Photo-trapping: Love for nature and curiosity for animal habits have resulted in a new photographic technique that helps to capture, day and night, exceptional naturalistic photos and videos.
We rarely hear about camera trapping, above all because it is a relatively new technique, through which scholars and enthusiasts have the opportunity to detect the presence of given species in a specific territory or in specific areas.
To make this photographic technique a success, there were mainly two aspects:
• camera traps are minimally invasive and limit disturbance to animals and nature to a minimum;
• act independently, without the necessary presence of the photographer.
The photo trap is in fact an almost invisible tool, and once positioned, it can film and photograph day and night for as long as deemed useful.
Used in parks, natural areas or in private environments, it not only allows you to detect the presence of a specific species with complete safety, but also helps you to know more deeply the habits of the animals studied.
To approach the camera traps are mainly nature and photography lovers. The naturalistic one, aided by the photo traps, has in fact been enriched with truly sensational shots. In fact, there are not a few professional photographers who put their knowledge and techniques at the service of parks, magazines, universities, knowing full well the research will not influence the life of animals in any way.
Ethics requires photographers who place camera traps to put animal welfare first. In fact, this takes the form of maintaining the right distances and behaviors appropriate to the environments in which one works.
Naturally, there are some tricks that help the photographer and the animals coexist. As a rule, these do inspections at dawn to study the behavior of the species and above all habitat.
By analyzing traces and signs of various kinds, it will be possible to discover whether that particular point is in transit or not. Only in this way will it be possible to fully understand where to place the photo trap to blend in with the surrounding environment.
Once positioned, all you have to do is wait a few days. At the end of the fixed period, the machine will be withdrawn and what has been documented will be looked at.
The total autonomy of the camera from the photographer is made possible by the technical particularity of the instrument.
In fact, the camera used will activate with a motion sensor, recording everything that will flow in front of it at a given moment.
If until some time ago the camera traps could only shoot videos, to date the most technologically advanced, they can also take pictures, operating in the infrared and therefore managing to photograph and record filming even at night, moreover the most suggestive.
The fascination that this new technique arouses is well demonstrated by the numerous photo video trapping courses that have been emerging in recent years.