Tales of Nature and Photography by Piotr Naskrecki
[An excerpt from the book “The Smaller Majority.”]
A few days ago I posted the first part of an introduction to wide-angle macrophotography, and here is the conclusion. Illumination. In order for the illusion that you are a lilliput looking at the giant world to work, the background of a wide-angle macro shot should be well and evenly lit, and the frontmost, focal…
Shortly after I had become a proud owner of my first real SLR camera (the wonderful Nikon n6006 – an unexpected Christmas gift from my wife), I decided that what I wanted to do with this magical piece of equipment was to document life that was two or three orders of magnitude smaller than traditional…
Well, the first year of my blogging is nearly over, but I think I still have time for one more story. And it is a good one. Earlier this year I was in the spectacular Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique, doing my usual things – chasing katydids with a net and a recorder, taking pictures,…
Yesterday I posted a small selection of photos that marked important/interesting events that took place in the first half of 2012, and here is a selection from the last six months. July. Processing of the entomological material collected in Gorongosa takes up most of the month. Although I spend most of July looking through the…
I am pretty sure that I am the first photo-blogger ever to come up with the idea to post a series of the most interesting/meaningful photos taken during the passing year (if not the first, then certainly the second, or third, at the most.) It has been a busy and significant year, photographically, scientifically, and…
The Smaller Majority 