Jan 20

35 Truly Dramatic Examples of Animal Photography

Sometimes we take wildlife pictures that we see in books and magazines for granted; seldom does it give you the impressions that they were taken easily. The truth is, photographing animals (especially in wildlife) is very involved, such a moment could only be told through some timely amazing shots. For someone who loves animals, photographing them can be both very fulfilling and frustrating at the same time. Excellent animal photography requires experience, knowledge and patience.

Animals can make very eye catching subjects to photograph in wild. Taking wildlife photography in a place where the animals don’t fear humans makes your task a bit difficult. In their natural environment, animals often provide many opportunities for taking dramatic shots. Let’s now take a look at some of these dramatic images of animal photography to see emotions in the wild nature.

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  1. Designzzz 20 January 2010

    Awesome Photography !! well done

  2. r0man 20 January 2010

    Wow, stunning! I love the cat/mouse photo.

    • rOman's Mom Lover 1 February 2010

      i love your moms photo ;) (winky face)

      • muhib bd 3 March 2010

        awesome pictures!!

      • Tanzanette 12 May 2010

        That’s just unnecessary.

        • hi 1 June 2010

          u r just unnesecessary…

          • Hi 17 June 2010

            *You
            *Are
            *Unnecessary

            Your horrible spelling is unnecessary.

      • r0man's Mom Lover's Lover 30 May 2010

        Honey, don’t talk to the poor man’s mom like that. ;) (douchebag-winky face.)

        • romans moms lovers lovers lover 1 June 2010

          I think it is quite necessary

          • fail 7 June 2010

            anon posting never works out well

  3. Pixzii 20 January 2010

    Cool roundup. I like most of them

  4. Leh Valensa 20 January 2010

    This is incrediable !!!!! I’m a photographer but i still do not know how make same photos

  5. Jordan Walker 20 January 2010

    The wonders of this beautiful planet are composed of the creatures which inhabit it.

    • michael 17 June 2010

      true that

  6. k²bytes 20 January 2010

    Really awesome! There is nothing more fantastic than our nature. And think about, how long it takes to get those photos! Great

  7. Schop 20 January 2010

    I vote for the one with the owl! Awesome photography.

  8. rick 20 January 2010

    Great collection of images. Too many good ones to pick the best.

  9. Photography ideas 20 January 2010

    Awesome compilation.

  10. Carly 20 January 2010

    You forgot the dramatic picture of my Schnauzer:

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/carly-twisted-barfly/2577586415/

    • madazza 1 February 2010

      thats a great pic too x x

    • Beth 17 August 2010

      your baby is very cute, very Colin.

  11. Kai 20 January 2010

    Amazing ! Thanks.

  12. Tony 20 January 2010

    The snake one is from a Fark Photoshop contest, but the funny thing about that is that it’s less interesting than some of the ones that are clearly real photos. Some great stuff here.

  13. Phill 20 January 2010

    Very nice pictures!!

  14. Mike Ward 20 January 2010

    Very tidy!!!!

  15. shutterboo 20 January 2010

    Love the snail.

    • schumysbabe 11 May 2010

      the snails amazing!

  16. Vidit Kothari 20 January 2010

    Hats-off to nature’s creation and the one who captured it for us to see.

    These pics are sufficient for people to love nature and help it HEAL.

    NATURE CALLS FOR AID !!!

  17. Callum Chapman 20 January 2010

    These are absolutely incredible. I love them all, but especially love the black cat – it’s all about being in the right place at the right time I guess! Thanks!

    • Brent 26 January 2010

      Or knowing how to use PhotoShop.

      • Connie Girl 29 April 2010

        shuddup Brent. Its obvious that this person didn’t use photoshop.

      • jay k 1 June 2010

        These are def shopped

        • Connie Girl likes the V 7 June 2010

          Clearly this is photoshoped, I can tell by some of the pixels

          • Beth 17 August 2010

            see, us old farts remember a time when we used to believe a photograph.

