I became a photographer while joining as part of the Hive 📸

Today, precisely on June 28, 2020, I took part in this #Hive platform, which started from #steemit to ending in this beloved Hive, if I'm not mistaken, I have been in this beloved Hive for 4 months, here we are free to work and write whatever we want. Indeed, my love is here because I can write, but I do not like to take pictures of nature and animals or other objects, or to say, not the person who likes to take pictures of all the objects I photograph most often are friends and family, while other objects do not.

Then when I was on the Steemit platform at that time (not separate from the Hive) I saw that other friends had very beautiful images, like #photography, #photofeed, #photocircle, and others. So I have a new idea to try to take pictures of animals, insects, nature and anything that interests me. So without realizing it has become a photographer, although not as senior as the other friends.

When I became part of the Hive community I learned self-taught in taking animal objects or insects, and in the end I got the natural knowledge to photograph moving animals using my smartphone.

In my personal experience the most difficult thing to photograph is animals that never stand still from moving like butterflies, but I am looking for a way to photograph it from a distance of 1 meter but must produce good pictures or not blurry.

But thanks to perseverance and patience, butterflies can be photographed at close range as long as you know how to approach it and freeze it. Based on my experience when trying to photograph butterflies, you have to stand with them until the butterflies think you are not a stranger, usually it takes 5 minutes later after your scent or color has been captured by the butterfly's senses then you will be considered a non-predator. So when it is or in good circumstances you are free to shoot in the near direction of about 30 cm or even closer.

Then this is the result of the photo that I have frozen with my personal smartphone, with a distance of 30 cm or 25 cm, while this butterfly remains silent and does not feel disturbed by my activities. Here are the photos that I have frozen without editing.

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Indeed the photos that I uploaded in this post are not as beautiful as the photos of my friends who are very experienced as photographer, but for me this is the result of my experience, as long as I am part of this Hive platform.

But what is a plus is that as long as being part of the Hive community, a new experience is added in becoming a photographer by having a simple photo device in the form of a smartphone and without the help of other supporting tools, but the results of the photo are still beautiful and comfortable in the eye.

Then I would also like to thank all my friends who have helped UPVOTE my work, especially to all WHALE and Curators who have helped me a lot. Thank you and hope you always be the best.