Sometimes you can tell a large story with a tiny subject Eliot Porter Angelo led this week's meeting discussing aspects of Nature Photography illustrating collectively “Nature Photography in Your Backyard”
Nature photography has developed a strong aesthetic as compared with other photographic genres. Nature photography can be macro and micro…with many of the micro bordering on abstract. Use of a macro lens will produce reproduction ratios of > 1:1 Landscape nature photography seeks to show “nature” devoid of human influence. The most celebrated nature photographers seek the preservation of our natural environment as well as documenting its beauty and demise at times Wildlife photography is devoted to capturing animals in their natural environment…showing both static and action moments in the wild and in captivity. Ethical issues arise when photographers disturb the natural environment. Wildlife photography requires technical skill and equipment expertise. The largest photographic organizations have defined both nature and wildlife photography including: The Photographic Society of America, Federation Internatinale de lArt Photographique and the Royal Photographic Society. (Angelo had previously sent links to these organizations)
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