Wildlife photography is regarded as one of the more challenging forms of
photography. As well as needing sound technical skills, such as being
able to expose correctly, wildlife photographers generally need good
field craft skills.
While wildlife photographs can be taken using basic equipment,
successful photography of some types of wildlife requires specialist
equipment, such as macro lenses for insects, long focal length lenses
for birds and underwater cameras for marine life. However, since the
advent of digital cameras, greater adventure travel and automated
cameras, a great wildlife photograph can also be the result of being in
the right place at the right time.