Thur».. Ju«w 2. 1977 (Sec. 2) SANDY (Ore.) POST 9
On the road with Guido the Guide
Bring 'em home on film
A n n o u n cin g die once-a-year
by Douglas Gantenbein
staff writer
(F irs t of a tw o p a rt series on
n atu re p h o tog rap hy. This
week, equipment and Him Is
discussed).
Eactory Authorized
Summer is upon us despite
the rain, and with that time of
the year hundreds of hikers will
soon be hitting the trails and
back woods of Oregon.
Among them, it is safe to say
that the vast majority will be
carrying cameras Americans
are without a doubt the most
picture-crazy people in the
world.
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For most amateur shut-
terbup«, one of life’s ambitions
is to be a big time nature
photographer
a-la
L ife
Magazine
or
National
Geographic.
It ’s tough to match them
exactly, as their resources and
ability can boggle the mind, but
most anyone with a camera and
a little patience can go out in
the bush and bring ’em back
alive—on film
For a good photographer, the
kind of camera used is in
cidental, but when dealing with
fast moving, often distant wild
creatures
the
advantage
definitely goes to those with a
reflex type camera with an
interchangable lens. Viewing
and focusing are easier and
more accurate, and use of a
telephoto lens gives you some
• pull” to bring that fleeing
beastie in to you.
For a 35mm camera, the best
lenses for wildlife photography
are generally in the medium to
long telephoto range, from 200
to 400mm These get you in on
the action without being ex
cessively big and heavy Too
powerful a lens can put you in
too close, and trying to focus on
a dodging, darting deer with an
overly bulky or powerful lens
will cause you frustration and
cost you pictures.
Zoom lenses have the ad
vantage of combining several
foca^Jengtha in one package,
but they are heavy and often
quite slow requiring more light
for proper exposure Also, the
very beauty of a zoom lens-
variable focal lengths is also a
pitfall as a photographer can
spend to much time zooming
in and out, while his erstwhile
quarry has cut and run.
Even if you don’t have an
T H IS W IL D turkey was photographed In
the M L llood National Forest with a 500
mm m irror lens. M irro r lenses are
powerful, light and compact, but they have
expensive camera, you need
not despair as it is often sur
prising how close an animal
will come to you. Now, many of
the newer instamatic type
cam eras have a built-in
telephoto that enables you to
compete with the big boys.
Also, the cheaper cameras
have less to fiddle with, a
decided plus for any kind of
picture taking.
Once you have a camera it’s
time to decide what kind of film
to use If you choose color, you
have two basic types to select
fro m - slide or print film.
Of the two, slides are
generally more versatile. In
addition to the transparency
your processor returns you,
both color and black and white
prints can be made from them
Slide films are also sharper and
less grainy, as a rule, than print
films, and you have the ability
to "push” film to a higher
senihvity
rating—something
that comes in handy when the
light is dim. Many animals a r r
mast active at dawn or dusk so
this can be an important
consideration.
Still, the fact remains slides
can be a nuisance to store and
show, and getting a negative-
film quality print from a slide
can be an expensive process
Print films have the advantage
a lim ited depth of field and their optical
structure causes all out-of-focus points of
light In the background to appear as a
series of concentric circles.
( Douglas Gantenbein photo)
ALM OND
COLOR
on built-ins and compactors
of giving you more leeway on
your exposure, and several
manufacturers have just this
year come out with some very
good high-speed color print
films to give you the ability to
shoot in dim light.
One big disadvantage of color
prints remains, however, and
that is the high cost of the initial
processing when compared to
slides.
Color film is the favorite for
most outdoor photographers,
but don’t count out black and
white A good black and white
photo is often fa r more
d ra m a tic than the color
equivalent. It is also easier to
process black and white film
yourself, and to one proficient
in a darkroom, the only lim it to
the effects that can be created
is the imagination.
Also, black and white films
give you the most latitude on
exposure, and with the proper
developing chemicals film can
be pushed as high as 3200 ASA.
