Possibly you’ve skilled this too. You sleep within the automobile so you possibly can attain your spot earlier than the primary golden rays of morning mild wash over the panorama. Within the pitch darkish, you hearth up your little range, and shortly the earthy scent of vegetation is reduce via by the spicy aroma of contemporary tea. You stroll via a waking forest. Nature laughs, and also you snigger with it. Life is sweet! Simply as you slip into your disguise, a flock of geese passes overhead. Waist-deep in chilly water, you sit at midnight disguise. An hour, two, three… by some means the solar forgot to rise at this time.
The chilliness creeps up out of your toes, biting tougher with every minute. Regardless of, you’ve received tea and dedication. Someplace far off, throughout the lake, an eagle flies by—the very purpose you’re sitting right here freezing. However close to the place you sit? Not a single feather. You stare on the empty, immobile surroundings. Your tea ran out about eight hours in the past. You’re freezing. Stiff and numb, you crawl out of the disguise. After an entire day of capturing, your reminiscence card is as clear as freshly fallen snow. What a fantastically spent day.
Though I had an expertise like that not too long ago, it made me all of the extra appreciative of the instances when images does work out seamlessly. Like this time a number of months in the past after I photographed the White-tailed Eagle throughout my earlier go to to the picturesque landscapes of South Bohemia.
Current Bulletins
- Panasonic Lumix S 100-500mm f/5-7.1 O.I.S.: A brand new all-purpose telephoto zoom from Panasonic, comparable in idea to fashionable lenses just like the Nikon Z 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 S and particularly the Canon RF 100-500mm f/4.5-7.1 L. The lens has 19 parts in 12 teams (2 UED lenses, 2 ED lenses, 2 UHR lenses) and a near-macro magnification of 1:2.8 on the highest. It options twin IS with 7 stops of stabilization, a fluorine lens coating, and teleconverter compatibility. The value is $2,098, and it ships November 17.
- Godox X3Pro S Wi-fi Flash Set off: This flash set off is an upgraded professional mannequin of the smaller and cheaper X3. It’s appropriate with Canon, Fuji, Nikon, Canon, Olympus, Panasonic, and Sony cameras, so long as your flash helps the X wi-fi radio system. Its vary is a powerful 328 toes, and the mix of 16 teams, 32 channels, and 99 IDs signifies that you shouldn’t have any bother eliminating interference from different close by programs. The value? At $99, it’s fairly affordable.
- GoPro Max 2: GoPro’s new 360 diploma motion digital camera options 8K video and “invisible” selfie-stick photographs, permitting a third-person really feel to your movies. Gradual movement is out there in 4K spherical movies, or 5.6K60. The digital camera provides 10-bit colour in 8K, as much as 300Mbps bitrate, and GP-Log Encoding with LUT. It could actually additionally seize 29 megapixel 360° images, though video is definitely the primary purpose to purchase such a digital camera. The value begins at $500. (Different motion cameras have been additionally introduced this week: the GoPro Lit Hero and the DJI Osmo Nano.)
The Rumor Mill
A brand new Leica Monochrom on the best way?
That’s what Leica Rumors is saying – that we are able to count on a Q3 Monochrom to look someday in October. The expectation is that will probably be the 28mm model of the Q3, nevertheless it’s additionally doubtless {that a} 43mm model will seem in the future. The anticipated launch date is October sixteenth, so keep tuned in case you’re a black and white fan!
By way of Leica Rumors
Canon has massive November plans…
…However nobody appears to know what they’re. It’s anticipated that Canon will announce a brand new digital camera in November on both the sixteenth or the twenty sixth of the month (and one thing else on the opposite date), however which digital camera that is stays a thriller. There’s some convincing speak of an EOS R6 Mark III, however we’ve additionally seen rumors of an upcoming EOS R7 Mark II. Together with no matter digital camera Canon pronounces, it’s anticipated that we’ll see not less than one new lens, probably a 300-600mm f/4. As we be taught extra, we’ll let you recognize!
By way of Canon Rumors
Nikon Zr to achieve SSD help, hopefully
The Nikon Zr was introduced not too long ago with some spectacular cinema-related specs, particularly for the value. One fashionable function was lacking, nonetheless – the power to report on to an SSD through USB, fairly than counting on inside reminiscence or an exterior video recorder. The digital camera ships on October twentieth, and the SSD firmware is predicted to be launched afterwards.
By way of Nikon Rumors
Good Offers and New Gross sales
There are some good lens offers this week, and we’ve picked out the very best ones for you under! Many of the offers are greatest on the Sony variations of the lenses, however Nikon and Canon additionally received a number of reductions:
- Voigtlander Nokton 50mm f/1.0 (was $1900, now $1500)
- Voigtlander Norton 40mm f/1.2 (was $1100, now $800)
- Voigtlander Helier 15mm f/4.5 (was $800, now $550)
- Tamron 35-150mm f/2-2.8 (was $1400, now $1300)
- Tamron 50-400mm f/4.5-6.3 (was $1300, now $1100)
- Tamron 100-500mm f/5-6.7 (was $1400, now $1200)
- Tamron 70-180mm f/2.8 III (was $1100, now $1000)
- Samyang AF 85mm f/1.4 FE II (was $700, now $510)
- Samyang AF 35mm f/1.4 FE (was $700, now $600)
- Tokina 100mm f/2.8 FE Macro (was $600, now $450)
- Tamron 17-28mm f/2.8 III (was $900, now $800)
- Tamron 20mm f/2.8 1:2 (was $300, now $250)
Don’t have a Sony digital camera to make the most of these spectacular gross sales? Nicely, the favored Sony a7 IV can be out there at a a lot decreased value at this time – it’s usually $2700 however is $2200 at this time.
Different Pages of Curiosity
Do you take pleasure in Nikon’s Small World picture contest annually? Then you might also be occupied with their Small World in Movement 2025 competitors, which options some outstanding movies of the (very) small world. Check out the winners right here for some inspiration – and proof that fascinating topics may be discovered anyplace, even one thing like a colony of algae.
Earlier this week, the James Webb area telescope explored the biggest star-forming cloud within the Milky Approach galaxy. Along with the scientific worth of those photographs, they’re merely lovely, showcasing one of the vital lively astronomical websites in our evening sky. Go to NASA’s web site for some background data and to see the photographs.
Lastly, I used to be excited to be taught {that a} recently-discovered marsupial has been photographed in Ecuador’s cloud forest for the primary time, considered one of my favourite locations on the planet. Little is understood about this species of mouse opossum, which was found first in 2018. However now you possibly can see its massive eyes and cute snout in a photograph, bringing you face-to-face with a beforehand hidden species.
Picture Theme Problem #122
Final week’s theme was movement, and you’ll see the outcomes on this thread. Thanks to everybody on your submissions! This week’s theme is forest, and you’ll submit your outcomes on this thread by Saturday, October 4, 2025!
Week #121 Outcomes
Let’s take a look at a few of the photographs we acquired for the “movement” theme, beginning with Mauro70’s picture:
The wide-angle perspective and the tilted horizon add to the gannets fishing in motion!
EisenRa’s picture:
A shifting subway, and its movement is accentuated by the shadowy determine within the background.
PRG Lagarde’s picture:
This picture has a kind of anti-motion theme, with the world passing by so quick across the contemplative turtle.
Thanks everybody for submitting their images within the problem, and we hope to see extra subsequent week within the forest theme.