18 Photographers Share Their Incredible Stories on Nature and Wildlife Photography

Photograph/Adam Gibbs

Adam Gibbs
A professional photographer since 1991, his work has been used extensively worldwide, both as fine art and within commercial applications. He has been featured in publications like Outdoor Photographer, Canadian Geographic and BBC’s Planet Earth book, to name a few.

“Nature works in mysterious ways, where the end of one life often leads to the beginning of another.”

As I was passing by Fairy Lake, located at Port Renfrew, on the west coast of Canada’s Vancouver Island, I noticed an extraordinary sight. In an area where logging is widespread, the sight of a miniature Douglas fir tree growing out of a previous stump, right in the middle of a lake, seemed quite magical. It made me think about the tenacious existence of nature, and how its organisms thrive in the most unlikely of situations. I couldn’t let go of the sight without making a picture.

Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Lens: Canon EF 100–400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
Exposure: 20sec at f/22, ISO 50

Tip
Showing Scale
If your subject is of an indeterminate size, like a mountain or a large water body, you can give your viewer a sense of scale by including a subject of a known size, such as people or animals. This allows them to comprehend the magnitude of various elements.