Of all the popular photographic subjects in nature, few can rival butterflies in terms of color, variety, and charisma; however few subjects also present the photographer with more technical challenges.
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Butterfly Photographer’s Handbook
From their spectacularly colorful wings that can be maddeningly difficult to get into proper focus to their flighty feeding habits that cause them to move to another flower a split second before the shutter release button is depressed, butterfly photography can test photographic skills in ways few other nature subjects can.
The Green Bible
It is too easily forgotten that some of the world’s greatest naturalists were also devoutly religious; Darwin himself studied to be a clergyman prior to his sailing on the H.M. S. Beagle.
The Earwig’s Tail
When it comes to the stuff of which nightmares are commonly made, it’s difficult to find a more commonly employed foundation material than the creatures contained in the Phylum Arthropoda, particularly those included in the Classes Insecta and Arachnida…