Nature Photography

2016 Audubon Photography Awards Winners

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Bald Eagle and Great Blue Herons. Photo: Bonnie Block/Audubon Photography Awards

Bald Eagle and Great Blue Herons. Photo: Bonnie Block/Audubon Photography Awards

Readers of this site have come to expect an avian presence – daily in the form of our Bird of the Day posts, as well as frequently in our applause of many citizen science programs.

We send out a hearty applause to the 2016 Audubon Photography Award winners – especially the youth and amateur contributors. We’ve posted a few of the fabulous shots here, but be sure to follow this link for the entire set and the details and story behind each shot.

Osprey. Photo: Dick Dickinson/Audubon Photography Awards

Osprey. Photo: Dick Dickinson/Audubon Photography Awards

Quick Stats:

Participants: More than 1,700

Images entered: Nearly 7,000

Categories: Amateur, Professional, Fine Art, Youth

Entrants from: 50 states, 6 provinces, District of Columbia Continue reading →

Nature Photography, Gudzowaty’s Way

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Thanks to the New Yorker’s website for this brief review of the work of one of our favorite photographers:

Tomasz Gudzowaty’s Wildlife Sublime

By Carolyn Korman

Does wildlife photography make us feel closer to other animals or more distant? In Tomasz Gudzowaty’s remarkable new book, aptly named “Closer,” the answer seems, at first, to be the latter. His planet is unpeopled, savage, elemental. His wide-angle shots depict lands inhabited by vast congregations of beasts and birds.  Continue reading →