Outdoor Photography

It was an early spring morning when I awoke to an expanse of low-lying fog filling the sky. I immediately knew there would be plenty of opportunities to capture and create extraordinary images. Harriman State Park in Hudson Valley, New York, was only a short 15-minute drive from my home. I quickly gathered up my

D780 DSLR, successor to its popular D750. The 24.5-megapixel full-frame (FX-format) D780 promises to be an excellent choice for nature photographers, with features from upper-tier D850 and D5 DSLRs as well as technology found in Nikon’s Z series mirrorless cameras. Nikon D780 The D780 is capable of shooting at speeds up to 7 fps with

Congratulations to Jody Partin for winning the recent Fall Wildlife Assignment with the image, “Autumn Heron.” See more of Partin’s photography at https://jody-partin.pixels.com/. View the winning image and a selection of submissions in the gallery below. And be sure to check out our current photography assignment here and enter your best shots! Winner: “Autumn Heron” By Jody

Photo by Kris Walkowski Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Mirrored” by Kris Walkowski. Location: Yosemite National Park, California. Photo of the Day is chosen from various OP galleries, including Assignments, Galleries and the OP Contests. Assignments have weekly winners that are featured on the OP website homepage, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. To get your photos in the running, all you have to

Did you miss a Photo Of The Day last month? View all of December’s selections in the gallery below. Want to get your images in the running for a Photo of the Day feature? Photo of the Day is chosen from various OP galleries, including Assignments, Galleries and the Contests. Assignments have weekly winners that are featured on the

I love to exploit the beauty of a fallen snow, especially when it’s followed by a crisp, clear morning sunrise. The setting becomes a winter wonderland in its expanse. If you decide to explore it with macro or telephoto eyes, it becomes a miniature world of white on white and reveals patterns, shapes and textures.