Wild animals, they move. A camera, it wobbles. A hand, it shakes. And weather, it’s always a mystery. This is the combination you need to get a spectacularly terrible wildlife pic. In fact, some of the entries are so bad they’ve made their way into the Crap Wildlife Photography group on Facebook.
Here are some of the best-failed shots that may make you think twice about pressing that capture button any time soon.
1. I Know, I Know, Puh-Lease. I’m The Cutest Thing Ever, Right?
2. Mine
3. When You Have A Wild Night And Forget Your Way Back Home In The Morning
4. The Campground We Stayed At Has A Bathroom Attendant. But All He Does Is Silently Judge Your Hand Washing Skills
5. Finally Found One Of Those Radioactive Spiders. No, It’s Not Because Of The Flash
6. Beagull
7. He Really Did Have A Cute Face
8. Meanwhile In Thailand
9. I Had This Strange Feeling I Was Being Watched….
10. This Does Not Need A Caption, Right? Like, We’re Good Here
11. Knock At The Door Turned Out To Be This Owl
12. It Was My First Trip To Mexico. The First Time I Saw Monkeys In The Wild. I Was So Excited To Use My New Camera
13. Peace On The Delaware River, NY ✌️
14. Someone Suggested I Put This Photo Of My Crazy Green Heron Doing A Dance On The Water And Rocks
15. What Variety Of Caterpillar Is This?
16. Can Someone Tell Me What Kind Of Bird This Is?
17. Excuse Me?
18. Had A Power Outage (Bay Area) And Had To Drive A Couple Cities Over To Grab Dinner. I Stopped At A Light And Was Trying To Figure Out Where I Was Going When I Saw These Lil Cuties Out Of The Corner Of My Eye. This Was The Only Picture I Could Get Before They Disappeared And The Light Turned Green
19. I Took This Week During My Morning Walk
20. Courtesy Of My Dad And His Ancient Phone… Little Owl Eating Lunch
21. I’m Not Sure Why I Ever Thought It Was A Good Idea To Take A Picture Of The Sheep In The Dark, But It Ended Up Being The Stuff That Nightmares Are Made Of
22. This Freaky Flying Ghost Child Is Actually A Blurred Great Blue Heron
23. Add Your Description
24. I Can Show You The World
25. This Guy Pecks On Our Door Almost Daily And Brings Offerings Of Bugs Snakes And Lizards
26. I Accidentally Shot This Photo While This Little Bastard Was Attacking Me. Triggerfish Are The Best
27. Car Camping In Idaho A Few Years Ago. Bull Elk Came Up On The Car In The Middle Of The Night And I Had My Own Jurassic Park T-Rex Experience
28. The Beautiful Whitetail Deer. Full Of Grace… And Our Idiot Cat Who Mistook Her For My Dog And Decided To Give Chase
29. The Magnificent Sight Of An Elephant On The Dusty Plains Of Africa Scratching Its Balls On A Termite Mound
30. I Tried My Best, Ok
31. I’ve Never Seen This Animal Before! Does Anyone Know What It’s Called?
32. Two Majestic Bald Eagles, One Photo Bombing Sea Lion… And A Crappy Auto Focus
33. Behold The Red-Bellied Woodpecker Feasting On A Block Of Fresh Suet
34. It’s That Crazy Door To Door Salesman Again
35. ‘Eagles In Speedboats’ Would Be The Name Of My Hipster Synth Electro Band
36. “What Do You Mean I Can’t Eat Inside!!”
37. Walking Home From The Bar One Night, I Was Challenged By This Powerful Trash Panda
38. My New Camera Had A Night Mode And Was Trying To Get An Owl On The 4th Of July. I Think We Got Nuked Instead
39. Needs A Cuddle, Whatever It Is
40. Next On The Kinky Channel
41. Security Camera Had Me Thinking We Either Had Demons Or Flying Frogs. Further Review Revealed… Just A Plain Old Wasp
42. Guess What Animal
43. I Wonder If My Neighbour Should Be Worried?
44. A Horse For Kings, The Pura Raza Española, But Only Roaming Through Andalucia’s Wild Plains Will Show You Their True, Unconquerable Character
45. Yes, My Timing Is Impeccable. It’s Not Something That Can Be Taught, It’s A Gift
46. Spotted My First And Only Kiwi Bird In New Zealand. Pity It Looks Like A Bad Wig Running For Its Life
47. What A L(O)vely (C)ouple X
48. Throwback To Taking A Poorly Timed Picture Of A Praying Mantis On My Windshield Before Leaving For Work
49. I Heard Him Whistling As He Walked By. True Story
50. I Call It “Preaching To The Choir” But Draw Your Own Conclusions! Something Very Strange Is Definitely Going On Here!
51. It Was Fun Taking Photos Of The Bear In Our Yard, Until He Decided He Wanted To Visit Us On The Deck! Bears Can Run Fast!
52. That Time I Caught The Raccoons Smoking In The Garbage Dumpster
53. I Call Him Buddha ……. And Sir
54. Okay! Fine! Whatever…
55. Even The Squirrels Have Given Up On 2020 (Edit- No Need To Be Concerned…the Squirrel Is Just Resting. She Moved On Quickly After)
56. There’s Some Soap Opera Level Drama Happening At The Bird Feeder…i Wonder What The Story Is? Squirrel Seems Worried Someone Is Tryna Take Her Man, That’s For Sure…
