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Prothonotary Swamp
Photographer: Joe Fasig
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This spring, I set a goal to create a series of photographs that showcased the Prothonotary Warbler and its habitat. One image I had envisioned was a panorama with the warbler perched at its nesting cavity in the middle of a swamp.
Getting that shot took multiple trips to a patch of ideal Prothonotary habitat about an hour and a half from home. The first couple of visits were spent learning their territory. Once I had a good sense of where the pair's boundaries were, I started searching for nest cavities and patiently waiting to see if they were actually being used. Eventually, I got lucky and found one.
On my next trip, I set up a remote trigger on my camera and settled in to wait, enduring tons of mosquito bites. Eventually, everything came together, and I captured the warbler at the cavity. As soon as it flew off, I photographed a series of images for the panorama.
The fieldwork was only half the challenge. Stitching the images together turned out to be much harder than I expected, even with Lightroom and Photoshop's automatic panorama tools. It ultimately took a combination of Lightroom's auto stitch and a lot of manual work in Photoshop to get the final image.
I originally hoped to show even more of the surrounding swamp, but the distortion from rotating the camera made the panorama difficult to stitch cleanly. When I included too much of the scene, the warbler became lost in the composition. In the end, I settled on an image that probably could have been achieved simply by backing the camera up a little. Even so, I'm really happy with both the final result and everything that went into creating it.
1/250 • f/4 • ISO 3200 • Canon R5 • 63mm • EF 24-70 f/2.8L II
Golden Reverie
Photographer: Ganapathi Ram R S
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Abstract image of a Barasingha (Swamp Deer), captured with a donut bokeh reflex lens using a defocus technique.
1/200 • f/5.6 • ISO 50 • EV -.3 • Sony A7iv • 250mm • TTArtisan 250mm f/5.6 Reflex
Common Yellowthroat on a Mossy Snag
This mossy snag is on the edge of a seasonal wetland which supports many species in the winter, spring and early summer. While Yellowthroats are quite common here, this was the first time I observed this species on a clean perch.
1/800 • f/2.8 • ISO 800 • Sony A1 • 200mm • Sony 70-200mm F/2.8
Emperor Pair
Photographer: Matthew Sullivan
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A pair of emperor shrimp hitch a ride on the flank of a sea cucumber. The shrimps will live their entire lives going wherever the sea cucumber decides.
1/200 • f/10 • ISO 100 • Nikon Z9 • 60mm • Nikon 60mm Macro
Sunset Glider
This year was my fifth time in Newfoundland and spending time at this incredible Northern Gannet colony! Each year I try to capture something a little different and usually have a differnt lens to play with. This year it was the 14-30mm lens. Last year I had fun playing with the ultra-wide 10mm lens but so often it was just too wide and the subject far too small. It doesn't sound much different to shoot at 14mm but at those focal ranges it is quite a difference. So here I am sharing my first Northern Gannet gliding through a foggy sky at sunset with some white flowers in the foreground shot at 14mm. To clarify this bird was flying about 5-7 ft. overhead, they still have to get really close to show up any decent size!
1/1250 • f/5.6 • ISO 140 • Nikon Z9 • 14mm • Nikon Z 14-30mm f/4
The Power of Light
Photographer: Rick Hesterberg
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Backlighting of the Bison and the many layers of mountains and sky represents the essence of Alaska's golden hour(s).Photo taken at 2-am.
1/250 • f/4.5 • ISO 125 • Nikon Z8 • 165mm • Nikon Z 70-200/2.8S
Common Loon
Photographer: Brad James
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Being able to lay along the edge of this pond as mist rises from the water and the sounds of a pair of loons fills the air is simply magical. Here a framed up one of the loons and placing it higher in the frame allowed me to show off the painterly reflections of the spruce trees above.
1/200 • f/5 • ISO 1000 • Nikon Z9 • 210mm • Nikon Z 100-400mm F4.5-5.6
Sunrise at Mt Adams
Photographer: Jacob Begis
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A pair of Sandhill Cranes flying over Mt. Adams during sunrise in April. This area is one of the few breeding locations for Sandhill Cranes in the PNW. I reached this location by kayak, but took the photo while standing in the waist-deep water. These wetlands are often misty during early spring because of the cold mornings.
1/1600 • f/2.8 • ISO 500 • Sony A1 • 90mm • 70-200mm F/2.8
Urban Camo
Photographer: Mark Noll
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There is a forest preserve near my house in Chicago with several graffiti-covered walls beneath an abandoned railroad bridge. Every once in a while during spring migration, birds like this male Blackburnian Warbler will start to forage along this wall after discovering that it hosts a large number of insects. Having a zoom lens was essential for capturing this image, allowing me to quickly adapt to the changing colors and patterns entering and exiting the frame as the bird moved along different parts of the wall.
