lying cheetah
Only African wildlife photographers could easily complete this list. But in the pursuit of diversity, the editors limited themselves to just a few names from that continent. One of the best is definitely Morkel Erasmus.
More than 5,000 subscribers have already appreciated his work. Here is the main secret of this photographer:
“The thing is, I love Africa. I love my people, my wild spaces and wildlife. I love diving into these places, watching and photographing the fading light, the daily life of the creatures that call these lands home, and presenting the results to viewers.”
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Beverages
Macho hippo
peeking kitten
elephant moment
african unicorn
Feeding children
Not a royal job!
Among the herd
Cheetahs in pursuit
Jumpers
2. Roeselien Raymond
love biting
3. Tin Man
Lactating bear
5. Marcel van Oosten
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is a professional wildlife photographer from the Netherlands. Together with his wife, producer and videographer Daniella Sibbing, he conducts hunting tours and small group workshops in some of the most incredible locations around the globe.
In photography, its main goal is simplicity:
“My images are more known for composition, clarity and graphic quality. In my work, I strive for simplicity, getting rid of the secondary. There is complexity in simplicity."
Here are some images of Marcel van Oosten that have received international awards:
Integrity
Games
Marauder
unhappy salmon
Father and son
Eyes to eyes
Intimidation
Territorial dispute
Gemsbok (Oryx gazella)
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6. Marina Cano
children of the wild
is one of the most popular wildlife photographers at 500px. She hails from the province of Cantabria, in northern Spain, and shoots with adolescence. Marina has received international awards for her outstanding work.
Kano is not limited to a specific geographic area. She travels around the world to capture unique moments that take our breath away:
Team
Laziness
Namibia
Vulnerable
Lynx
Moon rise
Fun in Cabarceno Natural Park
In light pink
Small miracle
We continue to acquaint our readers with the best contemporary photographers. Today we will talk about the genre of landscape. So, read our review, share it with your friends and get inspired by admiring the works of landscape masters!
Dmitry Arkhipov
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A native Muscovite Dmitry Arkhipov has been fond of photography since childhood. A physicist by education, Dmitry served in the army, worked at the Institute for Space Research under the Buran program, created his own well-known IT company, while continuing to improve in the field of landscape photography.
The results of his travels in 108 countries of the world were five personal exhibitions where more than a million people saw Dmitry's work. Now Dmitry Arkhipov is a titled photographer, a member of the Union of Photographers of Russia, winner and laureate of national and international photo contests.
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Denis Budkov is a native of Kamchatka, since 1995 he has been traveling and photographing his native land. Love for nature and the desire to show all its beauty became an incentive to learn the basics of photography and improve skills in practice. Denis's main passion is volcanoes, which are so rich in the nature of Kamchatka. The volcanic eruptions and peaceful Kamchatka landscapes captured by him have already received awards from the prestigious photo contests Best of Russia 2009, 2013, Wildlife of Russia 2011, 2013, Golden Turtle, Wildlife Photographer of the Year - 2011. Denis says that photography for him is a way of life that suits him completely. The main thing is to wait for the right moment to make the same frame.
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Mikhail Vershinin became interested in photography as a child; he had to give up visiting the photo studio in favor of another hobby - rock climbing and mountaineering, but even on sports routes he took a camera with him. Craving for travel in wild places and passion for filming eventually led Mikhail Vershinin to landscape photography. He explains his choice of this particular genre not only by a craving for nature, but also by a special mood, the ability to convey feelings and emotions with the help of a captured moment. The works of Mikhail Vershinin have repeatedly become finalists and winners of Russian and international competitions, including " national geographic Russia - 2004" and FIAP Trierenberg Super Circuit - 2011 in the "Night Image" nomination.
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Oleg Gaponyuk, a MIPT graduate, lives and works in Moscow and has an unusual hobby - panoramic photography. for the sake of good shot he can easily travel to the other side of the earth, skiing, windsurfing and diving along the way. Despite the fact that his sports hobbies are associated with mountains, seas and oceans, in the field of photography Oleg became interested in creating spherical panoramas in the air. He is actively involved in the AirPano.ru project, within which more than 1,500 bird's-eye panoramas have already been made in the most interesting cities and corners of the world. In terms of the geography of shooting, the number of aerial panoramas and the artistic value of the material, this project is one of the world leaders in this type of panoramic photography.
