Digital Wildlife and Animal Photography Use Your Zoom SUMMARY: Don't scare away animals - use your digital camera's optical zoom to record detail.   Please respect wildlife. If you are trying to get a close-up photograph, instead of encroaching on an animal's space and potentially scaring it away, use your digital camera's optical zoom to take a detailed photograph from a safe distance. If you are noticed, a dangerous animal may charge or a fearful animal may run away.   Add: Del.icio.us | Digg | Furl | My Yahoo!   Discuss This Tip Print This Tip Get E-Mail When New Tips are Online Return to the Digital Wildlife and Animal Photography page.