Photographer Chris Perani specializes in shooting extreme macro photos of insects using microscopes. For one of his projects, he focused on butterfly wings and capturing them in an extraordinary amount of detail.
For each of the photos in the series, Perani captured a staggering 2,100 separate exposures and merged them into the resulting ultra-high-resolution macro […]. petapixel.com
Macro photography provides a window into details of the world that often escape (or are invisible to) the naked eye. Photographer Levon Biss used close-up photos to capture the incredible diversity of embryonic plant in his project The Hidden Beauty of Seeds and Fruits. petapixel.com »
2021-11-23 20:22
Photographing insects in the field demands higher shutter speeds, a steady hand, and a smaller aperture to ensure sharpness. On warm summer days, insects are mobile and easily found. However, they provide minimal opportunities to carefully compose an image – they are too busy flying, feeding, and living life. Choosing a complementary background for the […] petapixel.com »
2021-08-09 17:31
Photographer Timothy Boomer captures beautiful macro photographs of plant galls, which are growths that form in response to some outside stimulus. For his work, Boomer focuses on growths caused by the tiny gall wasp. petapixel.com »
2021-07-06 17:43
After a series of experiments, an art director has created a macro photo series of ice crystals after he happened to notice the interesting way they formed on the inside of his freezer. Montreal-based Christopher Dormoy has previously shared his ice-based photography and video work with PetaPixel. petapixel.com »
2021-05-25 23:58
This is my account of how I’ve fallen in love with snowflake photography… I’ve spent the better part of my life photographing nature’s smallest details. My early years of shooting botanicals eventually evolved into my current obsession with macro insect and spider photography. petapixel.com »
2018-01-31 22:09
Macro photography has the power to transport viewers into unimaginable worlds that are often right beneath our noses. What may seem dull to the naked eye, often comes to life when viewed through a macro lens. boredpanda.com »
2017-10-18 08:46
Photographer Andre Occenstein of Recife, Brazil, is on a mission to capture new and unusual perspectives of ordinary kitchen objects. His latest series shows utensils in creative closeups. “The question was what could I do differently?,” Occenstein says. petapixel.com »
2016-11-25 20:55
Want to see exactly what the new Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 30mm 1:3.5 Macro lens looks like in the flesh?
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photographyblog.com »2016-09-22 13:08
A gallery of hands-on photos of the new Fujifilm XF 23mm F2 R WR, XF 50mm F2 R WR, and XF 80mm F2.8 R LM OIS WR Macro lenses and the X-A3 camera. Read more and comment » photographyblog.com »
2016-09-22 13:08
Want to see exactly what the new Sony FE 50mm F2.8 Macro lens looks like in the flesh?
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photographyblog.com »2016-09-21 22:39
Photos of disassembled cameras are usually created by laying out the parts neatly and shooting a photo from above. James over at CasualPhotophile went a step further: he shot hundreds of macro photos of the individual components and stitched them together into an ultra-high-res “exploded camera” image of the Nikon F3. “I’ve gone through the […] petapixel.com »
2016-09-20 23:21
The winners of the 13th annual Ocean Art Underwater Photo Contest have been unveiled, with Eduardo Labat earning "Best in Show" with a jaw-dropping photo of white-tip reef sharks circling off the coast of Mexico.
From an uncontacted tribe living deep in the Amazon rainforest to an animal previously believed to be extinct, trail cameras have captured some incredible images in 2024. [Read More]
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The Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards winners were announced today at the competition's Awards Night at the Oxo Gallery in London. Photographer Milko Marchetti is this year's overall winner, thanks to his excellent and hilarious image of a red squirrel stuck in a tree, aptly named "Stuck Squirrel." [Read More]
Sigma's refreshingly candid CEO, Kazuto Yamaki, sat down with Sigma UK's Tim Berry for a nearly half-hour-long interview concerning a diverse range of topics, including Yamaki's favorite photographers, why Sigma remains a "Made in Japan" brand, and an upcoming lens. [Read More]
National Geographic's annual "Pictures of the Year" issue celebrates the incredible adventures that Nat Geo photographers embark on each year and the remarkable, vital photographs they bring back. [Read More]
Building on the success of the R3, the Canon EOS R1 proves that there’s more to cameras than megapixels. Designed as Canon’s high-end sports and action camera, the R1 uses a 24.2-megapixel full-frame sensor capable of capturing stills at up to 40 fps, or even taking both video and stills simultaneously. The 96-megapixel high-resolution mode, …