I Cannot Wait To Try This Myself!
Lately I’ve run into quite a few popular wildlife photographers who have captured some of their best shots using food as “bait”.
While I understand the pros and cons of doing this, I haven’t completely made up my mind about it.
For example, I see no harm in feeding little birds – that’s what we do, anyway, since they can have a hard time surviving through the winter otherwise.
But I do realize there are plenty of cons when it comes to feeding bigger wildlife. It could become dangerous to both the animals and the people, if bears or mountain lions got used to finding food at a certain place.
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But it honestly hadn’t even occurred to me to use the same method as this professional wildlife photographer!
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I think you mean bait
I didn’t actually ‘bait’ a sight.. but I did use a bad situation to my advantage. I was at Reelfoot lake trying to shoot the Eagles who winter there. (who for the entire morning seemed to be on the trees in the middle of the lake.. and I think they were shooting raspberries at me).. while driving around, I spotted a freshly road-killed squirrel (still flopping… hey it wasn’t me who ran him over). I went over to the side of the road and set up my blind and put on my 200 mm lens.. within about fifteen minutes an eagle came along and noticed the free snack. It was about the only good shots I got that day of an eagle. Baiting and feeding the Eagles is illegal, but taking advantage of a situation like this isn’t.
What is “Bate”
Isn’t that the guy, Norman, from Psycho?
I’ve used cheerios to lure a snapping turtle before.
With or without milk & sugar?
Now see I thought this story was going to be about: “Common Household Items that Could Give You The BEST Wildlife Images Of Your Life” I was pretty sure the Photographer was using a camouflage painted coffee can as part of his lens and I defiantly wanted to know how he made it and… what other common items he used to take the BEST images. j/k (hey it was a funny thought in my head) :o)
interesting how the Chimps actually start making funny things in the mirror jsut like little kids do!
The use of mirrors is good for only biology experiments and should not be used, in fact baiting should not be used either. A dead animal already there is fine to set up on but placing food (and worse mirrors) creates an in natural environment. That aside I prefer to make shots as natural as possible or not at all and leave (metaphorically) without having left a footprint. PS the animals faced with images of themselves behave quite differently and who knows the long term results