Jody Melanson

Jody Melanson grew up in a small Northern Town on a large Lake. Melanson says that he was always fascinated by Bugs, Birds and Wildlife, and from growing up in this small town it gave him lots of opportunities to see and interact with nature. In Melanson's words "I was your typical boy with the slingshot hanging out of one back pocket and a Frog in one of my front pockets". Melanson has quite the following, and shoots all types of photography. His website can be viewed here.

As you can see from the above picture, Melanson not only wears camouflage clothing, but also applies camouflage material to his camera and all its accessories. This is to help him blend in as much as possible to his subjects natural environment. By doing this Melanson is able to get very close to his subjects without disturbing them too much, allowing him to get the photos he aims to achieve.

Here is a pick of some of Melanson's macro photos I found to be quite interesting.

What first draws me into this photo is the intense

turquoise blue of the spiders eyes. I am not sure if they were enhanced post-processing, even if they were they still look phenomenal. There is no distracting glare from flash, they are just pin sharp. It's like looking into another dimension. 90% of the subject is in focus, which can be hard to achieve at this level of magnification. So much detail has been captured, which makes it invaluable from a research point of view and ever explorable to the viewers eyes.

I love that Melanson focuses upon just the stinger of this wasp, for again it is invaluable as research, as well as opening the worlds eyes to what it actually is that can potentially cause you very much pain, if you were to ever come in contact with it. This is one of the reasons it interests me so greatly. Technically this is a very sound image, for it is pin sharp, and shows so much detail, that is never normally seen.