Photo Of The Day By Kevin Cass

Photo By Kevin Cass Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Holding Tight In Flight” by Kevin Cass. Location: Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming. “A vapor trail follows Jack Pilot after he fully sends the diving board in the Grand Targhee backcountry,” explains Cass. Photo of the Day is chosen from various OP galleries, including Assignments, Galleries and the OP Contests. Assignments have weekly...

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Depth Of Field Basics

Depth of field is governed by a combination of: The f-stop at which the photo is made. The focal length of the lens used to make the image. The distance the main subject is from the camera. The distance between the subject and the background. With all aspects being equal, the smaller the lens opening, the greater the depth of field. For example, if photo A is made at f/5.6 and photo B is made...

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Photo Of The Day By javax

Photo By javax Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Wadi Rum” by javax. Location: Wadi Rum, Jordan. 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, all you have to do is submit them. The...

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Photo Of The Day By Bob Faucher

Photo By Bob Faucher Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Ruby Beach” by Bob Faucher. Location: Olympic National Park, Washington. “At low tide in the evening, sea stacks are battered by the surf along the rugged Washington coast,” says Faucher. “A fellow photographer stands in the surf alongside the left-most stack, working on his image.” EF 28-70mm @ 28mm; 0.6 sec., f/16, ISO 400. Photo of the Day is...

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Photo Of The Day By Ross Stone

Photo By Ross Stone Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Trio of Giants” by Ross Stone. Location: Alabama Hills, California. Canon EOS 80D. Exposure: 1/50 sec., f/7.1, ISO 250. 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 Dustin Penman

Photo By Dustin Penman Today’s Photo Of The Day is “A Perfect Morning” by Dustin Penman. Location: Mt. Rainier National Park, Washington. Nikon D7100. Exposure: 1/8 sec., f/11, ISO 100. 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 jeffurbahn

Photo By jeffurbahn Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Double Arch Star Trails” by jeffurbahn. Location: Arches National Park, Utah. “On my first visit to Arches National Park, I knew that I wanted to capture star trails at one of the arches,” explains jeffurbahn. “Upon seeing the sheer magnitude of Double Arch, I knew that was the vision I had. I asked my friend to stand under the arch, wearing his headlamp...

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Cover Shot, December 2020

Photographers with a passion for winter landscape photography often talk about the quiet and solitude that comes after summer crowds have retreated indoors as one of the motivating reasons to gear up and get out there. “Winter may be cold and intimidating,” says Kristen Ryan, “but its mesmerizing beauty makes it worth the challenge to capture its magic.” In Ryan’s article, “The Allure Of The Winter...

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Photo Of The Day By Linn Smith

Photo By Linn Smith Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Stake Out” by Linn Smith. Location: Ormond Beach, Florida. “Finding one of the highest points in the area, a heron stacks out its claim at the top of a tree to survey its surroundings,” describes Smith. Photo of the Day is chosen from various OP galleries, including Assignments, Galleries and the OP Contests. Assignments have weekly...

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Spotlit Subjects Assignment Winner Bryce Hill

Congratulations to Bryce Hill for winning the recent Spotlit Subjects Assignment with the image, “Sunrise on Glacier.” 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 Spotlit Subjects Assignment Winner Bryce Hill...

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Editors’ Picks: Best Photo Gear 2020

Our annual selection of the best photo gear for 2020 includes the top cameras and lenses introduced this year that we feel represent the advancements made in the art and technology of nature photography. While not a comprehensive collection of all of the noteworthy gear released this year, each of our Editors’ Picks has some unique quality or capability that made it stand out for us as among the best...

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Photo Of The Day By Douglas Croft

Photo By Douglas Croft Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Breach” by Douglas Croft. Location: Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, California. Nikon D500. Exposure: 1/1000 sec., f/11, ISO 400. See more of Douglas Croft’s photography at www.douglascroftimages.com. Photo of the Day is chosen from various OP galleries, including Assignments, Galleries and the OP Contests. Assignments have...

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Capturing Subjects With Distinct Shapes

From repetitive hexagons woven into beehives, to the support systems of skyscrapers, shapes are found everywhere. They consist of lines, patterns and repeated forms or they can take on their own unique structure. Intertwined networks of various configurations await the discerning photographer to extract, isolate and capture what could be the outlined silhouette of a wild animal or the iconic form...

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Photo Of The Day By Jason Stewart

Photo By Jason Stewart Today’s Photo Of The Day is “The Storm” by Jason Stewart. Location: Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming. “The storm clouds above set a perfect picture for this elk herd in the Grand Teton National Park as a grizzly had dramatically killed two elk calves this particular morning,” says Stewart. “It was quite a dramatic encounter for me to experience as the elk were stressed and...

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Photo Of The Day By Molly McCormick

Photo By Molly McCormick Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Misty Morning” by Molly McCormick. Location: Lake Clark National Park, Alaska. “I shot this image at Lake Clark National Park around 7 a.m. when the sun was rising and there was a beautiful fog over the river,” explains McCormick. “I got extra lucky with a bear coming around the corner looking for his breakfast.” See more of Molly McCormick’s...