1/1600 • f/6 • ISO 450 • Nikon Z8 • 430mm • Nikon Z 180-600mm f/5.6-6.3 VR
Brown Pelican and Wave
Photographer: Matthew Studebaker
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A steady stream of Brown Pelicans flew to their favorite roosting cliff as sun shown on huge breakers in the background.
1/1600 • f/5 • ISO 800 • Nikon Z9 • 200mm • Nikon 80-200mm 2.8VR
Birds of a Feather
Tree Swallows playing keep away with a feather at sunset.
1/5000 • f/6.3 • ISO 5000 • Sony A1 • 600mm • Sony FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
Sangri Soaring
Photographer: Eric Spink
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Canada Geese making a migratory flight over the Sangri de Cristo Mountain range in the San Luis Valley. Monte Vista, CO.
This was a cold and snowy March day that proved to be an excellent opportunity to see Canada Geese and Sandhill Crane gather in the farm fields lining the valley along the Rio Grande river.
1/1600 • f/5.6 • ISO 250 • Canon EOS 6D mark ll • 400mm • Canon EF400mm f/5.6L USM
Missouri Timberdoodle
Photographer: Joe Fasig
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It's not often that you see woodcocks before they burst out of the forest floor and scare you half to death. I was able to capture this American woodcock as the sun was filtering through the forest canopy and happened to shine right on this woodcock.
1/400 • f/5.6 • ISO 320 • Canon R5 • 400mm • Canon EF100-400mm f4.5-5.6 IS II USM
Powdered Dream
Photographer: Shailza Singhal
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Amid softly blurred cactus stems, a small bird is partially veiled within a haze of colour and motion. Muted contrast and soft rendering evoke a dreamlike, almost painterly quality.
The image embraces abstraction, allowing form and colour to take precedence over detail. The bird becomes a quiet presence within the frame, inviting the viewer to pause and interpret the scene beyond what is immediately visible.
.8 second • f/32 • ISO 50 • Sony a7r5 • 400mm • Sony 100-400 f/4.5 - 5.6
51°44′S 72°31′W
Photographer: Malini Chandrasekar
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If you listen long enough, the mountains will show you the beauty of silence. Puerto Natales, Patagonia
1/5000 • f/11 • ISO 200 • Nikon Z9 • 400mm • Nikon Z 400 F2.8 TC VR/S
Petals of Light
A New Holland Honeyeater is framed by our dining room light as it perches in front of the window, the light bokeh creating the illusion of a flower. The first time I saw the opportunity for this photo I was leaving home to go to the hospital to visit my wife and our newborn son. I share more about how I got this photo with Ray Hennessy in his Story of the Shot podcast series on YouTube.
1/1600 • f/4 • ISO 1600 • Canon 1DX MKII • 500mm • Canon EF 500mm F4 L IS II
Golden
Photographer: Jamin Taylor
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A lone Common Loon drifts silently in the stillness of an Alaskan lake bathed in the golden light of the morning sun.
1/1600 • f/5.6 • ISO 64 • Nikon Z9 • 250mm • Nikon Z 180-600mm
Blackburnian on the Rocks, Please
Photographer: Karim Bouzidi Idrissi
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Up in northern Quebec, I got to photograph songbird migration in a very special way this year. Thank's to some unique weather conditions, many waves of warblers were foraging at the shoreline, for multiple days. One of my favourite photo ended being one where I didn't quite have the proximity of previous encounters. I used my 100-400 f/8 to capture the contrasty scene. I liked how this Blackburnian Warbler stood out in that little shadowy patch in the rocks.
1/1250 • f/8 • ISO 200 • Canon EOS R8 • 400mm • Canon RF 100-400mm f5.6-8 IS USM
The Pollinator's Vortex
Photographer: Lisa Connor
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When spring gives way to summer, I’m always drawn to the vibrant beauty of the echinacea flower. Its distinctive cone-shaped center and delicate petals are not only visually striking but also serve as an irresistible attraction for pollinators.
In this photograph, a tiny native sweat bee gathers pollen from the delicate florets. Because of its minute size, capturing its intricate details was challenging, requiring a narrower aperture and a subtle touch of soft flash to maximize depth of field while maintaining a natural look.
1/250 • f/11 • ISO 200 • Nikon D850 • 105mm • Sigma 105mm 1:2.8 DG Macro HSM
Above the Golden Waves
Photographer: Jason Mirandi
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I spent a magical evening shooting short eared owls over the sprawling grasslands. It was my first time shooting them and I was fascinated by their barking calls, alert yellow eyes and piercing stare. I fell in love with this image because of the golden array of grasses capturing the evening light in the foreground and framing up the subject.
1/2500 • f/4 • ISO 800 • Nikon D850 • 600mm • Nikon 600mm f4
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