TIPS IN CAPTURING A GOOD PHOTO: Part 3

Tip number 5: Pick a Good Background

In taking a insect macro picture, is really awesome if you have a good camera. But you also need to consider the background. A good background will result a high possibility of a nice and lovely picture of an insects. If you spot an insect near a garbage can, it could be nice if it's a fly. But if it's a butterfly, it's not really nice to take a picture of a butterfly near garbage. A floral background will make the butterfly stand out and it's beauty will shown.

In this picture, a simple floral background shown the beauty of the butterfly. As you can see, the background is simple but elegant. Background can bring big impact in insects macro photography world. To add a simple technique, if the insect is far from the background you should use a second flash to illuminate the background from the insect. 

Tip number 6: Always check-up your Gear

Before going outside to hunt for an insect. You should always check your gears/gadgets because it's really not cool if you have the angles then you gadget will fail to take a shot. Before going outside (or even at night before you go to sleep) you should check if everything works perfect. A beautiful shout is really really hard to find. You must be ready because some insects cannot be pleased, like Wasp and Bees. 

This macro picture was shot by Sam Bolivar with Nikon D3100 with reverse ring 18-55 mm. As you can see, the background here is just a simple green leaf (Tip number 5: pick a good background).

Tip number 7: Aiming Angles

As a photographer, you should always explore. In insects macro photography angles are really important. A single is not enough to take a goo picture. Some insects are really fast and they always move. So as photographer you should wait (Tip number 1: Have A Long Patience). Different angles are important in any fields of photography. 

In this picture you can see that the angle of the camera doesn't center the model/insect (spider). It is nice to take different angles because sometime insects go from one corner to another and it can also bring the picture like their alive. A top view is nice but always aim for the eyes of the insects. It's their assets.

Photography, suggestions and recommendations by Sam Bolivar.

TIPS IN CAPTURING A GOOD PHOTO: Part 2

Tip number 3: Walk Slowly and Quietly

Most insects are shy type and really hard to deal with. While hunting walk slowly and quietly so you won't scare the insects. Any sudden movements will scare the insects away. They have great senses and they react really fast. They are always alert and ready to run in case of a predator's attack.

Never rushed up a shot. As i said, any sudden movements will scared the insect away. Slowly approach the insect. Take a focus, Aim your angle and then take the shot. Advice; don't be satisfied in one shot. Take few shots in one insects with different angles. You will never know you might get a winning shot.

Tip number 4: Wake Up Early in the Morning

"The early bird catches the early worm." Get up early and hunt, some insects are found in the morning. Specially spiders, they drink dew that came from leaves of grass early in the morning.
When you hunt early in the morning make sure to put protections from other insects like mosquitoes and other insects that carry disease. Some blood sucking insects sure hunt for victims too. 

Most insects like spiders are easy to spot early in the morning. They are just hanging by their webs and waiting for another insects to be trapped in their web. Some rare spiders are found in trees and in rice plants (palay). It's easy to find and take a good shot early in the morning because you'll have a long time preparing and it's not hard to spot insects by morning .

TIPS IN CAPTURING A GOOD PHOTO: Part 1

Macro Photography requires extreme time for a perfect shot. A perfect shot is a good reward for your long patience.
Tip number 1: Have A Long Patience

-photography of Sam Bolivar

A shot like this requires time and effort to acquire. Insects like flies or bees are often easy to spot, but rare insects like golden beetle or firefly are not easy found this days. Hunting such insects requires long patience and effort.

-photography of Sam Bolivar

 Sometimes, you need to sit and wait for the perfect shot. It's not easy but it's fun and really satisfying to achieve the perfect shot. Lots of insects are found in grounds and leaves. It's easy to find rare insects in tall trees but it is risky and unstable. 

 Tip number 2: Hunt In Unexpected Place

More of times, insects are found in the least place you would expect. Like garbage cans, swamps and most of the times in darkest part of the house. It's fun to hunt insects inside your house because you don't have to go outside.

Every insects have types of places to hang out. Bees and flies are always found in places with pollen and nectar producing flowers. Spiders lives in between or on trees. They are found in big leaves and sometimes in few flowers. There are insects that are attached in places like puddles and stagnant waters. 

NEXT TIME, MORE TIPS AND TUTORIALS...

THE FLY (Ang Langaw)

Like any other places, flies are considered pest. Those tiny little insects that posses two flight wings and crawls everywhere that is dirty or sweet. In certain places that has a lot of food cart, flies are their mortal enemies. Besides of flying in to the garbage flies also love to dive in to food like burgers, fries and stuff. Sometimes it's really really irritating in such way, unless make they your model for a macro photography. Here's some sample.

"Insects Macro Photography" 

-photography by Sam Bolivar

The Fly (Ang Langaw)

Flies are founds in moist environments of some kinds (Mostly, it's the part where garbage are dump and water are stuck.) One characteristic of a fly is, it flies really fast and almost impossible to catch especially when they are trying to escape from their predators like (birds, larger insects and spiders). Another characteristic of a fly is, they are responsible in eating and removing carcasses in animals. Some of they also aid in pollination. 

Insects Macro Photography

Flies body is compose of three parts. The head, thorax and the abdomen. Their have movable heads, large eyes and wings. Flies also have good sense of smell, whenever there's a strong smell of food, feces or garbage. They always go for kill. 

Insects Macro Photography

Flies don's really look dirty and a threat. But, as they live in extremely dirty places they carry 200 pathogens and parasites. That are really dangerous to human health. To prevent catching unpleasant disease from flies always keep your environment clean and green.

Insects Macro Photography

WELCOME

Insects Photomacrography     -photography of Sam Bolivar

As a start, I'm Robert Russell C. Miguel. A fourth year student of Central Luzon State University (CLSU). One part of my course requires me to make a blog. It's hard to pick a good title that will make the first page of google search. I decided to include CLSU in my blog. CLSU has a total of 500,000 related searches. Still i 
won't make to page 1 or 2. So i

decided to change my search key word, in spite of many trees are found in CLSU,
 there's also insects. So i pick the title "Insects Macro Photography".

Insects Photomacrography

It's fun to watch glittering insects (fireflies), and flying shiny insects 
(golden tortoise beetle). Well it's a welcome post so; I Welcome you.