The Group f64

I shot a pepper as sharp-focused as possible and carefully framed it like the f 64 photographers.

I like the ways that Imogen Cunningham and Edward Weston transformed ordinary plants and flowers to fine art.I tried to imitate the way they did. I chose a pepper and used black background. I shot it at maximum depth of filed and simply framed the subject.Well, it is still a photograph of pepper, but not art yet.I realized the f64 photographers chose their subjects carefully ,playing with lighting and discovered perfect framing. The result is they made prominent images.

"Glen Canyon National Recreation Area in Utah" Frans Lanting,

This beautiful exploration image is Glen Canyon National Recreation Area in Utah. The photographer, Frans Lanting, took a series of photographs on assignment for National Geographic magazine’s issue of “In canyon country”, published March 2007. This image is fantastic,
Lanting shot a moment in which the reflection of the water is painted on the wall. The water is partly colored brilliant green and the reflection depicts a beehive pattern on the wall.

Lanting is one of the great nature photographers of our time. At the same time, I feel his photographs have some differences from other nature photographers because his approach is to document wildlife and our relationship with nature. His recent work “Life: a journey though the time” represents the evolution of life on the earth. He shows us an endangered ecological system through his beautiful photographs. He gives audiences a message on how human beings maintain our natural systems.

Frans Lanting “web-site is available at http://www.franslanting.com/