Adobe Photoshop, one of the most popular image editing programs for photographers, may appear almost impossibly complex to a new user with its dropdown menus loaded with powerful tools. As a photographer who has used Photoshop for years, I find the more I learn about the program the more I reali...
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by Brian Zwiebel | May 1, 2005
Migrant warblers are among the most difficult avian subjects to photograph. They hide in the leaves, often in dark shadows, and flit about in the tops of tall trees. These very small birds rarely sit still for more than a second or two, chasing insects frantically. Five seconds with a cooperativ...
An outstanding image is one with visual and emotional impact. Composition, lighting, exposure, and selective focus all come together by our hands and in our eye to invoke a response (pleasant or not) whereby viewers are transcended from their worlds to the world we have put before them. If we re...
by George McCarthy | May 1, 2005
Introduction by Heather Forcier: United Kingdom photographer George McCarthy had the idea years ago to take an extended photo trip through the United States, and the idea never really went away. A pro wildlife and nature photographer since 1986, George travels frequently but to date had not ta...
Fundamentally a portfolio is meant to show a sampling of your best images. When putting together your portfolio there are many things to bear in mind, such as:
Many nature photographers love to photograph Sandhill Cranes. There is something about their sight and sound that stirs us to shiver in pre-dawn frost on the river or wildlife refuge, or sweat and swat bugs in more tropical climates trying for the perfect image. Sometimes we are fortunate enough...
by Greg Downing | April 1, 2005
Having your images online can help you reach worldwide audiences, whether for the sole purpose of sharing your photos for enjoyment or as a marketing tool for your growing business of nature photography. Participation in an online nature photography community, such as NatureScapes.net, provides...
Thinking about how much you would like your images to be selected by a regional magazine photo editor? Thinking that a few sales would justify your exorbitantly expensive hobby? Thinking you might like to try for a stock agency some day? What are your chances?
NatureScapes.net is a website dedicated to nature photography. The staff never stops thinking about the needs of nature photographers and how we can meet those needs through our online resource. In our forum community and in the many conversations we’ve had with photographers in the field,...
by Carolyn E. Wright | April 1, 2005
You’re sitting in your easy chair and surfing the web. You’re not paying much attention, until you see it. It’s your photo, but you did not post it there. You can’t believe they used your photo without your permission.
Canon’s professional camera bodies (the EOS 3, 1V, 1D, 1Ds, 1D Mark II and 1Ds Mark II) feature a 45-point Autofocus System. The 45 sensors are arrayed in a roughly elliptical pattern that is, of course, centered in the viewfinder. You can activate all 45 points by first pressing the focus...
The scene in Naked Gun where Leslie Nielsen drops a pen into a tank of “deadly poisonous lionfish” makes me cringe! Hollywood’s portrayal of animals can often be described as creative, especially so for critters living beneath the water’s surface, my favorite place to p...
A good number of winter Texans and permanent residents of the Rio Grande Valley possess common threads, including their love for the area’s biodiversity and an awareness of the importance of habitat to our native flora and fauna.
A few things to consider when entering the 2005 Nature’s Best Photography Awards Competition and other Photo Contests by Drew Smith, Executive Editor of Nature’s Best Photography magazine.
As an avid nature photographer who has entered numerous photo contests over the years, I ha...
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by NSN | February 1, 2005
Each week the moderators and staff of NatureScapes.net select one photo that particularly stands out in each of the image critique galleries. This photo becomes that gallery’s Image of the Week, and at year end one image is selected from these to be the gallery’s Image of the Year...
