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This issue’s special contributors…

Welcome to issue 137

See the top 10 images from the Urban

Baby sitters

Our apprentice visits the studio of maternity pro and trained midwife Tianna J-Williams

LIGHTBOX

Our favourite Nikon images from the 8th International Landscape Photographer of the Year competition

Your best-ever travel shots!

Travel to far-flung and exotic destinations is looking more possible than it has at any point in the past two years. Steve Davey dusts off his passport and tries to remember just what to do…

Opinion overload

Advice is always welcome, but be careful that you understand the viewpoint of the advisor -not everything may work for you!

Delayed reaction

Mike Harris explains how to reduce bad vibes and capture super-sharp long exposures every time

Motion pictures

Mike Harris embraces the Z series’ advanced AF abilities to capture a sequence of action shots

Level-headed landscapes

Ensure your horizons are perfectly horizontal with a levelling base. Adam Waring gets his head around it…

Perfect patterns

James Paterson demonstrates how to map a pattern onto clothes and get to grips with Affinity Photo’s powerful Displace filter

Add starbursts to shots

Jon Adams shows how to use this issue’s brush kit to pep up low-light shots, or create your own starbursts

Drive-by shooting

James Paterson shows you how to shoot portraits in a car, safely, with beautiful blurred motion

Turkish delight

Tom heads off to Turkey to photograph some of the most unusual rock formations in the world

Chris McLennan

Nikon New Zealand Ambassador Chris McLennan photographed motorsports, ran an independent photo studio and worked as a butcher before embarking on a full-time career as a commercial travel photographer

Extinction uprising

Photographer Marc Schlossman tells how he created a photographic record of creatures that are no more…

Readers’ letters

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One with nature

When an accident nearly caused Marco Tancredi to lose his sight, his relationship with photography became more pertinent than ever

Bug the trend

Lee Frost hopes his creepy crawly close-ups can combat people’s phobias and present six-and eight-legged critters in a new light

So what’s shutter speed all about?

Master shutter speed and take full control of your Nikon

Curtain calls

The fine details of how shutter speed is controlled

What a shutter looks like

How the mechanism works

Speed camera

Knowing which aperture settings work best for your setup can save you time and ensure great results

Your FREE Color Projects 5 software

Give your colour images the vibrant look they deserve with this fantastic free software!

COLOR PROJECTS 5 E XPLORE THE IN T ERFACE

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Ask Matthew...

Our resident Nikon expert Matthew Richards answers your questions and solves your problems. If you have a Nikon-related question, email it to mail@nphotomag.com

Extended reach

The endless white stretches out in front of Tom, but with the Nikon Z 800mm f/6.3 VR S in his arsenal, things get that little bit easier

PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR 2022

The search for the world’s best Nikon photographer of 2022 continues! Each issue the monthly N-Photo POTY 2022 photo contest’s top 10 images are selected by the N-Photo team. This issue’s competition has the theme of urban photography…

GearZone

New gear, buying advice and the world’s toughest tests

New gear

Here’s what caught our eye this month

Circular polarizers

What are circular polarizing filters and which are the best options? Angela Nicholson investigates…

Nikon Z 28-75mm f/2.8

£949/$1200

Super-tele zooms

Here are the best-buy super-telephoto zooms for shooting action, sport, wildlife and more

From a distance…

These lenses give big telephoto reach, but some are more powerful than others

What to look for…

Here are some of the key features to consider

Super-tele meets superzoom

This unique Sigma super-tele boasts a 10x zoom range

Sigma 100-400mm f/5-6.3 DG OS HSM |C

£699/$799

Tamron 100-400mm f/4.5-6.3 Di VC USD

£699/$799

Sigma 150-600mm f/5-6.3 DG OS HSM |C

£849/$899

Tamron SP 150-600mm f/5-6.3 Di VC USD G2

£1249/$1399

Sigma 150-600mm f/5-6.3 DG OS HSM |S

£1329/$1999

Nikon AF-S 200-500mm f/5.6E ED VR

£1399/$1397

Nikon AF-S 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6G ED VR

£2299/$2297

Nikon Z 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 VR S

£2699/$2697

Nikon Z 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 VR S

Nikon’s high-performance Z-mount S-line lens really puts the ‘super’ into super-telephoto

Age is just a number

Think you’re too old to become a great photographer? Get over yourself! Mike Harris reckons it’s never too late