Photography News: OM System Rumors, Canon Trade-in Sale

Posted on January 12, 2025 by ShutterBug

This Friday, I had the chance to test the new Nikon Z50 II in my favorite test lab – the Prague Zoo. What I liked (and didn’t like) about this camera will be detailed in my upcoming Field Review. For now, though, here’s a little teaser shot taken at an absurdly high ISO of 28,800. And aside from the usual Photo Theme Challenge at the end of our News, I have a different kind of challenge for you. Can you identify the species of pigeon – with structurally colored feathers – in the following photo?
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Five Easy Things to Avoid in Bird Photography

Posted on January 10, 2025 by ShutterBug

Bird photography seems simple. You see a bird, you take its photo. But birds don’t just move – they can be in different environments and can have endless varieties of light shone upon them. All of a sudden, bird photography starts to get more complex.
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Small Adjustments Can Lead to Big Changes in a Photo

Posted on January 7, 2025 by ShutterBug

In photography, you compose shots by moving your camera to a physical position in space and time. That’s obvious. But what isn’t so obvious is that very slight changes in space and time can substantially alter a composition. As a wildlife photographer, I know it’s tempting to take shots immediately when an animal makes an appearance, but that often results in something not quite right with the composition. It’s better to take a more deliberate approach and make some minor adjustments before taking the photo. In that spirit, I’d like to show you five before and after photos, with a difference of only small changes between them in the field.
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Photography News: New Godox Lights, 100 Years of Full-Frame

Posted on January 5, 2025 by ShutterBug

Although I feel much more comfortable behind the viewfinder of a camera than in front of the lens, I recently made an exception. It was while shooting one of the episodes of our upcoming Online Workshop with photographer Vladimír Čech Junior. In the photo below, I’m playing the role of a European Lynx (Lynx lynx) and technically serving as a live aid to set up the flashes, motion sensor, and lens focus. I admit that the flexibility and elegance of the cat’s body, as well as the predator’s expression, is something I’ll have to work on. Come to think of it, maybe this should be my resolution for 2025.
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Structural Colors: The Art of Photographing Hummingbirds

Posted on January 4, 2025 by ShutterBug

Nature is full of color. However, color is not an unshakeable property of an object. Something’s color will change depending on various factors, including the wavelengths of light that hits the object, the object’s absorption and reflection of those wavelengths, and finally, our own eyes. In this article, I will show you how color can vary with one subject in particular – the hummingbird – and how I approach photography with structural colors in mind.
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