Nature photography is a wide range of photography taken outdoors and devoted to displaying natural elements such as landscapes, wildlife, plants, and close-ups of natural scenes and textures. Nature photography tends to put a stronger emphasis on the aesthetic value of the photo than other photography genres, such as photojournalism and documentary photography.
Natural sources are popular places for nature photography. Lahemaa National Park in Estonia.
Landscape photograph circa. 1873–83
Hummingbird photographed with focal length of 300mm and 1/800 of a second shutter speed taken from a distance of 2.72 metres
Indian elephants at Mudumalai National Park, India
Wildlife photography is a genre of photography concerned with documenting various forms of wildlife in their natural habitat.
Wildlife photographer under the portable hide
Wildlife photographer observing giraffes in Sumu Wildlife Park in Bauchi state, Nigeria
Hobby photographers taking pictures of wildlife at the Chobe River / Botswana (2018)
Photograph of a Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) incubating its eggs, for which in 1895 R. B. Lodge received from the Royal Photographic Society the first medal ever presented for nature photography. Eric Hosking and Harold Lowes stated their belief – incorrectly – that this was the first photograph of a wild bird.
