas this features the best tool, it may seem much for those of you on gorilla safari. This is because, visitors maintain a distance of about 7 (seven) meters at all times from the gorillas and this can be very close than it is when taking pictures of leopard or lion.Most importantly, you can find a 2 x Canon Idx bodies fitted with canon EOS battery grips a medium telephoto like canon EF 24 to 70 mm f/2.8L together with 70 to 300 mm f/4-5.6L IS USM.

• Miscellaneous

While choosing lenses, most people choose only long telephoto zooms that is if they are going for a safari. Besides, you need extra batteries, memory card and most importantly, it is advisable that you cross check if the battery is full or the memory card is empty.

• Camera setup

This may sound or appear obvious but it is equally important. Note that mountain gorillas are huge and black and mostly thrive in the jungles. It can be confusing and better if you set your camera to underexpose by 1.5 stops to compensate the overexposure. Better you shoot in RAW in case you are in position as this also comes with some bit of flexibility while processing or allow some bit of correction to exposure and number of other things before the final image.

• Simply sit and watch

Once you get a gorilla family, you can simply sit down and take your time enjoying good moment with these dramatic creatures. This will also allow you to take clear and incredible pictures. Usually, you can get a group of these remarkable primates when they are relaxed and this gives incredible view and you take amazing photos.

In conclusion, with the above tips, we believe that you will have a lovely moment with these rare creature in the wild. Understanding these significant tips will help you while on gorilla trekking in Uganda, Rwanda or DR Congo.