CirrusImage.com Catalog of North American Insects and Spiders
Title
North American Insects and Spiders / Tree Encyclopedia
Description
Photographing insects is like browsing garage sales on a Sunday afternoon, except every single day you can come home with stuff that would make the appraisers on Antiques Roadshow drool. I originally started photographing live insects back in the late 1970's, using a Nikon film camera. Film and processing costs eventually forced me to abandon my pursuit, however. With the advent of digital cameras capable of images of 1 megapixel or so, I realized here was a way to enjoy my hobby again with each image virtually free. I now take 10,000 + insect photos each season. I love being out in the field, and I enjoy learning about these tiny, beautiful creatures.
There is an incredible amount of beauty in the natural world. I've been surprised and stunned many times after coming home and downloading the camera to find out a spider or fly or damselfly has colors or structures I never imagined existed in nature. It's like looking through a microscope or telescope for the first time; you can see things you would never encounter in everyday life. I hope you enjoy my images.
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