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Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Fall 2013
Submitted photo
Duane Frampton, of Fairbanks, took this 67-inch bull Sept. 20 north of Dillingham.
PHOTOS
Avoid shots with blood and guts
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Take your pictures before you start field dressing your animal and try to clean it up if it’s covered in blood. Use the cleanest side of the animal for your photo.
Big game guide Virgil Umphenour uses a 35mm waterproof Minolta to take pictures for his clients. “It’s automatic, it takes real good pictures and I don’t have to worry about it getting wet,” Umphenour said. If you do bring along a camera that’s not waterproof, stick it in a small dry bag that’s easy to get to. Here are some other tips for photographing trophies:
Supersize it Use wide-angle lenses to make the animal look bigger than it really is, especially with close-up shots. Crouch down next to the animal or kneel behind its antlers or horns for best effect.
Take in the scenery Try to include some background in photos to show what the area was like. Things like fall colors, mountains and rivers add to a picture.
Don’t be camera shy
and anything else that strikes your fancy. By the time you’re done you should have enough for a small photo album.
Include weapons Include your rifle or bow in the picture, whether it’s in your arms, leaning against the animal or situated in the antlers.
Take lots of pictures. There is more to a hunt than bagging an animal. Take pictures in camp, of the butchIf you’re using a digital ering process, packing out camera and you want to get a meat, loading rafts, boats or print made, take your photos planes, riding four-wheelers, floating or boating on the river at the highest resolution
High resolution helps
possible. “If you’re just sending emails, you don’t need resolution but if you’re making a print, you do,” Whitten said. “It’s real simple to reduce the resolution to send it over the Internet, but it’s hard to do it the other way around.”
No tongue If an animal’s tongue is sticking out, try putting it back in its mouth, though that’s sometimes easier than done. “Sometimes, it’s easiest just to cut the tongue out,” Umphenour said.