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Great Grey Owl Taking Off
Photographer: Maxime Pelletier
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My first encounter with a great grey owl was amazing. Heavy snow made it magical.
1/1000 • f/6.7 • ISO 1000 • Fujifilm X-T5 • 500mm • Tamron 150-500mm F/5-6.7
Fog bow
Photographer: Grzegorz Długosz
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When I spotted the fow bog while on the amazing bird island on Hornoya I instantly grabbed my wide angle kit and crawled up to a Shag. I managed to compose it with the fogbow and a cliff but i really wanted to get something in the top right corner so I waited for one of the Kittiwakes to fly close enough and then after it did I finally got the shot.
1/2500 • f/14 • ISO 250 • Canon R5 • 17mm • Canon RF IS USM L 14-35mm f/4
Tule Elk Vista
Photographer: Jacques Fortier
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I scan these hills every time I drive by, hoping for some wildlife to anchor a composition showing off the gently rolling terrain in Point Reyes. On this evening, a pair of Tule Elk were working their way up to the first ridge just as the sun finished setting. I hoped they would continue up to the second, higher ridge, but they headed down into the valley leading to the bay. These quiet contemplative compositions are what keep me coming back to this place, year after year.
1/320 • f/5.6 • ISO 800 • Sony A1II • 125mm • Sony FE 100-400mm
Coyotes in a Frost Wonderland
Photographer: Lyndon Norman
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The frost had been hanging on for days and every outing had this incredible winter habitat aspect to try to find wildlife in which included these two coyotes posing from very far away but made for a perfect contrast in the white scenery.
1/400 • f/11 • ISO 400 • Canon R5 • 400mm • Canon 100-400mm
Elephant Sunrise
Photographer: Paul Mckenzie
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A serene moment early one morning this January when a family of elephants crossed a lake in front of Mount Kilimanjaro with the sun beginning to rise to the east.
1/400 • f/11 • ISO 2000 • Canon R5 Mk2 • 145mm • Canon RF 100-500mm f/4.5-7.1
Semipalmated Plover on Turbine Island
Photographer: Rain Saulnier
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I ended up lying in Lake Ontario fully clothed to compose this shot with my nifty-fifty during fall shorebird migration.
1/2000 • f/1.8 • ISO 100 • Canon R10 • 50mm • Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 STM
Call of the Autumn
Photographer: Rich Campion
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Perhaps my favourite spectacle in the British wildlife calendar, the red deer rut. As this red deer stag bellows at dawn, the rising sun quickly burns off the mist. Getting in to your desired position is key. Shooting backlit against a darker backdrop helps exaggerate not only the mist but also the plume of breath released after the bellow.
1/1600 • f/4 • ISO 320 • Canon R5 • 500mm • Canon 500mm f/4 IS USM
Dawn Limpkin on Lake Walk in Water
Photographer: Michael Dreese
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When I saw a beautiful sky developing in the pre-dawn hour, I grabbed my 28-400 lens with the hopes of capturing a small in frame image that would show off the beautiful environment of our local lake. Not long after my arrival, this Limpkin flew into the scene and began feeding in the shallow water. The bird walked into the perfect location for the composition I had in mind. I was so thankful for this experience and celebrated the rare instance when everything worked out according to my vision.
1/500 • f/5.6 • ISO 1100 • Nikon Z8 • 55mm • Nikon Z 28-400mm f/4-8
On the Outskirts of Town
Photographer: Heiko Herrmann
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Rats (Rattus norvegicus) are intelligent and social animals. In city centres, food waste accumulates in trash cans and behind grocery stores. This attracts the rats. These adaptable rodents benefit from their proximity to humans and help themselves to whatever they leave behind. Accompanying the rats on their nighttime forays in precisely this environment was challenging. But the big challenge was not getting the rats in front of the camera. They are often very curious if you remain calm and know what rate do not like. For example sudden movements or strong smells they do not like. The big challenge was to photographically portray a species that many people consider not particularly photogenic and to lead the viewer of the image into the urban world of rats in an aesthetic way, making them curious about the rats, too.
The image was created in collaboration with Lilian Weintke ---> www.instagram.com/lilian.fotografie/
1/1250 • f/1.3 • ISO 6400 • -0.7 EV • Fujifilm X-H2S • 75mm • Sirui 75mm f/1.2 Sniper Series
Small And Mighty
The Maasai Mara ecosystem is periodically renewed through controlled burns, and during my recent visit to Kenya, the resulting smoke became an obsession. These enormous, billowing plumes added an overwhelming sense of scale, providing the perfect dramatic background for the wildlife. My guide and I sought an animal to silhouette against the towering smoke. While we initially looked for a giraffe or an elephant, the moment I saw these zebras along the horizon, I knew the search was over. The relatively small stature of the zebras, juxtaposed with the gigantic smoke plumes delivered the "epic" feeling I was after.
Because this image is about the shape of the zebras, and the size and texture of the smoke, I chose a black and white conversion, which allowed me to simplify the image, drawing attention to the scale of the smoke.
