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Welcome to issue 168

Agorastos Papatsanis takes us into the deep, dark woods to reveal his fungi fascination, see page 58.
Image: © Agorastos Papatsanis

This is the part of the magazine where I get to say hello, but this issue it’s sadly also a goodbye. After 13 years of publication, you are holding in your hands the very last issue of N-Photo. I’ve been at the helm for seven of those years, having taken over the editorship from issue 77 – a total of 92 issues, making me the longest-standing head honcho of the magazine. But hopefully we’re going out with a bit of a bang.

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FROM THE EDITOR
This issue’s special contributors…
Tony North PAGE 6 Macro maestro Tony teaches
WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU’RE A SUBSCRIBER?
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APPRENTICE
Here be dragons
Our apprentice joins Tony North deep in the marshes to photograph one of the UK’s most striking insects
LIGHTBOX
LIGHTBOX
Our favourite winning Nikon images from the Environmental Photography Award 2024 contest
SHOOT REPORTAGE
Reportage photography
Reckon you have what it takes to be a news photographer? Getty Images’ Leon Neal shares his expertise for shooting the images that were always going to make the front pages…
NIKON SKILLS
N Photo NikonSkills
Ingenious recipes for stunning shots
Bug-eyed close-ups
Nigel A Ball uses a wide-angle lens to capture context-filled close-ups of creepy-crawlies
Built to last
Yasser Alaa Mobarak’s simple architectural image won 85 awards, here’s how
Badgering on
Andrew Mason locates and photographs one of the UK’s most beloved mammals
Live Masks explained
James Paterson shows how to blend exposures for perfectly balanced landscapes using Live Masks
Camera calibration
James Paterson reveals how he shoots stunning sunsets by using this secret weapon
Time for trails
Shoot for a time blend and combine sunsets and traffic trails with James Paterson
ZONER PHOTO STUDIO X
Zoner Photo Studio X: make good photos great
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INTERVIEW
AGORASTOS PAPATSANIS
As autumn approaches, Agorastos Papatsanis will be making plans to explore the woods near his home, looking for mushrooms – not to eat, but to photograph. He tells Keith Wilson how he conjures his own style of magic into mushrooms…
ON ASSIGNMENT
Echoes of the water
Photographer Tracey Welch joins photomontage artist Brett Evans Biedscheid in sharing their unique vision of Britain’s historic waterways
Image sensor cleaning
Here’s how to keep your camera’s image sensor squeaky-clean
Clean up your act
Let’s take a wander through all the sensor cleaning options, step by step
Watch the highlights
George Cairns explains how to recover blown highlights using Nikon’s free NX Studio software
How it works: Highlights & histograms
NX Studio’s Histogram panel helps you diagnose and fix overexposed highlights
Nikon Z 7
Nikon’s first FX mirrorless is older than you might think and while its successor rectified a few shortcomings, a cut-price Z 7 on the used market is a smart buy indeed
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
N-PHOTO POTY
PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR 2024
It’s time for another striking shortlist from N-Photo’s Photographer of the Year 2024, selected by the N-Photo editorial team. This issue’s competition has the theme of creative photography…
LETTERS
Readers’ letters
We’ve loved hearing your thoughts on the mag and all things photographic, but all good things come to an end! For now, you can still get your N-Photo fix on our social channels: twitter.com/nphotomag facebook.com/nphotomag instagram.com/nphotomag
YOUR STORIES
Star trekkin’
Soumyadeep Mukherjee travels to Kyrgyzstan in search of seldom-seen dark skies so he can capture a unique set of astro artworks
Gear Zone
New gear, buying advice and the world’s toughest tests
GEAR ZONE
New gear
Here’s what caught our eye this month
Viltrox AF 40mm f/2.5
£125/$176 https://viltroxstore.co.uk
Z-system cameras
Nikon’s range of Z-system cameras has something for everyone, but which is best for your needs and budget? Let’s dive into the detail
Nikon cameras
The current range of Nikon DSLR, Coolpix & Z-series mirrorless cameras
Nikon-fit lenses
Your at-a-glance guide to the current crop of Nikon-fit lenses
PARTING SHOT
Curtain call
As N-Photo goes the way of the compact camera Mike Harris remembers that the years have been good, well, mostly...
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