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The Lightroom Masking Trick That Separates a Flat Bird Shot From a Striking One

Bird photography is brutally unforgiving when it comes to editing. A dull background, clashing colors, or a flat-looking subject can kill an otherwise great shot, and getting it ri...

Four Questions Birders Are Constantly Asked

Birders (and even more so bird photographers) are used to being asked questions. Here are four of the most common ones.1. “Why don’t you just use your phone camera?” This question...

Meet the bird photographer whose go-to camera is the Nikon P950

When you use DPReview links to buy products, the site may earn a commission. Rainbow Lorikeet eating a fig Nikon Coolpix P950 | 714mm (2000mm equiv.) | F6.5 | 1/400 sec | ISO...

Meet the bird photographer whose go-to camera is the Nikon P950

DPReview reader Kathie Thomas loves birds and would like to share her spectacular bird photography with you. This story is part of a weekly community spotlight series.

Feathers, Flight, and Drama: 36 Winning Bird Photos From the Academy Photo Awards 2026

Bird photography has a wild ability to stop you mid-scroll. One second you’re casually browsing, and the next you’re staring at a split-second scene so perfect it feels almost scri...

Four Shutter Speed Zones That Fix Noisy, Blurry Wildlife Shots

Most wildlife shooters pick a shutter speed out of habit, then wonder why their still owl on a branch came out at ISO 12,800 and full of noise. The number you dial in shapes sharpn...

Why Your First Shot Is Almost Never Your Best Wildlife Shot

Patience is the crucial skill that separates wildlife shots you'll actually keep from the ones you delete. No lens upgrade fixes leaving a location too early.  [Read More]

Two Fixes That Turn a Good Wildlife Shot Into a Great One

You come home from a shoot with hundreds of frames of a great subject and every one of them feels flat. The fix usually comes down to two things you can control on location, and ne...

Wildlife Photos That Actually Work: 8 Field Techniques That Cost Nothing

Getting better wildlife photos doesn't require buying anything. The gap between forgettable shots and compelling ones almost always comes down to technique, not equipment.  [Read...

Two Months of Bird Photography With the OM System OM-5 Mark II

Shedding a few pounds of camera gear changes how far you actually hike, and it decides which moments you catch and which ones you miss. Bird photography rewards patience and mobili...

The Second Flight: How Award-Winning Photographer Hal Moran Found God in the Birds

Most photographers spend decades refining a single specialty. Landscapes remain landscapes. Portrait artists stay with people. Wildlife photographers often begin early, learning fi...

A Flash of Gold in the Pines

There are birds you hear before you see, birds that announce themselves with a familiar call or a burst of movement. And then there is the Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana). A...

Lessons From 20 Years Photographing Wildlife in Extreme Weather

The best wildlife photographs can happen when the weather is at its worst. After more than two decades photographing wildlife in snow, mud, rain, and storms, I've learned that chal...

The Habit That Quietly Raises Your Photography Standard

The advice that stuck with a photographer after 40 years behind the camera has nothing to do with gear or settings. It comes down to a simple rule about what you look at when you'r...

Three Photos: Abstract Birds

Spotted Wood Kingfisher Streaked Spiderhunter Oriental Pied Hornbill Black-throated Sunbird Art by J. W.

These New Binoculars Have Woven Straps Perfect for Bird Photographers

Nocs Provisions and the National Audubon Society have teamed up to launch Shared Ground, a limited-edition optics collection that combines modern binoculars with bird-inspired wove...

Five Tips to Improve Your Panning Images

Panning is an integral part of sports and action photography, but mastering the technique can add interest and intrigue to many genres. I am going to break down the five things I c...

Great Blue Heron: Grace, Patience, and Presence

Few birds are as recognizable and captivating as the Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias). Whether standing motionless at the edge of a quiet marsh or gliding overhead with slow, powe...

The Secretive Clapper

A Camera Trap Rediscovered a Bird Lost to Science for 140 Years

A motion-activated camera captured the first confirmed images of a black-naped pheasant-pigeon since 1882. The rare ground-dwelling bird, known locally as Auwo, was photographed on...

Why Separation Makes or Breaks a Wide Angle Forest Shot

Photographing palm trees on a tropical coastline sounds straightforward until you're actually standing in front of a tangled cluster of trunks, messy sand, and scattered coconuts w...

Wild and Wonderful: 30 Winning Wildlife Photos From the Academy Photo Awards 2026

There’s something magical about wildlife photography. It lets us witness moments that most of us would never see in person. A predator waiting patiently in silence. A tiny bird sta...

The ‘Ol Tern Around

Listen to This Bird Perfectly Imitate a Polaroid Camera

A visitor to Adelaide Zoo heard the sound of an instant camera taking a photo, but when she turned around to look for who had taken it, a bird was standing there. [Read More]