In other words, witn black and
white film if you can see it, you
can shoot i t
One thing to consider, if you
choose black and white film to
photograph animals with, is
that rqost creatures are color
blind, therefore color patterns
have evolved that blend in to
their surroundings almost
perfectly when viewed in black
and white. A fawn’s spots may
appear almost gaudy to us. but
to a wolf or cougar they diffuse
the outline, and the tan
coloration is almost perfectly
n eutral. Rem em ber, light
brown and light green come out
almost the same shade of grey.
Some useful accessories are
a light tripod, a movie pan head
to allow you to follow fast
moving game, a small flash
to fill in shadows at close range,
lens cleaner and spare bat
teries for light meters or
electronic shutters.
Take all you need, but be sure
you need all you take. Nothing
is more comical than the sight
of a photographer buried under
a mound of straps, gadgets and
jutting lenses, trying to find
that little widget he knew he
had in his camera bag while
w hatever
he
cam e
to
photograph gallops merrily
over the horizon.
Photography is really a very
simple art, and it is to your
extreme advantage to keep it
that way.
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Next week: Shooting in the
w ild, ( or. how to get a mountain
goat tossy ‘cheese.’ )
Change your
cooktop
to match
your menu
Being you not enough
The first type of document
may be a birth or baptismal
certificate; an official court
record; such as adoption
papers; an armed forces
identification card; alien
registration card; a life in
surance policy at least one year
old; a certified copy of an
application for a professional
or occupational license; a
certified school attendance
record; or a Selective Service
registration card.
The second type of iden
tification will require any two
of the following items: a credit
card; a Social Security card; a
marriage certificate; a student
body identification card; a
ce rtific a te
of
title
or
registration card for a motor
vehicle; a personalized check
or a bill. The two pieces of
identification must not be the
same type of identification (for
example, two credit cards will
not be accepted)
In Salem, Harold L. Grover,
division administrator, said the
procedural change may in
convenience some customers
” Rut an Oregon photo
Name the camp
sponsored by county
There’s a bicycle waiting for
the youngster who can "name
the camp” for the Clackamas
County Youth Commission
The commission is spon
soring its third annual free
summer camp for all low-
income children in the county,
according to Ellen Rogers,
summer ca mp director
Camp activities will include
outdoor education classes in
edible plant identification
compass reading, shelter
building and similar activities.
The
contest,
open
to
youngsters between ages 6 and
14, will help inform families
that the program is available,
driver’s license is of major
importance as an identification
document and I believe we
must be as certain as we can
that the name appearing with
the photo on the license is in
deed that of the bearer,” he
added
" I ’ve advocated this kind of
change for years," he said.
“ Now we will have a rule that
has some teeth in it.”
Workers
needed
TTie Oregon Employment
Division is looking for 200
workers 12 years or older to
pick straw berries in the
Gresham area
Contact Tom Ellis at the
Gresham Job Service Office.
Call 665-3102 weekdays 8 to 5.
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Applicants must be residents
of Clackamas County, and
entries should include name,
age,
address,
telephone
number
and
the
name
suggested for the camp
Entries must be mailed to the
Clackamas County Youth
Commission, 109 10th Street, by
Tuesday, June 14.
A board of judges will select
the winner on June 29
h i * s p e c ia l p ric e s .
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Now rule at MVD
S tartin g June 1 at the
Gresham Motor Vehicle office,
you not only have to be yourself
but you have to be able to prove
it.
Office
M anager
Sid
Kuvensky said the state Motor
Vehicle Division has tightened
its procedures for issuing
duplicate
driver’s licenses
when the original is lost or
stolen or when an address
change is required
"Relatively few people have
been able to get false licenses
by claiming to be someone
else,” Ruvensky said, ex
plaining the reasoning for the
stricter regulation. "T h is
should help alleviate the en
forcement problem.”
As of June I, a person ap
plying for a duplicate license
has to provide either one of
ficial document showing name
and date of birth, or two pieces
of evidence with the applicant's
name
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