Editor's Den

Hank Tyler

Editor

Cynthia Bandurek, biologist and macro photographer, is featured in our cover story. She tells her story of how a biologist became interested in nature photography and then specializing in macro photography of insects. Cynthia combines her background as an artist with photography to capture eye-catching images.

Katarzyna Gubrynowicz, a Polish nature photographer takes us to Bieszczady National Park and shows us images of one of the few remaining examples of old-growth Carpathian Forests in eastern Europe. She specializes in landscape photography.

Hermis Haridas tells the story of the critically endangered Mountain Gorilla in Virunga National Park in Rwanda. Hermis recently returned with stunning close-up images of gorillas.

In our Her Views and Visuals section, Anagha Peethambaran, tells us about her experience in macro mobile phone photography.

Heather Thorning from western Australia captured brilliant photos of two species of Fairy Wrens that are endemic to Australia.

Nitin Michael tells us of his travels to the Pantanal of Brazil to photograph jaguars and giant anteaters.

Wild Arts features Rodrigo Verdugo Tartakowsky from Chile who describes his transition from advertising to natural history illustrations using digital technology.

Through the Lens features Debrapan Datta’s the story of the Great Indian Desert and images of desert lizards, birds, and mammals.

Springtime is gradually appearing in the Southern Hemisphere where we are grabbing our cameras and heading into the bush to capture images of emerging leaves and brilliant flowers. If you live in the Northern Hemisphere, grab your camera and head outdoors to capture the amazing array of autumn leaf colors.

PT Explorers invites you to contribute your best images for a short snippet, or a longer article telling our readers of your adventures in a national park or ecological reserve.

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