Photo Of The Day By Christoph Stopka

Photo By Christoph Stopka Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Fiery Sunset on Ridgeline” by Christoph Stopka. Location: Sangre de Cristo Mountains, Colorado. “A massive snowstorm had been dumping on the Rockies all day long and the peaks were shrouded in thick, billowing clouds,” describes Stopka. “But for a brief moment, the towering clouds opened up a small window and exposed the craggy ridgeline in...

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Last Frame: Dancing Bears

“The sun was setting on my first day in Katmai National Park when we set out for the shores of Hallo Bay to catch that golden-hour light,” photographer Sara Stein remembers. “We were staying on a small boat, so unlike the traveling seaplanes that frequent the area, we could stay until the sun had set. “We rounded a small hill between the shore and the vast grasslands that the bears liked to frequent,...

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Photo Of The Day By Rebecca Wilks

Photo By Rebecca Wilks Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Focus” by Rebecca Wilks. Location: Death Valley 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...

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Working With An Online Photo Lab

Much like making a photograph, where you control lighting, exposure, and composition, controlling the look and presentation of a print is an important step in the creative process. After all, the slightest shift in color or contrast can completely change the overall “feel” of a printed photograph. So why would you trust anyone but yourself with this task? Though it can be difficult to give up a bit...

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Photo Of The Day By Brad Bellisle

Photo By Brad Bellisle Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Crashing” by Brad Bellisle. Location: Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. 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...

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Photo Of The Day By Douglas Croft

Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Need a Bigger Boat…” by Douglas Croft. Location: Monterey Bay, California. “This whale had breached numerous times, so I went below deck to shoot from a porthole close to the waterline to get the perspective of looking up at the whale,” explains Croft. “When he came up this time, I started firing and was quite annoyed that the boat had ruined the shots, but then I looked...

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Colors Coming Through Assignment Winner Jody Partin

Congratulations to Jody Partin for winning the recent Colors Coming Through Assignment with the image, “Gros Ventre Sunrise.” See more of Partin’s photography at jody-partin.pixels.com. 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...

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Photo Of The Day By Beth Young

Photo By Beth Young Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Winter Twilight, Eureka Valley Sand Dunes” by Beth Young. Location: Death Valley National Park, California. “One of the highest dune fields in North America, it’s hard to describe the otherworldly feeling of the Eureka Valley Sand Dunes in winter twilight,” says Young. “It’s a very lengthy and sometimes icy single dirt road track from Furnace Creek...

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The Decisive Moment, Part 3

In the eyes of many people, photography still isn’t an art form. They way they view it is any person can walk around with a black box in their hand and simply press a button when they see something “interesting.” When those people do admire a photograph, they attribute the capture to luck, stating that the photographer happened to be in the right place at the right time and simply went CLICK. But...

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Photo Of The Day By Laura Schoenbauer

Photo By Laura Schoenbauer Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Just a Lick!” by Laura Schoenbauer. Location: Bloomington, Minnesota. 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 Thomas Hartzell

Photo By Thomas Hartzell Today’s Photo Of The Day is “The Raven” by Thomas Hartzell. Location: Yellowstone National Park, Montana. “On a wolf educational trip, I took some time to photo animals a little closer,” explains Hartzell. “The raven provided a good subject.” Nikon D850, 200-500mm f/5.6 lens. Photo of the Day is chosen from various OP galleries, including Assignments, Galleries and...

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Photo Of The Day By Jody Partin

Photo By Jody Partin Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Dynamic Duo” by Jody Partin. Location: Virginia Beach. 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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Photo Of The Day By Bob Faucher

Photo By Bob Faucher Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Ancient Survivors” by Bob Faucher. Location: Arctic National Wildlife Rescue, Alaska. “Constant winds coming off the slopes of the Brooks Range in Alaska buffet a musk ox pair near the Smith Mountains in the Arctic National Wildlife Reserve,” explains Faucher. “To include the landscape and yet not have it be a distraction from the primary subject,...

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Northern Rockies Photo Hot Spots

To access this content, you must purchase Outdoor Photographer Membership. The post Northern Rockies Photo Hot Spots appeared first on Outdoor Photographer. from Outdoor Photographer https://ift.tt/3by6H...

