Searching for Fractal Beauty in Landscape Photography

There are two impossible questions I like to ask myself as landscape photographer. Although they’ll never have perfect answers, the closer I try to get, the more I see my photos improve. They are: “What makes a good landscape?” and “What makes a good landscape photo?”
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Backlight: 42 of Our Favorite Member Photos

One of our favorite and longest running traditions in Click Community is our forum photo contest, offering you a glimpse into the extraordinary talent and creativity of Click Community members.

The theme of our September/October contest was “Backlight” and members were encouraged to enter their favorite photo representing this theme.

Congratulations to Teresa O’Brien for her winning image (above)! Teresa won a self paced course of her choice from Click Photo School.

You can win, too! Enter this month’s forum photo contest with your favorite image representing the theme “CONTRAST” for a chance to be featured here on the Click Community Blog, published in an upcoming issue of Click magazine, and win a self paced course of your choice! Not a member? Join at theclickcommunity.com!

But first, please enjoy this collection of some of our favorite and inspiring images from this contest:

Amanda Czerniawski

Ashley Marston

Beth Billstrom

Brooke Renee

Priyanka Chirag Berry

Dewi Koomen

Carrie Mancinelli

Elizabeth Paoletti

Kara Hendricks

Tracey Richvalsky

**Winner Teresa O’Brien

Jennifer Carr

Judith Krasinski

Jesica Montgomery

Kristina McGuire

Taryn Greenfield

Amanda Brignac

Heather Eijzenga

Jen Berg

Dallas Denoo

Kristen Binder

Sara Zupnik

Nicole Ball

Leah Barad

Zuzana Zezulova

Julie Pease

Kristin Vukcevic

Sarah Lang

Julie Hamlin

Krista Taylor

Laura Tannenbaum

Leah Parker

Lucia Gonzalez Rodriguez

Sarah Truman

Crystal Gonsalves

Meg Loeks

Juliana Wilfong

Michelle Baisa

Janny Beimers

Brunet Weiss

Molly Carstater

Reynada Head

Would you like to see your work featured on the Click Community blog, published in Click magazine, and even have a chance to win a self guided course (of your choice!) at Click Photo School?

Our current Click Community forum photo contest is open through December 31, 2024 and the theme is CONTRAST. We’d love for you to share your favorite image inspired by this theme.

If you’re not yet a member of Click Community, we’d LOVE to have you come join us! As a member, you get access to photography tutorials, video demos, Q&A threads, image critiques, photo challenges and contests like this one, and so much more! Become a member today!

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Photography News: Sigma Telephoto Teaser, Last-Minute Holiday Deals

Two photographers are taking pictures of a magnificent grizzly bear. Suddenly, the bear stands up, snarls, growls ominously, and starts chasing them. The two guys drop their equipment and run for their lives. After a few seconds, the first photographer yells to the other, “We’re not fast enough! He’s going to catch us!” The second photographer, without slowing down, yells over his shoulder, “Well, it’s enough for me to run away from you!” This joke went through my mind when I was photographing a spectacled bear in Peru, but fortunately, he’s (mostly) a good-natured vegetarian.
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“How Is AI Different From Autofocus?”

There was a time not long ago when I spent time on photography forums. I joined quite a few debates about artificial intelligence, and in these debates, some people compared new AI tools with other automated camera features. “How is AI any different from autofocus?” is a question I saw in various forms.
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My Favorite Photos of 2024

The end of the year is fast approaching, and (partly inspired by Jason’s article a couple of days ago) I figured it was a good time to reflect on my photography for the year. I decided to look back and pick my five favorite images from the year. When I say favorite, I don’t mean my five best images – only one of the five below would make that list – but rather the ones I look back on the most fondly, usually because of the story behind them or the people I was with when I took them.
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