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Early Morning Under a Florida Bridge
Photographer: Melodi Roberts
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There is a hidden stillness beneath the chaos. Light, water, and birds transform a busy Florida bridge into a quiet sanctuary.
1/2000 • f/10 • ISO 1400 • -1.3EV • Nikon Z8 • 240mm • Nikon Z 100-400 f4.5-5.6 VR S
Ghost of the Marsh
Photographer: Mike Dougherty
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Perched atop a weathered snag, the osprey sits against a pale coastal sky. The high-key treatment strips the scene to its essentials, shape, balance, and quiet solitude.
1/100 • f/5.6 • ISO 800 • +2.3EV • Nikon Z8 • 200mm • Nikkor 200-500 f/5.6
Touched by Sunlight
Photographer: Danijel Turnšek
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Late in the evening, during the polar day, the sun hovered low above the horizon, casting a warm rim of light across the bear’s fur. I had envisioned a backlit photo even before the expedition began. When the bear walked along the beach and crossed in front of the sun, I knew instantly this was the image I had hoped for.
1/8000 • f/11 • ISO 250 • Sony a7RV • 600mm • Sony 200-600G
Fur Seal in the Wilderness
Photographer: Andy Pollard
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St. Andrews Bay in South Georgia is famous for the islands largest King Penguin colony, estimated to be 250,000 pairs. Add to this the incredibly rugged, mountainous, snow covered backdrop, along with the islands fur seal population estimated at 5 million individuals and you truly are in a wildlife paradise!
1/100 • f/9 • ISO 320 • Canon EOS-1D X Mark 3 • 80mm • Canon EF 70-200 f2.8L IS 3 USM
Bobcat on the Bluff
Photographer: Leo Dale
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Bobcats are one of the more challenging wildlife subjects to incorporate into a wider landscape. They are small enough to be hidden by the grasses where they roam and, unlike birds, rarely present themselves on perches. So, when this cat strolled into an area with shorter grass and a clear view of the rolling coastal hills, I was ecstatic to be able to capture this composition. Taken in January of 2026.
1/1000 • f/2.8 • ISO 160 • OM System OM-1 • 55mm (110mm equivalent) • Olympus 40-150 2.8 Pro
Nesting Great Egrets
Photographer: Melodi Roberts
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At the beginning of nesting season, great egrets settle into a vast tangle of branches.
1/2000 • f/5.6 • ISO 140 • Nikon Z8 • 400mm • Nikon Z 100-400 f/4.5-5.6
Thistle Hunter
Photographer: Mark Noll
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In November 2024, a vagrant Scissor-tailed Flycatcher was found in the same patch of prairie in the Chicago suburbs for several days straight, apparently finding a plentiful supply of grasshoppers to eat. I took this photo as the flycatcher tilted his head to investigate a potential meal, shortly after it started to drizzle. I especially love the mirrored colors in the bird and background, created by the light overcast sky and variety of fall foliage.
1/1000 • f/4 • ISO 2000 • Nikon Z8 • 500mm • Nikon 500mm f/4E FL
Grebe in the Spotlight
Photographer: Ronald Buitendijk
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One of my favorite locations for low key photography during the winter months. The sun sets exactly in the right spot that it shines across the water and the trees on the banks cast shadows on the water. If the birds are there are in the right position, it might create the perfect spotlight. In previous years it was a bit tricky, because this spot it is on a busy trail. This year was an exception; part the trail was closed for maintenance. So people did not really go here and it was a great opportunity to lay down and wait for birds. I had mute swans, coots, great crested grebes and a common merganser in front of my camera. This photo was taken at the end of the season for this spot, can’t wait to get back in November (if the sun shines).
1/2500 • f/9 • ISO 400 • Sony A7RIII • 600mm • Sony FE 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3 G OSS
Breaking of the Dam
Photographer: Matthew Dolkart
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This Black-crowned night heron hunts at the confluence of the North Branch and North Channel of the Chicago River, a site where just 7 years earlier a dam stood. The restoration project has helped bring an abundance of wildlife back to the river, a spot which now hosts up to 30 herons in one evening. Positioned along the overlook of the confluence, my elevated perspective gave me an advantage of scale and ability to capture the water's movement.
1.3 seconds • f/8 • ISO 80 • Nikon Z8 • 85mm • Nikon Z 70-200mm f/2.8 VR S
The Giant
Photographer: Jannik Jansons
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Using a wide angle lens, I photographed a shag taking off on the Norwegian island of Hornøya. In the image it looks like a gigantic bird flying over all the others, but in reality the bird is flying very close to the lens and therefore appears much larger. The conversion to black and white reinforces the confusing perspective, as the details are hard to see and it is more difficult to determine the birds' relative size.
1/640 • f/22 • ISO 800 • Canon EOS R5 • 34mm • Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8 III
Morning Walk
Photographer: Simone Baumeister
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The sun was just rising as the ground mist still hung over the meadows. The Eurasian curlew had just landed and began to search for the first worms of the day.
