Photo Of The Day By Garry Everett

Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Liquid Light” by Garry Everett. Location: Yosemite Valley, California. “Early-morning light on the Merced River with dogwoods in bloom,” describes Garry Everett. 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 Jessica Nelson

Photo By Jessica Nelson Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Tetons” by Jessica Nelson. Location: Moose, Wyoming. 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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6 Creative Macro Background Tips

I primarily photograph wildlife. This means I seldom work in a controlled environment. I love the challenge of capturing subjects in natural light, in their own environment and on their terms. But when it comes to flowers, which don’t move, and some insects that have been raised under controlled conditions, I sometimes succumb and take charge of the entire shoot: lighting, background and positioning...

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Photo Of The Day By Marcel Fagin

Photo By Marcel Fagin Today’s Photo Of The Day is “White Rhino Family” by Marcel Fagin. Location: South Africa. “A rhino family grazes in the morning,” describes Fagin, who shot the image with an iPhone 8. 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...

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Photo Of The Day By Stan Bysshe

Photo By Stan Bysshe Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Blue Wave” by Stan Bysshe. Location: Curacao. Nikon D2Xs, 10-17mm Tokina fish-eye lens, Aquatica housing, INON strobes. Exposure: 1/125 sec., f/8, ISO 100. “A large school of bogas pass over a Caribbean reef,” describes Bysshe. Photo of the Day is chosen from various OP galleries, including Assignments, Galleries and the OP Contests....

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2019 Great Outdoors Photo Contest Finalists

We received more than 600 submissions to the 2019 Great Outdoors Photo Contest. The contest drew an exceptional selection of images, making the judges’ job quite difficult, and now we’re happy to present the 22 finalist images in this slideshow. [See image gallery at www.outdoorphotographer.com] The post 2019 Great Outdoors Photo Contest Finalists appeared first on Outdoor Photographer. from Outdoor...

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Photo Of The Day By Linn Smith

Photo By Linn Smith Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Contending Rivals” by Linn Smith. Location: Oviedo, Florida. “Vying for territory, a great egret and great blue heron come close to colliding with one another in seeking to get a choice spot on a marsh in Lake Jessup,” describes Smith. Photo of the Day is chosen from various OP galleries, including Assignments, Galleries and the OP...

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Canon EOS 90D Review For Nature And Wildlife

Every photographer views new products in personal terms: How will this camera, lens or accessory help me to achieve my photographic goals? When you’ve worked in the business as long as I have, each new photographic tool is also evaluated in the context of its predecessors and, to a lesser extent, the possibilities of the future. That is, how does this equipment meet, advance or disrupt the technological...

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Motion Blur Assignment Winner Terrence Trevias

Congratulations to Terrence Trevias for winning the recent Motion Blur Assignment with the image, “In A Hurry.” 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 Motion Blur Assignment Winner Terrence Trevias appeared...

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Photo Of The Day By Gary Sherman

Photo By Gary Sherman Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Frosted Ridge” by Gary Sherman. Location: New Hampshire. See more of Gary Sherman’s photography at garyshermanphotography.smugmug.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 Ann P Kramer

Photo By Ann P Kramer Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Kids Like to Stick out Their Tongue” by Ann P Kramer. Location: Mt. Evans, Colorado. Canon 1 DX Mark II, Sigma 150-600mm F5-6.3 DG OS HSM | C at 244mm. Exposure: 1/100 sec, f/8, ISO 1250. “This was one of the few kids I saw on my first trip to Mt. Evans,” says Kramer. “The mountain goat adults do a lot of licking to ingest salts and minerals for...

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Photo Of The Day By Teja Pamganamamula

Photo By Teja Pamganamamula Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Whispers in the Valley” by Teja Pamganamamula. Location: Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland. “My cousin and I traveled all the way to Switzerland for 48 hours during the MLK long weekend to catch a glimpse of the Lauterbrunnen Valley in its winter glory,” says Pamganamamula. “It didn’t snow on day one of our trip, so we only had one shot at this scene...

