How to Photograph Insects
When I was twenty I bought my first camera (Minolta 5000i), and after some weeks of taking photo after photo after photo, I was still disappointed with my results when [read more]
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Insects & Spider Photography
The world of insect and spider photography. You should find our articles below helpful in exploring this unusual, but nevertheless exciting, subject © Edwin Brosens. All rights reserved. Nature [read more]
A Micro View of Our Garden: Photographing Insects & Spiders
This is the story of our garden as seen via microphotography. The world of insects, spiders and other small forms can be enjoyed on any beautiful day from early spring [read more]
How to Photograph Insects for Art
Dragonfly – Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata Sony Alpha 33 + Tamron 90/2.8 macro + flash; f/16; 1/160 sec. We’ve all seen artistic images, paintings and drawings of botanicals on white [read more]
Best Canon Macro Lens
Macro lenses are camera lenses designed to achieve extreme close-ups on a subject. Traditional lenses are usually optimized to maximize image quality out to infinity. After all, the purpose of [read more]
Shooting Butterflies At Night – Photography Tips
An adventure starts when you are at night in a forest to shoot photos of night butterflies. Because In the dark you don’t know what will appear in front of [read more]
The Art of Macro Moments
What is just an inch away from your lens? A world of wonder and wildlife ! Explore macro photography to make compelling nature images. Photographing small things means using all [read more]
Nature in the City – Insect Photography Part Two
Insects are essential to flowers because they’re the pollinators. Many flowers need their help before they can develop seeds. But how do we find insects in the city for our [read more]
WILDLIFE THROUGH THE WINDOW: Taking Photos from Inside Your House
Neither my husband nor I were surprised when a guest walked into our living room and was automatically drawn to the long, high window on the partially earth-bermed side of [read more]
People of the Forest
Orangutans lead a far different life style from mountain gorillas. Orangutan habitat is some of the wettest, steamiest rain forest in the world, on the islands of Sumatra and Borneo. [read more]
A GUIDELINE FOR BEAUTIFUL NATURE PHOTOGRAPHS
I try to avoid making rules in my nature photography because they tend to hinder creativity and there seems to be exceptions to every rule. Instead, I refer to things [read more]
Capturing Butterflies
My favorite recipe for a successful nature photograph is to pick a well-known subject and portray it in a novel way. Pictures capture initial attention when the viewer can easily [read more]
Birding Photo Trip: When Plans Need to Change
Copyright © Noella Ballenger Very wet Red Shouldered Hawk – This was a really wet hawk early one morning. In the Colusa Preserve, early one morning, this hawk was just [read more]
Death Valley – more photographs
Keane Wonder Mill – This is one of the mining processing areas in Death Valley. Ore was brought down from the mine by cable and processed in the Keane Wonder [read more]
Master Photo Class: Where’s Your Focus Steps to Empower Your Imagination
“You can’t depend on your eyes, when your imagination is out of focus.” ~ Mark Twain Your camera probably has a dial with a program setting. It may be a [read more]