We are marking the forthcoming publication of the new 2012 portfolio from the annual Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition with a mini-series of interviews with some of the category winners from last year. Our third and final interviewee is Paul Souders, who won the Underwater World category in 2011. You won the Underwater World [...]
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Wildlife Photographer of the Year winning inspirations, part two: Peter Chadwick on “Taking off”
We are marking the forthcoming publication of the new 2012 portfolio from the annual Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition with a mini-series of interviews with some of the category winners from last year. Next up is Peter Chadwick, who won the Gerald Durrell Award for Endangered Wildlife in 2011 with ‘Taking off’, pictured below. [...]
Wildlife Photographer of the Year winning inspirations, part one: Steve Mills on “The assassin”
We are marking the forthcoming publication of the new 2012 portfolio from the annual Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition with a mini-series of interviews with some of the category winners from last year. Our first interviewee is Steve Mills whose 2011 category winning photo, ‘The assassin’, is pictured below. Your photograph, “The assassin”, won [...]
NHBS Weekly Digest: Snails; birds – extinct, and hidden; 77 Years of WAZA; spotting scopes and hand lenses
New books in stock The best of the new arrivals: Snails on Rocky Sea Shores John Crothers Number 30 in the Naturalists’ Handbooks series. The British and Irish coastlines are covered in this key to the common species. Habitats and ecology are considered along with accessible techniques useful to anyone interested in the study of these [...]
Bushnell XLT Trophy Cam Trail Camera: Nick Baker’s review and video footage
Nick Baker, NHBS Ambassador, has been trying out the Bushnell XLT Trophy Cam Trail Camera. Here are his initial impressions: These Bushnell trail cameras are about as good as you can get for the money, and using them is rather addictive too! The XLT (right) was the model I tested – the camera comes as [...]
Nick Baker reviews the Stealth Gear One Man Chair Hide for NHBS
“I think this hide is great value for money.” “If, like me, you’ve spent time trying to conceal yourself from your wildlife subjects, then doubtless you will have found yourself wrestling with scrim, and swearing and cursing as it gets caught on tripods, zippers and Velcro. The other extreme – and until now the only [...]
Five reasons you need a RememBird II – the new birding audio guide and wildlife sound recorder in one
1. Record bird and wildlife sounds in the field The RememBird II allows you to record bird sound in the field. It fits snugly below your roof prism binoculars and is easily operated by a simple joystick button contol. The microphone works in a continuous loop recording mode so that your RememBird is ‘always listening’ [...]
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