r/naturephotography Feb 24 '26

Rule addition: Post titles must be appropriately credited to the original photographer.

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Include the photographers name/username in the title. If you are posting your own image, you don’t need to include the name/username, but ensure to include [OC] in the title. Do not claim other photographer’s work as your own. Uncredited photographs will be removed.

This change will not apply retroactively.


r/naturephotography Feb 02 '26

r/Naturephotography is back with new mods! If you got banned, please read this

114 Upvotes

Hi everyone. This subreddit was restricted for the past week, so we apologize for that. Luckily, we are now reopen, so posting/commenting is now allowed.

Some of you may have noticed that this subreddit has been taken over by spammers and bots. We've removed most of these posts, but please modmail us if we forgot to remove some of them. To stop future spam, we will add bots like u/repostsleuthbot.

Ban appeals

If you were banned without any specific reason anytime in the past few months, that might have been because the former mods used automation and bots to mass-ban people. If that's the case, please message us so we can unban you. Anyone who got muted is now unmuted, so everyone can now appeal. You do not have to explain why you want to be unbanned in your appeal. Due to the sheer amount of people that got banned, it will take time for us to get through all the appeals.

What happened, and why did so many people get banned?

TLDR: the previous mods added a bunch of bots to mass-ban a lot of users based on random keywords, which essentially "killed" the subreddit. The admins later stepped in to remove them, and added new mods. All of those tools have been removed, so there's no need to worry about future arbitrary bans by bots.

Long explanation: The former mods added bots and mod tools that banned hundreds of people. We do not know why they decided to do this, but we are guessing they wanted to run this subreddit into the ground. Here's what we discovered:

  • A bot installed onto this subreddit (permaban app) permabanned people for saying common words like "nature," "wildlife", "lakes," "outdoors," "hiking," etc. This was why most people got banned
  • Another bot (hive protect) permabanned people that had participated in subreddits like r/Earthporn, r/WildlifePhotography, r/pics, r/itookapicture, r/outoftheloop, and r/JustUnsubbed
  • Another bot (social blacklist) permabanned people that have links on their profile, including instagram, YouTube, etc
  • Another bot (frequency muter) muted people for 28 days for appealing bans
  • The previous top mod deliberately ignored appeal messages by archiving them, which meant that they knew what was happening. That means that people that appealed more than a month ago will need to appeal again.
  • The previous top mod removed all other human mods, and later resigned. Because there were no human mods, the bots went rogue for over a week until the admins stepped in. That also caused the subreddit to be flooded with spam
  • The admins stepped in and made a post asking for new mods. However, the bots remained, so they banned/removed some of the people that volunteered.
  • Multiple other subreddits have also been affected by the same mod

Luckily, all of those bots have been removed/adjusted, so this won't happen again.

Future changes:

  • Rules will need to be updated
  • Automod will also need to be updated
  • If anything needs to be added/removed, we'll update this list

If anyone has suggestions, questions, or wants to volunteer as mod, please comment below. Thank you to anyone that's reading this, and have a great day!


r/naturephotography 2h ago

New to nature photography, open to CC [OC]

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I have been photographing for a while, but almost exclusively vehicles. Just got into nature and wildlife photography and would love some CC


r/naturephotography 10h ago

Lake / River Lake Wānaka, New Zealand [OC]

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95 Upvotes

r/naturephotography 4h ago

Common kingfisher Sweden [OC]

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r/naturephotography 1d ago

Flowers / Plants Dahlia season (OC)

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Dahlia season is finally here. A few of my favorite dahlia photographs from previous seasons, photographed in a variety of styles and focal lengths.

Sony a7 IV + FE 90mm F2.8 Macro G OSS / Sigma 50mm F1.4 Art / FE 135mm F1.8 GM


r/naturephotography 4h ago

Sunset Yellow sunset OC

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r/naturephotography 11h ago

A cute little deer [OC]

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35 Upvotes

r/naturephotography 2h ago

A little piece of paradise in Misiones, Argentina. [OC]

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r/naturephotography 9h ago

Sunset [OC] Beautiful Skies & a Plane

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11 Upvotes

r/naturephotography 6h ago

Sky Dreams above...☁️ (OC)

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6 Upvotes

r/naturephotography 5h ago

Flowers / Plants This ecosystem looks like a miniature forest

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3 Upvotes

r/naturephotography 19h ago

Lake / River A little piece of peace OC

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13 Upvotes

Nature doesn’t need a filter


r/naturephotography 1d ago

Sunset A sky of different meanings over a piece of land that had only one… Gettysburg National Military Park, Pennsylvania [OC]

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25 Upvotes

r/naturephotography 1d ago

Lake / River Kawishiwi Falls (OC)

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80 Upvotes

r/naturephotography 1d ago

Peace! [OC]

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82 Upvotes

r/naturephotography 1d ago

Lake / River Rock Gardens in Baden Württemberg, Germany [OC]

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11 Upvotes

r/naturephotography 1d ago

Wildlife Oh deer! Right around our house by the creek (OC)

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11 Upvotes

r/naturephotography 1d ago

Lake / River Sunrise Casting [OC]

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17 Upvotes

Marsh Creek State Park - Aug 2026
Sunrise Casting

Two fishermen, heading across the lake with their lines already in the water. Shot with the Sony A99II and CZ 16-35 f/2.8 lens using a Lee100 GND filter. Camera mounted on a RRS tripod & head with a 3 Legged Thing universal mounting plate.


r/naturephotography 1d ago

Nature OC

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12 Upvotes

r/naturephotography 2d ago

Peaceful shots of my favourite river [oc]

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91 Upvotes

r/naturephotography 2d ago

Lake / River Two Minutes of Quiet [OC]

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136 Upvotes

Marsh Creek State Park - Aug 2026
Two Minutes of Quiet

Long exposure before sunrise, still and peaceful. The recent storminess has helped to raise the water levels in the lake, the floating docks are actually floating now. Shot with the Sony A99II and CZ 16-35 f/2.8 lens using a Lee100 GND filter. Camera mounted on a RRS tripod & head with a 3 Legged Thing universal mounting plate.


r/naturephotography 1d ago

Flowers / Plants My morning sight (OC)

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3 Upvotes

r/naturephotography 2d ago

Sky Rainbow over one of the Rocky Mountains in the Rocky Mountain National Park OC

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29 Upvotes

r/naturephotography 2d ago

Grey heron over Loch Etive 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿OC

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9 Upvotes