Photo Of The Day By Amy Ames

Photo by Amy Ames Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Red Fox Struggling In The Wind” by Amy Ames. Location: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. “The wind was so strong this afternoon that this red fox could barely walk,” explains Ames. “You can see the hair standing up from the wind cutting through his fur. What a gorgeous sight to see in the white snow.” Want to get your images in the running for a Photo...

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Photo Of The Day By Kevin Cass

Photo By Kevin Cass Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Upper Tipsoo Lake After Sunset” by Kevin Cass. Location: Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. Want to get your images in the running for a Photo of the Day feature? Photo of the Day is chosen from various galleries, including Assignments, Galleries and Contests. Assignments have weekly winners that are featured on the website...

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Photo Of The Day By Kevin Cass

Photo By Kevin Cass Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Upper Tipsoo Lake After Sunset” by Kevin Cass. Location: Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. Want to get your images in the running for a Photo of the Day feature? Photo of the Day is chosen from various galleries, including Assignments, Galleries and Contests. Assignments have weekly winners that are featured on the website...

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Photo Of The Day By Matthew Morrissette

Photo By Matthew Morrissette Today’s Photo Of The Day is “In Defiance of Winter” by Matthew Morrissette. Location: Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge, Colorado. “A meadowlark sings his song of spring during a snowstorm in Colorado,” describes Morrissette. Want to get your images in the running for a Photo of the Day feature? Photo of the Day is chosen from various galleries, including Assignments, Galleries and Contests....

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Photo Of The Day By Laura Schoenbauer

Photo By Laura Schoenbauer Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Soft Winter Light” by Laura Schoenbauer. Lakeville, Minnesota. Want to get your images in the running for a Photo of the Day feature? Photo of the Day is chosen from various galleries, including Assignments, Galleries and Contests. Assignments have weekly winners that are featured on the website homepage, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram....

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A Baker’s Dozen: Tips for Better Wildlife Images, Part 1

Every time I walk past the photos that hang in my home, I think to myself how lucky I am. A huge smile radiates as I see images from the many states and different countries to which I’ve traveled. Within those photos, wild animals appear either in their environment or in full-frame grandeur. Some were made in warm early light and a number with golden late light. Guilt rushes through my system knowing...

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Photo Of The Day By Abe Blair

Photo By Abe Blair Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Creamsicle” by Abe Blair. Location: Lake Tahoe. Want to get your images in the running for a Photo of the Day feature? Photo of the Day is chosen from various galleries, including Assignments, Galleries and Contests. Assignments have weekly winners that are featured on the website homepage, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram....

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Photo Of The Day By Jola Charlton

Photo By Jola Charlton Today’s Photo Of The Day is “All Puffed Up” by Jola Charlton. Location: Republic, Washington. Want to get your images in the running for a Photo of the Day feature? Photo of the Day is chosen from various galleries, including Assignments, Galleries and Contests. Assignments have weekly winners that are featured on the website homepage, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram....

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Photo Of The Day By Archie Tucker

Photo Archie Tucker Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Pure As Snow” by Archie Tucker. Want to get your images in the running for a Photo of the Day feature? Photo of the Day is chosen from various galleries, including Assignments, Galleries and Contests. Assignments have weekly winners that are featured on the website homepage, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. To get...

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Photo Of The Day By Denis Dessoliers

Photo By Denis Dessoliers Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Water is Cold” by Denis Dessoliers. Location: Convict Lake, Mono County, California. Want to get your images in the running for a Photo of the Day feature? Photo of the Day is chosen from various galleries, including Assignments, Galleries and Contests. Assignments have weekly winners that are featured on the website homepage,...

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Photo Of The Day By Valerie Millett

Photo By Valerie Millett Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Hunt’s Mesa At Sunrise” by Valerie Millett. Location: Hunt’s Mesa, Monument Valley, Arizona. Want to get your images in the running for a Photo of the Day feature? Photo of the Day is chosen from various galleries, including Assignments, Galleries and Contests. Assignments have weekly winners that are featured on the website...

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Photo Of The Day By Max Foster

Photo By Max Foster Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Razor’s Edge” by Max Foster. Location: Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve, Alaska. Want to get your images in the running for a Photo of the Day feature? Photo of the Day is chosen from various galleries, including Assignments, Galleries and Contests. Assignments have weekly winners that are featured on the website...

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Last Frame Assignment Winner Donnell Allen

Congratulations to Donnell Allen for winning the recent Last Frame Assignment with the image, “There’s Something On My Foot, Isn’t There?” This image was taken at Rocky Mountain Arsenal Wildlife Refuge, Colorado. See more of Allen’s photography at donnellallen.myportfolio.com. View the winning image and a selection of submissions in the gallery below. And be sure to check out our current photography...

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Photo Of The Day By Robert Henderson

Photo By Robert Henderson Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Young Yellow Baboon” by Robert Henderson. Location: Ruaha National Park, Tanzania. “We sat quietly in the early morning while a troop of baboons foraged in a nearby tree,” describes Henderson. “After a while, the youngest baboons got more and more curious and picked branches closer and closer to our truck. If you magnify the full resolution...

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The Sum Of The Parts Is Greater Than The Whole

Regardless of the subject matter you photograph, don’t overlook the small stuff. For instance, if you vacation in Paris, you’ll make photos of the Eiffel Tower, but will those images stand out as the best from the trip? If you go to Grand Teton National Park, you’ll photograph The Grand from Schwabacher’s Landing and Mount Moran from Oxbow Bend, but will images of other peaks or locations rise to...