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Photo Of The Day By Charlotte Couchman

Photo By Charlotte Couchman Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Elk Cow in RMNP” by Charlotte Couchman. Location: Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. Couchman describes the image as an “elk cow chewing grass, backlit by the afternoon sun.” Olympus 75-300mm lens. Exposure: 1/640 sec., f/4.8, ISO 200. Photo of the Day is chosen from various OP galleries, including Assignments, Galleries and...

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Epson Introduces SureColor P700 and P900 Photo Printers

Epson today announced two new desktop photo printers, the SureColor P700 and P900. Though aimed primarily at serious photo hobbyists, the new printers are sophisticated enough to be an option for pros as well. The Epson SureColor P900 (pictured) can print on media up to 17 inches wide. The Epson SureColor P700 has most of the same features, but a smaller maximum print size of up to 13 inches wide. The...

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Photo Of The Day By Sundar Amartur

Photo By Sundar Amartur Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Indian Heron” by Sundar Amartur. Location: Bangalore, India. Amartur describes the image as a “bird in hunting mode with Intense concentration.” 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 Susan Winfree

Photo By Susan Winfree Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Bobcat Blessed” by Susan Winfree. Location: Livermore, California. “A close encounter with a bobcat as it was leaving a gully in the Livermore Open Space area,” explains Winfree. “It was my first day out with the new Canon 80D and 70-200mm lens. I went for a hike and saw this little darling. I kept as much distance as possible above it until it...

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Capture The Decisive Moment In Your Images, Part 2

What’s it about pictures of wildlife that so strongly separates the great ones from those that never get looked at a second time? What differentiates a cherished image from one you shun so emphatically? There are a number of factors, but one of the most critical characteristics is the decisive moment. The decisive moment can be defined as an instant in time in which all elements of an image work...

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Photo Of The Day By Gary Meyers

Photo By Gary Meyers Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Flight Through Paradise” Gary Meyers. Location: Breaux Bridge, Louisiana “A great egret flying through the misty swamp of Lake Martin in Southern Louisiana,” describes Meyers. Photo of the Day is chosen from various OP galleries, including Assignments, Galleries and the OP Contests. Assignments have weekly winners that are featured...

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Photo Of The Day By foxfan

Photo By foxfan Today’s Photo Of The Day is “The Pounce” by foxfan. Location: San Juan Island, Washington. “Fox kits chase each other during the fading light of dusk on San Juan Island,” describes foxfan. 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 Kris Walkowski

Photo By Kris Walkowski Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Glorious Morning” by Kris Walkowski. Location: Redwood Del Norte National and State 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....

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Telephoto Techniques Assignment Winner Jason Stewart

Congratulations to Jason Stewart for winning the Telephoto Techniques Assignment with the image, “Can We Be Friends?” See more of Jason Stewart’s photography at www.jasonstewartphotography.net. 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...

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Sigma Announces Charitable Initiative For COVID-19 Relief Efforts

This week, Sigma announced it was introducing a new charitable initiative, in partnership with authorized Sigma lens dealers nationwide. The camera and lens company said that from now until June 30, 2020, 5 percent of all Sigma lens sales made through participating dealers will be donated to charitable organizations working on COVID-19 relief efforts. “This contribution is meant to help ease the...

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Photo Of The Day By Jeff Davidson

Photo By Jeff Davidson Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Buckeye” by Jeff Davidson. “This buckeye butterfly makes me think of a Monet painting with the delicate color, soft feeling and general beauty of nature’s bounty,” says Davidson. “The wingspan is 2 1/8 to 2 1/2 inches. They’re found throughout most of the United States south to the tropics. They’re rare in the north except along the Atlantic coast....

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Photographing Osprey In Flight

Springtime brings millions of alewives to the state of Maine on their annual spawning run from the Atlantic Ocean. Using both large rivers and small streams, they make their way inland to lakes and backwaters of streams, where they deposit and fertilize their eggs. It’s a perfect opportunity for photographing osprey fishing and in-flight. With water droplets exploding, the osprey emerges from the...

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