RE: Top macro photographers

Hi there,

 

Who would you regard as the top macro photographer in his/her field?

<p><a href="http://www.hwcn.org/~al716/2ndpage.html">Maria Zorn</a>. No question in my mind, she is a genius. She is not computer savvy and all her work were shot in film. Her work looked "digitally manipulated" when such terminologies were nonexistent. I believe her equipment consists only of a camera and no more than 2-3 lenses. Unfortunately for the world (and fortunately for her), she is retired. The info on her website is outdated.</p>

<p>That's almost like asking who has the best house in the world. :) Most people practicing macro photgraphy are doing it as part of their profession. Have a look at the Nikon Small World Contest to see some pretty good examples of macro photography. http://www.nikonsmallworld.com/</p>

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<p>If you like bugs, Thomas Shahan may be your guy:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.lightstalking.com/macro-bugs">http://www.lightstalking.com/macro-bugs</a></p>

 

<p>I like much of the closeup work by UK photographer Heather Angel. She is one of the top, by my reckoning. Here is a short piece she wrote on how to approach flowers in the field. She has many books and articles and some workshops:<br>

http://www.naturephotographers.net/articles0407/ha0407-1.html</p>

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Thank you for your response! Had a look at all the sites and must say all of it really impressive.

 

You are right Bob, when I through that question in, I knew it was pretty wide....:) Thanks for the link though. Excellent photography on all the sites you have given me. Love the lightstalkers - lots of information! Heather Angel is amazing.

Mary, you are right, can you imagine if Maria Zorn were to embrace digital post processing - it would have had some pretty spectacular results, amazing. Your work is amazing too!

Thanks again

Ananda