Elevate evenings in the garden

The light-up flowers you never knew you needed

A recent outing to find spring migrant birds reminded me yet again just how important luck is in wildlife photography. That’s not to say every photo requires immense luck. For instance, consider this photograph:

Last week, humanity—and, let’s underline it, photographers—logged a rather remarkable record. No group of photographers has ever ventured as far into space as the crew of Artemis II. The images we’ve seen from their mission so far are simply stunning. It got me thinking about my own personal altitude record for photographing birds, and I realized it was last year’s shot of a Carunculated Caracara right at the summit of Rucu Pichincha (4,784 m). But now, let’s take a look at the photography news that emerged last week in our familiar corner of the universe.