27 Photos: Animal Photography At its Finest
by Bhanu Ahluwalia
Animal photography, also called wildlife photography, covers the whole world of animals from your adorable pet dog to ferocious lions. Animals can make very attention-grabbing subjects to shoot whether wild or domesticated. It is hard to understand the complexity in taking wildlife photographs until you actually try it. Most of us take for granted the wildlife photos that we see on books, magazines or even on television. The truth is, there is much more involved in shooting wildlife images than just going out on a whim and photographing a few animals you encounter.
Fast shutter speeds are necessary for most wildlife shots to keep away from distorted images from the animal’s movement. Many wild animals are very fast, particularly those little ones. Also, it’s not required to shoot the whole animal on all your shots, you can give attention to on parts of the head, much like a human portrait. Below are some of the finest animal photography that you can find online. Judge for yourself on why these animal photography shots standout from the rest.
lovely photographs
Wow ! Beautiful ! (:
Great collection
Can’t wait to use these code snippets on my site, thanks!
so nice so nice !!! thx
A few nice ones in there.
I don’t want to sound rude, but some of them are just fake compositions that look really cheap (the hawk and the elephant family are the worst).
Oh my…these are the most beautiful pictures I have seen in such a long time. gorgeous!
Thank you to have posted one of mine! They are all impressive but I think the elephants are plastic toys!
Cheers
Very very very NICE
Very nice Animal Photography
Most stunning and artistic collection of animal photos I’ve ever come across
These photos are wonderful! I love the Meerkats posing for the camera. Really enjoy viewing them all.
beautiful pics, but some look photo-shopped!
i absolutely love them
Those are beautiful/cute/magnificent–Too cool!
Great series! Some cute, some beautiful, some frightening, haha!
March 21, 2010
I fell in to those photographs. Totally unprepared, I thought that I was going to be looking at pix. Many things grabbed me: The rich and vibrant color(s), the crisp contours and unique perspectives. In addition the creatures were so natural free, off-guard.The “poses” are absolutely compelling. Take all these descriptors as true, and I didn’t have a chance. They all contrived to capture me. I am a fan. I have never called myself a fan of anyone, or anything. Must be a new era in my life.
WOWWWW, what a great pictures, love them!
I even can’t imagine how some of those photographs got captured!
The best, the finest, great great.
kind regards from the Netherlands,
Agnes
beautiful photo’s of beautiful animals. Why mankind has to destroy its greatest asset astounds me
Hmmm…whats with the fake elephants??
cari says:
March 21, 2010 at 2:28 pm
Hmmm…whats with the fake elephants??
Fake? Are you blind?
Here’s a quote from the source cited by the uploader concerning the elephant photo:
Seriously though, my wife has this bloody statue on our big formal table
Wow..amazing photography all the photos are very clear and very nice.i am a photographer and i know that this man has a very good skill for photography i want to learn something about photograph form him.
Wow, These photos are wonderful! Great Job
JUST ENJOY THE PICTURES. WHY DO PEOPLE HAVE TO LEAVE NEGATIVE COMMENTS. THANKS UPLOADER, I ENJOYED THEM
Lovely! I immediately made a few favourites, but the last one was without a doubt the most amusing. Great! =)
Awesome! I can’t think of a better word to describe these photos. I enjoyed every one of them….absolutely fantastic. My thanks to the photographers who were able to capture these beautiful animals in their natural surroundings….for folks like me who would never see them otherwise!!!
Yes sirreee, great animal photographs are right here !!
super! cool! franstic! pixs thxs soo much!
keep up the great work! norfolk,va.usa
i think that elephant photo is bogus
Excellent captures of the rare and precious moments!
what does a snail on a turtles back say…
weeeeeee!!!!
the one with the snail on the turtles back is very funny
) they are both very slow (^_^)
just love them photo’s
Thanks @Bindaasviti for directing to so very thrilling best quality picture shots. Can’t stop laughing watching the alert tiger see a way through to penetrate the all defensive porcupine
) The the snail on top of the tortoise 
All pictures have their own story to tell, simply amazing !!
thats all photoshop, i can tell, im a pro. there are no animals that even remotely look like that, i call bullshit.
The elephant family is just a statue. It’s unlawful and considered libel to post and claim it as “animal photography at its finest”.
And the hawk photo is clearly a layering technique that any unprofessional photographer can manage to do in Photoshop. Again- libel.