How did your interest in wildlife arise?
Since my childhood in the Pozo del Molle, province of Córdoba (Argentina) I was curious about that small nature, which exceeded my entertainment, the capacity for wonder, just to observe and hear the Cicadas that abounded in the trees, a debate arose, questioning of doubts and conclusions, perhaps … accurate at our ages: did the cicadas live on earth or did they only appear in summer? We were strongly struck by finding the “container” of only some, making conjectures from our innocence.
How do you describe your journey as a photographer and a person?
Each trip is with expectations that there is something, there is an encounter before my observation, even behind the leaves, also in seeds, spider webs, textures, insect eggs, pests, fungi, wildflowers, a small world to discover that always pleasantly surprised if we observe the environment and are careful.
What is your view on Nature Conservation?
Many crops depend on the pollination of insects but due to climate changes, deforestation, fumigation, there has been a notable decrease in insects and biodiversity, but insects play an important role in ecology, so it is necessary to conserve the ecosystem, knowing the role and the positive impact they have on the world, many of the insects are pest controllers.
How can we, as wildlife photographers, help to protect our Mother Nature?
Through photos we can educate the viewers of the many species that exist, their enormous variety of functions in the environment, their defense mechanisms. Viewers can get amazed and marvel at the shapes, colors, and designs of a tiny world and the need for its conservation, and get to know a world that, although it exists, we cannot appreciate it without macro photography.
Behind each photo there is a lot of sweat, patience, you wait, all that is the sum expressed in photos to raise awareness of the importance of consequences of the degradation of wetlands, mountains, that without them the life of these tiny beings would not be possible, and for those who believe, see the work of a great Designer and Creator of the universe.
Can you give our readers the best macro photography tips?
Macro photography of insects in their environment, with living organisms, is possible without manipulation. If you know the native plant species, we know which are the nutritional plants and what insects they host.
Be patient and persistent, walk slowly and stop to observe in suburban areas, on the edges of the fields, in a yard or among weeds.
Do you have any recommendations on setup or equipment for macro photography?
A Macro Lens must be handy, versatile for when the opportunity arises, the immediacy of photographing, configuring with possible values, before our model leaves.
Use a flash with low flash power and with a diffuser, so that the surface of your aqueous bodies, with sparkles, is a mirror and does not affect a photo.
What plans do you have in the future related to Wildlife Photography?
Continue admiring and knowing the many species that exist, their enormous variety of functions in the environment, their defense mechanisms, colors, designs, forms of communication of miniature organisms, their fragility, their societies, mutualism, their non-life cycles, not only arthropods, but batrachians and birds.
Tell us something about the gears you use.
I use a Nikon Micro Nikkor 85mm f / 3.5 lens and a Raynox lens that I sometimes add to a 55-300mm lens, a Nikon SB700 flash with a diffuser, plus a cloth that attenuates its light.
