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.
Ethology is a branch of zoology that studies the behaviour of non-human animals. It has its scientific roots in the work of Charles Darwin and of American and German ornithologists of the late 19th an
Wildlife photography
…skills, wildlife photographers may need field craft skills. For example, some animals and birds are difficult to approach and thus a knowledge of the animal's and birds behavior is needed in order to be able to predict its actions. Photographing some species may require stalking skills or the use of a hide/blind for concealment…
Great crested grebes perform a complex synchronised courtship display.
Male impalas fighting during the rut
Charles Darwin (1809–1882) explored the expression of emotions in animals.