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MIPT graduate Daniil Korzhonov prefers to call himself an amateur photographer, because he simply does what he likes. Photography allowed him to combine his passion for painting and love of travel. As a landscape photographer, he visits the most beautiful places in the world and “paints” what he sees on film. Combining photography with travel allows Daniil to lead an active lifestyle and express his thoughts and feelings through beautiful and original shots taken both in the wild and on the streets of cities. He advises all novice photographers to shoot as much and as often as possible in order to better understand the surrounding beauty of the world.
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Vladimir Medvedev is the founder of the Wildlife Photographers Club, tireless traveler, professional photographer, winner of international competitions, including the 2012 BBC Wildlife Photography Competition in the Eric Hosking Portfolio Award nomination. Cooperation with wildlife reserves around the world allows Vladimir to take unique shots of the virgin world and its inhabitants. According to Vladimir Medvedev, photography is both an art, a means of understanding the world, and a means of influencing the world. Starting photography is easy - you just need to buy a camera and learn from the best.
Yuri Pustovoi
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Yuriy Pustovoy is a graduate of VGIK, a cinematographer at the Odessa film studio with ten years of experience and a distinguished travel photographer. His works were recognized by the jury and visitors of international exhibitions and photo contests, in the treasury of Yuri's awards Gold Medal of the International Federation of Photography FIAP Global Arctic Awards 2012. Yuri Pustovoy is not only a traveler and photographer, but also an organizer of photo tours for real amateur photographers and beginners. Landscapes from various parts of the world fall into the scopes of cameras of Yuri and his team. During the tour, Yuri shares his photographic experience, helps during filming with advice and deed, teaches how to process photographs in graphic editors.
Sergey Semenov
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Sergei Semyonov became interested in photography in 2003, when for the first time in his life he fell into his hands digital camera. Since then, he not only devoted all his free time to this hobby, but also turned photography into a profession, exchanging a career as an economist for the fate of a travel photographer. In pursuit of the most beautiful views of the earth, Sergey visits National parks North America, mountains of Patagonia, ice lagoons of Iceland, Brazilian jungles and hot deserts. He shoots his favorite landscapes from a bird's eye view and is an active participant in the AirPano.ru project. In his first panorama, Sergei showed the Kremlin as birds see it.
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The Belarusian photographer is known as a master of the landscape genre. Like many of his colleagues, he believes that beauty is everywhere, and the photographer's skill lies in showing it to the viewer. He is characterized by exactingness to himself and the quality of his work. You will be surprised, but sometimes Vlad comes to the same place several times to achieve the right lighting and shoot great frame. And yet, Vlad has been reading our magazine for a long time and regularly shares his photos with our entire audience.
Alexey Suloev
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Aleksey Suloev got his first camera at the age of seven and quickly got used to taking pictures of everything around him, especially since his passion for tourism allowed him to find himself in the most unusual, undeveloped places in the Caucasus, the Pamirs and the Tien Shan. Gradually, tourist trips turned into real photo trips. In pursuit of unusual shots, Alexey has already visited more than a hundred countries, the geography of his trips includes the most inaccessible and untouched places on our planet from the North to the South Pole. Alexey shoots because he cannot describe in words the beauty and diversity of the earth. He generously shares everything he sees with his audience so that everyone can find creative inspiration in the inexhaustibility of nature.
A few words about yourself?
I am a professional Dutch wildlife photographer. I live in Amsterdam with my wife and videographer Daniella Sibbing. We organize specialized nature photography tours and workshops for small international groups of photographers of all levels around the world. I call myself a nature photographer because I prefer both landscapes and wildlife photography.
Why this particular genre of photography?
I love animals, I love being outdoors, I love taking pictures, I love traveling. And I'm happy that I can combine all these things in my work. And although we are used to traveling all over the planet and visiting the most unusual places, we still realize how wonderful it is. Most people think that we have an eternal vacation, but there is not as much romance in this as it might seem. The life of a nature photographer is very difficult, it is very hard work.
