By Varina Patel,on January 31st,2012 This is a shot from Death Valley National Park in California. The salt flats are huge –40 miles long and 5 miles wide –but it’s the tiniest details that grabbed my attention. The largest of these crystals is just three or four millimeters wide. I was waiting for sunset near Badwater,but the . . . →Read More:Salt and Sand By Jay Patel,on August 29th,2011 The Mike Moats Macro Light Control Kit includes a 24-inch Wimberly™ Plamp and two 14-inch Westcott™ Illuminator Reflector Panels –one is silver on one side and white on the other,and the other is a translucent white diffuser. It also includes the Finding Character in Nature ebook by Mike. I went out for a . . . →Read More:Review:Mike Moats Macro Light Control Kit By Jay Patel,on June 20th,2011 We want to take a moment to thank Mike Moats for featuring Varina’s macro photography work on his blog. It’s a real honor to be selected. Check it out –you’ll find a brief interview and a small collection of Varina’s macro photos. She’s best known for her wide-angle landscape photography –but macro photography . . . →Read More:Featured Photographer:Mike Moats Blog By Jay Patel,on May 5th,2011 I took this shot at Pebble Beach in California. This small beach is made up of tiny,multicolored pebbles instead of sand –and most of them are smaller than a pea. Large rocks along the shoreline have been scoured smooth by the waves,and they are carved with strange patterns and holes. I took . . . →Read More:Featured Download:Treasure By Jay Patel,on April 21st,2011 Spooky Canyon is very narrow,and it gets pretty deep in places –so it’s often necessary to use a long shutter speed in order to capture detail in the shadows. The bumps along the walls provide interesting details,and the curving walls of the canyon are great for leading lines. The challenge for . . . →Read More:New Images:Spooky Canyon | |