  18. Maicon 20 January 2010

    Incredible images! The one with the eagle is awesome.

  19. Robert 20 January 2010

    Very nice collection. My favorite is no. 7 :)

  20. Mahmud Ahsan 20 January 2010

    Awesome! I like all of this collection. Excellent work.

  21. brian 20 January 2010

    Some are really amazing, but a few are photoshop jobs. Overall great collection. Cheers!

  22. gio 20 January 2010

    increíbles!!!!!!!!!

  23. Webios 20 January 2010

    Really awesome pictures and pretty cool animals!! Excellent work, thumbs up!

  24. Zohaib 20 January 2010

    terrific :)

  25. Nabeel 20 January 2010

    Absolutely phenomenal! Great work!

  26. Web Design New York 20 January 2010

    Fabulous Collection.. Great Post :)

  27. Stone 20 January 2010

    Awesome photos! Great post!
    :X

  28. dlv 20 January 2010

    great collection! as always

    but, today I have to tell… Where are photographer’s names ??

    Please, waste some minutes and add their names, they are more than the half of this pieces of art, is their work….

    thanks in advance

  29. Web4half 20 January 2010

    Awesome….

  30. Dratio 20 January 2010

    All and all very nice photo’s. I have one remark though: The photo of the snake attacking the bird is fake. I don’t know whether it was the post author’s intention to only show real photo’s or not, but that one for sure isn’t one. Seen how the same snakehead has been applied to more photo’s.

  31. MissingDesign 20 January 2010

    Wow, those were some amazing shots.
    The one of the cat & mouse was cool, and I loved the dramatic lighting on the housecats, lol.

    @Dratio Do you have other examples w/the snakehead? That’s interesting, I wouldn’t be surprised though… That shot would have had to be a one-in-a-trillion chance.

  32. kendall 20 January 2010

    ummm i love almost all of the pictures but the one with the Yorkie pittbull/mixed well i like the yorkie cute cute cute but the picture isnt very much proffesional which is what i recall they wanted

  33. Yegor Korzh 20 January 2010

    First image is the best, haven’t seen it in other recent similar collections. And agree that photoshopped images are less interesting than some real ones!

  34. manz 20 January 2010

    Noticed a few comments about the fake snake picture. Might be best to separate real from photoshopped in the future.

    I thought the snail picture was amazing. And I never pass up the sight of a gorgeous kitty photo!

    • jase 25 July 2010

      It’s not long before there is no difference between a photo that is Photoshopped and one that isn’t. Several cameras are integrating algorithms derived from Photoshop to enhance a picture as it is being recorded. Should those be separate as well? Not. Who cares, really? These photos are no less beautiful because they are created rather than captured.

  35. Daniel Ulczyk 20 January 2010

    Cool pics! Nice…

  36. Anna 20 January 2010

    Wow. Really amazing photography.

  37. slacle 20 January 2010

    Amazing! Must get me a camera.

  38. sobean 20 January 2010

    Awesome Photography!!! :-)

  39. Andris 21 January 2010

    I love animal photography. check this funny picture of my pug called “Caramelle”: http://andrislinz.ch/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/caramelle1.jpg

    • elena 15 May 2010

      that is a pretty adorable picture!

  40. Aidan 21 January 2010

    These are really awe-inspiring photos. Especially for a animal lover like me.

  41. Steffi 21 January 2010

    Love the rhino.

  42. Sarah Lynn 21 January 2010

    The little penguin is saying “Where can I buy sneaks like those? What a lucky penguin!” Haha. Each of these photographs have so much to say! The bison photo is incredible as well. Seems so surreal. Thanks for sharing!

  43. Tom Ross 21 January 2010

    Some of these photos aren’t all that dramatic, but a lot of them are amazing. I love the first photo.

  44. Can Berkol 21 January 2010

    Great samples.

    May I add this one too?

    http://photographyforsoul.com/blog/the_broken_chair

    • elena 15 May 2010

      truly amazing.. breathtaking really, one of the best pictures i have ever seen.