Tell us about the highlights of the safari?
There were so many of them that I don't even know what to choose. We have seen how a lion kills words, how a hippo saves a zebra cub from crocodiles. In addition to such rich moments, moments of complete calm are also stored in the memory for a long time: the winter dawn in Japan and the swans waking up, gatherings in a tent in the middle of the Sahara.
Tell us about your equipment?
I shoot with Nikon: D3s, D4 and D800, lenses: 14-24/2.8, 17-35/2.8, 24-70/2.8, 70-200/2.8, 105 macro, 200-400/4, and 600/4. Equipment is important to me because they are tools for the job. Every artist needs the best tools to achieve the best results. But now the value of expensive equipment is definitely exaggerated, good photographer can take great pictures with a simple camera.
How are you preparing for your trip?
I spend a lot of time getting ready. The wildlife photographer's influence on the subject is very limited. Therefore, I try to control everything that is possible so that the work is a success. In other words, I study the behavior of different animals, weather conditions, and their effect on landscapes and animals, etc. you will never be too ready to shoot.
What does it take to become a wildlife photographer?
The most important thing is talent, I think. You can buy any equipment, learn how to operate all the buttons, travel around the world - but creativity is the most important thing.
You must take care of your business. Most people who want to become a wildlife photographer have an overly romantic view of the business and don't realize how difficult it is.
Every day more photos are taken than ever before. almost every phone has a camera. Separating yourself from this mass of photographers is a difficult task.
What is your favorite place on the planet?
For me, this question is equivalent to if you ask what my favorite dish is. Everything depends on the mood. Africa, of course, is out of competition from this point of view. There are a lot of animals here, you don't have to look for them. In Kenya, there is Masai Mara, where wildlife photography is a delight, but now there are more and more tourists.
Another place ideal for landscape photography is Antarctica.
What have you achieved in your life?
My work appears regularly in National Geographic, has also been featured in galleries and museums, and I have won almost every major international competitions photos. Photography is not a science. Whether a photographer is good or not is very subjective. If you receive an award for your work, it will please your ego, but it does not mean that there is nothing more to strive for. Maybe you just got lucky. It's nice to know that your work is constantly winning at competitions, they are published and bought. It also means that you must continue to work hard and raise your bar constantly.
How difficult and interesting is it to study the world of animals?
The difficulty lies in the fact that wild nature and animals are unpredictable. I usually study the work of local biologists and guides to learn what interests me.
Today's selection of professional nature photos for the week 22.11-28.11 from professional photographers national geographic.
With the Arctic darkness comes the time for the Northern Lights. Pangnirtung is a small community of about 1300 people on Baffin Island in Nunavut, Canada.
This photo was taken in Breckenridge, Colorado. These flowers hung from every street post and hummingbirds were everywhere. The roar of their surging wings filled the air. I waited patiently to seize the moment and was rewarded for it.
This photo was taken from Puga, Ladakh in northern Himalayan India. Shot from the window of a small Indian Touring Jeep, this shot was the only random opportunity to photograph a lone horse.
Photography,skf gjkextyf, using a Nikon D5000 SLR at Steve Parish's Photography Studio, which I visited this year.
On a recent trip to the Bolivian jungle in search of a golden dolphin on a nimble whip, other subjects for photography caught my eye along the rivers in the trees. Here, a lot of butterflies are looking for food along with other insects. They can't stay in one place for long, so I had to run after them to get this shot!
I met this jellyfish on the sand along the Sonoma Coast after a thunderstorm.
This is a small marshy lake formed in the karst process near Riekstukalns in countryside Baldone, Riga region, Latvia, under the name Liliju ezers (Lake Lillies). This ecosystem is endangered, thanks to a ski resort in the neighborhood. The water of the lake is pumped out for snow guns that cover the ski slopes with snow. This has reduced the water level by about one meter every winter for the past five years.
In the edge of the Ranomafana Rainforest in Madagascar, we found chameleons hiding from car exhaust in trees.
This photo was taken after a long wait inside the Safdarjung Tomb, New Delhi, India. I had to wait for the sun to rise so that it would shine diagonally to the grave and be able to illuminate the grave at the same time through two doors.
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