Walter asked about techniques we use in our storytelling for our images, so I'm sharing a bit of info on a go-to I use in Lightroom. While you want that picture as perfect as you can get it right in the camera, there's no shame in leveraging the digital dark-room to do some dodge & burn, etc. Sometimes the light in a nature photo will cause very even light distribution of your subject & the area around them, which makes them sort of just blend in. To help them pop out a bit off the background, you can go into Lightroom, and create a mask around your subject(s). Sometimes the auto "subject" detector will do a good job, other times you may need to clean up the edges of the mask a bit - it's important to take the time for this otherwise you can end up with really weird halos around the subject that are a sign to the viewer that something isn't right. Once you have your masks, increase the brightness a bit - I usually just do around a 1/3 of a stop or so, but you can look to see what feels right. Then duplicate & invert the mask, and this time for the "everything but your subject" mask, decrease the brightness by 1/3 to 1/2 a stop. Done well, the subject should pop out of the background a bit, but not so much that someone thinks "this doesn't look natural". Here's an example where I used the above technique in my edit of 2 clownfish in an anemone. It lets them become the key focus of the story in the image.

To capture the year's largest moon rising behind nubble, check the comments:

Fall photo. We're having such a beautiful Fall this year. It's November already and the colors are still stunning. Post your favorite photo on the main feed, so others get to enjoy it too.

explore beautiful places, and take stunning photos. We went to Rockport, MA to photograph Motif #1. As a school we pretty much have to.