  45. Matthias Matz 21 January 2010

    very great works, big pictures

  46. Giulia 21 January 2010

    The are very spectacular!!! Well, most of them, but anyway, they all look good!

  47. Rahul - Web Guru 21 January 2010

    Awesome photography… all are good.

  48. Rupal Chawla 21 January 2010

    Pretty amazing … good work

  49. Violent Heretic 22 January 2010

    Serious?! Obvious photo shop on some pics….. Pathetic! The real pics cool … but try shooting with a 35 mm with low speed film and catch those pics, Then you’ll Impress me!

  50. Amit 22 January 2010

    wat spectacular images..great catch i must say..amazing timing, superb composition and nice clarity..very much inspiring..

  51. Dario 22 January 2010

    I love nature and I love this pictures.
    They’re just incredible and someway inspiring.

  52. Taras Kozlov 22 January 2010

    All cats are awesome!

  53. Danielle Lancaster 23 January 2010

    Awesome!!

  54. heptal 23 January 2010

    Awesome! Great works…

  55. Claudia 23 January 2010

    Hard to decide which one I like best – quite simple to choose the worst: green background, snake & redbreast looks like a photoshop disaster to me. Thanks for sharing.

  56. Gini 24 January 2010

    extraordinary artistic talent…thank you

  57. Thirteen 24 January 2010

    Wow… This is breathtaking! Almost makes me want to be a wildlife photographer…. Almost.

  58. Kelsey 25 January 2010

    Glad I found your site. Amazing work! On a side note – is it odd that every time I see a little bird about to be eaten I suddenly think of Twitter?

  59. carlos Eduardo - Kadu 26 January 2010

    Olá!

    Achei o artigo interessante e citei o mesmo no meu blog. Claro que citei a fonte que foi o site de vocês.
    Algum problema? Se sim removo o artigo do meu blog!
    GRANDE abraço!

  60. Phil E. Drifter 26 January 2010

    Looks photoshopped.

    • genesiiaa x 1 February 2010

      YOUR SOOOOOO BORINGG – ITS BEAUTIFULL :P JUST ACCEPT THERE A BETTER PHOTOGRAPHER THAN Y :pp

  61. Chantelle 27 January 2010

    Absolutely AMAZING photographs!!! Thanks for such a totally cool post :))

  62. nahh 28 January 2010

    amazing
    truley amazing.
    i loved the tiger ones!

  63. Nathan Brown 29 January 2010

    Awesome collection of photos. I love the tiger and water photo at the top. Nice work!

  64. lisa 30 January 2010

    These pictures are truly awesome. Very well done! Just amazing!

  65. Andrea 31 January 2010

    those were great pictures

    • Samyk 20 April 2010

      It’s truely amazing!

  66. Malini 1 February 2010

    Fantastic photography! i’m so touched by all the photos… its beautiful

  67. genesiiaa x 1 February 2010

    omg i hope the bird was okaa :) xx gorgeous picss darlin’s xx i lovee the tigerr and the cat nd mouse ;) xxx

  68. Peter 1 February 2010

    No.20 owl is displeased

  69. Sarah 1 February 2010

    the most incredible photography i’ve ever seen. the majority of these are just so raw, which is hard to come across nowadays. i’m glad none of this was dolled up. fantastic!

  70. JJ 1 February 2010

    awww, baby harpseal

  71. Kyle Webs 1 February 2010

    Oh wow, nice photos. Interesting stuff.
    (:

    • muhib bd 3 March 2010

      excellent collection!

  72. simon 1 February 2010

    i love the one with the 2 birds with crazy hair looking in opposite directions. it almost looks like one face. i like the one with the white tiger and the monkey, too. they’re all good.

  73. Amardeep Singh 8 February 2010

    Amazing….but the Cat & Mouse one does not seem real…becos of the bone in the mouse’s mouth…That looks like the artist’s creativity….

    • n 17 June 2010

      And you are very handsome….

