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

22Feb/15

Conference – My Photography from A to Z

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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

08Oct/14

The Gray tree frog – Hyla versicolor

With fall hitting us like a lighting bolt, it feels like we’re closer to winter than the summer we’ve just left behind. Amphibians and reptiles of all kinds are becoming increasingly scarce. I was quite surprised to find this gray tree frog near the bottom of

26Sep/14

Rough Stink Bug on Sumac flower

Last week it seemed like summer had hit a brick wall. Temperatures fell drastically and we even had a morning of frost. My first thought, no more bugs for macro photography. Well insects are hardy little buggers and it’s not a little cold that will stop them dead in their tracks. (Brochymena sp) Ropugh Stink Bug on

08Sep/14

Pesto the Barred parakeet and Cross Polarization

09/08/2014ENGLISH, Photography General and Misc© STEVE TROLETTI - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, 105mm, america, Andes, animalia, Arinae, Art and Culture, aves, avian, B. lineola, Barred Parakeet, becurious, bird, birding, Birds, Bolborhynchus, Bolborhynchus lineola, Bolborhynchus lineola lineola, Bolborhynchus lineola tigrinus, Bolivia, Catherine parakeet, chordata, circular, Colombia, Conference with Steve Troletti, cross, cross polarization, cross polarized, D810, Domesticated, dslr, Filtre Rosco Polarisant, flash, Flash Speedlight R1, green, L. L. Lozeau, linear, lineolated parakeet, loveyourplanet, lozeau, macro, Macro Photography, Macrophotography, Mexico, micro, model, Mountain, nature and wildlife photography with steve troletti, Nature Photography, nikkor, nikon, Nikon AF-S VR Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/2.8G IF-ED, nikon d810, Nikon R1 Wireless Close-Up Speedlight System, oiseau, Outings & Workshops, Panama, Perruche catherine, Peru, Photo, photography, Photography Gear, polarisation croisée, polarization, polarized, Product Reviews, Psittacidae, Psittaciformes, Psittacoidea, r1, rosco, Santa Marta Mountains, sb-910, SB-R200, south, speedlight, stefano, steve, Strobe, studio, Toui catherine, troletti, Urban Nature, usa, Venezuela, vert, Vertebrata, wildlife, wildlife photographySteve Troletti

What better to do on a rainy day than to play with my best friend, Pesto the Barred Parakeet (A.K.A. Pesto the Pest). Together, we tested the new Nikon DSLR, the D810. Equipped with a Nikon AF-S VR Micro 105mm f/2.8G IF-ED Lens and the Speedlight R1 macro flash system, we tested cross polarization and Wildlife

21Aug/14

Le paradis des araignées géantes — Dolomedes tenebrosus

The Giant Fishing Spider Paradise – Dolomedes tenebrosus

08/21/2014ENGLISH, Nature and Wildlife Photography"fotografo naturalista italiano", © STEVE TROLETTI - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, 1000, america, Amérique du Nord, animalia, Arachnid, Arachnida, Araignées, Araneae, Araneomorphae, Aranéomorphes, Arthropoda, babies, Bécancour, becurious, canada, D. idoneus Montgomery, D. tenebrosus, D. vernalis Emerton, Dark Fishing Spider, Discover, Dolomedes, Dolomedes tenebrosus, egg sac, egg sack, eggs, environment, faune, Fishing Spider, Giant Spider, loveyourplanet, Macro Photography, Macrophotography, montreal, National Geographic, Nature, nature and wildlife photography with steve troletti, Nature Photography, nikkor, nikon, North America, Parc régional de la rivière Gentilly, Photo, photographe animalier canadien, photographe animalier européen, photographe animalier italien, photographe animalier quebecois, photographe animalier suisse, photographe nature canadien, photographe nature européen, photographe nature italien, photographe nature quebecois, photographe nature suisse, photography, Pisauridae, Planet Earth, quebec, Route des Flamants, sac, sack, south, spider, Ste-Marie-de-Blandford, stefano, stefano troletti, steve, steve troletti, troletti, usa, wilderness, wildlife, wildlife photography, youngSteve Troletti

Giant spiders that match weight with tarantulas? Yes, just like in Europe, the Dolomedes spiders are also found in North America. In Quebec, at the beginning of August, Dolomedes tenebrosus (Dark Fishing Spider) invade the banks of rivers with their egg sacks. Dark fishing Spider – Dolomedes tenebrosus with her egg sac

25Jul/14

My Little Swiss Mushrooms in North America

Near the airfield in Écuvillens, Switzerland, there’s a small wooded area named Cornard Forest (Bois Cornard). There I found tiny little mushrooms growing within the moss along the fallen trees. At the time, I thought they were quite cute. Tiny little mushrooms that barely measured a quarter inch in

24Jul/14

The small green caterpillar and the Nikon R1 Speedlight Wireless Flash System

I subdued the light from above by installing a diffuser covering the subject. This also greatly eliminates the reflections of the sky on the caterpillar. I also installed a reflector to open up some shadows by reflecting natural light and that of one of the SB-R200 flashes of the Nikon Speedlight R1

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.

28Jun/14

Little Green Grasshoppers

Little Green Grasshopper Tettigoniidae – (Tettigoniidae / Katydid) – Nuns’ Island It seems that no matter where you go on this planet you can find a grasshopper. Well, maybe not in Antarctica.

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