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Point your camera at enough critters, one of them is bound to sit still for you.

Example - there are many types of dragonflies, and their name generally describes their behavior. (Darters, Perchers, etc) When you come to a pond with dragonflies, the first thing you notice is the dragonflies darting about. You wait patiently for them to land, but you'll be waiting a long time.

Then you notice the ones perched on reeds and branches. When you get near them, they fly off - but practice and persistence and a suitable stalking technique will often result in a good shot.

While stalking these, you may notice the smaller less flamboyant dragonflies hiding among the reeds. These are good subjects and I have on several occasions accidentally nudged them with the camera lens and they have ignored me.

And good bird shots often come from weeks/months/years of interaction with those particular birds and getting them used to your presence.

So getting good shots of animals requires you to pick your subject, practice your technique, and putting yourself in the right place at the right time, persistence, and paying close attention to what is around you.


And equipment. No use getting within feet of a nervous parrot if you don't have the equipment to make the most of the opportunity.