My camera rigged for nocturnal work. This has worked very well for owls and other nocturnal wildlife.

I often use standard camouflage gear. This makes a huge difference, allowing you to get closer to your subject. Some of the more intelligent species are not fooled but most are.

Tent hides are really good, especially around water holes. Mine folds up into my back pack.

Hello
I won't share my full name or photographs of myself to protect privacy and as I'm not looking for recognition of any kind. I really dislike the concept of, look at me, look at me, social media nonsense so I just don't do it. Yes, really bad for marketing, I know.

I don't belong to any photography or conservation organisations and I don't enter any photo competitions. I'm not interested in the politics of that side of things. Of course, I support conservation, especially minimising land clearing. We must stop clearing as much as we can and completely ban clearing old growth forest. I am not a fundamentalist, I do recognise there is a cost of human civilisation of 8 + billion people on the planet . However, we must conserve what we can.
Mostly I just like being out in the bush, researching and finding my target species. I have been photographing wildlife in Australia for well over 30 years and have accumulated a huge collection. My photo trips are targeted, choosing and researching target species before I depart. I find this method very successful, rarely missing out.

At the moment I use a Panasonic Lumix GH5, a hybrid mirrorless camera featuring a 20.3MP Micro Four Thirds sensor, 5-axis in-body image stabilization, and internal 4K 60p 10-bit video capture. The lens I mostly use is the Leica Vario-Elmar-SL 100-400mm f/5-6.3. This lens is 35mm equivalent to a 200-800mm zoom. A huge advantage of this combination is that the full kit weighs 7kg. This means I can hand carry on aircraft. My previous Canon equipment had to go in the baggage hold which I hated doing.

Camouflage gear and tent hides are a must, gets you so much closer to your target. Another big one is to try to hide your eyes behind wraparound sunglasses. Birds and animals will see your front-on predator eyes and it will spook them.

Feel free to contact me anytime for advice on your own wildlife photography or on how to find target species.
Use email orderprint.AWG@protonmail.com for any contact.

All the best.

Andrew