Can anyone give me some wildlife photography tips?

i don't have a huge lens its 200mm about 0.95 meterss so not big so i need tips on getting closer to animals like small birds help pleaseCan anyone give me some wildlife photography tips?
A 200mm lens can be adequate for some wildlife photography. As the others have said educating yourself on the species you wish to photograph goes a long way to success. But other things like the clothes you ware factor into it too wearing loud bright clothing will spook your prey faster than otherwise would happen. You need to wear muted earth-tone clothing that wont spook your prey. While you study the wildlife you wish to photograph you'll find out that some of them have visual ranges that are different from the human eye, and even the laundry detergent you use to wash your clothes can make them appear brighter to an animal than they appear to us. This is a common technique for hunters to use detergent that doesn't have any brighteners in it. Also as you are in the field looking for your ';prey';, you need to learn to anticipate their movement. Where they'll be, and how they tend to move about. Salting an area can work, but so can setting up in an area you know your desired animal will be anyway. Remember that animals rarely get the memos that there will be photographers in their area on a given day, so they rarely pose for you, and rarely sit still long enough for you to pose them or compose an image around them. So you have to use as fast a shutter speed you can get away with. And you have to have composition pre determined and let an animal come into your scene when you can. being limited by your lens makes this all the more important.


Good Luck.Can anyone give me some wildlife photography tips?
95 meters or .95 meters? You need to sit and let them come closer to you. That is the key. Waiting. Of course a blind can be a help.





I have spent the whole day in the field and only taken one or two outstanding shots.








Some technical considerations: Use a fast prime, a monopod and a APS-C camera for really good results.





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You can do what the pros do, build a blind and then spend days in it waiting for the animals to show up ... ';salting'; the shooting area is legal, since you are not going to be taking the animal.





Study the birds you are attempting to photograph and learn what their scare radius is and work withing it. Find out what times they tend to eat and inhabit your blind during those times.





Make sure that there is enough light in the area you are planning to shoot.





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