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.
The flight zone of an animal is the area surrounding an animal that if encroached upon by a potential predator or threat, including humans, will cause alarm and escape behavior. The flight zone is determined by the animal's flight distance, sometimes called flight initiation distance (FID) which extends horizontally from the animal and sometimes vertically. It may also be termed escape distance, alert distance, flush distance, and escape flight distance.
Flight initiation distance (FID) buffer from critical wildlife area.
Because many birds flee from humans, ornithologists and birdwatchers sometimes use digiscoping equipment, allowing them to take pictures from long distances.
Fleeing blackbird
