Another warm but Doctors blowing, the Table has its cloth on. Who knows what I am talking about?

Hello I'm not a wildlife photographer, but I love wildlife- and I love to see how professional photographers capture the most intimate moments in the wild. I'm a retired chef 45 years. Currently, learning be a Potter for ( about 18 months now) I have a studio I built in my garage, and I'm getting my axx handed to me through Clay! I thought it was gonna be easy, alas it is not-! Clay is teaching me many things I need to learn. But at my age, you think I'd already know them! Lol 1- patience 2- perseverance 3- letting things go 4 -chilling out and its ok not to be perfect. Everything that's opposite of the culinary world, and I'm grateful for it. I'm posting a couple pictures of my latest kiln unload, for wildlife enthusiasts, one is a hand sculpted whale that os an oil burner, and the other one is a dragonfly. décor for a garden . Thank you for accepting me into this group.

We have many talented people in The Wildlife Lens and we would love to see their art, whether its photography, sketches, watercolours or even AI generated and its yours. Do not be intimidated, a Robin, a cardinal, a cockatoo or anything local to you is also exciting for us, really! (We want yours, not someone else's as we are connected to many of the best wildlife artists and photographers in the world). Its easy to feel intimidated, but honestly, what we see is the passion for the outdoors and nature and that's good for us.

Right, here's how this works. Share your photos. Good ones, mediocre ones, "I have no idea what went wrong here" ones. All welcome. If you're waiting until you've got the perfect shot before posting, you'll never post. We all started somewhere rubbish. Tell us what you were trying to achieve. Context matters. "Here's a robin" gets polite thumbs up. "Here's a robin - I was trying to freeze the wing movement but it's blurry, what did I miss?" gets actual useful feedback. Include your settings if you want real help. ISO, shutter speed, aperture. If you can't remember, that's fine - just say so. But if you want to know why your heron looks like a grey blob, settings help us tell you. Celebrate other people's wins. When someone nails a shot, tell them. We're not competing here. Their success doesn't diminish yours. Community means genuinely being pleased when someone gets it right. Equipment doesn't matter as much as you think. I've seen stunning shots from phone cameras and terrible ones from £3,000 setups. Technique beats gear every single time. So don't apologize for your camera - just show us what you captured. One rule: Be kind. Critique the photo, not the photographer. "This composition would work better if..." is helpful. "You clearly don't know what you're doing" is not. We're here to get better together, not tear each other down. I'll kick things off with a few of my own shots - including some disasters - so you can see it's safe to share the imperfect stuff. Who's posting first? Gareth