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Quiz: Never Have I Ever...

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…

  1. Owned a smartphone.

  2. Owned a compact camera.

  3. Owned a bridge camera.

  4. Owned an interchangeable-lens camera.

  5. Owned a DSLR or mirrorless camera.

  6. Owned a medium-format camera.

  7. Owned an underwater camera.

  8. Owned a drone.

  9. Owned a battery grip.

  10. Owned a lens longer than 50mm.

  11. Owned a lens shorter than 50mm.

  12. Owned a lens longer than 300mm.

  13. Owned a lens shorter than 35mm.

  14. Owned a flashgun.

  15. Owned a wireless flash trigger.

  16. Owned a tripod.

  17. Owned a gimbal tripod head.

  18. Owned a remote release.

  19. Owned a sensor cleaning kit.

  20. Owned a filter kit.

Locations

Never have I ever…

  1. Taken pictures in my garden.

  2. Taken pictures in my home.

  3. Taken pictures at a friend or relative’s house.

  4. Taken pictures at a zoo.

  5. Taken pictures at a safari park.

  6. Taken pictures in the desert.

  7. Taken pictures in the jungle.

  8. Taken pictures in the mountains.

  9. Been on a photography trip to Africa.

  10. Been on a photography trip to Asia.

  11. Been on a photography trip to Europe.

  12. Been on a photography trip to North America.

  13. Been on a photography trip to Oceania.

  14. Been on a photography trip to South America.

  15. Been on a photography trip to the Arctic/Antarctic.

  16. Take pictures from a car.

  17. Take pictures from a boat.

  18. Take pictures from a plane.

  19. Take pictures from a helicopter.

  20. Taken pictures underwater.

Animals

Never have I ever…

  1. Photographed a tiger.

  2. Photographed a lion.

  3. Photographed a jaguar.

  4. Photographed a cougar/puma.

  5. Photographed a leopard.

  6. Photographed a cheetah.

  7. Photographed a lynx.

  8. Photographed an African elephant.

  9. Photographed an Indian elephant.

  10. Photographed an African buffalo.

  11. Photographed a black rhino.

  12. Photographed a white rhino.

  13. Photographed a bison.

  14. Photographed a wild dog.

  15. Photographed an anteater.

  16. Photographed a zebra.

  17. Photographed a gazelle.

  18. Photographed a bear.

  19. Photographed a gaur/Indian bison.

  20. Photographed a pangolin.

Birds

Never have I ever…

  1. Photographed a bird.

  2. Photographed a garden bird.

  3. Photographed a bird of prey.

  4. Photographed a kingfisher.

  5. Photographed a hawk.

  6. Photographed a kite.

  7. Photographed a buzzard.

  8. Photographed a kestrel.

  9. Photographed an eagle.

  10. Photographed a golden eagle.

  11. Photographed a bald eagle.

  12. Photographed an African fish eagle.

  13. Photographed an ostrich.

  14. Photographed an emu.

  15. Photographed a little bee-eater.

  16. Photographed a lilac-breasted roller.

  17. Photographed a flamingo.

  18. Photographed a pelican.

  19. Photographed hyacinth macaw.

  20. Photographed a cassowary.

Techniques

Never have I ever…

  1. Used anything except auto.

  2. Used scene modes.

  3. Used program mode.

  4. Used aperture priority mode.

  5. Used shutter priority mode.

  6. Used manual mode.

  7. Used quiet mode.

  8. Used mirror-up mode.

  9. Used the self-timer.

  10. Used auto ISO.

  11. Used burst mode.

  12. Used eye detection.

  13. Used slow panning.

  14. Used time-lapse photography.

  15. Used exposure bracketing.

  16. Used exposure compensation.

  17. Used focus stacking.

  18. Used HDR.

  19. Used flash.

  20. 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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