BackdoorArts
Senior Member
Have a question for you all. Shooting wildlife can be frustrating because introducing a human into a situation can change wildlife behavior and sometimes even drive it away. In these situations putting a camera in place and then triggering it remotely can significantly increase your chance of getting the shot. The camera would be fixed and composed on a location (bird nest, animal den), but no one would be looking through the viewfinder, even remotely.
Remote triggering can occur multiple ways, either via some sort of trip sensor causing the animal to set the camera off, or via a manual trigger that allows the photographer to fire the camera from a remote location.
For "wildlife photography" would you consider either of those methods to be "cheating" because the camera is not in hand, or are remotes just another tool in the chest of a good photographer?
Remote triggering can occur multiple ways, either via some sort of trip sensor causing the animal to set the camera off, or via a manual trigger that allows the photographer to fire the camera from a remote location.
For "wildlife photography" would you consider either of those methods to be "cheating" because the camera is not in hand, or are remotes just another tool in the chest of a good photographer?