Learning to Photograph Wildlife in Namibia

Learning to Photograph Wildlife in Namibia

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Andy Mumford
128 Video Views·Jun 9, 2025

As a landscape photographer I've occasionally photographed wildlife when I've seen animals in some of the places I've visited, but last month in Namibia I tried a safari with game drives just to try to capture some wildlife....and in this video you can see how hard I found it

Chapters
0:00 Intro
0:21 Etosha
3:10 The challenges of wildlife
6:49 Lens choice
8:38 Autofocus
9:59 Dealing with expectations
13:16 Last day
16:25 Conclusion

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