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Tag Archives: close-up
Snakes & other fun things on the Eastatoe. CB
I recently returned from a weekend of camping and exploration in the Eastatoe Gorge of Northwestern, South Carolina. Eastatoe Gorge is one of the richest botanical areas in North America and is technically part of a little-known temperate rain forest … Continue reading
Macro lighting – ways and means. PHD
Before diving into ways of getting larger than life images it struck me as important to deal with the ‘make or break’ element in all macro work – lighting. If one has decent lenses and firm supports this is the … Continue reading
Nature’s ultra-wides: water droplets. PHD
When thinking of what, on the list of possible subjects, to post as the fourth in the Macro Matters series, I thought that ‘water droplets’ offered a link to the posts on wide-angle macro 1 and wide-angle macro 2 with a more tenuous one … Continue reading
Macro Matters: my current favourite – the Sigma 150mm f/2.8 EX IF HSM macro. PHD.
Today’s so-called ‘macro’ lenses are astonishing in the resolution and contrast they offer and can do far more than most people ask them of them. Whether you choose one of the big names, or an independent, you’ll get the kind … Continue reading
Macro – bloggery…posting now. PHD
A great deal has been written on macro – I know, I have penned (or fingered) quite a bit of it in books and articles. Sadly, old chestnuts are still regurgitated and sometimes there is a very flimsy understanding of what contributes to resolution, what is sharpness, how do you get it, how can you control depth of field for artistic control…what lenses to use, and so on. It is not hard to get great results – a bit of thought, work and practice and you can forget about the technical stuff and just concentrate on creating images and extending your vision.
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Tagged 10mm rectilinear wide-angle, 150mm macro, Clay Bolt, close-up, feedback, high resolution LCD, macro, resolution, sharpness, Sigma
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Season of mists and a bit of mellow fruitfulness. PHD
Our neighbours are clearly worried for, over the last few years, the local weather has become highly unpredictable. Even those who work in the local city are ‘contadini’ (smallholders) at heart: they plant and till by the phases of the … Continue reading
Posted in Notes from the field
Tagged autumn, autumn ladies tresses, climate change, close-up, mists, orchid, Orvieto, Paul Harcourt Davies, sloe gin, Spiranthes spiralis
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Serendipity: a naturalist’s best friend. PHD.
I love being in Italy but there is a downside when the hunting season starts and the local macho ‘cretini’ go out to blast anything with a pulse in the name of sport. I hate guns and especially being jerked … Continue reading
Posted in Notes from the field
Tagged butterfly, Charaxes jasius, close-up, Empusa pennata, feeding, hunting, mantis, Paul Harcourt Davies, two-tailed pasha
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Autumnal Arachnophobia. PHD.
There is a guaranteed arachnid invasion of the UK – shock, horror….So while people are safe in doors cowering, why not get out and about with a camera and see what they are missing Continue reading
Posted in Notes from the field
Tagged arachnid, arachnophobia, close-up, garden, Paul Harcourt Davies, spider
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Paul HD bloggin -in
Greetings from on a misty autumnal morn from Umbria, Italy where the first of my Blog entries is about to wing its way through the aether Continue reading
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Tagged close-up, eyes, glow worm, home, horsefly, insects, Italy, luminescence, Paul Harcourt Davies, paulhd
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How I Spent My Weekend. CB
Now that I have your attention with that riveting title, I wanted to share my weekend with you all. Mainly it is just to express my excitement for finally being able to photograph my favorite insect, the Eastern Hercules Beetle … Continue reading →