This Facebook Group Is Dedicated To Crappy Wildlife Photos That Are So Bad They’re Good (50 New Pics)
Not all pics of nature are meant to go on the cover. And that’s totally fine. All the not-so-fortunate snaps of wildlife have a safe place to go where their author’s lack of skills will be much appreciated.
We’re talking about the widely popular Facebook group called Crap Wildlife Photography where 399.7K members share iconic images in their own very crappy way.
From very out-of-focus photos to the worst timing possible, these awesome photos have surely hit the bottom of the barrel where photography standards used to be. Enjoy the hilarity with the newest batch of crappy goodness from Crap Wildlife Photography, and be sure to check out part 1, 2, 3, and 4.
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Bottoms Up!...might Get This One Printed On A Canvas
The Time I Took A Picture Of Two American Goldfinches Through A Window Screen And It Came Out Looking Like A Cross Stitch
Aggressive Geese
Previously, Bored Panda reached out to the moderator team of the Crap Wildlife Photography Facebook group and found out more about their widely popular online community.
The representative of the group told us that following Bored Panda’s June article on their group, the community was joined by 18k new members. “Actual join requests were around 26k, but the other 8k people didn’t answer the short joining questionnaire so didn’t become members at that time," they explained.
Meanwhile, the founder Tristan Kennedy said that he created Crap Wildlife Photography after someone from another group, Crap Bird Photography, asked if there was a separate group dedicated to all kinds of wildlife. It sparked an idea in Tristan to create a whole new Facebook group since nothing similar existed at the time.
Dearly Beloved, We Are Gathered Here Today.....
What’s Your Problem?!
Spent About 25 Minute Slowly Crawling On My Stomach Through Frozen Mud On A Cold Winters Morning, Lining Up The Perfect Shot For The Last Exposure On My Analogue Camera, After Standing Magestically For The Entire Time I Was Crawling, The Second I Take The Shot It Looks Directly At Me And Lets Out The Loudest Burp I've Every Heard
Over the past few years, the group was steadily growing, but the recent surge in new numbers was evoked by Bored Panda featuring a selection of the community’s submissions.
“Numbers increased from about 15,000 in January to about 45,000 at the start of April. The first Bored Panda article triggered a large spike in numbers—our group numbers spiked from about 45,000 to 100,000 in a few days.” In January, a whopping 300,000 new members joined and Crap Wildlife Photography became somewhat of a household name for poor photos featuring nature and/or animals.
The group’s success has to do with the fact that it’s one of the very few online communities that celebrate all the very bad efforts in photography. “The 'good' photo groups aren't interested in bad photography, of course, so it gives people somewhere to share their lesser-quality photos and have a laugh at themselves,” Tristan explained.
I Knew There Were Raccoons In The Tree But I Couldn’t See What They Were Doing Until The Flash Came On/Pictures Came Out...
If 2020 Was An Eagle
I'm New To This Group, Does This Count?
Was Supposed To Be A Pelican
Spotted This Guy While Delivering Parcels Down On The Beachfront Community. C A M O F L A G E
No Outside Light On When I Got Home, Cursed Husband For Leaving Pipe I Tripped Over On Path To The Front Door. Once Inside, Husband Vehemently Denied Any Pipe Misdemeanor, So I Turned On Outside Light To Prove Him Wrong...
Posted This On A Bird Watching Group Thinking It Was A Cracking Photo. Not A Single Person Liked It At All. Must Be Crapper Than I Thought
I Was Photographing A Penguin, Put The Telephoto Lens On And It Waddled Over To Stand Less Than A Meter Away So All I Could Get In The Frame Was Its Foot
We Broadcast The Possum Signal Only In The Most Dire Of Garbage Emergencies
Scary Little Egret From Egypt
Oink
Just A Couple Of Vultures In The Hospital Courtyard. Nothing To Worry About
My Friends Cat Bailey Escaped His House. So I Set Up A Trail Cam. He Was Hangin With Da Big Boys In The Back Yard
The Majestic Blacktail Deer. Play Catch They Said. It'll Be Fun They Said. **no Need To Worry! If You Are Unaware, Bucks Lose And Regrow Their Antlers Every Year. This Guy Will Only Have To Look Like A Dork For A Couple More Months
My Teenaged Son Went To The Coast. I Asked To See The Pictures He Took, And This Was Literally It
Just An Alligator And Turtle Eating Spaghetti Together. Yes They Had A Lady And The Tramp Moment. Mont Belvieu Texas
From Vancouver, The Bird Was Parked On The Hood Of My Car, Shot At F16, Giving Lots Of Depth Of Field. Scary!
