Close Up: Creative Techniques For Successful Macrophotography

by John Brackenbury

Description

Nature offers the photographer a wondrous diversity of subjects, and, happily, its inspiration is all around us. It is the ultimate master canvas for creative interpretation. Most often, though, we view nature as a vista, in the general, rather than the specific. And many of us who are passionate about immersing ourselves in it, as I am, dream about getting closer to the detail of its marvels: the transparency of a butterfly or dragonfly, the intricate patterns on the petals of a fritillary, show more the miraculous workings of a grasshopper in flight. This book brings you closer to these things, to see the world from within, by taking you on the truly amazing visual journey that is the world of macrophotography. Macrophotography is about immediacy: in moments an unexpected world of color, shape, and pattern quickly emerges, and changes with every angle of the lens. And it is just like every other kind of photography -- it is about observation, and learning to take great pictures is about training the eye to see the world in a frame pressed right up to your eye. Getting into macrophotography is not as difficult as you might think. All you need is a camera, an extension tube, a sturdy tripod -- and a great deal of patiencel But if these things are the vehicles for macrophotography, then, more importantly, imagination and inspiration are the fuel that drives them. The pages of this book will inspire you to become a great, creative macrophotographer, to see and record the world with "a pair of nature's own eyes", and provide you with the technical know-how to achieve all that you want in this miraculous, beautiful, close-up world. Book jacket. show less