In the world of photography, there are flagship cameras and Flagship Cameras. The latter is something of a unicorn – a device so well made and thought out that it ultimately defines the company and has the potential to define the industry.
Equine photographer Katja Jensen describes how she lost her artistic voice and found it again through photographing horses.
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Equine photographer Katja Jensen describes how she lost her artistic voice and found it again through photographing horses.
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A man has been condemned for grabbing a wild horse by its face just so he could take a selfie.
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The Nature inFocus Photography Awards 2024 winners showcase some of the best and …
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Camera traps set up in China to help monitor and protect Siberian tigers, an endangered species, captured a startling discovery: Siberian tigers hunting and eating bears. [Read More]
A viral video shows a father-son excursion gone wrong as a humpback whale briefly swallowed the son while kayaking off the coast of Chile. [Read More]
The wilderness can be unforgiving, but it does not discriminate. It has been watching us, those who came before us, and those who will come after us. It is a quiet observer; it does not interfere but penalizes those who do.
The wilderness offers us exceptionally unique flora and fauna, which many of us cannot appreciate. However, a handful of photographers take a chance and capture nature in its brilliant hues and colors.
The winners of the 13th annual Ocean Art Underwater Photo Contest have been unveiled, with Eduardo Labat earning "Best in Show" with a jaw-dropping photo of white-tip reef sharks circling off the coast of Mexico.
At a young age, wildlife photographer and Pelican user …
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Building on the success of the R3, the Canon EOS R1 proves that there’s more to cameras than megapixels. Designed as Canon’s high-end sports and action camera, the R1 uses a 24.2-megapixel full-frame sensor capable of capturing stills at up to 40 fps, or even taking both video and stills simultaneously. The 96-megapixel high-resolution mode, …
If you're like me, you like to shoot prime lenses. Seriously, there's something so beautiful about not having to worry about a variety of focal lengths. However, I also acknowledge how useful zoom lenses are.
BBC Earth is routinely on the cutting-edge of nature documentaries and imaging technology, capturing the hidden world of plants, recording remarkable footage in the world's largest cave, and shooting high-resolution footage in pitch dark conditions.
The finalists for the 2024 edition of the Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards are here. As always, the featured images are a fantastic blend of humor and photographic excellence. [Read More]
National Geographic's new interactive digital experience, Into the Amazon, is a visually splendid journey through the Amazon's diverse ecosystems and took years of work by 17 National Geographic Explorers to create. [Read More]
Canon’s fast and intelligent autofocus system makes it one of the best systems to buy into for wildlife photography. In fact, a Canon mirrorless body takes the top spot on both our list of the best wildlife photography cameras overall and the best budget options under $2,000. But, the camera is only half of the …
National Geographic photographer Brian Skerry has spent decades diving around the globe, telling the stories of the world's oceans. For his latest projects, years in the making, he has been much closer to home, documenting the unprecedented -- and deadly -- changes happening in the Gulf of Maine, the waters Skerry grew up visiting as a child on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. [Read More]
When Outdoor Photographer shut down, it devastated landscape, nature, and wildlife photography enthusiasts. However, its spiritual successor, Wild Eye, has been unveiled and will publish its first issue in September. [Read More]
With just a month left before the annual Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards entry period ends, competition organizers have unveiled some of the best submissions so far. Like every year, these early favorites are a potent blend of hilarious animals and excellent photography skills. [Read More]
Nikon has long been a popular choice for amateur and professional wildlife photographers. Since the days of its film and digital SLR cameras, it has committed to engineering robust cameras with swift autofocus and making top-tier telephoto lenses.
In this year's British Wildlife Photography Awards (BWPA), more than 14,000 incredible wildlife images were whittled down to a single grand prize winner, photographer Ryan Stalker. [Read More]
Whether you've wanted to click birds at your local park or some fancy winged wonders at foreign conservation reserves, seeing the costs of long telephoto lenses can put you off from wanting to buy them.
One of the biggest privileges of being a primatologist is spending time in remote locations with monkeys and apes, living near these animals in their habitats and experiencing their daily lives.
I've seen too many photographers these days shoot portraits at 20 frames a second or more. But beyond that, they then need to sift through all those images in post-production. These days though, it's becoming increasingly ridiculous, with cameras shooting way more images than you possibly need.
