Mastering Wildlife Photography: Intermediate Settings & Field Techniques

Ready to move beyond basic camera settings and start making better decisions in the field?

Mastering Wildlife Photography is a practical 40-page intermediate guide for photographers who already understand shutter speed, aperture and ISO, but want to take greater control of their wildlife photography.

Rather than simply giving you a list of settings to copy, this guide explains why and when to change them as wildlife behaviour, light and shooting conditions change.

Inside you'll explore:

• Manual mode with Auto ISO and exposure compensation

• Protecting highlights and reading the histogram

• Choosing shutter speeds for different wildlife behaviour

• Autofocus, subject detection and focus-area selection

• Troubleshooting missed focus

• Birds in flight and fast-moving subjects

• Difficult, low and backlit conditions

• Fieldcraft, positioning and cleaner backgrounds

• Anticipating wildlife behaviour

• Practical starting settings for real-world situations

• Field checklists and quick-reference tables

• Top tips throughout the guide

The aim is simple: to help you stop relying on one-size-fits-all settings and start understanding what to change, when to change it, and why.

Designed for enthusiastic wildlife photographers who have mastered the basics and are ready to develop greater confidence, consistency and creative control.

40 pages • Full colour • Instant PDF download

Created by wildlife photographer and author Alan C Bruce.