The author sporting most of the gear mentioned here on a day hike in the Canadian Rockies.

Love nature, hiking, and photography? There are a mountain (excuse the pun) of equipment choices available to you beyond the camera and lenses that you bring on your excursions into the wild, and the right picks can significantly improve both your enjoyment and photography results.

A quality backpack tailored to nature photography, a lightweight tripod, and a few filters and accessories can really make all the difference between getting the shots that you want and wishing that you’d left your gear at home.

Click the “read more” button to learn about some of my picks for the best nature photography gear available.