Wildlife photography

Wildlife photography is photography of wild animals in their natural surroundings.

History

In 1893, George Shiras III began to photograph animals at night at Whitefish Lake, using a lantern and a magnesium flash. In July 1906, National Geographic printed 74 of his pictures. They were the magazine's first wildlife photographs.


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