Wildlife photography is easy to enjoy, but hard to to get your shots just right. Great wildlife images are not the product of high-tech equipment. They are about patience, timing, and knowing how to capture the character of your subject.
Wildlife photography is not just for professional photographers. Almost anyone with a camera is occasionally inspired [...]
If you’ve ever gone to a bookstore and admired the breathtaking nature photos in a calendar or other publication, you may have been slightly jealous that these photographers had such wonderful natural scenes at their disposal to capture on film. As an amateur photographer, you may have longed to live closer to nature in [...]
Look out Ansel Adams. Move over Margaret Bourke-White. Carrie Grisham is looking at life through a lens and is getting noticed for it.On March 29, the Smithsonian notified this 24-year-old from Crownsville that she is a finalist in its fifth annual Photo Contest.Her photograph of a Sri Lankan fish market earned her a finalist spot from among 7,500 entrants and a chance to compete for the grand prize: an all-expenses paid trip to the Grand Canyon. If she doesn't snag that one, she has a chance at one of the $500 semifinalist prizes.Carrie seems to be a genetic shutterbug. Her grandmother, armed with a twin-lens reflex Yashica camera, took pictures all the time. Carrie's dad, George, photographs people. According to her mom, Nancy, they have very few bare walls left in their home. Smiling fa
I have previously wriiten about Jeff Curto's two superb podcasts, The History Of Photography Podcast and Camera Position. I have been a bit behind in my listening, but in the car today had the chance to listen to the Febrauary 24th episode of Camera Position entitled The Camera In The Cathedral: Camera Position Goes Historical.The reason I thought that this particular episode should be mentioned is that it is specifically about the history of nature photography. It contains a lot of insights that were quite new to me about the interaction between the technological developments in photography and how they influenced the way in which nature was depicted photographically. For example, it never dawned upon me that since the Daguerreotype was essentially a one exposure, one image technique (
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For the longest time I have been trying to improve my Google rankings for the generic term of “nature photography.” It is a little side quest I have had - working on it a little at a time. I don’t get a huge amount of [...]
Best Bits is finally here! This collection is a selection of the best photos posted to this blog in the past 2 months as selected by viewers. The ratings were gathered from a combination of the rating bar at the bottom of each post, and emailed submissions. There were a few firm favourites, especially the Odd one Out - Camphor-laurel leaves post, and others varied between submissions. I would like to thank all who submitted their favourites to this collection, especially Stephanie who made the first submission. Also thanks to those who use the rating bar below each post - this system has been a great success. Well, without any further ado, here are the best photos:Odd one out - Camphor-laurel leaves in contrast This one was a firm favourite. The single green camphor-laurel leaf in the middle of the photo provides a stark contrast to the dead brown leaves surrounding it.9 votesHairy Processionary Caterpillar PhotoThis photo of a single "Proce
In South Africa there is a photo opportunity everywhere and in everything, especially when it comes to nature photography. This section of Nature Photography of Miriam MannakPhotography focuses on sea creatures, from birghtly coloured seastars in a puddle and Southern Right Whales flipping their tale up in the waters around Hermanus, Walker Bay, to tiny little snails on the beach of Wildernis along the Garden Route. Nature Photography South Africa - Sea creatures in Arniston Nature Photography Cape Town South Africa - Southern Right Whale Hermanus Nature Photography Cape Town South Africa - Southern Right Whale Hermanus Nature Photography Cape Town South Africa - Southern Right Whale Hermanus Nature Photography Cape Town South Africa - Southern Right Whale Hermanus Nature Photography Garden Route South Africa - On the Beach in Wildernis Nature Photography Garden Route South Africa - On the Beach in Wildernis Copyright: Miriam MannakNone of the images, pictures and phot
This section of Miriam Mannak Photography features photographs of nature in Cape Town and South Africa, with flowers as main topic. The Cape Peninsula is the third Floral Kingdom in the world, and therefore boasts an incredible number of plant and flower species. This is just a start: There is more to come!Copyright: Miriam MannakNone of the images, pictures and photographs on Miriam Mannak Photography may be used in any way without written permission from the author (Miriam Mannak).
Nature and wildlife Photography in South Africa - Elephant (Fairy Glenn Game Reserve)Nature and wildlife Photography in South Africa - Giraffe (Fairy Glenn Game Reserve) Nature and wildlife Photography in South Africa - Lionesse (Fairy Glenn Game Reserve) Nature and wildlife Photography in South Africa - Springbok (Fairy Glenn Game Reserve)Nature and wildlife Photography in South Africa - White Rhino (Fairy Glenn Game Reserve) Nature and wildlife Photography in South Africa - White Rhino (Fairy Glenn Game Reserve) Nature and wildlife Photography in South Africa - Lizard (Fairy Glenn Game Reserve) Nature and wildlife Photography in South Africa - Dassies / Hyraxes on Table MountainNature and wildlife Photography in South Africa - Squirrel Company Garden Cape Town Nature and wildlife Photography in South Africa - Leopard Oudtshoorn Copyright: Miriam MannakNone of the images, pictures and photographs on Miriam Mannak Photography may be used in any way without written permissi
One of my photography favourite subjects is birds, of which you find plenty in Southern Africa. Please find a selection of bird photography. Please correct me if the names I attached to the birds are wrong, and provide me with the correct name.Bird photography South Africa - Snake EagleBird photography South Africa - Unknown to PhotographerBird photography South Africa - Barn OwlBird photography South Africa - Barn OwlBird photography South Africa - Verreaux's Giant Eagle OwlBird photography South Africa - Grey Crowned CraneBird photography South Africa - Little EgretBird photography South Africa - Cape WagtailBird photography South Africa - Southern Masked WeaverBird photography South Africa - Malachite Sunbird Nature and Bird photography South Africa - Penguins Boulders Beach Simon's Town Nature and Bird Photography Cape Town South Africa - Penguins Simon's TownBird and Nature Photography Cape Town South Africa - Penguins Simon's TownBird and Nature Photography Cape Town South
