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For years, Theo Bosboom had longed to photograph wildflowers from the viewpoint of the tiny insects that live among them. His dream finally became reality when a long, narrow, wide-angle macro lens (t

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When everything comes together, there’s no better feeling, as Michael Topham experienced in Croatia

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For more interesting portraits, take a direct approach and ask your subject for a shot