1/500 • f/10 • ISO 80 • Sony A1ii • 300mm • Sony 300mm GM f/2.8
Everything the Light Touches
Photographer: Sergius Hannan
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The summer of 2024 I was camping with a few photographers in Chinitna Bay within Lake Clark National Park, which hosts one of the densest brown bear populations in the world. When we watched the light rays emerge over the mountains, we knew we had to position ourselves near the field where a bear might wish to graze on the protein-rich sedge. Just as the light spilled through, a bear finally emerged from the burm and walked out into the field.
1/8000 • f/2.8 • ISO 500 • -2.3EV • Nikon Z6ii • 70mm • Tamron 70-200mm f/2.8 G2
Water Color
Photographer: Michelle Mackenzie
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It was an overcast day along the Vancouver Island coast. We were looked for surfers - not wildlife - but I took my camera anyway. A group of gulls were also surfing that afternoon. One perched on a rock in the middle of the rollicking brown waves. Slowing my shutter speed, I focused on the gull and zoomed out to capture the beautiful BC landscape behind them. I then snapped this image.
1/6 • f/18 • ISO 32 • NIkon Z8 • 220mm • Nikon Z 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6
Ferns and Feathers
Photographer: Kyle Doerksen
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There were a bunch of cattle egrets gathering in small field next to where I took this. I liked how the plants looked so I set up underneath and waited for something to fly over. I went with a tighter aperture to bring out some of the detail in the plants. Pretty happy with how it turned out!
1/640 • f/9 • ISO 5000 • Sony A7IV • 28mm • Tamron 28-200mm f/2.8-5.6
Flight of the Dolphin
Photographer: Liron Gertsman
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Pacific White-sided Dolphins are one of my favourite marine mammal species to observe on the British Columbia coast. On an a particularly misty summer evening in British Columbia's Discovery Islands, I was treated to a pod of Pacific White-sided Dolphins playfully launching themselves into the air in absolutely stunning atmospheric conditions. This is one of the resulting photos!
1/1000 • f/7.1 • ISO 16000 • Canon EOS R5 • 500mm • Canon RF 100-500mm f/4.5-7.1L IS USM
Wings n' Walls
Photographer: Rupert Kogler
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One day, during a family evening stroll, I noticed quite a few very beautiful butterflies feeding on the lilies on this particular meadow. I decided to come back the next day without the kids to go for some back-lit wide-angle habitat images of the insects. But unfortunatley this day, I couldn't spot a single butterfly. After some time of waiting, I still couldn't see one of them, but unexpectedly I noticed this red-winged blackbird flying over the area from time to time. So I sat down and went for the kind of image, I actually intended to do with the butterflies, but with the bird instead. My main goal was to show the fantastic habitat of the animal, with the lovely wildlowers, the meadow, some trees, the bright Californian sun and, of course, the stunning walls of rock, as a framing. Although, it took me just a few tries, until I was rather successful, I wanted to stay longer, for some more shots, but at one point, I was unsure, whether I might disturb the bird, so I decided to leave.
1/2000 • f/18 • ISO 2000 • Canon EOS 5D Mark III • 16mm • Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM
Cotton Candy Skies
Photographer: Jack Medeiros
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I remember waking up early morning and seeing some incredible color's in the sky. I really wanted to incorporate in my photos that morning but it unfortunately unsuccessful. however the following evening the color's at sunset were even more beautiful and vibrant. I went along the waterfront to photograph migrating waterfowl when I came across this pair of red breasted mergansers aligned with peak colors reflecting on lake Ontario. I got straight to work and came home with this picture and is one of my favorite images I've taken to date.
1/40 • f/AA8• ISO 640 • Canon R10 • 100mm • Canon RF 100-400mm f/5.6-8 IS USM
Eider in Ice
Photographer: Shane Kalyn
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Common eider dries it wings surrounded by a world of ice.
1/2500 • f/5.6 • ISO 800 • Nikon D500 • 500mm • Nikon 200-500mm f/5.6
Winter's Warm Embrace
The morning I took this photo, I had been out in the park for a few hours with few subjects to photograph. The bucks I was hoping to see were all bedded down pretty deep in the woods, including this one. So I decided to walk a while and come check back before leaving to see if anyone was around. This particular buck hadn't moved from his spot but he was awake now and soaking up all the sunlight he could get on this frigid morning. I decided to hang out a ways from him and observe. The birds were starting to come alive and some of the other deer were starting to get up and forage before moving to their day beds, so I knew he would likely be up soon. Soon after, he stretched, got up and began moving to forage before pausing to groom. This gave me an opportunity to move and set the scene to get some nice sidelight, as well as capture the snow that was gently being blown from the branches above.
1/1250 • f/7.1 • ISO 1000 • Nikon Z8 • 500mm • Nikon 500m f/5.6 PF
Target
Photographer: Łukasz Sokół
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This was beautiful foggy morning. I used here special photographic tent. During a spring birding photo by the water just at sunrise, several wood sandpipers circled right in front of the lens. One in particular caught my attention as it chased flies. Luckily for me, during one of the chases, the rising sun beautifully illuminated the pursuit of prey. I tried to catch the moment that insect will be over it beak and it worked!
1/8000 • f/8 • ISO 1000 • Canon R5 • 800mm • Canon RF 400mm f/2.8 + 2.0 TC
