Beautiful nature photographs by Mike Flemming

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Mike has been taking photos all his life but  now has more time to do it.Why don’t you get a camera or use your phone and  start a new hobby? I do  it although I have no technical skills.Again my technical skills in art are not very good but I still like to try.

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4 thoughts on “Beautiful nature photographs by Mike Flemming”

  1. Thank you for including my photos, Katherine. In nature photography, luck plays quite a large part – I was lucky to press the button at the right moment to capture those Terns, for example.

    When drawing or painting, a lot more skill is required and you have to create the entire scene for yourself. On the other hand, photography is a good way to learn about composition and what make a pleasing image. That’s especially true when digital photography allows you easily to try, try, and try again.

    1. Chance favours the prepared mind,Mike.Quitea lot of artists use photographs to give them an image.I have found with digital art that I can simplify the subject.I have to because using a touchpad is not like holding a pencil.But then I saw I was putting in too much detail drawing by hand.I also found it taught me a lot about colour but nothing is the same as feeling a soft pencil or brush in contact with real paper though my efforts are often horrible looking!
      Thanks so much for sharing your photos,Mikw

      1. Many (perhaps, most) people are poor judges of their own work. I doubt whether there are any firm rules about detail. I think it can be a challenge to try and extract the ‘essence’ of a scene and remove all extraneous detail but, on the other hand, the Pre-Raphaelites put in amazing amounts
        of intricate detail and made jibes about Sir Sloshua Reynolds! I find myself gasping at van Eyke’s Arnolfini portrait (as I feel sure he intended us to) simply because of the intricate detail and mastery of light and shade

      2. I agree with you.At the Art class I thought all my work was terrible but when I showed some to other people they liked it.And the teacher said,never throw anything away.So she may have thought we’d be tempted.I think if one spends enough time we can create something we like.On the other hand many people hate certain artists like the Impressionists because they prefer the mastery you describe.I confess I threw away 50 drawings of faces and kept about three.Some were horrible.Still it makes us look at people and see details we would have not seen before.Thanks for your comment,Mike

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