Publication in French Nature Magazine: Nat’Image

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…

Image of the week at Naturescapes

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…

The Blues

The Blues 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…

Protected Orchids site – Puy de Pileyre

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…

Nature Photography in Your Own Backyard

Nature Photography in Your Own Backyard by Kristel Schneider Nature Photography in your Backyard sounds easy but you still have to walk around and look for the right light, different angles and backgrounds to create an interesting image. Yesterday afternoon I decided to remove the dust from my Sigma 150mm macro lens. I noticed that lately I was stuck to my 300mm L 4.0…