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Roy Toft has shown us some spectacular wildlife photographs and shared many tips, techniques and secrets to help us improve our own photography skills.

I asked him what's the one thing he thinks is most important to remember from this interview when photographing wildlife. Roy reminds us to enjoy yourself, and also shares some resources you can use.

Roy Toft has generously shared tips and techniques he uses in his wildlife photography that anyone can use. I asked him if there were specific exercises our listeners could do to improve their photos. He shares two that you should have fun with.

Red eye tree frogs are almost never photographed in the wild. In this unique, tightly cropped image of a red eye tree frog, Roy Toft explains how he photographed this animal in its natural environment, and what makes it special.

Roy Toft takes the "rule of thirds" to the extreme with this photograph of a lion in a sea of grass.

Roy mentioned earlier that, when he has the opportunity, he likes to take some photographs of just the most interesting parts of an animal. This image of a brown bear is a great example.

Here Roy explains his thinking behind this photograph.

This next photograph of a chameleon uses a wide angle fish-eye lens to create a very interesting effect. By shooting very close to the chameleon using this lens, it has an almost other-worldly appearance.

This photograph of an African wild dog is one of Roy Toft's favorite images he's ever taken. It won the BBC Endangered Species Award this year.

This photograph illustrates how panning at a slow shutter speed creates great backgrounds and very interesting wildlife photographs.

Roy Toft shared some of the how-to on switching the auto focus away from the shutter button on your digital camera in the previous post.

Here he goes into further detail about how to use this auto focus function, and why this will improve your digital photography.

A secret about autofocus? Roy Toft has talked about shutter speeds, panning, using a tripod and investing in a good long lens as ways to improve your wildlife photography. His tip to get eye-to-eye with your subject, and to see the parts of your subject as potential photographs are great.

Now Roy shares a secret for isolating the autofocus function of your camera, which has personally transformed how I take photographs -- it's an amazing tip.

Roy Toft says his tips for photographing wildlife aren't really secrets -- but he's definitely touched on ideas our listeners probably have not thought of.

He continues to explain how to improve your photography, including getting eye-to-eye with wildlife, and figuring out what makes a photograph interesting.