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Photo Of The Day By Ross Stone

Photo By Ross Stone Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Tule Elk Herd & The Inyo Mountains” by Ross Stone. Big Pine, California. Want to get your images in the running for a Photo of the Day feature? Photo of the Day is chosen from various galleries, including Assignments, Galleries and Contests. Assignments have weekly winners that are featured on the website homepage, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram....

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Photo Of The Day By Bob Faucher

Photo By Bob Faucher Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Power and Beauty” by Bob Faucher. Location: Pyramid Lake Paiute Reservation, Nevada. “A portion of a storm I had followed this day was now, nearing the end of the day, perched directly over Enchanted Beach, immediately behind the tufa formations (Needles Rocks) with the light sneaking between the clouds and the lake surface, illuminating the Needles,”...

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Photo Of The Day By Craig Bill

Photo By Craig Bill Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Force of Nature” by Craig Bill. Location: Yosemite National Park, California.  “I drove from San Francisco toward Yosemite with some excitement,” says Bill. “The entire way I chased a large thunderstorm, and I was hoping for some great photography if it played out right. “By the time I arrived at the famous Glacier Point vista, the storm was...

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20 Images Celebrating Winter’s Beauty

Some photographers pack their gear away during the winter months because who wants to roll out of bed at 4 a.m. to head out into the field in the cold and snow? But those who brave the elements are often rewarded with winning images of the season.  Whether the snow is knee-deep just outside your door or you’re at the beach in the winter months dreaming of cozy sweaters, hot cocoa and warm fires,...

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Photo Of The Day By Linn Smith

Photo By Linn Smith Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Limpkin Approach” by Linn Smith. Location: Florida. “Just as light begins to unfold by the early morning, a limpkin makes advances towards another limpkin,” describes Smith. Want to get your images in the running for a Photo of the Day feature? Photo of the Day is chosen from various galleries, including Assignments, Galleries and Contests....

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Photo Of The Day By Ravi Hirekatur

Photo By Ravi Hirekatur Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Looking Up” by Ravi Hirekatur. Location: Madison, Wisconsin. Want to get your images in the running for a Photo of the Day feature? Photo of the Day is chosen from various galleries, including Assignments, Galleries and Contests. Assignments have weekly winners that are featured on the website homepage,  Facebook, Twitter and Instagram....

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Photo Of The Day By Sharon Philpott

Photo By Sharon Philpott Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Sandhill Cranes and Their Reflections” by Sharon Philpott. Location: Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico. Want to get your images in the running for a Photo of the Day feature? Photo of the Day is chosen from various galleries, including Assignments, Galleries and Contests. Assignments have weekly winners...

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Abstract Wildlife Assignment Winner David Connel

Congratulations to David Connel for winning the recent Abstract Wildlife Assignment with the image, “Tight Formation.” 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 Abstract Wildlife Assignment Winner David Connel...

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Re-Think Your Winter Landscape Photography

I’ve photographed the Alabama Hills for over 30 years and have seen snow on the granite boulders exactly once. When I heard snow forecast in nearby Lone Pine, I grabbed my photo equipment and drove 180 miles in time for sunrise after the first snow to do some winter landscape photography. Snow-covered cactus below Mount Whitney and the Eastern Sierras in the Alabama Hills near Lone Pine, California. I...

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Photo Of The Day By Conni Mahoney

Photo By Conni Mahoney Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Early Bluebird” By Conni Mahoney. Location: High Rockies, Colorado. “This bluebird looked a bit grumpy about arriving to Colorado while there was still several feet of snow,” says Mahoney. Want to get your images in the running for a Photo of the Day feature? Photo of the Day is chosen from various galleries, including Assignments, Galleries and Contests....

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Capture Moody Snow Scenes

Charge your camera batteries, dress warmly, grab the camera and revel in capturing wonderful powder photos. Freshly fallen snow provides amazing advantages to photographers who seize the opportunity. Snow transforms the landscape into a winter wonderland, covers up debris and disguises other distractions. Leafless bushes become pillars of white, mundane boulders transform into soft fluffy pillows,...

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Photo Of The Day By Gary Fua

Photo By Gary Fua Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Ballad” by Gary Fua. Location: Rodeo Beach, Marin Headlands, California. See more of Gary Fua’s photography at www.flickr.com/photos/east-wind. Want to get your images in the running for a Photo of the Day feature? Photo of the Day is chosen from various galleries, including Assignments, Galleries and Contests. Assignments have weekly...

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Photo Of The Day By Dawn Wilson

Photo By Dawn Wilson Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Elk Rut in the Snow” by Dawn Wilson. Location: Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. “A herd of elk cows hang out in a stand of aspen trees in fall color during the rut as a thick fall snowstorm blankets the scene with snow,” describes Wilson. See more of Dawn Wilson’s photography at www.dawnwilsonphotography.com. Want to get your images in the...

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Photo Of The Day By Christina Emond

Photo By Christina Emond Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Young Wolf” by Christina Emond. Want to get your images in the running for a Photo of the Day feature? Photo of the Day is chosen from various galleries, including Assignments, Galleries and Contests. Assignments have weekly winners that are featured on the website homepage,  Facebook, Twitter and Instagram....

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