  74. Raksha 24 February 2010

    wow. this is stunning. nature never fails to amaze me

  75. TGBUS-XSSFUO 25 February 2010

    it’s really cute.

  76. Nature 4 March 2010

    Great photographs..

  77. D Shinde 17 March 2010

    Gr8 Photo man.nice Work…………!

  78. Tushar Shetty 18 March 2010

    Simply Awesome. Damn good photography. Loved it.

  79. Rown 19 March 2010

    amaizing pics.

  80. dankymcdankers 22 March 2010

    haha, some of the photos are totally photoshopped, the mouse and cheese? how totally awesome photoshopping skills, try harder next time

  81. Grover 24 March 2010

    I’ve seen a few of these elsewhere but they’re awesome nonetheless. Nice collection.

  82. Debra 24 March 2010

    I believe the one with the two dogs chasing the rabbit is a still from a movie- unfortunately I can’t think of what movie it is, and I just watched it a few days ago. *blonde moment*

    Otherwise very nice collection of photos. I love the tiger rising up out of the water.

    • Spiderman 2 July 2010

      Yeah I thought that too. The movie is Snatch. Though I’m not sure if it’s a still from the movie, it is very similar.

  83. Minty 25 March 2010

    that is soooo awesome!! you got me inspired ;)

  84. Twolf 25 March 2010

    Those pics are amazing if anyone knows how those were taken plz let me no

  85. nanda 27 March 2010

    really wonderful,nature has checks at all levels.

  86. Sajid 29 March 2010

    Its a Great Job done ! WELL DONE !

  87. PopCultureMaiden 31 March 2010

    Very pretty, very stunning. A good deal of these get the effect in edit, but still very, very good!
    _______________________

  88. jmleclercq 3 April 2010

    Great collection !
    Jean-Michel

  89. Sharyn Cook 6 April 2010

    It would be rare to see anything like the reality captured in those shots. … so cool.

  90. Mafiamomma 7 April 2010

    These are wonderful photos and took a lot of time to take. These are not just a one shot time, usually. Thank you for sharing them. Yes I love the cat and mouse one too.

  91. noussa 13 April 2010

    awesome images made by professional photographers

  92. Shayna 27 April 2010

    These are amazingly awesome! I love ‘em!

  93. jeanie 29 April 2010

    Best animal pictures i’ve ever seen.

  94. unstructured 29 April 2010

    Rare to find pictures with such expressions…

  95. donna374 30 April 2010

    awesome, gr8 work

  96. Matti 30 April 2010

    i LOVE these pictures!! they are amazing!!!

  97. Valerie Pegg 11 May 2010

    Really great photos, thanks for sharing. :)

  98. JESS 11 May 2010

    WOW :O
    these are beautiful!

  99. Dariyn 11 May 2010

    I LOVE the picture of the kiwi bird. :D it’s so cute. :]

  100. Tanzanette 12 May 2010

    Amazing photos <3

  101. Monica 16 May 2010

    This is really stunning!

  102. sir jorge 1 June 2010

    someday, i’m going to beat up my guidance counselor for not telling me about getting into photography, those are amazing

  103. Kiran 1 June 2010

    Amazing. brilliant stuff

  104. snow 1 June 2010

    OMG these photo’s are unreal!!!!
    They capture characteristics that people would hardly ever see! thank you to the photographers for your brilliant work!!

  105. Angel 1 June 2010

    Really sweety animals and don’t so much, wildlife.

  106. chrib86 1 June 2010

    stumbled from germany….pretty amazing pics ….tumbs up

  107. pavlov 2 June 2010

    excelentes fotos

    felicidades !!

  108. Roman's Mom's Milkman 3 June 2010

    I am loving these photos man… cute animals too ;)

  109. Elroy 7 June 2010

    nice pictures ! ty for your share

  110. somchai 7 June 2010

    Wonderful, beautiful, fair nations most

  111. :) 7 June 2010

    I LOVE THE ONE WITH THE BIRD LOOKING AT HUMAN FOOTPRINTS. Sad and cute.

