Design News #6 : Photography

Built to kill � 40 breathtaking closeup photographs of animals

Wildlife photography is regarded as being one of the most challenging forms of photography. It involves a thorough understanding of the behavior of animals and in addition to it, one needs to have sound technical skills, such as being able to expose in the right manner. Its all about being in the right place at the right time.Surprisingly enough, photographing some species may require stalking skills or the use of a camouflage as well. Whilst wildlife photographs can be taken using basic equipment, successful photography of some types of wildlife requires specialist equipment, such as macro lenses for insects, long focal length lenses for birds and underwater cameras for marine life. However, since the advent of digital cameras and the never ending quest for adventures, this practice has evolved into totally new heights.

50 Beautiful Underwater Photos

Underwater imaging is considered an especially challenging area of photography, since it requires very specialized equipment and techniques to be successful. Despite these challenges, it offers the possibility of many exciting and rare photographic opportunities. Animals such as fish and marine mammals are the most common subjects, but photographers also pursue shipwrecks, submerged cave systems, underwater �landscapes�, and portraits of fellow divers. In this post I�m presenting the 50 beautiful underwater photos.

The Beauty of Lightning Photography: A Bolt From The Blue

Scientifically speaking, lightning is an abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light. But for photographers it is a beautiful creation from Mother Nature. Lightning occurs during a storm resulting from strong rising air currents; heavy rain or hail along with thunder and sometimes during volcanic eruptions or dust storms. Mother Nature pigments an galvanic blue sky with a steep contrast of lightning.

30 Breathtaking Examples of Bokeh Photography

The term Bokeh comes from a Japanese word that means �blur�. In photography, it�s used to describe the blur or the quality of the blur in the out-of-focus regions of an image. This can be achieved by taking pictures with a shallow depth-of-field. Bokeh is most noticed when points of light or highlights are part of the blur. They can become prominent and, even though out of focus, very important parts of a shot. For your inspiration, we�ve rounded up 30 breathtaking examples of bokeh photography.

35+ Smashing Liquid High Speed Photography

The High speed photography is one of the photography types that requires taking pictures of a fast moving scene or environment.Before continuing reading this post did you already join our Twitter and subscribe to our RSS feed? If not, rush and join us now to receive updates of new posts and free resources.The difinition of the high speed photography has two different meanings. The first means taking the photo to appear like a freezed shot for the motion. However, it requires high sensitivity sensor and camera shutter.The second meaning refers to the ability to take shots for a motion as sequenced images. In this collection, we will concern about the first meaning and how to use this technique to take inspired shots for liquid motion effects.