Heard A Noise At The Door. Thinking It Was The Friendly Raccoon I'd Seen A Few Times This Week, I Got My Phone Camera Ready To Get It's Picture. However, I Opened The Door And Saw This
From A Couple Years Ago While Checking Wood Duck Boxes For Work. This Lil Thing And It’s Friends Jumped Out (They Nest In The Boxes For The Winter). I Proceeded To Freak Out Because I Didnt Want It Crawling Up Inside My Pants. My Coworker Found It And Took A Picture For Posterior Posterity
Behold The Majestic Red-Tailed Hawk Update: Hawk Is Fine
Found The Most Majestic Anemone On The Beach The Other Night. It Reminds Me Of Something, But I Can't Quite Put My Finger On It...
Behold My Favorite *crap* Wildlife Photo Thus Far
Nudist Squirrels Of The Northern Bruce Peninsula. This Guy Has Been Around For 2 Years Now. He Doesn't Have Mange, As His Skin Is "Clean" (No Sores & Dry Skin Associated With Mange), Just Genetically Hairless. Hoping To See Him Come Springtime!!
Notice A Couple Of Really Tiny Deer On Top Of This Fence...
'Father Ted is demonstrating some plastic toy cows to Dougal. Father Ted: …OK, one last time. These are small… but the ones out there are far away. Small… far away…'
What An Unusual Bird On My Deck This Morning!
We Decided To Go With A Less Traditional Tree Topper This Year
I want to believe that it's conducting an orchestra of elves and snowmen
Look Who I Found In My Patio!
On A Trip To Antarctica, I Was Fortunate To Witness A Gentoo Penguin Wedding.
Not A Penguin This Time At The Fence... But Equally Cute. Curious Elephant Seal Pup
Omg Please Caption These Eyebrows! Yes, He Just Got Busted Eating From The Bird Feeder!
I Got More Than I Paid For In This Shot
Managed To Snap This Shot Of What I Believe To Be A Bobcat
Hold My Beer, I Am Going In...
If You've Ever Wondered What A Happy Scalepuppy Looks Like, Here's A Visual For You
So This Guy Was Stalking Me At Work One Day
I Nearly Bumped Into This Blubbery Rock Yesterday And Let Me Tell You, When My Wife Pointed Out What It Was I Felt Very Close To Death. The Irony Is That We Had Just Given Up Spotting Any Elephant Seals After A Long Beach Walk Lol
This Was The Last Photo I Took Before I Was Chased Across A Hilly Field, Screaming And Running As Fast As My Legs Could Carry Me
All I had wanted was a closer hawk photo. I did not see this beast in the grass. My husband was in the car on the side of the road, and he responded to my screams by rolling the windows up as I barreled towards him in superhuman flight whilst the badger snarled and gained on me. He thought it was bees or hornets (and left me for dead which I shan’t forget), but no. It was a very large and very angry member of the Mustelid family.
The Fattest Squirrel I Have Ever Seen. He Lives In Our Yard And Eats The Neighbor’s Chicken Feed And Chases Off Any Birds, Bunnies, Or Other Squirrels That Try To Get In His Space
Bug Photobombs Are The Best!!
Note To Self, Make Sure Your Trunk Closes When You Hit The Button!
Derek Put The Seagull Down
Captured A Little Spring In His Step After Being Fed
Ahh, yep. Ahh, yep. Gonna go find me that chicken hawk. Ahh, yep. That's what I'm gonna do.
My Dad Has Dementia And Can't Remember What Squirrels Are Called So He Calls Them A-Holes. Turns Out The A-Holes Are Everywhere
My First Posting
Waited A Long Time To Get That Iconic Shot Of A Big Family Of Meerkats Standing At Attention.
Me: Wow, There’s An Otter In My Backyard Otter: Wow, There’s A Human In My Front Yard
Timing Is Everything.. Nailed It
A Male Hooded Merganser Duck. The Features Weren't Very Clear, So I Tidied The Photo Up A Bit
Birbs
After Falling Asleep For The Third Time In A Row, Ralph Is No Longer Allowed To Take The Late Afternoon Guard Duty Shift
Nor the afternoon guard. As a matter of fact the morning guard is out of question,too.
Kinda Wanna Run Away, Kinda Wanna Check What Food You Got
Ok Then
Went To Watch The Starling Murmuration.... I Think They Were Trying To Tell Me Something
One Of The Majestic Wild Mustangs Of Western Nevada
I Don’t Always Take Pictures Of Coopers Hawks In A Birdbath, But When I Do They’re Flying Away, Obstructed By A Pole, And My Neighbor Is Ripping Out All His Carpet.
