Q: When Is a Small Critter Too Large? (Re-post)

A: When you can’t get the entire critter in the frame! While visiting the local prairie meadow in June, I saw this adorable Mayfly. With such delicate structure, I wanted to get the entire specimen in the frame, especially to show off his extremely large tail, but I also wanted to be able to capture […]

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Little Giant (Re-post)

(This post originally published in July 2010) Last week I ran a private, in-the-field macro workshop for a photographer that had taken one of my digital photograph classes last fall. We went to the nearby prairie meadow that I have published posts on several times, knowing that there would be ample opportunities for macro photography […]

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