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Dancing Around The Teacup

One of the most intimidating things you can do as a photographer is to provide every frame of a photoshoot to a photo editor at a respected organization like National Geographic. Photographers are so used to sharing only our best images with the world. After all, we are magicians with the camera and never make mistakes, right? Why do editors require photographers to provide every frame shot on assignment?...

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Photo Of The Day By Rebecca Wilks

Photo By Rebecca Wilks Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Emerald Star” by Rebecca Wilks. Location: Lake Tahoe, California. “I’ve had several tries at sunrise over Emerald Bay but never had the conditions I saw on this morning, complete with crepuscular rays,” explains Wilks. “It was well worth the 2:30 a.m. wake up!” Canon EOS 5D Mark III. Exposure: 1/10 sec., f/20, ISO 100. Photo of the Day is chosen...

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Photo Of The Day By Andrew Kind

Photo By Andrew Kind Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Watchful” by Andrew Kind. Location: Minnesota. Nikon D750. Exposure: 1/400 sec., f/6.3, ISO 160. 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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Behind The Shot: Golden Hour On The Oregon Coast

Photo By Jeff Sullivan The Oregon Coast contains varied seascapes of sandy beaches, bluffs and “sea stack” rocks separated from the rugged shoreline by wave erosion. Much attention is focused on the iconic Haystack Rock at Cannon Beach and the picturesque rocks on the beaches at Bandon, Oregon, but there are countless gems to be found with further exploration. One particularly target-rich segment...

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Scale Assignment Winner Max Foster

Congratulations to Max Foster for winning the recent Scale Assignment with the image, “Wonder.” See more of Foster’s photography at maxfosterphotography.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 post Scale...

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Photo Of The Day By Suzanne Mathia

Photo By Suzanne Mathia Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Moonset” by Suzanne Mathia. Location: White Sands National Park, New Mexico. Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III. Exposure: 1/3 sec., f/16, ISO 100. 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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Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 150-400mm F4.5 TC1.25x IS PRO

An impressive new zoom for Micro Four Thirds system cameras, the Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 150-400mm F4.5 TC1.25x IS PRO provides a 35mm-equivalent zoom range of 300-1000mm with its built-in 1.25x teleconverter. That’s an incredibly versatile super-tele range for sports and wildlife photography—no other camera system can match that equivalent range in a single lens. If you need even greater telephoto...

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Photo Of The Day By Craig Bill

Photo By Craig Bill Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Landing Angels Type 3:2” by Craig Bill. Location: South Carolina. “Spending time exploring the coast of South Carolina was time well spent,” says Bill. “Old plantation locations settled in among aging, mossy trees and green country roads naturally spark curiosity and adventure. While hanging around the Charleston area, I found so many featured spots...

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Photo Of The Day By Denis Dessoliers

Photo by Denis Dessoliers Today’s Photo Of The Day is “High Sierra Storm” by Denis Dessoliers. Location: Mono Lake, California. Nikon D810. Exposure: 1.6 sec., f/11, ISO 100. 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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Using A Monopod For Nature And Wildlife Photography

Wait, a tripod has three legs, so how is it possible to have a single-legged version? It’s called a monopod! A monopod is a great tool. I don’t use mine often, but when I do, it’s a photo saver. When it’s essential to have a little extra bit of stability, I monopod it. It provides me a bit more wiggle room to safely shoot at a shutter speed that, if I were to handhold the camera, I’d have a soft...

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Photo Of The Day By Heather Nicole

Photo By Heather Nicole Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Mountains From The Mountain” by Heather Nicole. Location: Sitka, Alaska. The waterways of the ‘Sitka Straights’ are well known by the fisherman in the seaside fishing town of Sitka, Alaska,” explains Nicole. “The views enjoyed while traveling by boat between the mountains is undeniably beautiful. The view of the straights from above provides a...

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Photo Of The Day By Dean Cobin

Photo by Dean Cobin Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Boulder Beach” by Dean Cobin. Location: Acadia National Park, Maine. Canon EOS 5DS. Exposure: 1/4 sec., f/5.6, ISO 100. See more of Dean Cobin’s work at www.deancobin.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...

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Photo Of The Day By Jody Partin

Photo By Jody Partin Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Wildfire Smoke” by Jody Partin. Location: Yosemite National Park, California. Nikon D810. Exposure: 1/800 sec., f/10, ISO 160. See more of Jody Partin’s photography at jody-partin.pixels.com. 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 David Connel

Photo By David Connel Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Great Egret Display” by David Connel. Location: Lake Texoma, Oklahoma-Texas border. “My go-to nature spot is a short drive from my house to Lake Texoma, on the border between Texas and Oklahoma,” explains Connel. “I’ve kayaked on the lake for decades photographing the wildlife. especially the bird rookeries I’ve discovered through the years. This...

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