How many times have you scrolled through breathtaking pics of wildlife and told yourself “challenge accepted”? Well, it turns out it’s not so easy to take that pitch-perfect shot.

Animals⁠, they move. A camera⁠, it wobbles. A hand⁠, it shakes. And weather⁠, it’s always a mystery. This is the combination you need to get a spectacularly terrible wildlife pic. In fact, some of the entries are so bad they've made their way into the Crap Wildlife Photography group on Facebook. Here are some of the best failed shots that may make you think twice about pressing that capture button any time soon.

Friday, April 10, 2020

Facebook Group Collects Crap Wildlife Photography Along With Hilarious Captions And Here Are 78 Of The Worst Ones

#1 I Took This Picture Of A Carpenter Bee Last Summer

#2 Tried To Get A Spread Wings Shot...

#3 When Poles Fly

#4 Gotta Be Quicker Than That!

#5 A Most Majestic Tree

#6 Found This Amongst Some Beauties

#7 Realizing I’d Made A Mistake

#8 A Magnificent Swan

#9 'you Spin Me Right Round, Baby, Right Round.' Low Light + The Wrong Camera Setting = Guess The Animal. Nb No Animals Were Hurt In The Taking Of This Shot..it Landed Safely On My Patio

#10 Owl

#11 I Present The Mighty, Yet Gentle, Caribbean Manatee.

#12 Behold, The Majestic Bald Eagle

#13 Raccoon/Fergus Falls, Minnesota

#14 Took A Photo Of A Drill

#15 Hmmm

#16 Look At The Colors!!!! Where Is He Going.

#17 How Flippin Weird Do Pigeons Look When They Look Down?

#18 Wow, I Caught A Picture Of This Champagne Cork Flying Out. Jk. It's An Egret.

#19 Wood Duck

#20 Grab Somebody Sexy Tell Em Hey

#21 The Pinnacle Of My Wildlife Photography Career

#22 Doe In Background Was Taking A Crap, Just To Top It Off

#23 I Present To You, The Wondrous King Penguin

#24 This Cougar Was So Close I Was Able To Get A Picture Of It!!!

#25 I Found A God Of All Pidgeons On A Walk With My Dog

#26 So, I Was Taking A Picture Of These Trees? And All Of A Sudden There Was This Coyote! Photo Bomb!

#27 Grasshopper

#28 Had To Put My Phone Under The Table And Hope That The Quokka Was Looking At The Camera. It Wasn't.

#29 Not Amused

#30 Didn’t Know I Was Playing The Sims

#31 Didn’t Realize The Flash Was On...

#32 Attack Of The Killer Butterflies (I Saved The Boy, But Now I'm... Hideous)!

#33 Courtesy Of My Dad And His Ancient Phone... Little Owl Eating Lunch

#34 So Excited To See My First Sea Otter!

#35 Blurry And Screaming - A Mood

#36 Didn’t Know How Funny This Was Until I Sent It To My Daughter...

#37 I Was In The Middle Of A Zoom When I Noticed This Bastard

#38 This Handfeeding The Birds Was Going Great Until He Looked Right At Me And I Realized His Face Was Actually Kinda Scary And He Looked Pretty Pissed Off!

#39 You’ve Been Blessed By The Magic Glowing Koi, 7 Years Of Good Luck Coming Your Way

#40 Out Of Focus Mantis Looks Like Cracked Out Mantis

#41 Rip My Neighbours Whose House Got Attacked By A Giant Wasp Of The Blurry Variation Today

#42 :(

#43 When You Have An Encounter With A Rare Predator But Get Photobombed By A Magpie

#44 I Got Distracted By The Frog In The Back And Lost Focus But To Be Entirely Honest I Think National Geographic Should Use This Picture As Their Cover.

#45 This Freaky Flying Ghost Child Is Actually A Blurred Great Blue Heron

#46 “Who Needs A Fancy Camera?!” I Say To Myself As I Push My iPhone Up Against My Binoculars. It Was Me. I Needed A Better Camera.

#47 I'm Not Sure Why I Ever Thought It Was A Good Idea To Take A Picture Of The Sheep In The Dark, But It Ended Up Being The Stuff That Nightmares Are Made Of.

#48 I Give You Pizza Squirrel.

#49 The Key To Being A Crap Wildlife Photographer Is Having No Timing At All Or Any Sense Of Movement Of Your Subject. I Successfully Turned This Great Photo Opportunity Of A Red Fox Straight Into Crap.

#50 Shaky Hands + Night Mode = Ghost Deer

#51 I've Been Waiting Years For My Photography Talent To Be Appreciated! Please Accept This Offering Of My Local Wildlife While Imaging The Noise I Made As It Flew Directly At My Face

#52 Brontosaurus Are Faaaaast

#53 Can Anyone Id This Bird Thx

#54 I Went Out To The Balcony To Photograph The Birds, But Instead Photographed A Fish...

#55 I Want To Be Clear That Yes, It's A Rat But It Remains Outside. It Just Keeps Coming To My Windowsill At Night. I Need To Clean The Window To Get A Better Pic, The Second One Is When He Turned To Look Because I Tapped The Window

#56 "Nubs" Our Little Tailless Squirrel Buddy

#57 This 5 Inch Piece Of Badness Charged My Wife And Attacked The Truck Tire When She Tried To Move Him Off The Road. You’re Welcome Little Guy

#58 So My Daily Staring Competition Starts!! The Little Wanker!!!

#59 Crappy Composition

#60 Leg

#61 Tried To Take A Picture Of A Nice Little Toad. He Had Other Ideas.

#62 At Least The Background Is Pretty I Guess

#63 Screaming Goose, We Call Him Hissy Richard

#64 Close Birb

#65 Mangy Grackle Sunning Himself On My Steering Wheel.

#66 Tried To Take A Handsome Portrait. He Scream.

#67 Birb

#68 Pictures Taken Moments Before Disaster

#69 Timed My Shot Perfectly. *sigh*

#70 Bug On Security Camera Lens - Can Someone Id?

#71 My Dad Wanted To See What Kind Of Cat Was Gobbling Up The Cat Food He Sat Out Every Night.

#72 I Have No Words

#73 As You Can See I Did A Great Job Getting The Road Line In Focus, Which Was Challenging With That Coyote In The Way

#74 A Mink, [friggin] Awkward One Too

#75 Birb

#76 Rare Shot Of A Toucan Stomping An Octopus

#77 He Was Cold So I Hold

#78 Plz Respond

#69 Timed My Shot Perfectly. sigh