The photo.net Nature Photography Pages

by Robert M Atkins; created 1998

... nature has ceased to be what it always had been - what people needed protection from. Now nature - tamed, endangered, mortal - needs to be protected from people. When we are afraid, we shoot. But when we are nostalgic, we take pictures.

Susan Sontag - On Photography

Discussion Forum

• Nature Photography Q&A Forum

Guides and Reference Articles

• The Nature Photography Guide
• Composition: Getting beyond the Snapshot
• Composition II: Composition in Nature Photography and the Elements of a Photograph
• Starting out in Nature Photography: Choosing Equipment
• Carry-on Luggage Restrictions
• Telephoto Zooms and Teleconverters
• Photography of the Sun, Moon and Stars
• Hand Picked Links
• Butterfly Photography
• Mirror Lock Up
• Magic Light
• Macro Photography
• Shooting Nature with the Yashica Mat 124G
• General Bird Photography FAQ
• Macro photography with the Canon EOS system
• Reciprocity Correction data

Field Ethics

• Effects of Flash Photography on Nocturnal Birds
• Ethical Nest Photography

Equipment Reviews

• Canon
• Nikon
• Pentax
• Tripods and heads

Nature Reviews

• Kinesis "SafariSack" beanbag
• Canon EF500/4.5L USM
• Canon EF75-300 and EF100-300 lenses
• Gitzo Carbon Fiber Tripods - Models 1227 and 1325
• Bogen Ball Heads - Models 3038, 3055 and 3262
• Bogen Tripods - Models 3021, 3001 and 3051
• Tamron 300/2.8 LD (IF)
• Canon wide angles for nature work; 24/2.8, 28-105/3.5-4.5 and 20-35/3.5-4.5
• Kinesis L525 Long Lens Bag

Travel and Locations

• Tundra Swans in the NJ Pine Barrens
• Viewing and Photographing Mountain Gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda
• Churchill: Polar bears and birds in northern Canada
• Galapagos
• Yellowstone National Park
• The Florida Everglades
• Yellowstone Trip Report
• Kenya Photo Safari
• Antarctica and South Georgia Island
• Venice Rookery (Florida)
• Brazos Bend State Park, Tx
• Emperor Penguins (Antarctica)
• Southern Utah National Parks

If you would like to contribute an article to these pages, please take a look the article contribution page.

I would like to thank all those who have sent in contributions to these pages and, of course, Philip Greenspun without whom these pages would not be possible.