Visions and Nature Publication in French Nature Magazine: Nat’Image
Posted on October 5, 2012
Publication in French Nature Magazine: Nat’Image
by Kristel Schneider
Nat’image, the nature edition of the popular French photo magazine Chasseur d’Image, published an article and an image portfolio from me about Mushroom photography.
The article (written by me and Fabienne Rousseau) describes the different approaches in mushroom photography. A total of 8 pages (+ small cover image) is published in the nr. 16 October/November 2012 issue.
Look for more images at: Mushroom and Fungi gallery
Image of the week at Naturescapes
Posted on September 21, 2012
I just found out that my image: Blues, has been selected as ‘Image Of the Week’ at Naturescapes.Net (a photography forum) in the category, Flora and Macro.
Some feedback :
– Beautiful light and airy image.
– Great use of negative space and I like the unusual placement of the subject.
– The setting is super, the butterfly looks great.
– An excellent compositional idea and certainly a fine image by anyone’s standards – nicely done.
– A well-thought composition, different from the usual ‘macro’ image.
– Lovely! The back lighting is beautiful!
– Beautiful composition with a very good location of the butterfly in the frame. I love the pale colours …
Missed my Blog post about this image, click here!
The Blues
Posted on September 10, 2012
by Kristel Schneider
‘Blues’, the butterfly is not blue all over and some are not even blue at all.
They are from the Lycaenidae family and there are many different varieties.
I thought that to identifying mushrooms was a challenge but that was before I had tried to find the right variety of the Blues on my images. My best guess was the Chalkhill – Blue Butterfly (Lysandra-coridon) and Brown Argus – Blue Butterfly (Aricia agestis).
As a photographer you have to know the species you capture and for every image you try to identify the insect. Sometimes it is a real struggle to find the exact name because not all the insects books are expansive and sometimes even the internet does not provide you with the right identification.
The images I took for this post come from an area with a lot of chalk. Knowing this kind of information about the location you are shooting is handy for your identification afterwards.
The four images were taken on two different locations and on different days.
With the first two images I had a slightly overcast sky (so not bat for some nice light in the late afternoon). For the last two the weather was bright and sunny so I had to wait till sunset to get some nice warm light.
Protected Orchids site – Puy de Pileyre
Posted on June 16, 2012
Protected Orchids site- Puy de Pileyre
Parc Livradois-Forez
by Kristel Schneider
Natura 2000, an EU-wide network of nature protection areas aims to assure the long-term survival of Europe’s most valuable and threatened species and habitats.
France counts 1700 of these nature protected areas. In the Regional Nature Park
Du Livradois- Forez there are already 18 of them. For a nature photographer this kind of information is very useful and because I am rather new to this area I did some Internet-research about protected areas not far from home.
Being a real Wild Orchid lover I was very happy to find a protected Orchids site – nearby the Puy de Pileyre vulcano. Orchids are on list of protected wild plants, but not everybody cares about these lists and many times I can see that the side of the roads are cut radically with a land-mower.
A lot of Orchids prefer chalky soil and I could see on a map that around the Puy de Pileyre you had this kind of soil. This week I went, with my camera bag, to find this Orchid site and I was lucky to still find some fresh Orchids that normally grow in May or beginning of June. Of course I was very careful not to harm any plants. But as a Nature Photographer you know how respect nature and its beauty. Seeing so many Orchids in one spot you wish that there would be more ‘respect for protected species’.
Here is an overview from the Bee Orchid – Ophys apifera (Orchidae) and the Red Helleborine Orchid – Cephalanthera rubra (Orchidae).
Art Print Special Month July 2012
Posted on June 16, 2012
by Kristel Schneider
Special Art Print offer, Month July 2012 —a photograph from Pond Water Crowfoot with reflection .
Pond Water crowfoot, from June 14th 2012. Location: Étang de Marchaud (St-Germain L’Herm, PRN du Livradois Forez, Auvergne, France).
The blue sky is reflecting nicely in the water, this gives the image a nice pastel tint.
Art Print Special for only € 39 !
Click here for how to order this Art Print click here to purchase the Print of the Month July 2012.
| Page size (metric stds.) |
cm | inches | Paper finish | |
| A4 | 21×29.7 | 8.27×11.69 | l’Ilford Premium Matt |
Read How to order and then click here to purchase the Print of the Month February 2012.
This image—at this price—will only be available for the month of July 2012!
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Each print is quality-checked and signed by Kristel Schneider before it is sent out to you.
Images will be added to the Art Print folder regularly. So, check back for new additions!
and on this Blog the special Art Print of the Month will be announced.
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