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Herd of elephants huddled together.
‘Nature needs no embellishment’: Wildlife Photographer of the Year-commended David Lloyd on capturing animals honestly

By Alan Palazon Published

Wildlife photography The multi-award-winning photographer breaks down his approach to photographing wildlife and delves into Herd Huddle, his latest commended image at the Wildlife Photographer of the Year contest

Wildlife photography
Two translucent amphipods, one pale grey and one amber, cling together against a dark background framed by the network of a decaying leaf, while a small mayfly larva sits in a hole in the leaf
At the bottom of a stream, two tiny shrimp-like creatures are caught on camera clinging together among the lace-like veins of a rotting leaf

By Tom May Published

István Hogya’s runner-up image in the OurNature awards reveals a miniature world barely visible to the naked eye.

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Photograph taken by Digital Camera magazine reader Dave Newman, of a kingfisher emerging from the water with a freshly caught fish.
Still a great camera, Sony A9's power and precision capture a kingfisher with freshly caught fish

By Digital Camera Published

rate my photo Released in 2017, the A9's sticky subject tracking and blistering burst rate helped Dave Newman bag his "best-ever" kingfisher shot

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Red stag deer photographed in the fog at sunrise
Glowing photo of deer at sunrise is the perfect example of why good photographs don’t need “good weather”

By Hillary K. Grigonis Published

WILDLIFE In one of Getty's top photos of this week, a photographer captured stunning images of deer in the fog

WILDLIFE
Aerial view shows a man sailing in a canoe past Victoria amazonica plants in the Sao Sebastiao riverine community in Manacapuru, Amazonas state, Brazil
Jeremiah Harris was floating among giant lily pads in a Colombian lagoon, and saw the opportunity for an Instagram selfie. The shot didn't just get likes – it led to the discovery of a completely new species of waterlily!

By Tom May Published

News When the photo caught the eye of a Kew Gardens expert, it sparked a hunt that ended up identifying a rare giant waterlily

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A barn owl outside a water tower near Central Park in Manhattan
Photographers are flocking to New York City for an unusual reason: The chance to photograph barn owls

By Hillary K. Grigonis Published

WILDLIFE A family of barn owls has been spotted nesting near Central Park, which is believed to be the first time in modern history that the species has nested in NYC

WILDLIFE
A photograph by Brian Johnston of a rare albino male red deer
“It’s become a bit of an obsession." After a summer of searching, hobbyist photographer photographs a rare "white hart" – for the second time

By Hillary K. Grigonis last updated

WILDLIFE A photographer spent two days searching for a rare albino white hart deer – and also stumbled across another creature he had been hoping to photograph

WILDLIFE
A dark Brandt’s cormorant flies to the right with a large bundle of green surfgrass in its bill, its head and body sharp while its outstretched wings blur into streaks
High above a California cliff colony, a Brandt’s cormorant flew in with a beakful of surfgrass. Kevin Lohman slowed his camera’s shutter to turn the moment into a dramatic picture

By Tom May Published

Award winner Kevin Lohman used a classic panning technique to make a nest-building cormorant look weightless

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Red-crowned crane.
How far can you blow out a scene before losing the subject? Wildlife photographer breaks down the high-key technique behind his stunning series of Japanese red-crowned cranes

By Alan Palazon Published

Bird Photography Multi-award-winning photographer Somdutt Prasad purposely exposed the images beyond what “felt natural” to capture the majestic birds against the snow-capped Hokkaido landscape

Bird Photography
Photograph of a Masai giraffe eating with an oxpecker, taken by M & C Denis-Huot in the Masai-Mara game reserve, Kenya. This giraffe is grazing in the grass alongside a yellow-billed oxpecker.
Remembering Giraffes: the latest book in the photo conservation series that has already raised over US$1.6 million is now on sale

By Niall Hampton Published

news We catch up with Remembering Wildlife founder Margot Raggett as the ninth coffee table book goes on sale

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