Photo Of The Day By Suzanne Mathia

Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Grandview” by Suzanne Mathia. Location: Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. “The thick fog and mists swirling around Grandview Point break slightly to reveal to reveal the canyon beyond,” describes Mathia. Photo of the Day is chosen from various OP galleries, including Assignments, Galleries and the OP Contests. Assignments have weekly winners that...

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Photo Of The Day By Clayton Peoples

Photo By Clayton Peoples Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Grand Winter Wonderland” by Clayton Peoples. Location: Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. “In the waning hours before sunset on a cold and wintry day in the Grand Canyon, a storm was producing precipitation in the distance,” says Peoples. “The sun angle was just right, producing a rainbow in the canyon. Meanwhile, some snow had already fallen...

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Landscapes In Snow

I love to exploit the beauty of a fallen snow, especially when it’s followed by a crisp, clear morning sunrise. The setting becomes a winter wonderland in its expanse. If you decide to explore it with macro or telephoto eyes, it becomes a miniature world of white on white and reveals patterns, shapes and textures. Subject wise, the possibilities are endless. The surrounding land takes on a fresh...

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Photo Of The Day By Gary Fua

Photo By Gary Fua Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Purity” by Gary Fua. Location: Yosemite National Park, California. “The iconic Half Dome and Elm Tree clothed in winter coat,” describes Fua. “Probably the best winter I had in Yosemite in recent years, the Valley was blanketed with approximately 12 inches of powdery snow. A winter wonderland scene I will always remember!” Photo of the Day is chosen...

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Photo Of The Day By Jola Charlton

Photo By Jola Charlton Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Call of the Wild” by Jola Charlton. Location: Republic, Washington. Photo of the Day is chosen from various OP galleries, including Assignments, Galleries and the OP Contests. Assignments have weekly winners that are featured on the OP website homepage, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. To get your photos...

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Photo Of The Day By Dawn Wilson

Photo Of The Day By Dawn Wilson Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Snowy Owl Enjoying the Jersey Beach” by Dawn Wilson. Location: Island Beach State Park, New Jersey. “A snowy owl irruption happened in the winter of 2017-2018,” explains Wilson. “It brought dozens of the white owls to the beaches of the northeastern U.S., including New Jersey. Not a common visitor to New Jersey, this owl was a rare opportunity...

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Photo Of The Day By Kevin Tempelman

Photo By Kevin Tempelman Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Aspens in the Snow” by Kevin Tempelman. Location: Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Michigan. “The high contrast of the aspen trees against the freshly fallen snow caught my eye in Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore,” says Tempelman. Photo of the Day is chosen from various OP galleries, including Assignments, Galleries and...

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Photo Of The Day By Menx Cuizon

Photo By Menx Cuizon Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Rolling Fog” by Menx Cuizon. Location: Yosemite National Park, California. Photo of the Day is chosen from various OP galleries, including Assignments, Galleries and the OP Contests. Assignments have weekly winners that are featured on the OP website homepage, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. To get your photos...

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Photo Of The Day By Valerie Millett

Photo By Valerie Millett Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Red Rock Winter” by Valerie Millett. Location: Coconino National Forest, Arizona. Photo of the Day is chosen from various OP galleries, including Assignments, Galleries and the OP Contests. Assignments have weekly winners that are featured on the OP website homepage, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. To...

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Photo Of The Day By Eric Grimm

Photo By Eric Grimm Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Dead Hose Point” by Eric Grimm. Location: Dead Horse Point State Park, Utah. Photo of the Day is chosen from various OP galleries, including Assignments, Galleries and the OP Contests. Assignments have weekly winners that are featured on the OP website homepage, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. To get your photos...

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Photo Of The Day By Jessica Nelson

Photo By Jessica Nelson Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Carolina Chickadee in the Snow” by Jessica Nelson. Location: Maryland. Photo of the Day is chosen from various OP galleries, including Assignments, Galleries and the OP Contests. Assignments have weekly winners that are featured on the OP website homepage, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. To get your photos...

