Try different angles. If you're shooting wildlife, try to get the eye of the animal in focus. It draws the viewer into the photo. Photographers needn't travel to Yellowstone to find good subjects. I realize now that taking good pictures isn't altogether a matter of being in the right place at the right time, it's thinking about your shot in advance and knowing your equipment.
People find a little owl at the base of a tree and decide it needs our help.
In fact, more animals are harmed than helped by being scooped up and brought home for adoption. Newborn animals and recently fledged birds might seem helpless. But the brief period spent flopping around is nearly always under the nearby supervision of the animal's mother. Or make a little box and set it in the tree. She adds it's a misconception mothers will abandon their young if humans have touched it.