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Photo Of The Day By Craig Bill

Photo By Craig Bill Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Epic” by Craig Bill. Location: Cedar Breaks National Monument, Utah. “This actually was the first time I visited Cedar Breaks National Monument and the new winter atmosphere started to unfold,” explains Bill. “Millions of years of sedimentation, uplift and erosion are carving out this enormous sloping amphitheater that spans some three miles and is...

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How To Create Images Of Animals With Impact, Part 2

I’m a stout proponent of less is more when it comes to my photography. This is the point of this and last week’s tip—KISS: Keep It Simple And Splendid. Below I offer more techniques that will help you create images of animals with impact. Using Flash to Control the Elements For me, light is the single most important aspect that determines the success of a photo. It certainly needs to work in tandem...

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Photo Of The Day By Zach Matthai

Photo By Zach Matthai Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Snow Trees” by Zach Matthai. 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 Denis Dessoliers

Photo By Denis Dessoliers Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Freezing and Cold” by Denis Dessoliers. Location: Preachers Point, 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 Timothy Minnick

Photo By Timothy Minnick Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Tree in Fog and Ice” by Timothy Minnick. Location: Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas. “A solitary tree stands shrouded in fog and covered with ice from an early fall ice storm in the Guadalupe Mountains National Park,” describes Minnick. Canon 5D Mark II, Canon 100mm F 2.8 IS L macro lens. Exposure: 1/2500 sec., f/5, ISO 800. Photo of...

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Winter Fog And Mist Assignment Winner Dean Cobin

Congratulations to Dean Cobin for winning the recent Winter Fog And Mist Assignment with the image, “Isolated.” 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 Winter Fog And Mist Assignment Winner Dean Cobin appeared...

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reCOMPOSE Podcast 73: Storytelling

In this episode of the reCOMPOSE podcast, hosts Marc Muench and Andy Williams are joined by special guests Kevin Lisota and Sivani Babu to talk about storytelling through photography. The post reCOMPOSE Podcast 73: Storytelling appeared first on Outdoor Photographer. from Outdoor Photographer https://ift.tt/2xTC6...

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Photo Of The Day By Theresa Ditson

Photo By Theresa Ditson Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Snowy Morning at the Grand Canyon” by Theresa Ditson. Location: Arizona. “It was a very blustery morning on the edge of our state’s natural wonder,” says Ditson. “I had been wanting to capture a winter scene here for years and finally was able to. My hands (I have Raynaud’s) exceeded their tolerance of exposure to the cold (despite gloves), so...

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Hasselblad X1D II For Landscape Photography

My college graduation present from my parents was a Mamiya 6 rangefinder. I loved that camera. It offered the image quality of medium format film but in a hand-friendly, rangefinder-style body rather than the boxy form factor of most medium format cameras. The Mamiya 6 had its limitations. There were only three lenses available, and rangefinders can be more difficult to use when you’re trying for...

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Photo Of The Day By Bob Faucher

Photo By Bob Faucher Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Mt. Tom” by Bob Faucher. Location: John Muir Wilderness, California. “Mid-morning sunlight floods the snow-covered eastern face of Mount Tom, a large and prominent peak near the city of Bishop in eastern California,” says Faucher. “It’s within the John Muir Wilderness of the Sierra Nevada Range, east of the Sierra Crest.” Canon EOS 5D II, Canon EF...

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Cover Shot, April 2020

In our April 2020 issue, Josh Miller talks about high dynamic range (HDR) photography techniques, when to use them and how to do so without overdoing it. Darell Gulin shares his top techniques for macro photography—a visually exciting genre of nature photography to learn and practice year-round, but especially with spring blooms. Also in this issue is a guide from Howard Arndt to photographing the...

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Madavor Media Acquires Imaging Resource

Madavor Media, parent company of Outdoor Photographer, announced today that it has acquired Imaging Resource, a popular and respected photography equipment review website. Imaging Resource joins Madavor Media’s group of photo and video related publications and websites: Outdoor Photographer, Digital Photo Pro, Digital Photo and HDVideoPro.  For additional details, see the official press release...

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