Category: insect photography

• WilcePhotos post asks “What is a macro shot?”

  In my latest blog post I recognize “I am no epert in macro, but I am a learner— of late, mainly Amy Horn!I In my new blog post on WilcePhotos, I try to define macro photography. But in the end, for me, what matters is not the lens or a formal technique, but achieving the…

  jwilce

  August 16, 2025

  #digital cameras, #FlagstaffArizona, #flowers, #gifts, #insects, #northern Arizona, #outdoor photography, #photography, #technological improvement, #technology, Arizona, goingpro, insect photography, macro photography, Mirrorless cameras, outdoor photography, Photo Editing, photo websites, Photoshop, professionalism, websites

  #getolympus, #insects, #nature, #northern Arizona, #olympusphotography, #photography

• For subscribers only: “The Dangerous Life of A Butterfly

  jwilce

  June 2, 2024

  #butterflies, #FlagstaffArizona, #flowers, #insects, #photography, #technological improvement, #wings, Arizona, insect photography, Mirrorless cameras, OM1 camera, outdoor photography

• New photos on FAA!

  wilcephotos says, “please shop big or bug photos!” 😉 From big to bug: Deer and butterfly If you like these two photos, you’ll love the two similar pix I just posted. Click here for the Southwestern Azure and this one for the mule deer photos on Fine Art America. Please shop while you’re there!!

  jwilce

  July 22, 2023

  #butterflies, #digital cameras, #FlagstaffArizona, #flowers, #northern Arizona, #OlympusE-M1-Markii camera, #outdoor photography, #photography, #technological improvement, #wildlife photography, animal behavior, FAA: Fine Art America, goingpro, holiday gifts, insect photography, Mirrorless cameras, OM1 camera

  #Arizona, #butterflies, #fineartphotography, #getolympus, #insects, #lepidoptera, #nature, #northern Arizona, #olympusphotography, #photography, #wildlife photography, backyard wildlife, Fine Art America, Flagstaff, mule deer, tans

• “A Butterfly Named Doris” revisited

  In late 2021 I blogged about one of the glorious butterflies I’d photographed at Butterfly Wonderland in Scottsdale, Arizona. I have revisited the photo of “Doris longwing”, editing it in new ways, from scratch. Many products incorporating this photo are for sale h!ere. While you’re there, see what other photos of mine are for sale!…

  jwilce

  July 9, 2023

  #butterflies, #digital cameras, #insects, #OlympusE-M1-Markii camera, #photoblog, #photography, #photonarratives, #wings, FAA: Fine Art America, insect behavior, insect photography, Mirrorless cameras, Photo Editing, professionalism

  #Arizona, #butterflies, #butterflyphotography, #getolympus, #insects, #olympusphotography, #photography

• Underexposed?

  or dark, rich, moody? I admit it— I love my “underexposed” images. I succumb to what one of my generous mentors calls “the religion of low light.” Why? The colors are so darned rich! The downside? They are “noisy”! (Noise is to digital images as “grainy” was to film images.) Here are two of my…

  jwilce

  March 21, 2023

  #bees, #bumblebees, #colors, #digital cameras, #FlagstaffArizona, #flowers, #insects, #northern Arizona, #outdoor photography, #photoblog, #photography, #photonarratives, #technological improvement, #technology, #wings, animal behavior, Arizona, insect behavior, insect photography, Mirrorless cameras, OM1 camera, outdoor photography

  #Arizona, #insects, #nature, #northern Arizona, #olympusphotography, #photography, Flagstaff

• T-Shirts With Beautiful Designs!

  Promoting Other Artists’ Work (and my own) Click on lower case “t-shirts” below to see the wearable art! t-shirts Can’t see my t-shirts? Try this: https://jim-wilce.pixels.com/shop/tshirts

  jwilce

  February 3, 2023

  #bird photography, #butterflies, #digital cameras, #FlagstaffArizona, #flowers, #insects, #moon, #MountElden, #nightsky, #northern Arizona, #outdoor photography, #photoblog, #photography, #photonarratives, #sunsets, #technological improvement, #technology, #wildlife photography, #wings, Arizona, bird photography, bird photos, clothing, Collegiality, holiday gift ideas, holiday gifts, insect photography, Mirrorless cameras, Mountains, outdoor photography, rural America, Sunrises, Sunsets, t-shirts, wildlife photography

  #birds, #clouds, #flowers, #getolympus, #insects, #olympusphotography, #photography, #sunsets and sunrises

• Free: Three versions of bumblebee at white vetch flowers

  I am loving giving some of my photos away on Pexels.com, with the understanding that those who are inspired to do so will make a contribution to this extremely dedicated photographer, photo editor, videographer, etc. Here are three versions of a photograph of a tricolored (Hunt’s?) bumblebee hovering by white vetch flowers. (Vetches are in…

  jwilce

  January 25, 2023

  #bees, #bumblebees, #colors, #FlagstaffArizona, #insects, #northern Arizona, #OlympusE-M1-Markii camera, #outdoor photography, #photoblog, #photography, #photonarratives, #technological improvement, #technology, #wings, insect behavior, insect photography, Mirrorless cameras, outdoor photography

  #Arizona, #getolympus, #insects, #nature, #northern Arizona, #olympusphotography, #photography, bumblebees, content-aware move tool, Flagstaff, Hymenoptera, pea plants, Photoshop, pollinators, vetch, white flowers, winged insects

• Bee healthy!

