This image of a Laysan Albatross was taken after sunset on Midway Atoll in the Central Pacific Ocean. The sky was lit up in gorgeous colors but the albatross was already very dark.
by E.J. Peiker | May 1, 2012
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by Deborah Sandidge | April 23, 2012
Do you want to create a fine art look with your photograph by simply applying a texture? A texture layer addition can increase the depth, dimension, and drama of a photograph. It is one of the easiest ways to create a more expressive image. A texture layer can be anything you wish, from painterl...
by Alex Mody | April 21, 2012
Spring has sprung, and I can’t help but catch myself drooling yet again over the endless photographic possibilities that will soon unfold within Oregon and Washington’s Columbia River Gorge. Home to 115 officially named waterfalls—and many more un-named, off trail, and/or ephemeral...
by Piper Mackay | April 10, 2012
The first step in capturing compelling imagery is to be exited and passionate about what you are photographing. Experience what you are photographing and photograph the experience. This philosophy was quite easy to follow this past February when I went back to Rwanda to trek with the critically...
by Kari Post | April 3, 2012
Kari Post may be NatureScape.Net’s youngest forum moderator but she’s certainly no newbie to the nature photography scene. A lifelong lover of both nature and photography, she stumbled across NatureScapes more than six years ago, and has since become a well respected member of the st...
by Kari Post | April 3, 2012
Everything I have ever heard from those who have been to Costa Rica has been overwhelmingly positive, and after having just spent two weeks there as a student participant in a graduate level class on Tropical Ecology and Conservation, I can easily understand why.
by Tim Grey | April 3, 2012
One of the things I enjoy about publishing my daily Ask Tim Grey eNewsletter is that it often leads to something of a conversation among different readers. One question and it’s answer will trigger a question from another reader, and sometimes that question in turn leads to another quest...
by Abe Borker | March 27, 2012
Seabirds are an oddball group of extremes, and photographing this enigmatic tribe of birds can challenge the best photographers. Collectively defined as birds that depend on marine environments for a part of their life cycle, seabirds are a varied group spanning over 15 families with over 300 sp...
by Joseph Rossbach | March 21, 2012
West Virginia holds a secret! Its mountains offer some of the most beautiful landscapes in the United States. From the rugged and windswept plateau of Dolly Sods to the roaring waterfalls of Blackwater Falls State Park, the Appalachian and Allegheny chain of mountains form a unique landscape ric...
by Jessy Eykendorp | March 13, 2012
Picturesque Kawah Ijen is the world’s largest highly acidic lake and is the site of a labor intensive sulfur mining operation in which sulfur laden baskets are hand carried from the crater floor. In the future, the crater and its sulphur will be a major source of clean geothermal energy, i...
by Kari Post | March 7, 2012
Everyone loves new toys, right? Well Gitzo’s Systematic tripod family just got a facelift. The Systematic series has long been the choice of many top nature and outdoor photographers, who rely on Gitzo’s durable, reliable carbon fiber tripods to support their heavy lenses and expensi...
by Alan Murphy | March 1, 2012
Birds Forum moderator Alan Murphy is no stranger to the bird photography scene. Over his many years of observing and photographing songbirds, Alan, who has been with NatureScapes.Net from the beginning, has perfected the art of photographing birds using a number of creative techniques. He is oft...
by Tim Grey | March 1, 2012
In a recent edition of my daily Ask Tim Grey eNewsletter, I addressed the following question posed by a reader: “If I photograph in both RAW and JPEG, is the histogram reading the RAW or the JPEG?”
by Jessy Eykendorp | February 27, 2012
More than 450 volcanoes sit along the Pacific Ring of Fire, stretching in a horseshoe like arch from just north of New Zealand, up and around the Pacific coast to Peru and Chile. Scientist estimate that between 100-150 of these volcanoes are still active, containing 75 percent of all active volc...
by Carolyn E. Wright | February 17, 2012
Love is in the air at the Venice Rookery. The birds (and the bees) are there doing the thing they are so famous for, and you can take pictures of it! Seriously, though, the Venice Rookery is an ideal spot to photograph birds mating, building their nests, fighting for territory and feeding their...
