I'd be interested in knowing how you got started in nature and wildlife photography. Did you come to it recently, or have you always been a student of nature?
I'll start: while I've always considered myself an amateur naturalist (lots of hiking, camping, hunting and fishing as a kid), only fairly recently (3-4 years ago) did I marry my interest in the natural world with photography. Over the past 50 years, I usually had a camera with me - first a Pentax Spotmatic, then a succession of middle of the road SLRs and point and shoot cameras, which I used for travel, and to document my field work as a professional archaeologist. Ten years ago, when I retired, I started traveling more for pleasure, mostly to national parks both domestically and abroad (at least until the pandemic!). From the images I captured on these trips I often was told that I "had a good eye". This got me thinking about how to make my images even better, so I invested in better gear and started reading a lot and taking formal photography workshops. One of these workshops in particular got me hooked on nature and wildlife photography - run by a pro in the salt marshes of coastal Virginia. I've found nature and wildlife photography to be the perfect blend for an old geezer like me, and keeps me both active and mentally challenged.
I'll start: while I've always considered myself an amateur naturalist (lots of hiking, camping, hunting and fishing as a kid), only fairly recently (3-4 years ago) did I marry my interest in the natural world with photography. Over the past 50 years, I usually had a camera with me - first a Pentax Spotmatic, then a succession of middle of the road SLRs and point and shoot cameras, which I used for travel, and to document my field work as a professional archaeologist. Ten years ago, when I retired, I started traveling more for pleasure, mostly to national parks both domestically and abroad (at least until the pandemic!). From the images I captured on these trips I often was told that I "had a good eye". This got me thinking about how to make my images even better, so I invested in better gear and started reading a lot and taking formal photography workshops. One of these workshops in particular got me hooked on nature and wildlife photography - run by a pro in the salt marshes of coastal Virginia. I've found nature and wildlife photography to be the perfect blend for an old geezer like me, and keeps me both active and mentally challenged.