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Be Ready For The Second Shot

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Last summer I was fortunate to have some unusual visitors to my back yard. We had a cicada invasion, and the insects were crawling up out of the ground and making their usual racket. Siting in my office, I thought I saw a dog run across the clearing. On further inspection, it was a Great [...]

Species Profile: American Oystercatcher

By Juan Pons

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

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As we strive to bring attention to conservation efforts in photography in 2010, we are starting a regular series of conservation related articles. Some articles, like this one, will highlight a species that may be threatened, or nearly so, while others may take on topics related to actions we as photographers can take to preserve [...]

Video: Bird Photography Tips Part II

By Juan Pons

Friday, January 8, 2010

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Part II of my Bird Photo tips from Puerto Rico. As some of you know I am originally from Puerto Rico, and my family is all still there. This holiday season, like many others I spent down there visiting, and as I always try to do, I went out many mornings to make some images at [...]

Video: Bird Photography Tips Part I

By Juan Pons

Thursday, January 7, 2010

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As some of you know I am originally from Puerto Rico, and my family is all still there. This holiday season, like many others I spent time down there visiting, and as I always try to do, I went out many mornings to make some images at one of my favorite location for shorebirds. In [...]

Become a Conservation Photographer in 2010

By Rick Sammon

Monday, December 28, 2009

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Become a Conservation Photographer in 2010

Note from Rick: I have seen many photographs of sandhill cranes illuminated by beautiful backlighting . . . but this image by Wendy Shattil is one of my favorites. Just think about all the elements that came together for this image: dozens of sandhill cranes on the ground, one sandhill crane coming in for a [...]