On a PC you can zoom into a geographical area and type in the keyword search dragonfly.

But how do you know where to look and what to look for? Flickr's map functionality to the rescue. It's a beautiful spring day and you know that the dragonflies will be out in force next weekend. Use the stack functionality to keep searches and cache into stacks for offline research. Flickr for LocationsįlickStackr, an excellent ipad app to organise your image research on Flickr. These are both moderated groups and only the highest standard images are accepted.

The Flickr groups in question are insect studio stacks and field studio stacks. There's a wealth of technical information in the descriptions, and even more if you learn to read the EXIF information and look at the tags they use.įor extreme macro there are a couple of really high standard moderated Flickr groups, and if you're serious about learning extreme macro then they should be one of your first stops to get an idea of what works and what doesn't, what to use and what not to use. These are both moderated groups.Įveryone likes to have a popular photo and some of the worlds best extreme macro photographers show their work off on Flickr. Flickr for Techniquesįlickr, an amazing source of inspiration and friendship.įlickr has a lot of good insect photographers and groups specialising in insect photography, for example insect studio stacks and field studio stacks. Lastly, don't we all need a motivation boost once in a while? The feedback at Flickr has sometimes kept me going when I thought I'd had enough.

Before you can learn to photograph well you have to know what is good, to learn to look.įlickr is a great free research tool to help you with extreme macro photography, giving you invaluable insights into techniques, locations and compositions, but is also a great place for friendships.

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