  Honeybees, hive killers, and vaccines Without pollinators, we might not have food. With pollinators come food and beauty. Beauty like this — https://jim-wilce.pixels.com/featured/the-blue-knighthood-of-bees-jim-wilce.html or this freebie for y’all At a time when disease is wiping out whole insect colonies, a new vaccine shows promise in fighting the bacteria that have been destroying honeybee colonies. Here…

  jwilce

  January 21, 2023

  #bees, #colors, #FlagstaffArizona, #insects, #northern Arizona, #outdoor photography, #photoblog, #photography, #photonarratives, #technological improvement, #technology, #wings, Arizona, insect behavior, insect photography, Mirrorless cameras, outdoor photography

  #insects, #nature, #northern Arizona, #olympusphotography, #photography, bees, echinacea, flowers, honeybees

• Launching My Photography Business With This Post! Birds, Bees, And Their Habitat in Claremont, CA

  For the very first time, I am making it simple for people to buy my photographs. Read more to see what photos are for sale, how to buy them, etc.! Claremont California occupies a special place in my heart, not only because loved ones live there but because many of my formative years were th…

  jwilce

  November 20, 2021

  #bees, #bird photography, #California, #digital cameras, #OlympusE-M1-Markii camera, #outdoor photography, #photoblog, #photography, #technological improvement, #wildlife photography, bird photography, bird photos, California, insect photography, outdoor photography, wildlife photography

  #naturephotography, #olympusphotography, #parks, #publicspaces, #wildlifephotography

• Dragonflies mating mid-air

  One of my favorite places in Flagstaff is Frances Short Pond. It is a hotspot for members of the Order Odonata— dragonflies and damselflies like the one below, which is, I believe, a “bluet.” But now the show I promised—a shaky video of two orange dragonflies and their mid-air mating dance. The still photos on…

  jwilce

  September 30, 2016

  #dragonflies, #FlagstaffArizona, #insects, #mating rituals, #northern Arizona, #outdoor photography, #photography, #photonarratives, #wildlife photography, #wings, animal behavior, Arizona, insect behavior, insect photography

  #Arizona, #insects, #nature, #parks, #photoblog, #photography, #wings, Flagstaff

• Hitchhiker butterfly

  The other day, I came in from a photographic moment down on my knees in the front yard. This put my legs in direct contact with a pile of dead plant matter. So I should have seen this coming— a hitchhiker apparently crawled onto my blue jeans. So it was not until I came inside…

  jwilce

  September 30, 2016

  #butterflies, #FlagstaffArizona, #insects, #photography, #photonarratives, insect photography

  #Arizona, #insects, #photoblog, #photography, butterflies, Flagstaff

• Unidentified insect: Beetle?

  I’m posting this on Reddit ( /r/whatsthisbug). For you who once saw me post HERE rather regularly, I apologize for my long absence and offer this strikingly beautiful insect (a beetle?). I was seeing this orange-winged insect (probably a beetle) this spring, then suddenly it reappeared today in the Rio de Flag, Cheshire neighborhood, Flagstaff,…

  jwilce

  August 1, 2016

  #FlagstaffArizona, #northern Arizona, #outdoor photography, #photography, #wings, Arizona, insect photography

• Monarch Discovery

  Google Doodles— the graphics atop Google’s splash page that change every day—are sometimes worth taking the time to consider. Such was the case with the 9 January 2016 Google Doodle. The Doodle acknowledges the “41st Anniversary of the Discovery of the Mountain of the Butterflies” The mountain in Mexico where the monarchs “overwinter” is the…

  jwilce

  January 11, 2016

  #butterflies, #outdoor photography, #photography, insect photography, outdoor photography, rural America, wildlife photography

  #insects, #nature, #photography

• Madison Dragonflies Mating

  I intend these photos as a “study”— an exercise producing a series of sketches, but in this case photographic sketches. Most of my photos reflect a great gift of tolerance, if not quite trust, on the part of the photographic object. I came across these conjoined dragonflies in the corn fields that make up one…

  jwilce

  October 8, 2015

  #photography, insect photography

  Dane County Parks, Madison Wisconsin area, Nine Springs E-Way, Wisconsin