Single Pink Male Seeks Companion For Long Walks On The Beach. If You Like Pina Coladas, And Getting Caught In The Rain...
I Know My Memory Isn’t What It Used To Be But I Could Swear That Wasn’t There When I Hung Up The Wreath
On My Neighbors Fire Escape. Just Chillin. I Didn't Bother It. It Just Kinda Walked Away After I Called It Cute A Few Times.
Add A Face
We're Gonna Need A Bigger Twig
My Shower Was Interrupted By A Peeping Tom. Or Rather, Peeping Jerry As Others Have Pointed Out
Amazing Photo Of My First Hammerhead Shark
May I Present, “Moose At 86mph”
I'm A Crappy Photographer, But This One I Had To Share. Evergreen Co.
There Was Some Sort Of Majestic Animal Breaching In Front Of Me
Hello Everyone. I'm A New Member From Vietnam. This Is A Fish I See When I'm Working On River Bank
$3,500 Camera/Lens? Check. Rare Moment Of Interaction? Check.timeless Photo Of Kia Sportage? Check
Raven Stole A Burrito Smh Can't Have [crap] In London
Crappy Wildlife
This Is How We Do It In The Big Leagues Of Crap Photography.
The Soft And Intricate Feathers Of A Parakeet
My First Pic Of A Racing Snail!! Stayed On The Car For An 8 Mile Journey
We All Know That Quokkas Are The Happiest Animals Alive, Right? But How Do They Sleep When Not Smiling Down The Lens Of A Camera? With No F*cks Given.
This Quokka Wanted To See What I Was Eating
I’m Here To Break Up Fat Squirrel Day with This Majestical Rainbow Pelicorn Photo.
My Dad Has Dementia And One Of His Simple Pleasures Is Watching The Birds. Behold The Majestic Bluejay Dad Calls Scruffneck
A Little Nut Flavoured Coffee Anyone ?
Lol Recent Snap I Got. Perfect Timing. Instant Meme. Ready Go
This Is The Weirdest Photo I Have Ever Taken! It Hasn't Been Edited At All
The Baba Is Getting Big Thanks To All Of Our Fruit Bearing Plants That We Are Not Entitled To. It's A Good Thing You Guys Are So Cute. But You Owe Me Dammit!!! I Want An Awesome Picture Of You!!!! Stay Up A Little Late And Come In The Morning??
Looks like an Australian Brushtail possum with a baby! We had one who used to visit our garden all the time with her baby on board - it was so cute.
Load More Replies...My Cats Were Going Nuts In The Bathroom Over This!
Unexpected Wildlife Photography...
Sleepy Sky Puppies. Not A Particularly Crappy Photo, But If You Could Smell It! 100s, Possibly 1000s Of Sky Puppies Roost Here During The Day, Then In The Evening 100s Of Bin Chickens Return To Nest In The Same Trees The Sky Puppies Left
Ummmm, You Seem To Have A Little Something On Your Face... (Crappy, Cause It’s Got Some Crap On It’s Face
Carp Wildlife Photography, No Pun Intended
A Photo I Took Of One Of The Many Million Wild Deer In Nara, Japan.
These deer are feisty. They bow the traditional Japanese greeting to woo you in to giving them deer cookies. Then after the polite greeting they just attack en masse, biting your arse, stealing your tourist map, and making it impossibly difficult to get any decent photos of them in the beautiful surroundings. So I ended up with many shots like this
My Dog: Fren? Me: No, Not Friend. My Dog: May Be Shy Fren. I Watch. Me: Facepalm
I'm thinkin' that the dog is a pussycat. + the deer could become a frien' if some grain were to be offered !
Two Headless Fawns, I Think They Were Doing The Hokey Pokey...
When A 999 Call Is Made, Regarding 'Broken Wood'
In My Defense, He Was A Fast Little Bugger.
So I Had A Pet Door..... How Many Other People Can Say They Had A Raccoon Come In And Sleep On Their Couch For Days With Three Cats And Share Food Bowl. Then Had To Get Rid Of Couches Cause Raccoon Kept Peeing On It
We rehabbed a hawk last year. His wing was hurt, but not bad. Just couldn't fly for a few days. My husband would catch mice in the sun room and get on the roof and throw the mice to it, so when it got hurt it came to our front door. I just opened front door one morning for my son to get to the bus and the hawk was jyst there. We let it in and we even held it on on our laps. Kept it in sun room at night. after a few days we let it out. Tried to fly and couldn't so it walked back into the sun room. Next day tried it again and he flew around but stayed close. That day we found a pregnant stray cat in our yard. She had a small hole in her neck and some fur tufts missing. We think they had fought each other and the bird got its wing messed up from the cat. We kept mama cat and her kitties.
