Call yourself a wildlife photographer…?!
What level of wildlife photographer are you? Are you a beginner, intermediate, enthusiast, prosumer, professional—or something else entirely…?!
Here’s a fun quiz to see where you fit. It’s out of 100. Score a point for everything you’ve ever done, add up your points and check the table at the end to see what kind of photographer you really are!
Equipment
Never have I ever…
Owned a smartphone.
Owned a compact camera.
Owned a bridge camera.
Owned an interchangeable-lens camera.
Owned a DSLR or mirrorless camera.
Owned a medium-format camera.
Owned an underwater camera.
Owned a drone.
Owned a battery grip.
Owned a lens longer than 50mm.
Owned a lens shorter than 50mm.
Owned a lens longer than 300mm.
Owned a lens shorter than 35mm.
Owned a flashgun.
Owned a wireless flash trigger.
Owned a tripod.
Owned a gimbal tripod head.
Owned a remote release.
Owned a sensor cleaning kit.
Owned a filter kit.
Locations
Never have I ever…
Taken pictures in my garden.
Taken pictures in my home.
Taken pictures at a friend or relative’s house.
Taken pictures at a zoo.
Taken pictures at a safari park.
Taken pictures in the desert.
Taken pictures in the jungle.
Taken pictures in the mountains.
Been on a photography trip to Africa.
Been on a photography trip to Asia.
Been on a photography trip to Europe.
Been on a photography trip to North America.
Been on a photography trip to Oceania.
Been on a photography trip to South America.
Been on a photography trip to the Arctic/Antarctic.
Take pictures from a car.
Take pictures from a boat.
Take pictures from a plane.
Take pictures from a helicopter.
Taken pictures underwater.
Animals
Never have I ever…
Photographed a tiger.
Photographed a lion.
Photographed a jaguar.
Photographed a cougar/puma.
Photographed a leopard.
Photographed a cheetah.
Photographed a lynx.
Photographed an African elephant.
Photographed an Indian elephant.
Photographed an African buffalo.
Photographed a black rhino.
Photographed a white rhino.
Photographed a bison.
Photographed a wild dog.
Photographed an anteater.
Photographed a zebra.
Photographed a gazelle.
Photographed a bear.
Photographed a gaur/Indian bison.
Photographed a pangolin.
Birds
Never have I ever…
Photographed a bird.
Photographed a garden bird.
Photographed a bird of prey.
Photographed a kingfisher.
Photographed a hawk.
Photographed a kite.
Photographed a buzzard.
Photographed a kestrel.
Photographed an eagle.
Photographed a golden eagle.
Photographed a bald eagle.
Photographed an African fish eagle.
Photographed an ostrich.
Photographed an emu.
Photographed a little bee-eater.
Photographed a lilac-breasted roller.
Photographed a flamingo.
Photographed a pelican.
Photographed hyacinth macaw.
Photographed a cassowary.
Techniques
Never have I ever…
Used anything except auto.
Used scene modes.
Used program mode.
Used aperture priority mode.
Used shutter priority mode.
Used manual mode.
Used quiet mode.
Used mirror-up mode.
Used the self-timer.
Used auto ISO.
Used burst mode.
Used eye detection.
Used slow panning.
Used time-lapse photography.
Used exposure bracketing.
Used exposure compensation.
Used focus stacking.
Used HDR.
Used flash.
Used a camera trap.
How did you do? If you add up your marks, you can look up your result in the table below:
0-20 points: Beginner
21-40 points: Intermediate
41-60 points: Enthusiast
61-80 points: Prosumer
81-100 points: Professional
Whatever kind of photographer you are, I hope you enjoyed this quiz. It was only a bit of fun, but we all need some light relief, don’t we…?!
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