Innholdsfortegnelse for August 2017 i Outdoor Photographer

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Since first visiting Kenya in 1989, Michelle Guillermin has developed a deep appreciation for African wildlife and its challenges. Through her images, she strives to spread the message of successful conservation programs, the people who lead them and unique animal behavior to help people engage on a personal level with these marvelous creatures. Justin Black’s photographs have been published widely and featured in numerous exhibitions. In collaboration with organizations like the World Wildlife Fund, The Nature Conservancy, Panthera, the Sierra Club and Conservation International, his photography has been used to promote conservation campaigns to protect threatened landscapes and ecosystems around the world. Dave Welling has been capturing evocative images of the natural world for over 25 years, specializing in wildlife, landscape and nature photography. He is a charter member of…

As outdoor photographers, we’re defined, or define ourselves, not only by the images we produce but also by the challenges we overcome in order to achieve them: navigating past the obstacles thrown in our winding, steep paths through the natural world; enduring in the face of discomfort, disappointment, malfunctions and miscalculations; outsmarting the weather; cautiously entering the unknown environment that belongs not to us but to our subjects; and mastering the tools and techniques that help us to realize our vision. Nature photography takes perseverance, determination and a unique artistic imperative—that indefinable, personal quality that gets us up and out there again and again, to challenge the elements and bring back the images that validate our vision and skills. But what happens when a photographer’s passion to capture and create…

Cameras don’t matter. At least, they don’t matter as much as we think. If a museum of contemporary art should ever see fit to host a retrospective exhibition of my life’s work, it’s a safe bet that the curators will pay little attention to the camera marques and models used to make the photographs. The reality is that pictures succeed or fail based on how they communicate and move us, rather than the details of the gear used to make them. This is particularly true today with such a wide selection of quality photographic tools available to us. Great pictures suitable for fine prints can be made with very simple cameras and, at the end of the day, it’s the photographer who makes all the difference. That said, every once…

Had I been less determined, the look on Sam's face would have given me great doubt about my planned adventure. “You’re going to Kitenden? You know it's…thick?” Sam is a well-respected guide and shareholder with the high-end safari outfitter Ker & Downey and knows the Amboseli region well. He didn’t see this newly opened protected area as the first item on most guests’ list. I was determined to prove him wrong. The story behind Kitenden was the biggest draw. Elephants have been following the same paths for generations, traveling hundreds of miles in their daily quest for water, food and safety. As the human population has grown, we have built roads and buildings along these same routes—resulting in inevitable human-wildlife conflict that generally doesn’t end well for either party. Each…

Photographer: Melissa Groo Location: Dryden, New York Equipment: Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, Canon EF 500mm f/4L IS USM II, Canon Extender EF 1.4x II teleconverter, beanbag on car window Situation: For a wildlife photographer, it’s important to build a network of people who are always looking out for possible subjects for you. One summer, a friend shared with me her discovery of a red fox den on the campus of a local community college. The foxes were being seen in and around parking lots. Although I prefer to photograph wild animals in completely natural settings, the fact is that foxes choose den sites that are often located in residential suburban areas. There's wildness close at hand for almost all of us, even when we live in cities. We just have…

Backlighting refers to the positioning of light behind your subject, such that your subject is located between you and the source of light. For the purposes of this article, the source of the light is natural: the sun. You may have read that the sun should always be directly behind you when you photograph wildlife. Forget about that. If you want to create images that stand out for their artistry and imagination, and if you want to be flexible and opportunistic as a wildlife photographer, understanding when and how to work other angles of light is critical. Because the truth is, if you spend enough time around wild animals, you'll inevitably find that you often can’t control where you stand in relation to an animal. Moving your position might risk…

MASSIVE RANGE ZOOM Designed for use with APS-sensor Canon and Nikon DSLRs, the Tamron 18-400mm F/3.5-6.3 Di II VC HLD (Model B028) has an impressive 22.2x zoom range, covering a wide-angle to super telephoto focal length range equivalent to approximately 27-600mm. That range makes this all-in-one zoom capable of handling practically any subject, from landscapes to wildlife close-ups. With the versatility of this range, this lens should be an excellent option for travel photography and situations where keeping your gear to a minimum is advantageous. The Vibration Compensation system in the lens is reported to provide 2.5 stops of correction, which, while not as forgiving as the more advanced 5-stop system found in the Tamron SP 70-200mm F/2.8 Di VC USD G2, will still be helpful when shooting at the…

After watching an African lioness tend to her young cub for almost an hour, I saw him suddenly jump between her front paws and she settled her chin on his head. My patience rewarded, I captured a great, intimate moment between a mother and her youngster. Wildlife photography can be challenging, capturing just the right moment can take hours (or days), and it can be expensive, with trips to many wildlife hot spots quite costly. There’s an alternative that can be both a rewarding photo experience and a great way to help the wildlife you care about. There are hundreds of wildlife rescue facilities throughout the United States that care for wildlife. Almost all of these facilities operate as charitable organizations and survive solely on contributions from the public. You…