Photography is a very fun and interesting hobby, but it can sometimes get too wild – literally. One of the most tough and challenging types of photography is wildlife photography. It requires proper equipment, talent, technical skills and specializations in the field of photography. You have to know exposing the right way and also have good field craft skills. For instance, some animals are too wild to be approached and they can even harm you. So this type of photography needs you to study the animal’s behavior, so that you would know how the animal is expected to behave in certain moments. Capturing photos of certain animals requires hiding and stalking skills.

Although you can photograph some animals using your basic equipment, but for taking photos of some animals proper specialist equipment is needed, for instance, macro lenses for tiny insects, long focal length lenses for flying birds and underwater cameras for underwater photography. But nowadays, thanks to all the digital cameras available out there, some really awesome wildlife photographs can be just a result of capturing the photo at the right place at the right time.

If you are interested in wildlife photography and want to become a wildlife photographer, then the best way to start is by seeing some work by professionals. If you want to find some really amazing wildlife photographs, then you are definitely at the right place as we are going to showcase a collection of some really beautiful photographs of wild animals. You can click on the photos to go to the source to see an enlarged and more detailed version of the image. Some authors have also shared some useful tips for all the amateur photographers out there. These photos are definitely worth a look so check them out!

Eagle Flying

Lion

Monkey

Kenya Wildlife

On Patrol

Natural Bridge Wildlife

Snow Tiger

Wild Turkey

Atlantic Seal

Sizing Up

Fly-By Drinking

The Duel

Fly-By Drinking

Evening Rays

The Glance

The Tourist Tiger Trail

Turtle Gem

Red-eyed Tree Frog

Eyelash Pit Viper

King Penguins

Wildebeest Crossing

Sunbathing Lemur

Pygmy Leaf Chameleon

Golden-brown Mouse Lemur

Kangaroo Hopping

Flap-necked Chameleon

Kalahari Meerkat

Baby Orangutan

Playful Elephant Seal

Giant Anteater

Caiman Eating a Fish

Galapagos Flycatcher

Cape Buffalo

Green Iguana

Bear by Lake

Snoozing Monkey

Wombat Mouth

Arctic Fox Cub

Walrus Face

Sally Lightfoot Crab

Tree Frog

Albatross Courtship Ritual

Bat Curve

Llama, Machu Picchu

Japanese Macaques

Caiman

Playful Hyena

Strawberry Poison-dart Frog

Rusty-spotted Genet

Leopard Cub