Photographer Joel Sartore has reached a significant milestone in his incredible Photo Ark series, photographing the project's 15,000th species, the endangered Miami tiger beetle (Cicindelidia floridana). [Read More]
The winners of the annual Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards have been revealed, celebrating the year's best and most hilarious wildlife shots. [Read More]
The North American Nature Photography Association (NANPA) has announced the winners of the 2024 edition of its flagship photo contest, the NANPA Showcase. Featuring 24 beautiful winning images across six categories, the 2024 Showcase delivers some of the most spectacular nature photography of the year. [Read More]
Wildlife photographer and Nikon Ambassador Michelle Valberg is well known for her beautiful photos of Canada's most incredible and iconic animals, including wolves, bears, moose, whales, and so many more. [Read More]
Cape Coral, Florida, a city experiencing unprecedented growth. While great for their economy, the economic boom is disastrous for wildlife, especially species that thrive in open, treeless areas.
The Panasonic Leica 100-400mm f4-6. 3 II is the embodiment of Micro Four Thirds greatest asset: smaller lenses with twice as much reach. Equivalent to a 200-800mm lens, carrying any such equivalent in full frame is nearly guaranteed to create a backache.
A photographer has shared a public service announcement reminding his fellow shooters not to get too close to deer -- especially this time of year. [Read More]
Several telephoto zoom lenses have had problems with autofocus speed when we tested them. But the new Nikon 180-600mm f5-6. 3 VC is quite an incredible difference. More specifically, when Nikon told us that it's not an S series lens, we were even more shocked.
Several telephoto zoom lenses have had problems with autofocus speed when we tested them. But the new Nikon 180-600mm f5-6. 3 VC is quite an incredible difference. More specifically, when Nikon told us that it's not an S series lens, we were even more shocked.
The Nikon z8 is a camera that so many photographers have been waiting for. Since the Nikon z9 was announced a bit over a year ago, I’ve wondered when the z8 would arrive on the scene. For the most part, all the rumors were correct.
Livingstone’s Flying Foxes are the world's rarest species of fruit bat and are categorized as critically endangered as there is only an estimated 1,000 living in the wild.
In the southeast corner of Colorado sits a small town of just under 7,000 people called La Junta. Not only is this small town unique, what happens just outside of it is even more so: thousands of tarantulas “migrate” annually through the Comanche National Grasslands. [Read More]
Scientists are turning dead birds into drones that could be used to spy on wildlife and people.
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Nick Brandt is a conservation photographer whose themes highlight humankind's destructive impact on animals and the natural world. The Day May Break – Chapter Two was shot in Bolivia, a country in western-central South America, over six weeks in February-March 2022. [Read More]
A photographer built his own wildlife pond with an adjacent photo hide so he could capture beautiful photos of flora and fauna. [Read More]
There are certain lenses from Nikon that I consider to be truly unique and special. My favorite of theirs is the 40mm f2. And on the telephoto end, Nikon has quite a few good lenses too. But the new Nikon Z 600mm f4 S has a 1.
The Comedy Wildlife Photo Awards has announced the shortlisted images from its 2022 competition. The 40 images have been whittled down from thousands of entries submitted by both professionals and amateurs the world over. [Read More]
Versatility is the name of the game for the Tamron 50-400mm f4. 5-6. 3 Di III. The lens tacks on a wider view to the more standard 100-400mm lens, creating an 8x zoom lens that picks up where most kit lenses leave off.
"Wait, what?" is quite literally what I said this morning as I got the announcement of the Tamron 150-500mm f5-6. 7 Di III VC VXD coming to Fujifilm X mount. We reviewed this lens a while back, and according to our affiliate sales, it's very popular with you folks in Sony E mount.
In Filipino culture, there's the idea of the Kabayan feast: a giant pig slaughtered and served along with tons of delicious food. Before you Google it and subject yourself to that level of food porn, you should know that the Gura Gear Kiboko City Commuter deserves a Kabayan feast.
We've been actively testing out a bunch of Canon cameras. With the Canon EOS R7's announcement, folks are bound to be curious about how the Canon EOS R5 is against the Canon EOS R7; and they're bound to be curious as to why their cameras don't have some features.
Travel Photographer and Pelican Pro Chris Poplawski and his fellow photographer wife Meagan Bourne have visited countless countries in search of solitude and beauty. [Read More]
A wildlife photographer has captured an incredible shot of two bald eagles locking talons high in the sky. He had been dreaming of this photo for years before it finally materialized before his lens. [Read More]
Make no mistake, the Canon EOS R7 is going to steal the spotlight for today's announcements from Canon. But the Canon EOS R10 is also really no slouch at all. This is a camera designed for people who want to have something better than their smartphone.