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Photo Of The Day By Denis Dessoliers

Photo By Denis Dessoliers Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Light On” by Denis Dessoliers. Location: Vermilion Lake, Banff, Alberta. Photo of the Day is chosen from various OP galleries, including Assignments, Galleries and the OP Contests. Assignments have weekly winners that are featured on the OP website homepage, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. To get your...

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Photo Of The Day By Beth Howell

Photo By Beth Howell Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Winter Morning at Half Dome” by Beth Howell. Location: Yosemite National Park, California. The popular location along the Merced River in Yosemite is great spot to capture a sunburst in the morning with Half Dome reflected in the river. Canon 5D Mark III, Canon EF 24-105mm f4L IS II USM. Settings: 1/40 sec., f/20, ISO 100. Photo of the Day is chosen...

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Fall Color 2019 Assignment Winner Mark Koskulitz

Congratulations to Mark Koskulitz for winning the Fall Color 2019 Assignment with the image, “Nescopeck State Park.” View the winning image and a selection of submissions in the gallery below. And be sure to check out our current photography assignment here and enter your best shots! [See image gallery at www.outdoorphotographer.com] The post Fall Color 2019 Assignment Winner Mark Koskulitz...

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Photo Of The Day By Tim Nicol

Photo By Tim Nicol Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Whitetails in a Snowstorm” by Tim Nicol. Location:  Republic, Washington. Equipment: Nikon D850, Tamron 150-600mm lens. See more of Nicol’s photography at tjnicol.wixsite.com/photo. Photo of the Day is chosen from various OP galleries, including Assignments, Galleries and the OP Contests. Assignments have weekly winners that...

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Cover Shot, February 2020

In our January/February 2020 issue of Outdoor Photographer, pro photographers George D. Lepp and Aaron Baggenstos discuss the future of nature photography, considering topics ranging from imaging technology to access to wild places. One technology that Lepp sees as transformative is the ability to extract high-resolution stills from 4K video, and our feature story “Filming In The Land Of 1,000 Hills”...

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Our Top 10 Most Popular Articles Of 2019

As 2019 comes to a close, let’s take a look back at some of the most popular articles from the year, including tips to improve your nature photography, gear recommendations and inspiring submissions from our Wildlife Photo Contest. Wishing you happy holidays and a creative new year in 2020! 1. A Year Photographing The National Parks Ten highlights from an epic tour photographing all of the U.S. national...

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Creatively Capture The Character

In these modern and crazed times when everything has become abbreviated, when fast pace is the norm, when expediency is demanded and the speed at which technology has brainwashed us, we’re often asked to perform very difficult tasks: at a job interview, please sum yourself up in one word; when asked about a movie, tell me what it was like in one word; when faced with a problem, fix it with just one...

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Photo Of The Day By Michael Morse

Photo By Michael Morse Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Long Eared Winter Glow Black and White” by Michael Morse. Location: Market Lake, Idaho. “A long-eared owl is backlit in the early morning light as it sits perched watching over a field waiting for a morning snack to peek out of the snow-covered landscape of Southeast Idaho,” describes Morse. See more of Morse’s photography at 1-michael-morse.pixels.com. Photo...

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Photo Of The Day By Bill Sisson

Photo By Bill Sisson Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Snow Bound Bison” by Bill Sisson. Location: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. “During a very cold snowstorm in Yellowstone National Park, these bison were coming around a turn in the road between Mammoth and Cooke City as I was driving around the turn in the opposite direction,” says Bisson. “Fortunately, all of us were going slowly. I stopped,...

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Importance Lurks In The Shadows

Shadows make up the dark and very dark portions of an image. When post-processing, the blacks and contrast sliders are utilized to open them up or tone them down. Although they can be completely void of any detail whatsoever, at times they’re an integral part of an image. When you create a composition, it’s essential you’re aware of them as shadows draw the viewer’s eye. Highlights do the same and...

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Photo Of The Day By Archie Tucker

Photo By Archie Tucker Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Hopi Point First Light” by Archie Tucker. Location: Grand Canyon Village, Arizona. See more of Archie Tucker’s photography at www.aotucker.com. Photo of the Day is chosen from various OP galleries, including Assignments, Galleries and the OP Contests. Assignments have weekly winners that are featured on the OP website homepage, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram....

