Colin Hutton Photography.
http://www.colinhuttonphotography.com
One of the images from the front-page of Colin Hutton's website.
Colin Hutton is a 3rd year Phd student who is studying Environmental Science and Policy.
He has some great macro insect photography.
His use of brightly coloured backgrounds is really unusual and gives an interesting angle to his work.
A great image of a spider from Colin Hotton's website.
He has some amazing photography on his website but it is exceptionally slow to load and is really frustrating to use.
Rose Lynne Fisher and her project entitled Bee.
Rose Lynn Fisher's book. Bee.
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Rose Lynn Fisher's website. http://www.rose-lynnfisher.com\
Bee is an amazing book with images of a bee that have been captured using a scanning electron microscope or (SEM) using simply huge factors of magnification to demonstrate exceptional levels of detail as can be seen in Figures 1-7 below.
Even though I cannot attain anywhere near this level of magnification with my own photographic equipment, I am fascinated by some of the detail that she has shown in an almost abstract form. I definitely want to be able to incorporate this into my work.
Figures 1-7 are extracts from her book and show an unbelievable level of detail and precision.
Her book entitled Bee is available to purchase on Amazon.
I have looked through a physical copy of this at the museum where I found about it from Dmitiri.
This is an amazing piece piece of work. the images are very much artistic in their level of detail and creativity.
Another similar project that I have become aware of from my study is a book called Close Up which was Produced by Alex Ball and Chris Jones from the Natural History Museum.
Article on the Natural History Museum website about the book, Close-Up.
Close Up also uses a scanning electron microscope in a similar fashion to the work of Rose LynnFisher's work to produce similarly detailed images of insects.
Here is a brief description about the book.
''Every picture has the "wow-factor". Here, familiar objects from the natural world are revealed in a whole new light in this series of very close-up photographs, accompanied by informative text from specialists at the Natural History Museum. Enter another universe, in which insects become mini-monsters and pollen grains are dramatic sculptural objects. Images include animal skin, insects, pollen grains and parasites at extreme magnifications. SEM (scanning electron microscope) photography is a powerful tool for scientific investigation and the images it produces are often compelling and visually attractive. It is increasingly becoming recognized as an art form in its own right, with dedicated exhibitions and awards for SEM photography.''
Close Up by Alex Ball and Chris Jones.
Bill Bailey's Jungle Hero (BBC i-Player)
This fascinating two-part series presented by Bill Bailey looks at the life and works of Alfred Russel Wallace who was a contemporary of Charles Darwin and heaped to define the theory of natural selection by evolution.
The Entomology Department at the Manchester Museum has several specimens that were observed by Wallace including several beetle specimens that are named after him.
During my time at the museum, I was asked to photograph several specimens that were classified by Wallace.
Here are the images below.
Examples of beetles classified by Wallace that are held within the Entomology Collection at the Manchester Museum.
Insect Worlds Presented by Steve Backshall.
This was an absolutely spectacular 3-part series that was recently shown on BBC television.
Steve Backshall is an amazing natural historian who is fast making a name for himself as the next Sir David Attenborough.
These three episodes were all shot using state of the art camera techniques including super high-speed photography. They all have absolutely beautiful production values and I really enjoyed watching this series.
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