  112. carbon14 7 June 2010

    As I see from the comments from the source sites, most of them are photoshoped. Or are they all ?

  113. The Videographer 7 June 2010

    Some of the most breathtaking examples of wildlife photography I have ever seen. A marvelous presentation.

  114. spyder 7 June 2010

    wtf!!!why is that wolf on a chain at all.who’s letting dogs near him.lett’im off n see what’s up.looks cruel to me.outside of that lovely photos

  115. sayanti 7 June 2010

    Amazing! I like the monkey and white tiger one.

  116. Alyssa 8 June 2010

    Awesome…

  117. Nature is Awesome 13 June 2010

    wow! great collection, love the bird looking at human footsteps.

  118. Truth 17 June 2010

    some of them are so obviously photoshopped though …

  119. Arthuro 17 June 2010

    Awesome pictures ouaaaaa !!!!!!!!

  120. baris 17 June 2010

    i want to be the tiger in ice… am ready to give all :)

    • baris 17 June 2010

      is the cat mouse photoshopped though??!!??

  121. paul 17 June 2010

    Wish the poster would actually track down the source. The cat and mouse picture source leads to another “Best Dramatic Wildlife” post with no credit given. Disgusting cannibalism of content no one creates.

  122. n 17 June 2010

    You definitely could have left out the picture with the wolf and the white dog.

  123. John F Taylor 17 June 2010

    Wow! That’s all I can say what a genius job on those photos I can’t even select the best one just awe inspiring!

  124. JBlaze 20 June 2010

    People always have a negative outlook on photoshop. Yea it can degrade a photo to nothing, but it’s all apart of what you can do creatively to a photo. Creativity is creativity and you can’t knock that. In conclusion I say as artists we should give the author more praise just in his efforts to create something outside the box. It takes a lot of guts to be original in this world.

  125. Deanna 29 June 2010

    I liked the one with the white tigers and the chimp.

  126. Matt 30 June 2010

    Fantastic Images.

  127. ateeq ahmad 1 July 2010

    The penguin looking at prints is very pretty.

    I also love the snake moving to strike taken from the front. This must have been dangerous.

    Wonderful pictures. I just tweet-ed your site!

  128. none 5 July 2010

    amazing!!

  129. chun165 14 July 2010

    very amazings.

  130. Endüstriyel Mutfak 16 July 2010

    Magnificent photos!!

  131. Budge 22 July 2010

    What Beautiful Animals, Excellent photography, just goes to show we have lots to look after in this Beautiful World!!! Before we Destroy it all

  132. Yuliana 27 July 2010

    Espectaculares fotos, debemos respetar a estos seres tan hermosos que comparten nuestro mundo porque es de ellos también :)

  133. karthikeyan 28 July 2010

    Hi

    What Beautiful Animals, Excellent photography, nice work……………………………………………………………………………………….

  134. somia61766 1 August 2010

    hmm really amaizing..i just love animals

  135. tate 10 August 2010

    wow… breathtaking

    salut!

  136. Mr.Hammer 10 August 2010

    Wow,the snake and bird picture is just stunning!

  137. Beth 17 August 2010

    I was bothered by the “wolf attacking dog” pic, until I saw the source. Turns out the wolf was reacting to being attacked by the white dog (and one other) while chained down. So, I don’t know who to root for (and would rather not have to “root” for either.)

  138. Adam 19 August 2010

    Most of these are NOT wild animals…
    I dare someone to get that close to a wild tiger or male lion. Depicting these animals as wild does a disservice to the conservation efforts because people think the wild animals are cute and approachable.

  139. Britt 19 August 2010

    The details at the beginning are very helpful if you do animal photography, and the photographs themselves are just drop-dead amazing. I just wish that they would add the camera’s names that they took the photograph, with.

  140. cheetahex2 21 August 2010

    GREAT!! FANTASTIC!! AWESOME!!!
    Many things have to combine: a good camera, a nice day and being in the right place at the right time!!
    Thanks for the share!

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