Thank you! :)

The skills are actually pretty simple, mostly just following the basic rules like the rule of thirds and leading lines in composition, and exposure triangle in lighting, focusing in the nearest eye when taking portraits or shooting animals.

Rest of the skills can be attributed to preparation, knowledge, time spent, and even luck.

Birds don't often come to see you and pose for the camera by themselves, but you would need to know where to find them. Same goes for weather. Rest of it is just knowing where you want to be with your camera at any given moment there's a good fog, or another nature's event like for instance the golden hour.

Product photography is a different beast. With my current budget it's a bit difficult, but not impossible. One generally needs a clean space with lots of light and a surface (or a few different ones) to the products on. For this, imagination helps a lot if you are missing some important tool.

You are not bad photographer yourself.