My son and I place the animal in a bedded position with it's front and rear legs tucked in. Always sit behind the animal, no gun, no tongue hanging out, no hat on backwards, no sun glasses and clean up as much blood off the animal.
Game Photography........is it possible to look at it again?
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M12shooter
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I'm all for a nice backdrop. An old farm building, hillside or background trees all make for a splendid memory IMO. I make sure the lighting is right and clean up the animal a bit. Make sure the salt covered pickup is out of the frame along with foot prints, gut piles, Pepsi cans and the like. Won't see any of that on a magazine cover.
Slooshark1
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Nice pics. I don't think it's disrespectful to have your rifle in the photo. Heck, I love looking at old photos and seeing the old rifles that they used to hunt with. But that's just me. I was in Quebec one time when some guy brought the severed head of a small bull moose into the bar and threw it on the table and poured beer in it's mouth. Now that's disrespectful! Different traditions, I guess.
Northman999
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I prefer a nice, clean animal, laid out respectably, and the weapon beside it.
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- Central Sask
If you are worried about dis respecting the animal, maybe NOT killing the animal would be a good start? The animals in hunting pics are no less dead if they are cleaned off
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- Prince Albert, Sk
One thing I have never done is pose with an animal, not sure why, maybe they are too small!
canadian hunter312
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the only time i expect to see "proper" pics is in magazines where $$$ is involved. besides that, i couldnt give a rats ass what you or the animal looks like in a pic. pictures are about memories, not how purdy you can make them look.
cant include your gun or bow?
no backwards hats or thumbs up allowed?
blood on the animal!?!? ummm...that is the result after shooting something.
silly is the nicest way i can describe some replies in this thread...
Brutus
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My opinion as well. I'm thinking the downed animal could care less if the gun/bow/spear/boomerang/slingshot/baseball bat/large rock etc, is in or out of the picture frame.
So anything other than the cleanest angle and a respectful pose just as Ardent says, is just nag nag nag IMO.
Hunters are "under the gun" at present, so why add ammo for the antis?
The only difference between a "garbage" photo and a magazing photo is a few minutes prep time. You then end up with a photo that you won't be shy of showing anyone.
I've been guiding for 35 years and have always prepped before photos, .........never had a client complain after seeing the resulting photos! Writers in particular are more than aware of how a "disrespectful" photo can result in them not selling the story or creating an "issue" for a magazine. Think of the photos you see at the sportshows, ......they're all well posed and clean, and you get excited. The "blood & guts" photos turn you off and you get a different impression of the hunter. Guess it can summed up as "class hunter" you'd like to hunt with versus "slob" hunter that you'd avoid.
It only takes a couple of minutes to portray that "class" or "slob", ........it's your choice!!!
The only difference between a "garbage" photo and a magazing photo is a few minutes prep time. You then end up with a photo that you won't be shy of showing anyone.
I've been guiding for 35 years and have always prepped before photos, .........never had a client complain after seeing the resulting photos! Writers in particular are more than aware of how a "disrespectful" photo can result in them not selling the story or creating an "issue" for a magazine. Think of the photos you see at the sportshows, ......they're all well posed and clean, and you get excited. The "blood & guts" photos turn you off and you get a different impression of the hunter. Guess it can summed up as "class hunter" you'd like to hunt with versus "slob" hunter that you'd avoid.
It only takes a couple of minutes to portray that "class" or "slob", ........it's your choice!!!
07blackwater
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So is it distasteful and slob like to show processed meat hanging from a pole?
It will have blood and rope in the photo.
It will have blood and rope in the photo.
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- Central Sask
So it makes one a "slob hunter" if one doesnt take the time to make his picture of a dead animal all purdy and look like the animal wasn't killed? Just to make sure one doesn't offend some ass hats. Its nothing to do with "class hunter" or "slob hunter". I have to laugh at all the people that think they are superior hunters beause "i take profesional pictures of what I just killed" or "I hunt with a Cooper" and on and on and on.
More field photo's.............ooopps, one photo has my rifle in it. I think that nice clean photo's possibly reflect the effort of the hunter prior, during and after the kill. If I put in the time walking all day in the bush, getting branches in the eye, fogged glasses, sweaty, hungry, thirsty, tired, etc, then what is two minutes to place the animal for a photo. It's respect to the animal, "NOT" me.
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IMO what he is trying to say is lets make us look like professionals and we know what we are doing and that we care.
