Nature photography

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In addition to landscape photography, nature photography also deals with weather situations as the primary image expression: Westruper Heide at sunrise
Nature photographer

Nature photography or nature photography is a field of photography that is interested in nature , natural phenomena , landscapes and living things .

subjects

Nature photography includes genres such as landscape photography , plant and animal photography or environmental photography . The photographic representation of weather phenomena such as clouds , lightning , rain, polar lights or storms , volcanic eruptions or floods also count in this area.

Styles

A distinction can be made between artistic nature photography, documentary nature photography for scientific purposes, nature photography for environmental protection purposes and nature photography as a leisure activity and as a hobby of the amateur , whereby the boundaries are often fluid.

The existing light is usually used . The situations found should be reproduced as naturally as possible. The motivation for photographers is often the impressive or situationally interesting perception of nature that is to be captured in pictures.

The often atmospheric depictions of animals, plants and landscapes, popular as calendars or photo reports, can be derived from historical subjects of painting , in particular from romantic landscape painting ; a longing for freedom, alleged unspoiltness, a “whole world” and distance from civilization finds expression here.

Nature photography takes place in the context of hikes, mountain tours, boat trips, on vacation or while traveling in general.

Well-known nature photographers

Competitions

See also

literature

  • Hans-Peter Schaub: Nature photography: The great school of photography - spectacularly staging nature, landscape, macro and animals , 2017, ISBN 978-3836259101 .
  • Peter Cairns, Florian Möllers, Staffan Widstran, Bridget Wijnberg: Wild Wonders of Europe . National Geographic, Hamburg 2010, ISBN 978-3866901742 .
  • Ingo Seehafer: Nature Photography: The Great Photography Course . 1st edition. Verlag Vierfarben, Bonn 2013, ISBN 978-3-8421-0022-0 .
  • Thomas Kaiser : The start in nature photography. Skillfully stage scenery, animals and plants. Humboldt, Hannover 2017, ISBN 978-3-86910-359-4 ( review on bild-akademie.de).

Web links

Commons : Nature photographers  - collection of images, videos and audio files