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Nature Photography Day Is Coming
By Frank Gallagher, NANPA Blog Coordinator June 15 is Nature Photography Day, a time to promote the enjoyment of nature photography and to reflect on how photos can be used to further the cause of...
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Drone Crash Causes Birds to Abandon 1,500 Eggs
Abandoned eggs in the sand. Photo credit: California Department of Fish and Wildlife By Frank Gallagher, NANPA Blog Coordinator A drone, flying over prohibited territory in Southern California,...
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Documenting Pando, the World’s Largest Tree
A close up image on of one Pando’s 40,000 branches as autumn advances across the 9,000 foot high Fishlake Basin in Central Utah. Photo credit: Lance Oditt / Friends of Pando by Lance Oditt Pando (and...
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Using Trail Cameras to Photograph Elusive Animals
The elusive fisher is hard to find and photograph. © Mark Hendricks By Frank Gallagher, NANPA Blog Coordinator Trail cameras, also known as trail cams and camera traps, can be a great way of capturing...
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Mysterious Bird Deaths and How We Can Help
Screenshot of Audubon’s report on the songbird epidemic. By Frank Gallagher, NANPA Blog Coordinator Many photographers have backyard bird feeders and enjoy photographing their avian visitors....
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Olympics Shed Light on Pressure to Succeed
Moose are one of my favorite animals to photograph, and I spend quite a bit of money and time while racking up miles on my truck looking for them. Is it worth it? It is for me, personally. © Dawn...
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Bringing Pando to the World in 3D
Aerial View of Fishlake Basin, Pando’s Home An aerial view from 1,000 feet above Pando details the rugged land it calls home in the Fishlake Basin. A land carved by glaciers and re-shaped by volcanism...
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Get Your Story Out There featuring Morgan Heim
The Nature Photographer episode #18 on Wild & Exposed podcast Image from conservation and adventure film Deer 139 © Morgan Heim Conservation photographer and filmmaker Morgan Heim knows how to...
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Photographing Pikas: A Life Above the Clouds
An American pika chooses which leaves look the tastiest in his subalpine home. In very cold areas, pika live in the subalpine, where plants are very abundant and much larger than up high. © Deidre...
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Where the Winds and Whales Blow
Humpback Whale Fluke © Diana McPherson By Diana McPherson Whale watching brings great joy and awe to most spectators. I remember my first time on a whale watching boat, seeing a humpback whale. As it...
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Share the Shore with Beach-nesting Birds and their Young
A least tern feeds a fish to his young while the mate watches and broods another chick under her wing. 1200mm, 1/1000, f/8, 1/3 EV, ISO 250 © Mary Lundeberg By Mary Lundeberg When I received a 2020...
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Being Different, Being Powerful, Being you
This wild palomino stallion running free in Sand Wash Basin, Colorado was one of the last horses I photographed before the roundup. © Dawn Wilson By Dawn Wilson, NANPA President First, my apologies...
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Nature Photography Day Bioblitz Was Eye Opening
Song Sparrow © Gouri Prakash By Frank Gallagher, NANPA Blog Coordinator On Nature Photography Day, June 15th, hundreds of photographers joined in a bioblitz, an eleven-day, citizen science event to...
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7 Things Professional Nature Photographers Want You to Know About Visiting...
Respect the rangers when they are stopping traffic to give wildlife some space, like for this grizzly bear and her cubs crossing in Grand Teton National Park. © Dawn Wilson Tourists have been flocking...
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Unusual Butterfly Nets Photographer Bioblitz Prize
The Dury’s Metalmark (Apodemia Duryi) that won the award. © Cathryn Hoyt By Frank Gallagher, NANPA Blog Coordinator Nearly 10,000 observations were made and more than 3,000 species observed during...
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Philip Hyde Conservation Grant: Rare Bumble Bees and Vanishing Wetlands
Two-form Bumble Bee (Bombus bifarius) on Lupine, Bridger Range, Bozeman, Montana © Clay Bolt The Philip Hyde Conservation Grant is a $2,500 grant awarded by the NANPA Foundation to a NANPA member...
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Mysterious Bird Disease Disappears but Threats Persist
Screenshot of Audubon article. By Frank Gallagher, NANPA Blog Coordinator Earlier this year, birds started coming down with swollen eyes and “crusty discharges,” neurological symptoms, and blindness...
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Plains, Cranes and Watersheds featuring Michael Forsberg
The Nature Photographer episode #20 on Wild & Exposed podcast Platte Basin Timelapse Project is a long-term documentary project that helps build community around a shared watershed. © Michael...
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Crowds, Covid and Camaraderie
The Moulton barn along Mormon Row serves as a terrific foreground for Grand Teton and the Cathedral Group at sunrise in Grand Teton National Park, WY. © Jerry Ginsberg By Jerry Ginsberg Thanks to...
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Be the Change, Make a Difference
A least tern feeds a fish to his young while the mate watches and broods another chick under her wing. 1200mm, 1/1000, f/8, 1/3 EV, ISO 250 © Mary Lundeberg By Frank Gallagher, NANPA Blog Coordinator...
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