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The Adventures of Wildlife Photography

Learning How to Shoot Wildlife

By Thomas VasasPublished 3 years ago 3 min read
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The Yellow Bird, Atlanta Zoo

The Adventures of Wildlife Photography, is always and adventure. There is wildlife everywhere all among the Planet Earth. Shooting wildlife photography, is very adventurous, and the most popular of photography in the whole world. When it comes to wildlife photography, it can be any wildlife; wild birds, waterfowl, wild cats, wild dogs, small animals, and even wildlife in the ocean, and lakes, plus rivers.

Wild Bird Photography, is very challenging and very adventurous in the whole Earth. If you want to learn how to shoot, wild birds and waterfowl, you have to learn about their flight patterns, and how they interact with their environment. Not all wild birds, have the same flight patterns, or how they interact with each other in their environment as well.

Wildlife photography, has its challenges and it depends on the animal, or wild bird that you are shooting. In order to shoot wildlife photography, it is better to understand every animal, or insect in the animal kingdom. Every species, has its talents and how it interacts with its environment.

Below is a short paragraph, of what is Wildlife Photography:

Wildlife photography is about capturing a split second, when the light and the animal behavior come together to create an emotional image. It sounds easy, but…

The beauty and also the curse of wildlife photography is that one cannot change almighty Nature. One cannot change the weather and the light, where the wild animals want to go, what they want to do, and when special things happen to them. We can’t get pictures if we are too far from the animals, but if we get closer, they may get away—or even worse, they may attack you. Nothing is working in our favor!

Actually, wildlife photographers don’t want to change any of this. We want to reduce our footprint as much as possible, and we want to earn our images through practice and perseverance. Wildlife photographers are powerless in the face of nature. The weather (lightning, freezing cold, etc.) can kill us. The animals (bears, lions, tigers, moose, snakes, bees, mosquitoes, you name it) can kill us too.

Moreover, most animals have developed camouflage in their fur/coats that blends in the environment perfectly, helping them to survive. And we have to use our naked eyes (or occasionally binoculars) to find them. In a way, we are competing with nature and evolution itself. If you have ever photographed an owl or a bobcat, you understand how difficult it is to track them. My friend once told me that even though he was told an owl was on a particular tree, it still took him three hours of combing the tree leaf by leaf before he finally find the owl perched comfortably on a branch.

As for me, I have been shooting Wildlife Photography for over 5 years, and to this day it is a great enjoyment, and yes I have some challenges myself over the years of shooting wildlife. Over my years of shooting wildlife: I have shot all kinds of animals. To name a few, this is what I have shoot; wild birds, ducks, geese, turtles, rabbits, squirrels, cats, lions, monkeys, and the list can go on.

To learn about photography, there is many books for every kind of wildlife; how to shoot wild birds and waterfowl, how to shoot butterflies and insects, how to shoot wild cats, and wild dogs, and there are many more books out there about wildlife photography. Just remember, you can also search thru the internet about wildlife photography. There are many websites, blogs, forums, and organizations that can help with and how to shoot wildlife photography. I thank you very much, in reading this article about wildlife photography.

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About the Creator

Thomas Vasas

Hello, my name is Thomas Vasas. I'm a Professional Photographer, living and residing in Columbus, Georgia. I also enjoy art as well. I also enjoy reading books; astronomy, weather, geology, archaeology, art history.

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