Wildlife

The wild side of photography! Explore creative Missions to push your wildlife photography further.

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Wild Eyes

It's time for some wild eye contact! 👁️ This wildlife Mission is about capturing that intense moment of eye contact with an animal. What lens decisions did you make to shoot it? Whether it's a bird of prey staring you down, a fox glancing back, or a deer frozen mid-step, show us the power of a direct gaze from the natural world. 🐾 Mission Tips: 👁️ Focus on the eyes always... if the eyes aren't sharp, the shot doesn't work 📷 Use a wide aperture to blur the background and make those eyes pop 🤫 Patience is everything... stay still, stay quiet, and let the moment come to you 🔍 Get low to be on the animal's eye level for maximum connection ✨ Catch light in the eyes adds life and sparkle to your subject 💬 Share your set up - how did you capture this? What settings did you use? 💡 Did You Know? Many animals interpret direct eye contact as a threat. The fact you captured that gaze often means the animal was assessing whether you were dangerous.

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Colour

Vivid Wildlife

Nature's paint box is wildddd! 🎨 This Mission celebrates the incredible colours that wildlife brings to our world. From vibrant bird feathers to colourful insects to striking reptile patterns, show us the creatures where those colours make you go 'wow'. 🐾 Mission Tips: 🌈 Look for subjects with naturally vibrant colours 📸 Use complementary backgrounds that make your subject's colours pop even more ☀️ Shoot in good light to bring out those natural tones at their richest 🎯 Fill the frame with your colourful subject to maximise impact 🖼️ Consider how different colours work together in your composition 💬 How did you use editing to enhance the colours further?

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Timing & Motion

Birds in Motion

Speed on! 🦅 This Wildlife Mission is about showing birds mid-flight... whether you go slow to capture the speed or freeze things pin sharp, let's see it! How can you use editing to push that feeling of motion? 🐾 Mission Tips: 🎯 Track with your lens. Follow the bird smoothly before, during, and after the shot ⚡ Use fast shutter speeds to keep things sharp. 1/1000s minimum for most birds, faster for hummingbirds 📐 Catch birds with wings up or extended. Avoid the awkward wing positions mid-flap 🌫️ Use continuous autofocus mode and experiment with back-button focus for better tracking 📍 Position yourself where birds naturally fly... along shorelines or between feeding areas 💬 Which bird gave you the biggest challenge to track and photograph?

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Storytelling

Feeding Time

Nature's dinner show! 🍽️ This Wildlife Mission captures animals during their most focused moments... when they're hunting, foraging, or enjoying a meal. Share your shots that show natural behaviour in action! 🐾 Mission Tips: ⏰ Learn feeding schedules. Early morning and late afternoon are prime time for most wildlife 📷 Use longer focal lengths to keep your distance and avoid disturbing natural behaviour 🎯 Focus on the eyes and mouth area. These shots are about the intensity of feeding 🤫 Stay patient and still. Feeding behaviour often happens in bursts with long waits between 🌿 Frame to include some environment. Show what they're feeding on or where they're hunting 💬 What's the most interesting feeding behaviour you've witnessed?

Dark & Moody Wildlife

Embrace the mood! 🌑 This Wildlife Mission is all about capturing those dramatic, moody tones. Show us your darkest, most atmospheric wildlife shots. Think silhouettes against stormy skies, animals emerging from deep forest shadows, or creatures lit by single shafts of light breaking through darkness. 🐾 Mission Tips: 🌚 Underexpose deliberately to keep those shadows deep and mysterious ⚡ Look for dramatic side lighting or backlighting to create strong contrast 🎨 Push the blacks in post to intensify the mood 🦉 Early morning mist and late evening storms create perfect moody conditions 📱 Boost contrast and lower highlights to amplify that brooding atmosphere 💬 What conditions helped create your moody shot? 💡 Did You Know? Many nocturnal animals are most active during twilight hours, making dusk perfect for capturing them in naturally moody lighting.

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Lighting

Golden Hour

Golden hour meets the wild side! ✨ This Wildlife Mission is about combining that gorgeous golden light with wildlife subjects... when the warm glow transforms fur, feathers, and scales into something epic. Show us wildlife bathed in golden hour light. Warm tones, beautiful rim lighting, animals glowing. 🐾 Mission Tips: 🌅 Time it right. Golden hour is roughly one hour after sunrise and one hour before sunset 💡 Use rim lighting to your advantage. Position yourself so the light creates a halo around your subject 📸 Expose for the highlights on the animal, not the background. You can lift shadows in editing 🎨 Look for warm reflected light bouncing off grass, sand, or rock onto your subject 🔄 Try backlighting for dramatic silhouettes or to make fur and feathers glow like fire 💬 How did the golden light change the mood of your wildlife shot? 💡 Did You Know? Golden hour light is around 3000K colour temperature, much warmer than midday sun at 5500K, which is why it makes everything look so magical.

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Composition

Wildlife Bokeh

Blur the world away! ✨ Inspired by the SIGMA 50mm 1.2 DG Art, this Mission is all about using shallow depth of field to isolate your wildlife subjects with creamy, dreamy background blur that makes them pop off the screen. Show us wildlife shots with beautiful bokeh. Your subject should be tack sharp while the background melts into smooth, blurred tones that don't compete for attention. 🐾 Mission Tips: 📷 Shoot wide open... f/2.8 or wider if your lens allows 📏 Get closer to your subject to increase background separation 🌿 Look for busy backgrounds like leaves or grass that blur into lovely textures 🔭 Longer focal lengths naturally create more compression and bokeh 💡 Bright spots in the background become beautiful bokeh balls 💬 What aperture did you use and how close were you to your subject?

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