Of all the popular photographic subjects in nature, few can rival butterflies in terms of color, variety, and charisma; however few subjects also present the photographer with more technical challenges.
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Butterfly Photographer’s Handbook
From their spectacularly colorful wings that can be maddeningly difficult to get into proper focus to their flighty feeding habits that cause them to move to another flower a split second before the shutter release button is depressed, butterfly photography can test photographic skills in ways few other nature subjects can.
Timber Press Podcast Features Alan L. Detrick
Renowned photographer and author of the critically acclaimed book Macro Photography for Gardeners and Nature Lovers Alan L. Detrick is the subject of an on-going six part podcast interview by Timber Press. Two (part 1, part 2) of the six sections of the interview have thus far been released and true to form, Mr. Detrick […]
National Geographic Ultimate Field Guide to Travel Photography
The decision to review the recently published National Geographic Ultimate Field Guide to Travel Photography (National Geographic Photography Field Guides) in The Well-read Naturalist was not one made lightly. After all, WRN is explicitly dedicated to books pertaining directly to the study of natural history in all its myriad forms. Would a book providing advice […]