Taking quality pictures of your kill

[coach]

After a good discussion with Ravensfoot following his post in the 2011 Mule Deer picture thread, I've decided to start a new post about picture posting. I realize that we aren't all professional photographers, but feel it's in the best interest of the hunting community that we post pics that have some level of class to them. Simple guidelines such as: wipe the blood off, put the tongues back in, etc are easy to follow. This thread is about helping, not criticizing. Post up your pics and suggestions here. I'll get it started..

[coach]

Although I really like this picture of my daughter and our first bear, I had taken the clip out of the gun and made sure it was empty. Unfortunately, the bolt is closed in the picture. Lesson learned.

[coach]

Fair enough, weatherby fan. Funny - it's not the gun in most pics that bother me. It's the blood and gore. I posted a picture for a guy a couple weeks ago. It was of his whitetail buck, with a bullet hole through it's head and blood all over the ground. I said I'd post it for him - so I did. But I debated it for quite some time. I'm sure the hunter is a good guy - I just think we need to think before we shoot.. with our cameras too.

[Weatherby Fan]

Fair enough, weatherby fan. Funny - it's not the gun in most pics that bother me. It's the blood and gore. I posted a picture for a guy a couple weeks ago. It was of his whitetail buck, with a bullet hole through it's head and blood all over the ground. I said I'd post it for him - so I did. But I debated it for quite some time. I'm sure the hunter is a good guy - I just think we need to think before we shoot.. with our cameras too.

Don't get me wrong I like a great tastefull picture also,the ones that bug me are the pictures taken after gutting the animal ?? yeh maybe they forgot their camera shit happen's,
I know the gun bother's some members on here but I think both those picture's of coach's daughter are fine ,no blood anywhere and I like to see what people are shooting,thats just me !
I think the one with the lever action savage is to cool.
WF

[Weatherby Fan]

Great pictures coach,I see nothing wrong with the picture of your daughter,you know the guns empty and where its pointed regardless of weather the bolt's closed or not.
If someone is going to pick that apart they better take up a new sport.
WF

[coach]

My daughter's first deer from two years ago. Again, gun empty, but lever closed. Gun precariously perched. I should have taken more time. Also - this pic was with my cell phone. Camera was in the truck. I really regret not taking the time to get better shots.

[Bow Walker]

I think it's all about the picture taker thinking of how the fina picture will look. By that I mean the the photographer should realized (and think about) the way everything "looks" before the shutter is released. It's called "Composing" the picture.

If we just stop and take a few moments to actually look at the 'scene' before we take the picture, we can correct a lot of 'mistakes'.

[Blainer]

I got this fella last week.
I cleaned him up,then decided to move him for the pictures and did'nt recognize he continued to bleed around the mouth.
dissappointed that I missed the boat on that one

[Deer_Slayer]

Tony Soprano hunts? Get outa here...nice pic

[Bow Walker]

I'm as guilty as a lot of posters. I forgot to wash my hands/arms gefore posing with my prize. Lesson learned.......