Keith's Wildlife Photographs
These photos were all taken back in 1981-1984 while I was living in Saskatoon Saskatchewan I had just upgraded my camera from a Pen tax to a canon A1 but could not afford the zoom lens I wanted to be able to take great wildlife photos. I talked to My Grandfather Ole Listoe he explained a technique I could use that would allow me to get close to a wild animal anywhere using this technique I took the following photos without a zoom lens! the antelope photos are the best demonstration of this technique. just for the distance I used and the fact they had gone over the top of the hill not seeing me stop and get out of the car to be able to get this close to a Pronghorn Antelope.
I
learned my greatest and most disappointing lesson by taking close-up photos on
my first attempt to use my grandfather, Ole Listoe’s technique to get as close
as possible to any wild animal. In 1981, I saw a pair of buck and doe of
white-tailed deer going behind a bush of trees in the middle of a field as I
drove down the highway between Spiritwood, Sk. and Saskatoon, Sk. I stopped the
car and grabbed my camera excited to see how close I could get to taking
pictures of them with a bright sunny sky. I concentrated on getting as close as
possible to the buck without going in between the buck and the doe to not make
the buck feel, I threatened his doe. I got so close that the buck would not fit
in the viewfinder of my camera. I was perfectly pleased with how well my
grandfather’s technique worked to get so close to a wild white-tailed buck in
the middle of a field. I returned to the car to be devastated and disappointed
that I did not have a roll of film in my camera. I was sure to always have a
roll of film in my camera after that loss of perfect close-up photos!
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Last Updated: Thursday, June 20, 2024