P4, M1 M4
Using an 80mm macro lens, I attempted to recreate paintings of insects and flowers. The painting are not my own, but the photos are and I have matched them to the paintings I recreated. I used single shots and, to obtain more details, should perhaps have used HDR, photo stacking, multiple exposures as per Levon Bliss (who would take 5000 of one insect and stack them together into a single image), but perhaps that is an exercise to try next term.
Victorian botanists, explorers and writers – in the era before photography – would create incredibly detailed drawing to capture the specific characteristics of their subject. Something that can by done today so much quicker than photography.
When using macro photography, which requires getting mere centimetres away from a subject, care must be taken to avoid contact with the subject and also to ensure that you are still aware of your surroundings, other members of the public and the ground underfoot.
Grasshoppers in Greece
Peacock Butterflies In Devon
Bees In Surrey
The Bigger Picture 