Field Harvest Photo Tips

[moosehunter]

I concider myself an average photographer at best with above average equipment and I always try to take decent in the field photo's but there are some members here that are really good at taking some awesome pictures. It would be nice to here some tips and hints from those guys. Here's a question I have.

How do you get the head and neck in an upright postion so it appears that the subject in the photo is barely holding onto the rack?

 

[Fishbonker]

Squat down on your knees and sit on your heels, pull the deer up onto your thighs then raise your knee that is closest to his muzzle with the knee under his neck or laying his neck against your knee. So you are litteraly holding the deer in your lap and your legs are supporting his head. Don't just squat down behind it, pull it up onto you.

Not that I've ever had to do this but I did watch a guy do it and think this is what he did.

The 'Bonker

 

[bowhuntr311]

I see alot of the "good harvest photos" on here where they lay the open cavity (guts) to the ground bend the front legs underneth and pull them back to your body like bonker explained.
Here is a pose/postioning I really like. Very little blood and the deer looks a little less dead.
http://www.iowawhitetail.com/photopost/data/3204/Gabe11.JPG
another
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e223/stp309/straight.jpg
and 1 more
http://iowawhitetail.com/gallery/files/547-mike_hansen_2009_early_muzzleloader_buck_0112.jpg

See how all of those the deer are resting mostly on their front legs. Then alls it takes is you to hold the head up. These are by far my favorite positionings.

Also notice the heigth of the camera. Most are at the same level or below. Pics taken close and with the camera man standing and shooting down make your game look alot smaller.


PS. Thanks to the people in the photos for supplying the nice harvest photos.

 

[hillrunner]

Those are all great pics, I really like that 1st pic, everything just looks natural. Sometimes I think the deer can look a little strange when they have the front half of the deer propped way up while the hind end seems to lay flat to the ground. jmo