The person who buys the Canon EOS R7 is bound to also be the same person who purchased the Canon 7D Mk II years ago. Action photographers and wildlife photographers are sure to love its specs and performance.
Photographer Christopher Paetkau has won the second annual The Nature Photography Contest for his impactful top-down photo of a polar bear resting in a field of vibrant fireweed flowers. [Read More]
It's bizarre to think that a $6,000 lens is a bargain, but that's precisely what Sigma's brand-new 300-600mm f/4 DG OS Sports lens is, thanks to the landscape in which it exists.
A team of researchers investigating biofluorescence in birds-of-paradise species uncovered fascinating insights into avian vision, fluorescent feathers, and biological evolution and captured some fantastic glowing photos in the process. [Read More]
In Mount Kaputar National Park in New South Wales, Australia, an extinct volcano is home to unique wildlife, including an incredible pink slug. [Read More]
The OM System M.Zuiko Digital ED 100-400mm f/5-6.3 IS II lens is an upgraded version of the same lens released in 2020 alongside the Olympus E-M10 Mark IV. The new version offers better image stabilization and more robust weather sealing but is otherwise the same lens. [Read More]
From an uncontacted tribe living deep in the Amazon rainforest to an animal previously believed to be extinct, trail cameras have captured some incredible images in 2024. [Read More]
The Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards winners were announced today at the competition's Awards Night at the Oxo Gallery in London. Photographer Milko Marchetti is this year's overall winner, thanks to his excellent and hilarious image of a red squirrel stuck in a tree, aptly named "Stuck Squirrel." [Read More]
National Geographic's annual "Pictures of the Year" issue celebrates the incredible adventures that Nat Geo photographers embark on each year and the remarkable, vital photographs they bring back. [Read More]
The shortlist for Close-Up Photographer of the Year has been revealed. The judges whittled down 11,681 photographs to a select few. [Read More]
Nikon's new Stabilized binocular series promises a clear and stable view of distant objects, leveraging the company's optical and image stabilization expertise and technology. [Read More]
DJI drones are helping biologists and researchers safely track and monitor lions in Uganda, aiding in vital conservation efforts. [Read More]
A month after Oceanographic Magazine showed off the outstanding finalists of its 2024 Ocean Photographer of the Year contest, the judges have selected the competition's overall winners.
Namibia is planning to kill more than 700 wild animals, including elephants, zebras, and hippos, and distribute the meat to the people struggling with food insecurity as the country grapples with its worst drought in 100 years. [Read More]
What makes a great wildlife camera? Excellent image quality, lots of megapixels, strong autofocus performance, fast shooting speeds, robust build quality, and access to great telephoto lenses.
The California Academy of Sciences has revealed the winners of its BigPicture Photography Competition which celebrates Earth's biodiversity and highlights the threats it faces. [Read More]
Sigma's refreshingly candid CEO, Kazuto Yamaki, sat down with Sigma UK's Tim Berry for a nearly half-hour-long interview concerning a diverse range of topics, including Yamaki's favorite photographers, why Sigma remains a "Made in Japan" brand, and an upcoming lens. [Read More]
A black bear so large that he is described by a wildlife agency as a "thicc boi" has been caught on camera.
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A month after Oceanographic Magazine showed off the outstanding finalists of its 2024 Ocean Photographer of the Year contest, the judges have selected the competition's overall winners.
Nikon has done a great job providing a robust full-frame lens lineup for the Z-mount. There are so many choices that we thought it necessary to help narrow the field for you to this list of our favorite options across different focal lengths. [Read More]
A fish doorbell camera in Utrecht, the Netherlands has been captivating viewers all around the world who are looking out for any fish that need to pass through a boat lock in a Dutch canal. [Read More]
A set of painterly trail cam photos capturing an epic fight between two golden eagles and a coyote over a deer carcass have gone viral. [Read More]
Nature photographer Henri Olckers spotted a leopard hiding in the tall grass in South Africa's Kruger National Park while driving past. The leopard is so well camouflaged that other visitors struggled to see it. [Read More]
Nikon described itself as "passionate" about providing firmware updates to its users, and the company demonstrated this commitment yet again with Nikon Z9 firmware version 5.
Aerial drones have revolutionized the way visual artists can tell stories, and the burgeoning field of underwater drones has begun to achieve the same transformative power for aquatic photo and video. [Read More]
A photographer set up a hidden trail camera -- only to later discover that a beaver had hilariously buried the recording device in the mud. [Read More]