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Nature's Colors Photo Contest Nature's Colors Photo Contest
Check out the finalists from the pool of more than 8,600 submissions or view the entire gallery of photos here.
Celebrate The Seasons Photo Contest Celebrate The Seasons Photo Contest
Enter To Win A 42-Inch Panasonic HDTV! Every season has a story. Submit photos that showcase diverse seasonal landscapes and win prizes—including publication of your photo in Outdoor Photographer! Enter now!
Top 100 Iconic Locations Photo Contest Winners Top 100 Photo Contest Winners
Grand Prize Package Included $1,000 Cash And Publication Of The Winning Photo! Click here to check out the final winners, including the People’s Choice Winner—chosen by our readers!

Blog

Perfect White Balance
January 5, 2009
Lens Cap That Customizes Any Scene
Exploring Kashmir
December 22, 2008
John Isaac Tears Down the Veil
   
Megapixel Urban Legends
December 23, 2008
Image Quality Trumps Resolution
A Look Back
December 19, 2008
NANPA’s 15th Annual Summit & Trade Show
  More Blog Entries

Gear

Alien Skin Software Announces Holiday Sale
Photoshop Plug-ins 20% off through December 24
Raleigh, North Carolina –– Alien Skin Software is beginning its first ever store-wide sale.  All of its award-winning Photoshop plug-ins are 20% off through December 24 ... More
Pentax Announces White K2000
Limited Edition System With Two Lenses
GOLDEN, CO (December 16, 2008)…PENTAX Imaging Company has announced a limited edition, white PENTAX K2000 DSLR system with a double zoom kit ... More
Micro Four Thirds Adapter
HP Marketing Corp. Releases Leica M Mount Lens Adapter
Novoflex, Germanyʼs premier manufacturer of quality digital and analog accessories has announced the availability of a new lens adapter to mount Leica M lenses ... More

Forums

Scenics Discussion
Post your "Signs of Winter"
Posted By: mhayes
Our readers marking the cold Winter months ahead.
Fall Color Watch
Ontario Shots from Mid October
Posted By: anotherlook
Beautiful October reflections over Lake Mazinaw, Ontario.
   
Wildlife Rap
Portfolio series 2008 part 3
Posted By: Dalantech
Finding elegance among the World's smallest creatures.
Sports and Adventure
Supermoto & Rally Car Racing
Posted By: Bonish Photo
Capturing extreme action sports during a Supermoto event.

How-To

Sharp Is King
Strategies for waging the
war between higher ISOs, sharpness and noise from tech guru George Lepp
Rookery Photography

Moose Peterson offers tips and techniques for photographing one of nature’s greatest spectacles
Photoshop CS4 For Nature Shooters
The gold standard in imaging software has been updated.
OP takes you through the
new features most useful to nature photographers.
Tech Tips Weekly:
Scan In 16-Bit Or 8-Bit?

Expert photographer George
Lepp discusses scanning slide film and image quality in his weekly online column
10 Tips For Better Autofocus

Create your best images by learning how to use your AF system to its fullest
Solutions: Web Optimization, Part I

Determine your audience and
size your photos correctly for
the Internet
 

Gear

Latest News Releases
Keep up on the latest product announcements from camera equipment and digital manufacturers, plus check
out our featured gear in OP's
In Focus section
Best D-SLRs For B&W
There’s more to getting a good black-and-white image than just shooting in color and doing a conversion. In the field, take advantage of your camera’s settings and you can unleash its inner TRI-X!
First Look: Nikon D90
A new D-SLR that shoots HD video offers users more ways to depict the outdoor world
The New Generation Of
D-SLRs


Cameras keep getting better, and the latest models to come out this fall are among the very best yet for nature photographers
OP Holiday Buyer's Guide 2008

Our annual roundup of gadgets and gear to help the outdoor photographer in your life get better pictures
Gadget Bag: Special-Effects Camera Filters

Craft the image in-camera instead of wrestling with Photoshop
 

Locations

Alaska By Sea
From unique wildlife to awe-
inspiring landscapes, a vast array of photo opportunities await in America’s Great White North
Art Wolfe: On The Edge
Art Wolfe’s Travels to the Edge series on public television has brought the intrepid nature photographer to some of the most rare and exotic places and cultures in the world
OP & The Environment: Polar Bears Under Pressure

A firsthand account from biologist and photographer Matthias Breiter documents how rising temperatures in the Arctic are depleting food sources and putting animals at risk
Favorite Places: McWay Falls, Big Sur, California

Located in Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park, the falls drop 80
feet from a tree-lined cliff.
Wildlife photo ops include sea lions, harbor seals, sea otters, seabirds and shorebirds, and
gray whales during winter and spring migrations.
Your Favorite Places

Share your favorite photography locations and see photos of other OP readers' favorites
Travel & Workshops
OP's guide to workshop listings around the world makes it easy
to find your next photo adventure or workshop

Columnists


Tech Tips by George D. LeppTech Tips:
Close And Personal
Close-Up Sharpness • Water, Sky And Time • Blue Sky Blues • Fine-Art Prints
Photo Travler by Bob KristPhoto Traveler:
Once Is Not Enough
The pluses and pleasures of backtracking
Digital Horizons by Rob SheppardDigital Horizons:
Making Better Nature Photos
Honoring nature by creating new visions of the world
Basic Jones by Dewitt JonesBasic Jones:
And The Meadow Said...
Being the best for the world
On Landscape by William NeilOn Landscape:
HDR
“Surrealizing” The Landscape
OP Columnists
Tech Tips
Photo Traveler
Photo Adventure
On Landscape
Digital Horizons
Basic Jones

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China SouthMagical Adventures Photo Contest
Click here to check out the winners from the Magical Adventures Photo Contest, presented by the Kenya Tourist Board & Outdoor Photographer.

Winter Photo ContestOutdoor Photographer's Winter
Photo Contest

Take a look at the submissions to our Winter Photo Contest. Click here to check out the galleries!
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