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Photo Of The Day By Franka M. Gabler

Photo By Franka M. Gabler Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Visiting Yosemite Falls” by Franka M. Gabler. Location: Yosemite Village, California. “A winter snowstorm didn’t stop this young family from exploring Yosemite Valley,” says Gabler. “This was photographed at lower Yosemite Falls trail.” See more of Franka M. Gabler’s photography at frankagabler.com. Photo of the Day is chosen from various OP...

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Top 10 Cameras Of The 2010s For Outdoor Photographers

The last decade has seen awesome advancements in camera technology across the board, and especially for the needs of nature and wildlife photographers. In the late 2000s, we applauded cameras like the Canon EOS 5D Mark II, which brought 1080 Full HD video recording to the consumer market and ushered in an era of indie filmmaking with DSLRs. Impressive as that camera was at the time, it maxed out at...

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Photo Of The Day By Kathy Roberts

Photo By Kathy Roberts Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Winter Berries and Bluebird” by Kathy Roberts. Location: North Carolina. See more of Kathy Roberts’ photography at kathleenrobertsphotography.com. Photo of the Day is chosen from various OP galleries, including Assignments, Galleries and the OP Contests. Assignments have weekly winners that are featured on the OP website homepage, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram....

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Photo Of The Day By Sonya Lang

Photo By Sonya Lang Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Spirit of Winter” by Sonya Lang. Location: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. “A wolf from the Wapiti pack in Yellowstone National Park,” describes Lang. See more of Sonya Lang’s photography at sonya-lang.artistwebsites.com. Photo of the Day is chosen from various OP galleries, including Assignments, Galleries and the OP Contests....

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Organizing Your Photos, Part 1: A Place For Everything

To access this content, you must purchase Outdoor Photographer Membership. The post Organizing Your Photos, Part 1: A Place For Everything appeared first on Outdoor Photographer. from Outdoor Photographer https://ift.tt/2E5gJ...

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Light And Shadows Assignment Winner Lori Hibbett

Congratulations to Lori Hibbett for winning the recent Light and Shadows assignment with the image, “Cloudy Dunes.” View the winning image and a selection of submissions in the gallery below. And be sure to check out our current photography assignment here and enter your best shots! [See image gallery at www.outdoorphotographer.com] The post Light And Shadows Assignment Winner Lori Hibbett...

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Photo Of The Day By Gene Putney

Photo By Gene Putney Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep Ram” by Gene Putney. Location: Waterton Canyon, Colorado. “Each year, one of my favorite animals to photograph during their rut are Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep,” says Putney. “The ram’s horns and eyes are intriguing to me, so when appropriate I like to do a closeup of them that I feel makes an artistic image. This ram...

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Photo Of The Day By Linn Smith

Photo By Linn Smith Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Fairy Dancers” by Linn Smith. Location: Oviedo, Florida. “Appearing as if they’re dancing fairies, two great whites in a light mist flow across the water with visionary movement and delicate grace.” Photo of the Day is chosen from various OP galleries, including Assignments, Galleries and the OP Contests. Assignments have weekly...

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Algonquin Peak

The Adirondack Mountains are located in upstate New York. The 6-million-acre Adirondack Park is a mixture of public and private land, allowing you to stay in small mountain communities surrounded by state-protected wilderness. The mountains form the headwaters of the mighty Hudson River and butt up against beautiful Lake Champlain. There are endless opportunities to explore everything from remote...

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Algonquin Peak

The Adirondack Mountains are located in upstate New York. The 6-million-acre Adirondack Park is a mixture of public and private land, allowing you to stay in small mountain communities surrounded by state-protected wilderness. The mountains form the headwaters of the mighty Hudson River and butt up against beautiful Lake Champlain. There are endless opportunities to explore everything from remote...

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Photo Of The Day By David Hixon

Photo By David Hixon Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Bow Fiddle” by David Hixon. Location: Portknockie, Scotland. Photo of the Day is chosen from various OP galleries, including Assignments, Galleries and the OP Contests. Assignments have weekly winners that are featured on the OP website homepage, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. To get your photos in the running,...

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