Congratulations to Marti Phillips for winning the recent Pick A Color Assignment with the image, “Go Green.” See more of Phillips’ work at marti.photos.

View the winning image and a selection of submissions below. And be sure to check out our current photography assignment here and enter your best shots!

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Today’s Photo of the day is “The Big Spread” by Marti Huzarski. Location: Whitewater Draw Wildlife Area, McNeal, Arizona.

“I spent several days photographing the sandhill cranes during their winter migration,” explains Huzarski. “The most dramatic moments happened during their courtship dances. There were so many thousands of cranes, many times the dances weren’t noticed or appreciated by the females, but the males weren’t deterred from dancing even when no one was looking!”

Canon 6D, EF100-400mm lens at 400mm. Exposure: 1/1600, f/10, ISO 640.

Want to get your images in the running for a Photo of the Day feature? Photo of the Day is chosen from various galleries, including Assignments, Galleries and Contests. Assignments have weekly winners that are featured on the website homepage, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. To get your photos in the running, all you have to do is submit them.

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Recently, SmallRig released a heavy-duty, inexpensive tripod called the AD-01, which ships with a fluid head. As someone who shoots both stills and video, I was very excited to try it out. However, after testing the tripod, I have some reservations. In this review, I’ll tell you what I think of SmallRig’s new tripod and whether you should consider it.