N-Photo: the Nikon magazine

Every month we bring you 132-pages of step-by-step advice on how to get the best results from your Nikon digital SLR. Our camera skills section will show you how to shoot great pictures and how to edit them to make them even better! You'll be inspired by the beautiful images shot by top photographers and fellow readers. And you'll learn the basics through our Nikopedia reference pages – picking up tips from the pros with our exclusive interviews and masterclasses. ****Note: This digital edition is not printable and does not include the covermount items or supplements you would find with printed copies***

This issue’s special contributors…

Welcome to issue 154

High as a kite • Our apprentice photographs one of Wales’ finest wildlife spectacles with pro Gary Jones

TECHNIQUE ASSESSMENT

HOW TO: EDIT BIRDS OF PREY

PRO PORTFOLIO

LIGHTBOX • Our favourite Nikon images from the 2023 Environmental Photography Award

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Shoot the great outdoors • Become one with nature and your Nikon with N-Photo’s guide to capturing the great outdoors. Supercharge your shots with tips and tricks for landscapes, wildlife, astro and more…

Landscapes • Luck’s got almost nothing to do with it – here’s how to capture sprawling vistas in glorious conditions

Wildlife • Bolster your wildlife portfolio with our top tips from animal-loving pro photographers

Astrophotography • Capture exquisite imagery in the dead of night with our pro advice for star-studded astro photos

Macro photography • Bring tiny critters to life with extraordinary detail using macro lenses, camera hacks and close-up imagery

Flowers & plants • Capture the wonders of nature in all its glory with your Nikon and our expert advice

Take the time to learn your craft • It’s always good to drive yourself to develop - but beware of pushing too far and too fast

Nikon Skills • Ingenious recipes for stunning shots

Lay a camera trap • Tom Mason has a hoot setting up a camera trap so he can capture a wide-eyed subject with a wide lens

A fall’s errand • Don’t go chasing waterfalls without an ND filter – Mike Harris goes with the flow…

Plane sailing • Nigel Wood explains how he shot his stunning NPOTY winner, along with general aviation photography advice

The perfect blend • Choose from an array of 15 free textures and learn how to enhance your portraits with James Paterson

Explore Adobe’s adaptive presets • Get to grips with this new functionality in Lightroom and Photoshop’s Camera Raw

The beauty of backlighting • Some may think it’s as simple as lighting the subject from behind – but there’s more to using glorious backlighting in portraits, says James Paterson

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Samir Hussein • From Royal Ascot to Lady Gaga, Buckingham Palace to Glastonbury, you’re likely to find Samir Hussein taking the official pictures. A day after photographing King Charles, he made time for an exclusive audience with Keith Wilson in this month’s N-Photo interview…

A fine body of work • Fine art photographer Ray Spence combines his fascination with mannequins and infrared imagery for an upcoming exhibition

Power to the people! • Despite all its fancy features and sophisticated imaging technologies, your Nikon is nothing more than an expensive doorstop without a simple battery…

Inside a Nikon battery • Take a look inside one of Nikon’s lithium-ion batteries – it’s rather sophisticated

Clocking off? • Your Nikon has a clock battery. Here’s what to do when the ‘clock’ display flashes

What the lamps on your charger mean • You plug in your battery and the...