Monday May 21 2012
Nature Watching


Sorry, but this content is reserved for subscribers only.

Your $20/year subscription helps cover the costs of producing new videos, writing curriculum units, site development, and hosting. Without that support, this site would not be possible.

If you are already a subscriber, and having problems logging in, please check the Support Page.

If you are not yet a subscriber, please check out the Free Stuff page, and Subscribe Now.

join

Are you a bird watcher or a bird spotter?

question...

Hi Mr. Krampf.
I didn't know where to ask this, but I was thinking the other day, and I was wondering how animals think. I don't know if people even know and if u would, but just curious. Cuz ya know how humans think in languages like people who speak english think in english, and french people think in french, etc. Since animals don't really know words and stuff how do they think?

-Maggie :)

P.S. Is there a place on this site where I can just ask questions not relating to a video or something?

hi

thanks for the imformatiom

Great question! We don't

Great question! We don't know how animals think, but scientists do a lot of research trying to figure it out. They observe animals in the wild, test to see how much they can learn, test their memories, and all sort of things, and the more they study, the more we are amazed by how much thinking animals do.

The easiest way to ask me a direct question is to email me at: Science@krampf.com

Camera

What's a good camera for nature watching? I'm doing a project on nature, and I need pictures of wildlife around where I live. Thanks!

they have rock cameras so you

they have rock cameras so you can use one of those and descise it

jesse romanowski

in this vidio i learnd that if u turn off the tv and take a mintute and watch birds and anything else iot interisting and a soft shell snaping turtle usees his long head to get food and it cover a big tertori and if you want to take a pichure of a dragon fly find the brach he likes and iff u scar him he well come back 20 sec later and you can take a pichure of this with A zoom lens

naila

ikr i did that and it was fun thankss

A zoom lens helps, for

A zoom lens helps, for getting photos of birds and other things at a distance, but you can take great photographs of wildlife with pretty much any camera. While expensive cameras help some, the photographer makes the biggest difference. Learn to see like a photographer, and you will be able to take good wildlife photos with any camera.

First, take LOTS of photos. When you see an insect on a flower, don't just take one picture. Instead, take 20 or 30, from different angles, some close and some at a distance. On an average day of shooting, I take several hundred photographs, and if I find something special, I might take more than a hundred shots of that one thing. Why? Because many of the pictures won't be what I want. Some will have motion blur, the wrong lighting, the wrong thing in focus, or just not the positioning that I wanted. Out of all those pictures, I can usually find 10 or 15 that I like.

Think about the photographs that you see in nature books or National Geographic, and try to think of how those photographers would shoot it. The small, "point and shoot" cameras are incredible for closeup shots, often better than my expensive macro lens.

Lure the wildlife to you. For birds, put out bird feeders and a bird bath. It may take a few days for them to find it, but once they do, you will have lots of birds. Put it near a window, and you will be able to photograph them up close without scaring them away. Close the curtains most of the way, giving you a tiny opening to photograph through. Put the camera right up against the glass to prevent glare.

Good luck and good shooting. If you run into questions, email me.

Can you get a good

Can you get a good camera for $50 or under? That's how much money I have to buy a camera with. I have more, for when I need it. Thanks!

Hannah

Check Walmart. The Kodak

Check Walmart. The Kodak Easyshare camera is about $50, I think, and it gets very good reviews. It also takes 14 megapixel photos, which means you can zoom in fairly well with photo editing software, to make your wildlife shots look better.

The Kodak Easyshare camera

The Kodak Easyshare camera is maybe the one I'm going to get. Do you ever wish you had a smaller camera? Oh, by the way, when I'm doing my nature experiment, should I bring a guide book so I know what birds or animals I'm watching? Thanks!

Hannah

?

Dear Mr. Krampf:
I have a cool idea, maybe you could have a photography contest on your website! A nature photography contest where contestants have to take a photo of something in nature. You could have like different categories like "birds" (since it's such a popular thing to photograph) "animals (excluding birds)" and "other" (like trees, canyons, ocean, etc...) and you could have first second and third place for each category. You wouldn't have to have a prize, just that the winners photos get placed on the website!

-Leah

I have been thinking of doing

I have been thinking of doing just that. I tried a "test" contest on my Facebook page, but did not get many photo entries. I am rethinking it, and will try it here soon. Thanks1

If you do do one, maybe you

If you do do one, maybe you could post it on this site too as well as your facebook so that those who don't have facebook could know about the contest! I would have entered if I would have seen that there was one!

This viedo

THIS VIDEO HAS VERY BEAUTIFUL BIRDS BUT IT NEEDS JUST A LITTLE MORE DETAILS.

TIJUANA
DR.W.J.CREEL

just "looks good"

i love this video it is awesome!!! but i think "looks good" is not enough for this video. it needs an a+

Cathryne

um.......

um.. ether your copying my name or your name is Cathryne to.

Cåth®yne (a farr kid)

just what i need!

cool awesome amazing!! teenagers get out there!!!

animals r just so amazing

i think animals r JuST sO cool. they r just so amazing they can do things u cant beleive their also very talented. p.s. im cool n i think robert krampf is pretty kewl to

looks good

looks good

Post new comment

Science Photo of the Day

Science Photo


Latest Free Video


Latest Premium Video


Latest Experiment

The Knuckle Trick

Is your arm shrinking?

This Week's Spotlight:
Plants

Recently Added Pages

1 day 23 hours ago
5 days 11 hours ago
6 days 10 hours ago
1 week 5 days ago
1 week 6 days ago
2 weeks 19 hours ago
2 weeks 5 days ago
3 weeks 3 days ago
3 weeks 4 days ago
4 weeks 10 hours ago

Vid-bits

These are short, science oriented videos that don't fit neatly into other categories. Many are just for fun, as I learn more about the world of video.

Performance at Technorama

Fun at Technorama

Manatees

Swallow Tailed Kite

Lightning at the Beach

Big Surprise

HappyTone News: Shuttle Launch NEW!

Electricity shows in Thousand Oaks NEW!

Recently updated Pages

23 hours 13 min ago
23 hours 17 min ago
1 day 23 hours ago
5 days 11 hours ago
6 days 10 hours ago
1 week 5 days ago
1 week 6 days ago
2 weeks 19 hours ago
2 weeks 5 days ago
3 weeks 3 days ago

Recent comments