The June 2014 edition of Nature Photographers Online Magazine is now ready for viewing!
This month's cover photo is a superb flora shot by NPN member Phil Hodgkins. A regular contributor to the NPN Flora gallery, this photo is a "focus stack" of 12 exposures, each with a slightly different plane of focus. When combined, they produce a superbly detailed macro photo with complete front-to-rear focus. Be sure to check it out!
Alain's monthly essay centers on the use of fisheye wide angle lenses, in this case the Canon EF 8-15 f/4 USM. On full frame cameras, this lens renders a standard wide angle view at 15mm but a circular fisheye view at 8mm. Alain explores the possibilities with the lens in his June essay;
NPN contributor Paul W. Faust serves up reviews of a couple of National Geographic books, both of which he very much likes. You can read his reviews here;
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0 repliesThis month's cover photo is a superb flora shot by NPN member Phil Hodgkins. A regular contributor to the NPN Flora gallery, this photo is a "focus stack" of 12 exposures, each with a slightly different plane of focus. When combined, they produce a superbly detailed macro photo with complete front-to-rear focus. Be sure to check it out!
http://www.naturephotographers.net/imagecritique/ic.cgi?a=vp&pr=218374&ns=1
Alain's monthly essay centers on the use of fisheye wide angle lenses, in this case the Canon EF 8-15 f/4 USM. On full frame cameras, this lens renders a standard wide angle view at 15mm but a circular fisheye view at 8mm. Alain explores the possibilities with the lens in his June essay;
http://www.naturephotographers.net/articles0614/ab0614-1.html
NPN contributor Paul W. Faust serves up reviews of a couple of National Geographic books, both of which he very much likes. You can read his reviews here;
http://www.naturephotographers.net/articles0614/pf0614-1.html
You hope you enjoy this latest edition!