WildView™

It’s the Little Things

Julie Larsen Maher ©WCS

Assignment Open From

Apr 1 - Jun 1, 2022

Broad strokes of nature can soothe and restore us. And it’s the little things that help us connect and focus.

Get up close and find beauty in the smallest details of a scene. Take a brief walk around your zoo or nearby park and look for the highlights – dew drops on a dragonfly, a lock of spider’s gossamer, or the bright wings of a butterfly.

Find your backyard birds, grasshoppers in the garden, baby animals, or frogs in the pond. Share your favorite photos of the tiny things around you with us.

Our editorial team will choose the best submissions based on appeal, composition, originality, and technical quality. A group of chosen pictures will be posted on this page, and one will even be featured.

ENTER FOR A CHANCE TO WIN

For this assignment, we’re offering an incentive. The author of the featured photo chosen by our editorial team will receive a Patagonia Black Hole Pack 25L, perfect for transporting your gear to the office, the crag, or a weekend at the beach. See the official Contest Rules.

We can consider a maximum of six submissions per contributor.

Selected Entries

Neil DeMaster

Neil DeMaster

Purple sandpiper.
New Jersey, United States.

#protect wildlife #purple sandpiper #rock #protect our environment #protect nature #one #outdoor #outdoor photography #sandpiper #side #water #wildlife #wildlife photography #stone #splash #side view #single #solo #ocean #nj wildlife #conservation #conserve nature #conserve wildlife #calidris maritima #bird photography #animal #ban pesticides #bird #detail #feather #nj bird #nj nature #nj sandpiper #nature photography #nature #froth #keep our air clean #alone

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Let Your Creativity Fly

Neil DeMaster

Neil DeMaster

Sanderling.
New Jersey, United States.

#sanderling #sandpiper #shells #sand #protect wildlife #outdoor photography #protect nature #protect our environment #shore #shore bird #solo #wildlife #wildlife photography #single #side view #shorebird #side #outdoor #one #calidris alba #conservation #conserve nature #bird photography #bird #animal #ban pesticides #beach #conserve wildlife #feathers #nj nature #nj sandpiper #nj wildlife #nj bird #nature photography #keep our air clean #nature #alone

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Let Your Creativity Fly

Neil DeMaster

Neil DeMaster

Osprey.
Delaware, United States.

#osprey #outdoor #nature photography #nature #keep our air clean #mother nature always watching #outdoor photography #protect nature #wildlife #wildlife photography #raptor #protect wildlife #protect our environment #hawk #fish hawk #conserve wildlife #delaware bird #conserve nature #conservation #ban pesticides #Bird of Prey #delaware bird of prey #delaware hawk #Environment #environmental #delaware wildlife #delaware raptor #delaware nature #animal

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Let Your Creativity Fly

Neil DeMaster

Neil DeMaster

Red-shouldered hawk.
Stirling, New Jersey, United States.

#outdoor #outdoor photography #nj wildlife #nj raptor #nj hawk #nj nature #protect nature #protect our environment #wildlife #wildlife photography #red shouldered hawk #raptor #protect wildlife #nj bird of prey #nj bird #bird photography #buteo lineatus #Bird of Prey #bird #ban pesticides #conservation #conserve nature #nature #nature photography #keep our air clean #hawk #conserve wildlife #animal

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Let Your Creativity Fly

Neil DeMaster

Neil DeMaster

Great egret.
Assateague Island, Virginia, United States.

#outdoor #outdoor photography #protect nature #one #nature photography #maryland wildlife #nature #protect our environment #protect wildlife #wading bird #wildlife #wildlife photography #solo #single #reflection #shadow #maryland wading bird #maryland nature #bird photography #conservation #conserve nature #bird #ban pesticides #animal #ardea alba #conserve wildlife #egret #maryland bird #maryland egret #keep our air clean #great egret #Environment #environmental #alone

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Let Your Creativity Fly

Neil DeMaster

Neil DeMaster

Anhinga.
Everglades National Park, Florida, United States.

#outdoor #nature photography #nature #keep our air clean #outdoor photography #protect nature #wildlife photography #wildlife #protect wildlife #protect our environment #florida wildlife #florida nature #bird #ban pesticides #animal #anhinga anhinga #bird photography #conservation #florida bird #darter #conserve wildlife #conserve nature #anhinga

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Let Your Creativity Fly

Neil DeMaster

Neil DeMaster

American tree sparrow.
Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States.

#protect nature #outdoor photography #outdoor #protect our environment #protect wildlife #wildlife photography #wildlife #nj wildlife #nj nature #conserve nature #conservation #ban pesticides #conserve wildlife #keep our air clean #nature photography #nature #animal

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A Pop of Color

Neil DeMaster

Neil DeMaster

Purple sandpiper.
Brooklyn, New York, United States.

#outdoor #outdoor photography #protect nature #orange legs #orange bill #ny nature #ny wildlife #protect our environment #protect wildlife #wildlife #wildlife photography #wading bird #sandpiper #purple sandpiper #rock #ny bird #nature photography #calidris maritima #coney island bird #coney island nature #buff #brown #ban pesticides #bird #coney island wildlife #conservation #keep public lands public #nature #keep our air clean #detail #conserve nature #conserve wildlife #animal

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A Pop of Color

Neil DeMaster

Neil DeMaster

Red fox.
Bernardsville, New Jersey, United States.

#protect nature #protect our environment #outdoor photography #outdoor #nj wildlife #orange #protect wildlife #red fox #wildlife #wildlife photography #vulpes vulpes #tail #red fox on a log #nj nature #nj mammal #ears #fox #conserve wildlife #conserve nature #conservation #fox on a log #furry #nature #nature photography #mammal #keep public lands public #keep our air clean #animal

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A Pop of Color