03May/17

Shooting Infrared with the Opteka 6.5mm f/3.5 Fisheye Lens

For the last year I’ve been playing with the 2016 update of the Opteka 6.5mm f/3.5 Manual Focus Aspherical Circular Fisheye Lens. Once manufactured side by side with the Samyang and Rockinon fisheye lenses

01Oct/16

2016 PHOTOCHALLENGE, OCTOBER: SPECIAL HYPERLAPSE HALLOWEEN CHALLENGE

10/01/2016Photographie général2016, adams, axe, blood, boys, Bugs, canada, chainsaw, darkness, death, demon, Discover, driver, environment, family, ghost, girls, goblins, gory, guts, halloween, howling, hyperlapse, monsters, montreal, nikon, North America, people, Photo, photochallenge.org, photography, pumpkin, quebec, scared, scary, shadows, skeleton, spiders, spooky, steve troletti, taxi, things, timelapse, United States of America, wildernessSteve Troletti

Due to last year’s overwhelming success with the Halloween Challenge, we’re back with another fun-filled PhotoChallenge. I personally love Halloween so no one had to twist my arm to come up with a

01Oct/16

2016 PHOTOCHALLENGE, OCTOBER: SPECIAL HYPERLAPSE HALLOWEEN CHALLENGE

10/01/2016Photography General and Misc2016, adams, axe, blood, boys, Bugs, canada, chainsaw, darkness, death, demon, Discover, driver, environment, family, ghost, girls, goblins, gory, guts, halloween, howling, hyperlapse, monsters, montreal, nikon, North America, people, Photo, photochallenge.org, photography, pumpkin, quebec, scared, scary, shadows, skeleton, spiders, spooky, steve troletti, taxi, things, timelapse, United States of America, wildernessSteve Troletti

As you know I’m a weekly contributor to the PhotoChallenge @ www.photochallenge.org. This year I decided to do a special Photo Challenge and here it is, the spookiest and most anticipated PhotoChallenge

14Jun/16

Introducing the CEP Students in Switzerland to Nature and Wildlife Photography

06/14/2016Conference, ENGLISH, Environmental Photography, Nature and Wildlife Photography"canadian wildlife photographer", "european wildlife photographer", "italian wildlife photographer", america, amphibian, animal, Art and Culture, avian, becurious, bird, Birds, birds of quebec, Bugs, canton, Canton de Fribourg, Canton de Vaud, Canton of Fribourg School Board, CEP, Champ-Pittet, Cheyres, Christine Joss, class room, classmates, Conference, Conference with Steve Troletti, Discover, éco, ecology, ecosystem, environment, Estavayer-le-lac, europe, fauna, field trip, Fribourd, Grande Cariçaie, HAKA, Insects, Lake Neuchâtel, Le Centre éducatif et pédagogique, Mammal, mammals, National Geographic, Nature, nature and wildlife photography with steve troletti, nikkor, nikon, Outings & Workshops, parents, Pascal Torche, Photo, photography, Port of Cheyres, Pro Natura Center, Pro-Natura Champ-Pittet, schweiss, south, special ed, special needs, stefano, steve troletti, students, suisse, Suisse Romande, swiss, switzerland, teacher, Urban Nature, urban travels, usa, vaud, wilderness, wildlife, wildlife photography, YverdonSteve Troletti

One of the great experiences I’ve had in Switzerland was introducing a class of students from the CEP School (Le Centre éducatif et pédagogique) to Nature and Wildlife Photography. The motivation for

22Feb/15

Conference – My Photography from A to Z

02/22/2015Conference, ENGLISH, Nature and Wildlife Photography, Photography General and Misc© STEVE TROLETTI - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, america, Art Exhibit, Bécancour, becurious, Birds, Bois Cornard, Bois Papineau, Bugs, california, canada, Canton de Fribourg, Canton de Vaud, caterpillar, Châbles, Châteauguay, Cirque du Soleil, Conference, Conference with Steve Troletti, Damselfly, Discover, Estavayer-le-lac, europe, First Nations Garden / Le Jardin des Premières-Nations, Font, france, Grande Cariçaie, Héritage Saint-Bernard, Infrared Photography, Insects, jardins botanique de montreal, l’île Saint-Bernard, Ladybug, Lasalle, Laval, Leslie Hancock Garden, long beach, los angeles, loveyourplanet, Macro Photography, Macrophotography, montreal, montreal botanical garden, Montreal Camera Club, montreal nature park, montreal urban nature, Mount Royal Cemetery, Mount Royal Park, Nature, nature and wildlife photography with steve troletti, Nature Photography, nikkor, nikon, North America, Old Port of Montreal, Outings & Workshops, Par Jean-Drapeau, parc de l'ile de la visitation, parc de la pointe aux prairies, Parc des Rapides de Lachine, parc nature - bois-de-l'île-bizard - nature park, Parc régional de la Forêt Ouareau, people, Photo, photography, Planet Earth, plants and vegetation, Pro-Natura Champ-Pittet, quebec, refuge faunique Marguerite-D’Youville, scenery and landscapes, sorens, south, spider, stefano, steve, steve troletti, Suisse Romande, switzerland, troletti, United CHurch, United States of America, united states of america - usa, Urban Nature, urban travels, usa, Victoriaville, videos, Vieux Port de Montréal, WAR, West Island, westmount, Westmount Park, wilderness, wildlife, wildlife photography, YverdonSteve Troletti

CONFERENCE @ THE MONTREAL CAMERA CLUB MONDAY FEB 23 – 7:30 PM Take out your hand warmers and join me at the Montreal Camera Club this Monday night, the 23rd of February

22Jul/14

Little ladybug without little dots

Ladybug Here’s a ladybug that I found intriguing. She had no visible small dots. These days we see an increasing number of ladybugs with more and more little dots, however it’s the first time I see so many without their little dots.

