Some of today’s images are super close-ups of small things such as insects, via macro lens and a close approach. . Some are close-ups of larger critters via a long lens, a close approach, or occasionally a moderately close approach and then a crop in the editing process.

There is a myriad of ways to create “close up” images.

Spiders fascinate me. I could (and have) photograph them all day. This one was photographed with my trusty Nikon 105 macro lens, while on a tripod and from reasonably close distance.

When the are clinging to a web, as this one is, making sure we do not that your tripod, your knee or anything else does not brush that web is paramount.

This butterfly, leaves and such, was as you can see, captured (photographically speaking), with the aid of electronic flash.

A close-up is such, anytime we are close enough to fill a picture frame left to right.

The frog below was I believe, as curious of me as I was to it.

Of course, the eyes are the most compelling aspect of a frog. The critter below is not the same frog as the previous one.

Okay, maybe I was being a little bit invasive with these beetles. I heard no complaints so I made the image.

Behavioral shots can at times be close up shots.

Close-ups, are anything that brings viewers close enough to a subject, as to feel we can reach out and touch them. Below is a Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel..

Macro close-ups, can bring us into the private lives of tiny critters. The damselflies and dragonflies below share with us, their most important (and intimate?) moments needed to continue the species.
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Closeness, be it via macro equipment, a long lens, or a crop on the computer, allows viewers to feel as though they were there when we the photographers were there.

Action shots, that provide left to right, frame filling images, can be spectacular or at least, they can make you feel as though we are there.

Below, is a Forster’s Tern coming right at us.

Most certainly, plants be they flowers or autumn grasses, are “made” to fulfill macro visions

Edge to edge, frame filling images of the land, are valid types of landscape imagery, be they abstractions, or more literal.

Getting back to critters, imagery that takes us into their world, is significant.

The gull below is right in our face, so to speak. Mid air close-ups make strong statements.

Clark’s Nutcracker.

Baby birds. These critters which are new to the world, need space and long lenses and/or crops.

Ultimately, there is nothing like being photographically taken into the lives of wild creatures, as long as the photographer has the values to make their subjects more important than they are.

The New Testament of the Bible refers to Jesus as Lord, over seven hundred times.

What do you Call Him?

God Bless,
Wayne