Category: Inspiration

Check out this web site for some really excellent nature photography. Finalist images are here.

The California Academy of Sciences sponsors an annual competition of nature photography about which they say:

Our annual BigPicture: Natural World Photography Competition seeks to inspire environmental stewardship through the power of imagery. Professional-level photographers are encouraged to submit work that celebrates and illustrates the diversity of life on Earth.

The 2015 winners are here and the 2016 winners here.

The 2015 winners are also available here as a downloadable PowerPoint slideshow.

Thanks to Fraser Campbell for sharing this with the club.

At the June meeting, Frank Knor shared his Apache Junction To Tortilla Flat slideshow. He’s uploaded it to YouTube and you can watch it again here. To see more of Frank’s slideshows, take a look at his YouTube channel. Thanks for sharing Frank.

National Geographic nature photographer Jim Brandenberg shot a series of images, one for each day of spring in his native Minnesota.  You can see the slide show here. It goes by very quickly so you might want to keep your mouse poised over the pause button in the lower left corner.

This is a recent posting on Proof which National Geographic describes as:

Proof is National Geographic’s online photography journal. We showcase the voices of National Geographic photographers and editors to offer a behind-the-scenes look at the visual storytelling process. Proof also features work from emerging photographers, books, galleries, and portfolios across the web. We aim to present an ongoing conversation about photography, art, journalism, and the people who create it.

This video shows the photography of Vincent Munier. Using a combination of stills and videos and an almost monochromatic palette, it presents his brilliant minimalist images of arctic wildlife and landscape.

Check out this video for Levon Biss’ spectacular  and very labour intensive macro photographs of insects. For more information see the web site. Follow the “EXPLORE” link and zoom all the way in on any of the images to see the minute details.

Some incredible photos of birds here.

Amy Lo recommended the landscape and nature photographs of Marc Muench. There’s a slide show on his home page but I encourage you to take a look at his blog where he features images and gives details about the image (location, camera, …).

Suzanne Powell sent along these examples of her Miksang Photography:

Click on a thumbnail to enlarge, to see title and metadata.

Thanks again Suzanne for an eye opening presentation.