Butterfly Photographer's Handbook: A Comprehensive Reference for Nature Photographers

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Excellent read. I'm finding things out about butterflies that I did not know. The photography tips are al so well written.

Author(s): William B. Folsom
Publisher: Amherst Media, Inc.
Year: 2009

Language: English
Pages: 129
Tags: Библиотека;Досуг;Фотография;Жанры фотосъемки;Живая природа;

Table of Contents......Page 4
Acknowledgments......Page 8
Preface......Page 9
Technical notes......Page 11
PART ONE Butterflies......Page 12
Moths vs. Butterflies......Page 13
The Head......Page 15
The Thorax and Wings......Page 16
The Abdomen......Page 17
Butterfly Identification......Page 18
2. Butterfly Families......Page 19
Snouts......Page 24
Swallowtails and Parnassians......Page 20
Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs......Page 21
Metalmarks......Page 22
Milkweeds......Page 23
Your Garden......Page 25
Botanical Gardens and Parks......Page 26
Butterfly Houses, Vivariums, or Aviaries......Page 27
Butterfly Farms......Page 29
In the Wild......Page 31
Outdoors......Page 34
Home/Studio......Page 38
Best Time of the Year......Page 41
Good Years and Bad Years......Page 42
Best Weather......Page 43
New Butterflies......Page 44
Basking......Page 45
Feeding......Page 46
Fruit......Page 48
Sugar Water......Page 49
Honey Dew......Page 50
Drinking......Page 51
Resting......Page 52
Roosting......Page 53
Spiraling......Page 54
Courtship......Page 55
Looking for Host Plants......Page 56
Migration......Page 57
Final Days......Page 58
The Future......Page 59
Fright or Flight Zones......Page 60
Don’t Cast a Shadow......Page 61
Avoid Perfumes and Fragrant Lotions......Page 62
Know When to Quit......Page 63
PART TWO Photographing Butterflies......Page 64
Digital Cameras......Page 65
Focus Mode......Page 66
Continuous Focus......Page 67
Closest Subject......Page 68
Automatic......Page 69
Program......Page 70
Shutter Priority......Page 71
Exposure Evaluation and Compensation......Page 72
ISO Settings......Page 73
Image Files......Page 74
JPEG + RAW......Page 75
Image Size......Page 76
Focal Length Factors......Page 77
The Best Choices for Butterfly Photography......Page 78
Close-up Lenses (or Filters)......Page 79
Extension Tubes......Page 80
White Balance......Page 81
Indoors......Page 82
Center-Weighted Metering......Page 83
Spot Metering......Page 84
Full Sunlight......Page 85
Side Lighting......Page 86
Cloudy Day Light......Page 87
Dappled Light......Page 88
Flash......Page 89
Light Modifiers......Page 90
Background......Page 92
Foregrounds......Page 93
Angle of the Butterfly to the Camera......Page 95
At an Angle......Page 96
Use the Rule of Thirds......Page 97
Look for Lines......Page 98
Try Adobe Photoshop or Elements......Page 99
When You Spot Your First Cluster of Butterflies......Page 100
A Moment of Observation......Page 101
A Solid Stance......Page 102
Entering the Zone......Page 105
Raising the Bar......Page 106
Going All the Way......Page 107
Processing Your Images......Page 109
Printing Your Images......Page 110
Environmental Awareness......Page 113
Appendix......Page 117
Glossary......Page 121
Index......Page 123