Does It Count As Crap If It Made Me Crap Myself? Asking For A Friend
I've Lived In Wyoming Most Of My Life, And I've Only Seen A Mountain Lion 2 Times. Now It's 2-1/4 Times.
Definitely Need A New Feeder
The wildlife equivalent of a small kid who climbed into the claw machine game and couldn't get back out.
Apparently My Husband Didn't Think I Could See The Giant Herd Of Bison Right By Our Car. At Least His Hand Is Out Of Focus....
Sir You Are Too Large For The Squirrel Table. Also You're Not A Squirrel
South End Of A North-Bound Bobcat
Hello, 911...i’d Like To Report Someone Ringing My Doorbell And Mooning Me...
My Sister Does Not Wish To Share This Gem Herself. But She Made This Mistake Of Sharing It With Me For My Own Free Use!
While Cleaning Out Some Space In The Refrigerator To House Our Hello Fresh Dinners, We Had An Extra Guest
‘Imposter! Imposter On The Beach!!!’ This Gentoo Penguin - Clearly Not Impressed With The Surprise Visit By A Chinstrap Penguin.
A Magnificent Mola Mola (Or Sunfish). And, No, He Is Not Dead — Despite Appearances. Funny, But The Whale-Watching Company Chose Not To Feature This Great Capture In Their Trip Photos Of The Day
This how they actually sun themselves, and how they got the name 'sunfish'
Found Out Who Stole My Christmas Lights!!!
This Is Freddy, Our Resident Toad. He Got His Own Pad This Summer And Was Pretty Happy About It
Tried To Take A Photo Of Hundreds Of Geese, Ended Up With Something That Looks Like Jupiter. So, Unvoluntary Accidental Wishful Amateur Astrophotography, Can We Call It That?
I Got Married Yesterday At Garden Of The Gods And I Had To Take A Picture With The Deer In The Background
My Son Came Into My Bedroom To Tell Me There Was A “Mouse In His Room”
My First Submission To Crab Wildlife Photography
It Was Amazing Experience, Less Than 3 Hours Ago In Jackson Hole, Wy. Pretty Sure This Is Brought To You By The Christmas Star
We're Getting Babies! How Cute!
There's A Reason Birds Are Always Side Profiled
So I’m Sure I’ll Get Some “Not Crap” Comments Which I Agree With In Principle, Except I Really Was Trying To Get A Picture Of The Top Part Of The Heron Too!
Anyone Know This Species Of Squirrel?
A Most Magnificent Bird Of Prey.
I Wish To Submit For Your Consideration Weird Flat Hissing Doggy
Always Looking For A Little Help When I’m Working On Someone’s Car
I think I know why your engine is dead. Oh, you know ...possum ...play dea.. oh, nevermind.
Studies Show 1 In 8 Bison Will Be Decapitated By Poachers And Left To Wander Headless Across The Prairie For The Rest Of Their Lives.
This Is Not The Bird I Was Hoping For When I Put My Bird Bath Out... But I'm Not Going Out There To Tell Him.
Hi I Was Told This Would Be The Perfect Picture For This Group By A Few People So Here Ya Go Found These Love Birds In My Front Yard This Morning
Had A Visitor Today In The Shed.
I Scared The Piss Out Of Him
I Think This Eagle Is Broken... What Song Do You Think He Is Singing
"IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII .... will always love you"
Pair Of Bison From The Overlook Ft Niobrara Wildlife Refuge, Amazing Creatures!
Squirrel Eating Onion Ring While Wearing It. Taken On An Upstate NY College Campus.
I Don’t Usually Have Spiders For Friends, But Something About This Jumpy Boy Is... Sorta Cute So He Can Stay.
I Upgraded To A $900 Nikon And Like Magic, I Finally Found A Herd Of Bighorn Sheep. If You Want To Use This For Holiday Cards, You Have My Permission
Thankfully, I Mastered My New Camera's Exposure Settings Just In Time For The Bald Eagle To Fly By.
i was sitting here waiting for the picture to load and than i realized- it was the picture
We Hired A New Receptionist At Work, But All She Did Was Scream At The Clients When They Got Close, So We Had To Let Her Go...
I absolutely love cicadas! Look at that cute face! They buzz when you pet them!
This Is Not One Of My Best Shots, But I Saved It. Since I Joined This Group, Now I Know Why
Pretty Much The Best Photo I’ve Ever Taken.
I'm not sure this counts as it's clearly one of those Boston Tech quadruped robots