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Photographing bugs and the tiny critters takes patience, and a macro lens may come in handy as well.

By William Warby

Weekly Photography Challenge –Butterflies and Bugs

For this week’s challenge if you need some tips, try reading these dPS articles:

Unless you’re shooting really really long exposures, a photograph captures just the tiniest slice of time. Timelapse can help to speed up time and show us great durations in just a few minutes. For fine art photographerStephen Wilkes, shooting hundreds of photographs over the course of up to 30 hours at a time perched in [...]

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Spring has sprung in the northern part of the world and the creep crawly things are out and about. But they aren’t all bad or ugly. Many of the world’s smallest creatures are quite attractive – beautiful even.

So here is how some photographers chose to capture them in butterflies and bugs:

By Bob Peterson

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German website Fotografieis reporting that Nikon have received a “cease and desist” from disgruntled German D500 owner, Andreas V., for falsely advertising the camera’s Wi-Fi abilities. While the camera does indeed offer Wi-Fi, it can only be utilisedvia Nikon’s new Bluetooth connected SnapBridge system. At the moment, SnapBridgeis only available to owners of compatible Android [...]

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You open the box and there it is; a new digital camera. Youve wanted to be a professional photographer for a long time and now is your time. This camera is the symbol of your next step. Maybe, its your new lens which takes you to your promising future of photographic glory. We all have [...]

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Adding camera movements to your video or timelapse footage is one of the simplest ways to add some more interest in your footage, bump up production value, and take your work to the next level. It’s why many of us buy camera sliders in the first place. But sometimes a simple slide move isn’t enough, [...]

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Architecture is all around us, it is an integral part of our lives. We live in it, we work in it, we eat out in it, and in most towns a lot of money has been spent on it so they stand out to say something. We all know what those buildings are, and have maybe even taken photos of them, but they are often just snaps. There is nothing wrong with getting those, but it could be nice to try and get a lot more with the image, such as the essence of the building, what it says about its placement and... more

I work in the beauty industry and mainly use Instagram to promote my work, so I run into this problem a lot. This blog post has twogoals: explaining why its so important to give credit when reposting other peoples work and advice on how to protect your art. I hope that you find some useful [...]

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This image, which puts unrequited loveinto a context that photographers can understand, seems to have been doing the rounds on Facebook today, although I’m not sure who put it together. The lens choices for the image are quite interesting.It’s easy to see how somebody could get worked up over the 200mm f/2, especially when onelooks [...]

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Whether it’s a big budget action movie or a regular location photo shoot, the wide shot can be used to add some drama and interest to your scene.Environment provides context.The exact opposite of the wide shot is the extreme close-up, which focuses in on the small details while still providing some of the same effects. [...]

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