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Natural History Photography

By Liam Marsh

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Filming 'Caddisfly Larva'.
Filming 'Caddisfly Larva'.

 

A behind the scenes look at filming 'caddisfly larva' winner of the 'wildlife in HD' category in the British wildlife photographer of the year awards.

Life in a Drop of Water
Life in a Drop of Water

Photographing fresh water invertebrates collected from streams in the Blackdowhills, Somerset.

Underwater Photography in the Tiverton Canal
Underwater Photography in the Tiverton Canal

Taking photographs and video in the clear waters of the Tiverton canal, Somerset
Filming 'spring on the river'

A behind the scenes look at my short film 'spring on the river' winner of the 'wildlife in HD' category in the British wildlife photographer of the year awards.

Illustration Inspired Photographs
Illustration Inspired Photographs

A look at an ongoing project, creating photographs in the style of victorian bird illustrations. 

Frozen in Flight
Frozen in Flight

A behind the scenes look at photographing birds in flight 
Filming Wildlife with the GH4

My initial thoughts on using the panasonic lumix GH4 for filming wildlife 

Birds in flight
Birds in flight

A behind the scenes look at photographing blue tits flying into and out of a bird box

Willow Warbler
Willow Warbler

Behind the scenes look at photographing a willow warbler on the nest

Brown Trout
Brown Trout

Behind the scenes look at photographing brown trout underwater using a home made water proof housing. 

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Here is an image from this week. This is a glow worm larva (Lampyris noctiluca). I was more than a little excited to find this one in my back garden. If you need one example why insects are cool then surely this is it. This is a British species that emits a neon green glow. With adults displaying June to July fingers crossed I’ll get some images/ video of them this year. #insects #macro #wildlifephotography #studiolighting #blackdownhills #aonb
Just testing out my new home-made motorised slider. I’m pretty pleased with the result. Still a few improvements to be made to the design but overall It’s going well. #wildlifefilmmaker #gh4 #panasoniclumix #konova #blackdownhills #wildlifefilming #bts #behindthescenes #camerahack @panasonicgh5
If anyone is wondering how I collect my fresh water invertebrates for photography then this is it. This is kick sampling. Very straight forward, you stir up the river bed with your foot and let the current sweep the sediment and hopefully some inverts into the net. Here I find a flattened mayfly nymph, for the resulting photo slide across. #freshwater #entomology #insects #invertebrates #mayfly #macro #wildlife #wildlifefilming #wildlifephotography

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