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
For nearly as long as I've been taking pictures, I've loved photographing loons. They have offered countless hours of joy behind the lens, taught me lessons about photography and ecology, and helped me find weaknesses in the cameras I've spent my career evaluating. [Read More]
Canadian nature photographer Liron Gertsman captured one of the best total solar eclipse photos PetaPixel has ever seen. Gertsman's remarkable wildlife photo, The Frigatebird and the Diamond Ring, was years in the making and the culmination of research, hard work, practice, scouting, and a pinch of luck.
Even though the historic flood plains of the once mighty Rio Grande have long been tamed by human dams and irrigation canals, birds keep returning annually to spend winter in the relatively mild climate of New Mexico. [Read More]
A fish doorbell camera in Utrecht, the Netherlands has been captivating viewers all around the world who are looking out for any fish that need to pass through a boat lock in a Dutch canal. [Read More]
A set of painterly trail cam photos capturing an epic fight between two golden eagles and a coyote over a deer carcass have gone viral. [Read More]
Nikon has long been a popular choice for amateur and professional wildlife photographers. Since the days of its film and digital SLR cameras, it has committed to engineering robust cameras with swift autofocus and making top-tier telephoto lenses.
In this year's British Wildlife Photography Awards (BWPA), more than 14,000 incredible wildlife images were whittled down to a single grand prize winner, photographer Ryan Stalker. [Read More]