Good Nature Travel Blog

  • Nature Photography

    Man vs. Nature (Or: Why Is Your Elbow in My Nature Photograph?)

    Jul 27, 2010 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    I have lots of photos of people parts: the tops of heads adorning the bottom of a frame; errant elbows jutted into the right or left side of an image; a disconnected leg caught in full stride, emerging from an otherwise deserted landmark.

  • Nature & Wildlife

    Master of Disguise

    Jul 26, 2010 · James Dziezynski

    I had to share this picture from my recent climb of Oklahoma Mountain here in Colorado. But why would I post a photo of a pile of rocks? Look closer!!

  • News & More

    Nature Makes Us Good-Natured People

    Mar 23, 2010 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    You’ve probably read oodles of stories, articles and personal anecdotes on the transformative powers of seeing Churchill’s polar bears. And you’ve most likely read a lot of them here, on Natural Habitat Adventures’ website and in its blog columns.

  • Nature Photography

    Cheetah Chase Captures AC Photo Prize

    Oct 16, 2009 · Megan Koelemay

    The winner of Adventure Collection’s August 2009 Photo Contest has been announced, and the prize is a trip on Natural Habitat Adventures’ Classic Polar Bear Tour!

  • Nature Photography

    Behind the Lens: Preparing to Take Photos on a Wildlife Tour

    Sep 21, 2009 · Elissa Poma

    This is the first in an occasional series about nature and wildlife photography. One of the biggest shames that professional photographer Steven Morello sees time and time again on nature tours is a traveler forgetting—accidentally or intentionally—to pack a camera charger.

  • Travel Tales

    A Photo Made Me Do It

    Sep 2, 2009 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    I once traveled 5,500 miles from home because of a photograph. I saw it by chance one late fall afternoon, while skimming through a tour-company catalog that had just arrived in my mailbox. Walking back down the road from getting my post—I live in a semirural area—I thumbed through the publication’s colorful and glossy pages.

  • Nature Photography

    Polar Bear Photo Tour – More Than Bears!

    Aug 17, 2009 · James Dziezynski

    Part of the fun of updating the NHA website is browsing through our photo archives and slideshows. The incredible northern lights image above is from our Polar Bear Photo Tour adventure. Arctic pastels paint a world that is alternatingly frigid and warm, with soft hues washing over a vast and epic landscape.

  • Nature Photography

    Behind the Lens: Shooting Underwater

    Jun 28, 2009 · Elissa Poma

    The third in an occasional series about nature and wildlife photography. All photos © Thomas & Natalya Baechtold/Raw Perspectives Of the wide-ranging variety of subjects you could photograph on a nature tour, marine life may be the most daunting.

  • Nature Photography

    Behind the Lens: Preparing to Take Photos on a Wildlife Tour

    Jun 28, 2009 · Elissa Poma

    The second in an occasional series about nature and wildlife photography. All photos © Martin Harvey. The subjects of Martin Harvey’s photography are as varied as the African continent itself. But the South Africa-based photographer maintains one constant in all of his shots: good composition.