Ahh ... definition of terms. What you've described I'd consider wildlife photography, or, when shooting insects and small critter at close range, close-up photography. I see nature photography as broader, more environmentally encompassing, like landscapes, trees, rocks, scenics, and the like.
Shel > [Original Message] > From: mike wilson < > > From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: 2005/07/06 Wed PM 02:15:15 GMT > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: K1000 > > > > Nature photography is such a different type of photography, Much more > > methodical, careful, and, of course, a lot slower and more deliberate. > > It can be but it is equally possible that you will be trying to make focus on a rapidly moving subject, with a (comparitively) narrow DOF in changing light, that needs some fill flash as it is a black organism on a white background. With all the advantages of AF, AE, auto flash compensation, etc., I have still not got a good picture of a Hummingbird Hawk Moth. I wouldn't even try without them. > > It's not all photographing sleeping carnivores in zoo enclosures.
