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There are few things in bird photography more humbling than spending hours hiking through the Arizona heat looking for a bird roughly the size of an angry potato. Enter the…
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Here’s an uncomfortable truth: your subject is not the whole photo. I know, betrayal. You spent all that money on a big lens, got up before sunrise, skipped the second…
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There is something deeply satisfying about photographing shorebirds. No dramatic mountain backdrop. No epic predator-prey interaction. Just a small bird, busy at work, doing what it has done for thousands…
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Whether you’re trekking through a Brazilian wetland or perched quietly in your own backyard, photographing birds is a rewarding challenge. These feathered subjects are fast, flighty, and rarely follow direction,…
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Photographing wildlife in extreme conditions can yield breathtaking results, both figuratively and literally. My image above, what I’ve named Raven’s Breath, was taken in Yellowstone National Park in the heart…
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The birds of Africa don’t generally get the limelight in photography, as they tend to be upstaged by the larger, more well-known fauna like lions, giraffes, and elephants. However, when…
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By Guest Contributor Mac Mirabile My passion for photography began more than 20 years ago, before digital SLRs, with coursework in photojournalism. The drive to document what I see and…