Same thing as photos for a car for sale or show, nice and clean or dirty and rusty.A lot has to do with impressions.If you walk into a disorganized hunting/fishing store vs a well cared for one you get an impression right off the bat do you not?
Same thing as photos for a car for sale or show, nice and clean or dirty and rusty.A lot has to do with impressions.If you walk into a disorganized hunting/fishing store vs a well cared for one you get an impression right off the bat do you not?
Ardent
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Great photos track, and to the guys who don't care how the photos look and take a bloody, tongue out shot, hey that's your thing. What some of us are saying here is that game animals have dignity, and we feel presenting them tastefully respects that. Nothing benefits from the "In your face, this is how it is" approach- and the photos just plain look bad, I like to have some of mine on the wall.
The animal does not care, it is dead. Antis do not spend alot of time on my couch looking at albums. Napa hats and quads illicit memories, yep I was a redneck then and I am a redneck now. If you shoot something it bleeds..... Are you taking photos of brief moment in time or staging for endorsements?
relax and put the time toward arranging the onions next to the steak.
relax and put the time toward arranging the onions next to the steak.
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Yes, but I also realize that impressions don't mean sh!t.
Ardent, I couldn't agree more! A photo taken after just a few moments of preparation is simply more attractive than one that has no planning behind it. I couldn't imagine not having my rifle or bow in the shot, and I think that a smile looks appropriate. I can't help but laugh when I see a hunting shot of a guy with his game, whether it be a rabbit or an elephant, and he is staring into the camera with an expression that seems to say "Yeah, I beat this sucker to death with my bare hands, 'cuz I'm that tough!" As far as trucks and quads go...if I want a photo of my truck, I'll go out to the garage and take one there.
Track, you have some great shots there. I honestly think that they would be even better with your hunting weapon visible...and, yes, they are weapons.:rolleyes
As for the guys who won't even bother to tuck in a hanging tongue (whether on the animal or themselves) or wipe up some blood, well, to each his own. Just curious...if you are taking a photo of your wife/girlfriend, do you snap the shot when she is smiling at the camera with her make-up and hair done, or do you just walk in on her when she's on the crapper and commemorate that moment? Do you wash your car before taking a photo of it, or does the bird s**t and dust add to the memory? Is it really that hard to turn a lousy snapshot into a nice photograph?
African PH's go to great lengths to clean up, pose, and compose trophy photos so as to make them special. That's part of the job. Why a hunter would fail to take a few moments to do the same for his own photos is a mystery to me.
sksavenger, to answer your question, it doesn't make you a slob hunter...but it does make you a bit of a slob.
Track, you have some great shots there. I honestly think that they would be even better with your hunting weapon visible...and, yes, they are weapons.:rolleyes
As for the guys who won't even bother to tuck in a hanging tongue (whether on the animal or themselves) or wipe up some blood, well, to each his own. Just curious...if you are taking a photo of your wife/girlfriend, do you snap the shot when she is smiling at the camera with her make-up and hair done, or do you just walk in on her when she's on the crapper and commemorate that moment? Do you wash your car before taking a photo of it, or does the bird s**t and dust add to the memory? Is it really that hard to turn a lousy snapshot into a nice photograph?
African PH's go to great lengths to clean up, pose, and compose trophy photos so as to make them special. That's part of the job. Why a hunter would fail to take a few moments to do the same for his own photos is a mystery to me.
sksavenger, to answer your question, it doesn't make you a slob hunter...but it does make you a bit of a slob.
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- Central Sask
I do present them tastefully any have them hanging on the wall.
As for the pictures.....I dont try hiding the fact that an animal was killed or making the animal look like something its not.
tactical870
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Personally, I couldn't give a damn how the picture is taken. If you think that a bit of blood is disrespectful maybe hunting is a poor choice for you. And why do we care what the hunter is wearing? The majority of the pictures I have are terrible by most guys standards, but they serve to remind me of a successful and enjoyable hunt. I'm ok with that.
Thanks Ardent! I personally just can't kill an animal and think of it as "just" an animal, a piece of meat, something to just throw into the back of my pick-up truck. The animal was a living creature and I took it's life. There are mixed emotions when an animal is down, however I owe that animal the utmost respect to kill it humanly and respect it after the kill.
I've recently noticed on this forum that there is a vast difference with me and some other users, and conclude plainly, not all, but a few hillbilly rednecks that just love to argue with one liner inuendo's.
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