Asian Photography – July 2019

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habitat that you are working in. This

even involves not coming in the way of

subjects’ movements, behaviours etc

specially with macro photography of

nature, usually with smaller creatures.

We, most often than not, have to handle

the animal and set it up in a place where

it is easy to photograph. I try to avoid

that as much as possible, but when I do,

I take utmost precaution to make sure I

handle it carefully. The second biggest

issue is the use of lights. Because the

depth of field is so shallow, we have to

use flashes to shoot and many a times a

lot of these animals are found only in the

night. The heat and light can do serious

damage to many animals. So we really

have to be careful with that.

Do you think post-processing will play

a major part in macro photography

in the future with Instagram and

other social media portals giving

photographers the pleasure of instant

gratification when they post heavily

edited images?

I personally find this trend disturbing.

The heavy use of filters on Instagram

makes the image look unreal. I am fine

with it if the photographer calls himself

an artist and not a photographer. We

as nature photographers try our best

to depict nature the way it is. But like

all things I see this as a passing phase.

If Instagram shuts down tomorrow,

then that’s the end for many of these

photographers who are nothing but

instant Instagram stars.