1/4000 • f/4 • ISO 2500 • Canon EOS R5 • 600mm • Canon EF600mm f/4L IS II USM
On Top
Photographer: Ray Hennessy
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I've spent quite a bit of time in desert habitats the past few years. Mostly in the winter so I can enjoy warm weather in the van during that time of year. In that time however I haven't had a chance to photograph Desert Bighorn Sheep. I finally got the chance to spend some time with them during a recent week long visit to Valley of Fire State Park in Nevada. What a stunning and perfect place to get my first sighting of these beautiful animals. As always with any sheep or goats it's mind-blowing to watch them walk and run around the cliffs they live on. This photo was taken towards the end of the trip and required some sketchy rock scrambling and climbing on my part to get to this vantage point. I knew there was a small group of sheep hanging out on top of the rocks across this canyon. My original plan was to climb up the rocks the sheep were on but I couldn't find a safe way. So instead I went up to this spot and waited. Thankfully after only a few minutes this young ram came around the corner and looked right at me. I started taking some photos and thought to myself, "if he would go right to the top what an amazing shot it would be." He must have read my mind because in a few moments he walked exactly where I wanted him to go! It was maybe 30 minutes before sunset, the sky was dramatic, the sun was lighting up some additional red rocks in the background and I had already figured out this composition at 43mm so it was a simple thing to capture once it all lined up.
1/2000 • f/5 • ISO 400 • Nikon Z6iii • 43mm • Nikon Z 28-400mm f/4-8
A Lone Kingfisher at Sunrise
I was on a sunrise walk on a Cape San Blas beach, when my sister spotted this Kingfisher on a beautiful bare tree. At first we were not sure if it was really a bird! The ombre sky was stunning on it's own but to be able to include a really cool bird in the frame was an incredible experience.
1/160 • f/20 • ISO 640 • Canon 6D Mark II • 135mm • Canon 100-400 f/4.5-5.6
Splashdown
Photographer: Isaac Rosenberg
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A blue-winged teal drake splashes down in the marsh shortly after sunrise.
1/10,000 • f/5.6 • ISO 1000 • Canon R5 mk II • 840mm • Canon RF 600 f/4 + 1.4x TC
Smooth Greensnake
Photographer: Aidan McCarthy
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A smooth greensnake found basking between vegetation patches in a West Virginia cow pasture.
1/250 • f/2.8 • ISO 400 • Canon R5 • 100mm • EF 100mm f2.8L Macro IS USM
All-you-can-eat Buffet
Photographer: Gabriel Jawień
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A yellow-billed Oxpecker perched on a masai giraffe in the early morning light
1/200 • f/6.3 • ISO 160 • Canon 7D mark II • 600mm • Tamron SP 150-600mm f/5-6.3 Di VC USD G2
A Shadow in the Mist
Photographer: Arijeet Ghosh
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What else could one ask for when you dream of a subject in the mist heavy mangrove habitat of Sunderbans, where sighting a tiger in general is impossible, and becomes more and more unrealistic when cold foggy winds starts battering your boat, make it impossible to see even 10meters ahead of you?
Only the lucky are blessed to see, let alone photograph a foggy shadow of a mangrove ruler emerging out of the mist on a cold winter morning in Sunderbans!
1/500 • f/4.5 • ISO 100 • -.7EV • Canon EOS R5m2 • 100 • Canon RF 100-500mm
Backlight Character
In the cloud forest of Costa Rica there are many cool plants, and usually overcast conditions. This scenario allowed me to get this cool photo of a Volcano Hummingbird once the sun broke through the clouds just enough to enable a virtually black and white photo. I found the bird stood out well and this plant gave the photo some fantastic character.
1/1000 • f/4 • ISO 1250 • Nikon Z9 • 560 • NIKKOR Z 400mm f/2.8 TC VR S
Chaotic Colony
Photographer: Aditya Sridhar
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As a birdwatcher, there are few spectacles as awe-inspiring as watching vast colonies of birds just buzzing with life. From a bird photographer's perspective, however, they can be a real challenge to navigate.
I captured this image of a colony of Painted Storks on the last morning of my trip to Bharatpur, India in late-2024. Over the course of my visit, I found myself repeatedly overlooking this scene in favour of other, more conventionally appealing compositions. There was always something that kept tugging at me every time I walked by this stretch, however, so I decided to take one last crack at it.
For pretty much the entirety of my trip, a carpet of green algae and other aquatic plants had obscured the reflections on the water's surface at this location. In what can only be attributed to sheer luck, steady winds and a gentle flow of water meant I had crystal clear reflections on this cool, misty morning. All I had to do was set my camera up and, with a remote trigger in my hand, wait for a fly-by from one of the thousands of Painted Storks at this rookery.
1/1000 • f/9 • ISO 3200 • Nikon Z8 • 55mm • Nikon AF-S 24-70mm f/2.8G
Harsh Conditions
Photographer: Martin Arvidsson
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During a small but intense snowfall late November I ventured out into the storm with my camera to see what I could find, I had been inspired by a NorwTerje Kolaasegian photographer Terje Kolaas to utilize flash in the snowfall. I found these mute swans too far out for my initial plan, but going with my 70-200 instead of my 400 provided me with this opportunity.
1/160 • f/5 • ISO 800 • Nikon Z9 • 195mm • Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8 VR G
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