Even when animals are so low to the ground that it's awkward to shoot from such a low perspective, try to do it anyway. It makes a very compelling and intimate shot. I photographed this sally lightfoot crab in the Galapagos Islands, and to be able to look directly into this bizarre face from an eye to eye point of view makes the shot. A 90 degree angle finder can help you to shoot this way. This is a device that fits onto the eye piece of the camera, and you look down into the ocular -- which is very comfortable for your neck -- while the camera is shooting parallel with the ground. The 90 degree angle finder is actually helpful with all kinds of macro photography, too, for the same reason: it saves your neck and back from contorting into painful positions.