Lens flare is a bright light that causes undesired artifacts in your picture, which is usually a polygonal shape like starbursts, circles, or rings in a row across the image. It can also be in the form of a glare across the whole picture, which reduces contrast. The shape of the lens flare is […]

Congratulations goes to Donwrob for winning the wildlife photography contest with his excellent macro image of a praying mantis. There were a lot of great entries such as hummingbirds, hugging meer cats, alligators, deer, squirrels, etc. However, the clear winner was Don’s Mantis. The image has exceptional clarity, sharpness, and depth […]

For under $2000, the serious amateur to semi-professional digital nature and wildlife photographer can get a great DSLR Nikon D80 and a range of lenses from super wide angle to super telephoto or 10mm to 300mm (15mm to 450mm 35mm film equivalent or from about 4 times wider to 9 times closer than the normal […]

Sigma’s 10-20mm F4-5.6 EX DC HSM lens allows enjoyment of super wide-angle photography and it is a very powerful tool for indoor shooting, landscape, and nature photography with APS-C size image sensors of digital SLR cameras. The wide angle of view ranges between 102.4-degrees at 10mm and 63.8-degrees at 20mm, which offers the photographer greater […]

Lightning is one of my favorite subjects to photograph in nature. It’s both challenging and rewarding to capture a detailed bolt without overexposing the image.
For those that would like to try to photograph lightning, first make sure you are in a safe place. The safest place is outside of the storm itself, […]

Bubbalinn has been a nature photographer on The Lens Flare since February of 2005, and has many wonderful pictures of birds and lightning as well as other outdoors pictures of deserts, mountains, and other scenery.
Some of my favorite images of Alan’s are:

Written by: Azkul

For the nature photographer, the environment is the canvas from which the image is created and the weather plays a big part of this. Nature images taken in the middle of mist and fog add a lot of drama, mystery, and interest to a photograph.
For some examples on TLF, please visit the links below:
Photographs of […]

Nature photography is one of my favorite summer activities. I really enjoy going for a hike and trying to capture the beauty of the landscapes and wildlife. This article will explain some of the things you should consider taking with you, when you’re in the backcountry shooting pictures of nature.
Water:
First and foremost, you’re going to […]