13Jul/14

The Dorothy Benson Trophy and the Zoology Award

07/13/2014ENGLISH, Environmental Photography, Nature and Wildlife Photographyamerica, Amphiian, animal, Arachnid, Art and Culture, avian, becurious, bird, Birds, Bugs, canada, canadiannature and wildlife photography, caterpillar, Cicada, Damselfly, Discover, Dorothy Benson, Eastern cottontail, éco, ecology, ecosystem, environment, fauna, Insects, loveyourplanet, Mammal, mammals, MCC, montreal, Montreal Camera Club, National Geographic, Nature, nature and wildlife, Nature Photography, nikkor, nikon, North America, photographer, photography, quebec, south, spider, stefano, steve, troletti, United States of America, Urban Nature, urban travels, usa, westmount, wilderness, wildlife, wildlife photography, zoologySteve Troletti

Last May I was honored to receive the Dorothy Benson Trophy and the Zoology award form the Montreal Camera Club. Both of these awards reflect the hard work I invest in documenting

04Jun/14

Kabania – Nature Treehouse camping in a Cabanita

06/04/2014ENGLISH, Photography General and Misc"canadian wildlife photographer", "european wildlife photographer", "italian wildlife photographer", america, Amphiian, animal, Arachnid, avian, becurious, bird, birding, Birds, Bugs, cabanitas, Cabins on pilotis, canada, caterpillar, coniferous, Discover, dufresne river, éco, ecology, environment, fauna, forest, Hammock, Insects, Kabania, loveyourplanet, Macrophotography, Mammal, mammals, Nature, nikkor, nikon, North America, Notre-Dame-de-la-Merci, Ouareau Regional Forest Park, Parc régional de la Forêt Ouareau, photographe animalier quebecois, Photographers, photography, pine trees, plants and vegetation, quebec, rivière dufresne, scenery and landscapes, south, stefano, stefano troletti, steve, steve troletti, troletti, United States of America, usa, wilderness, wildlife, wildlife photography, woodsSteve Troletti

Kabania is nestled in a cozy little wooded area in Notre-Dame-de-la-Merci, along the Ouareau Regional Forest Park (Parc régional de la Forêt Ouareau) in the Province of Quebec. Separating Kabania from the Ouareau Forest

13Aug/13

Argiope aurantia Spider – Your Common Black and Yellow Garden Spider

08/13/2013ENGLISH, Nature and Wildlife Photographyamerica, Arachnid, Argiope, Argiope aurantia, aurantia, becurious, black, Black and Yellow Garden Spider, Bokeh, Bugs, california, canada, central, Central America, common, Discover, éco, ecology, ecosystem, environment, European garden spider, fauna, feeding, female, garden, loveyourplanet, Macrophotography, media type, Nature, nikkor, nikon, Nikon D300s, north, North America, orb, Photo, photograph, photography, prey, south, spider, Spider web, stefano, steve, troletti, United States of America, united states of america - usa, Urban Nature, urban travels, usa, weave, web, wilderness, wildlife, YellowSteve Troletti

Female Argiope aurantia Spider Last Friday I received almost 400 visits from searches regarding yellow and black spiders with Zig Zag patterns in their web. With that in mind Ive updated this

06Aug/11

The Birth of a Cicada – VIDEO and PHOTO

08/06/2011ENGLISH, Environmental Photography, Nature and Wildlife Photography105mm, america, arm, Bark, becurious, bug, Bugs, canada, Cicada, d300s, Discover, dynatran, environment, exoskeleton, Exuviae, fauna, First Nations Garden / Le Jardin des Premières-Nations, flex, Gallery 3, iMobile, Insects, jardin botanique de montreal, jardins botanique de montreal, los angeles, loveyourplanet, macro, Macrophotography, manfrotto, media type, Mobile Web, montreal, montreal botanical garden, montreal urban nature, Nature, nature photographer, New Born, nikkor, nikon, Nikon D300s, North America, oo55cx3-pro, Photo, photography, Pine, quebec, sb-900, sigma, south, stefano, steve, steve troletti, tree, troletti, United States of America, Urban Nature, usa, videos, visit canada, visit montreal, visit quebec, wilderness, wildlife, wildlife photographer, wordpressSteve Troletti

New Born Cicada drying it’s Wings next to It’s Exuviae – Photo by Steve Troletti The simple thought of the Birth of a Cicada has always fascinated me. There’s a fairly large

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