Outdoor Photography

Photo By Jeff Nigro Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Ruby Beach” by Jeff Nigro. Location: Olympic National Park, Washington. Want to get your images in the running for a Photo of the Day feature? Photo of the Day is chosen from various galleries, including Assignments, Galleries and Contests. Assignments have weekly winners that are featured on the

Photo By David Ellis When I was in high school, I was hanging out at a friend’s house and picked up a copy of color photography pioneer Ernst Haas’s The Creation that was sitting on a coffee table. Until that moment, photographs for me were those stiff representations of forced family events, but Haas’ sense

Photo By David Shield Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Valley of Nightmares” by David Shield. Location: Ah Shi Sle Pah Wilderness Study Area, New Mexico. “When I planned to visit and photograph this area commonly known as the Valley of Dreams, I had no idea that spending the night here would be more challenging

The American Landscape photo contest celebrates the incredible beauty and diversity of America’s wild places. This year the contest received more that 1,300 entries, and we’re pleased to present to you the finalists in the slideshow below. The winners will be selected soon—follow us on social media to be among the first to know when

Few things in nature are more dramatic or unpredictable than lightning—or more dangerous. The more you understand lightning, how to anticipate it and what to do in its presence, the safer you’ll be and the more success you’ll have photographing lightning. Forked Lightning, Point Imperial, Grand Canyon. This storm started out by the Vermilion Cliffs,

Photo By Jody Partin Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Knives Out” by Jody Partin. Want to get your images in the running for a Photo of the Day feature? Photo of the Day is chosen from various galleries, including Assignments, Galleries and Contests. Assignments have weekly winners that are featured on the website homepage, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Juxtaposition: “The act of placing two or more items side by side often to compare or contrast and/or to create an interesting effect.” To produce the above photographically, photographers must take into consideration the technical aspect of depth of field. When one object is placed behind another, especially when a telephoto lens is utilized, unless

Photo By Jennifer Carr Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Moody Matterhorn Skies” by Jennifer Carr. Location: Zermatt, Switzerland. Want to get your images in the running for a Photo of the Day feature? Photo of the Day is chosen from various galleries, including Assignments, Galleries and Contests. Assignments have weekly winners that are featured on the website

Photo By Max Foster Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Black Rain” by Max Foster. Location: Black Canyon of the Gunnison, Colorado. Want to get your images in the running for a Photo of the Day feature? Photo of the Day is chosen from various galleries, including Assignments, Galleries and Contests. Assignments have weekly winners that are featured

Photo By Jessica Nelson Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Schwabacher Landing” by Jessica Nelson. Location: Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming. Want to get your images in the running for a Photo of the Day feature? Photo of the Day is chosen from various galleries, including Assignments, Galleries and Contests. Assignments have weekly winners that are featured on

Photo By James Day Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Bass Harbor Marsh Sunset” by James Day. Location: Acadia National Park, Maine. Want to get your images in the running for a Photo of the Day feature? Photo of the Day is chosen from various galleries, including Assignments, Galleries and Contests. Assignments have weekly winners that are featured

Photo By David Connel Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Gibbon Bond” by David Connel. Location: Tanjung Putting National Park, Kalimantan, Indonesia. “My wife and I traveled to Borneo to photograph the orangutans and gibbons in the Tanjung Putting National Park, Kalimantan, Indonesia,” says Connel. “The gibbons were particularly fun to observe and photograph as

Photo By Stan Bysshe Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Sunset Hunter” by Stan Bysshe. Location: Skagit River Valley, Washington. Want to get your images in the running for a Photo of the Day feature? Photo of the Day is chosen from various galleries, including Assignments, Galleries and Contests. Assignments have weekly winners that are featured on the

Clouds make great backdrops for most nature subjects. They add interest, become compositional elements, create balance, provide color and add drama to landscape or wildlife photos. They can be a primary or secondary component. At times, they can simply serve as a colorful backdrop for a silhouette. As you can see, they’re quite diverse and

Canon today debuted a new wide zoom for its EOS R full-frame mirrorless cameras, the RF14-35mm F4 L IS USM. Priced at $1,699 with expected availability in August, the lens is a more affordable and compact alternative to the faster RF15-35mm F2.8 L IS USM which retails for $2,299. Canon RF14-35mm F4 L IS USM

Photo By Tom Elenbaas Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Half Dome Moonrise” by Tom Elenbaas. Location: Yosemite National Park, California. “A rising waxing gibbous moon rises above Half Dome in Yosemite National Park,” describes Elenbaas. Want to get your images in the running for a Photo of the Day feature? Photo of the Day