''We must always take from nature what we paint and always choose the most beautiful things.'' - Leon Battista Alberti.

The same could be said of photography - which is painting with light. Each of the elements in this image is 'taken from nature'

Photographed 10 March 2015 in low light conditions using a two-second exposure and natural strongly directional light from a small window.
Nikon D600
24-85 mm lens at 62 mm
ƒ/20; 2 secs; ISO 160

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Taken 7 February 2016, in the Charente countryside.
Posted to flickr 23 November, 2016.

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Nikon D600; 24-120 mm lens @ 120 mm
ƒ/6.3; 1/1000. ISO 160
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Taken 2nd June 2017 in my garden in the Charente, France. My attention (and lens) were focussed on the eye of the hummingbird hawkmoth, so imagine my surprise when I looked at the image on my computer and saw, for the first time, the tiny insect that it completely dwarfs. I have now had help in identifying it. It is a Mediterranean Katydid nymph - Phaneroptera nana nymph.

Camera: Nikon d300
Lens: 200 mm
Exposure settings: ƒ/5.6; 1/750; ISO 141
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Even when it rains the birds must continue their daily search for food. NUTHATCH - foraging in the rain. Taken 3 January 2016 in my garden, in the Charente, France.

Camera: Nikon D600
Lens: 80-400 mm Nikkor @ 380 mm
Exposure settings: ƒ/5.6; 1/160 sec,; ISO 500
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Taken 24 July 2015
Camera: Nikon D600
Lens: 105 mm Micro-Nikkor
Exposure: ƒ/10; 1/200 sec. ISO 320


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