French photographer passionate since childhood about small animals and the photography he learned self-taught, Sébastien Malo first started with landscape, before finding a way to link his two passions.
He now practices extreme macro photography, a technique that allows close-ups of very small insects and spiders.
This specialty allows him to discover details never seen before. Through his photos, he tries to share his discoveries, to challenge the viewer and to convey an ecological message by showing the beauty and richness of the nature that surrounds us.
This photographic technique requires a lot of time, particularly because he assembled the installation he uses himself. It also requires a lot of patience to find the subjects, which he mainly collects already dead.
Sébastien also seeks to highlight certain little-known or hated animals, such as spiders, which have a prominent place in his work. By playing on scale, and giving the impression of beings of gigantic size, this body of portraits also highlights the immense force of nature, even in the infinitely small.
2019
Technique: focus stacking, 113 shots at ISO 200, 1/8 second, magnification ratio +/-3x
Microscope objective Lomo 3.7/0.11
Digital photography available in limited series
2019
Technique: focus stacking, panorama of 6 stacks of 210, 200, 220, 141, 173 and 158 shots, i.e. 1102 shots at ISO 100, 0.8 seconds, 2x magnification ratio
Canon MP-E 65mm f/2.8 Macro 1-5x lens (at 2x)
Digital photography available in limited series
2020
Technique: focus stacking, panning of 2 stacks of 269 and 228, i.e. 497 shots at ISO 100, 0.4 seconds, 10x magnification ratio
Olympus microscope objective UPlanFL N 10/0.30 UIS2
Digital photography available in limited series
2020
Technique: focus stacking, panning of 2 stacks of 194 and 178, i.e. 372 shots at ISO 100, 0.5 seconds, 10x magnification ratio
Olympus microscope objective UPlanFL N 10/0.30 UIS2
Digital photography available in limited series
2020
Technique: focus stacking, 89 shots at ISO 160, 1.3 seconds, 5x magnification ratio
Nikon M Plan 5/0.1 microscope lens
Digital photography available in limited series
2021
Technique: focus stacking, 98 shots at ISO 100, 1/2 second, 2x magnification ratio
Minolta DiMAGE SCAN ELITE 5400 scanner lens
Digital photography available in limited series
2021
Technique: focus stacking, panning of 2 stacks of 142 and 129, i.e. 271 shots at ISO 100, 1/3 second, magnification ratio 3.7x
Microscope objective Lomo 3.7/0.11
Digital photography available in limited series
2021
Technique: focus stacking, panning of 2 stacks of 97 shots, i.e. 194 shots at ISO 100, 0.6 seconds, 6.3x magnification ratio
Carl Zeiss Jena Semiplan microscope objective 6.3/0.16
Digital photography available in limited series
2021
Technique: focus stacking, 273 shots at ISO 100, 1/2 second, 10x magnification ratio
Olympus microscope objective UPlanFL N 10/0.30 UIS2
Digital photography available in limited series
2022
Technique: focus stacking, panorama of 4 stacks of 120, 120, 110 and 111, i.e. 461 shots at ISO 100, 1/2 second, 6.3x magnification ratio
Carl Zeiss Jena Semiplan microscope objective 6.3/0.16
Digital photography available in limited series
2022
Technique: focus stacking, panorama of 6 stacks of 107, 103, 106, 95, 98 and 98, i.e. 607 shots at ISO 100, 1/3 second, magnification ratio 3.7x.
Microscope objective Lomo 3.7/0.11
Digital photography available in limited series
2022
Technique: focus stacking, panning of 3 stacks of 73, i.e. 219 shots at ISO 100, 1/2 second, magnification ratio +/-2x
Minolta DiMAGE SCAN ELITE 5400 scanner lens
Digital photography available in limited series
2023
Technique: focus stacking, panning of 2 stacks of 99 and 101, i.e. 200 shots at ISO 100, 0.6 seconds, 6.3x magnification ratio
Carl Zeiss Jena Semiplan microscope objective 6.3/0.16
Digital photography available in limited series
2023
Technique: focus stacking, panorama of 2 stacks of 89 and 85, i.e. 174 shots at ISO 100, 1/2 second, magnification ratio 3.7x
Microscope objective Lomo 3.7/0.11
Digital photography available in limited series
2023
Technique: focus stacking, 46 shots at ISO 100, 1/2 second, 6.3x magnification ratio
Carl Zeiss Jena Semiplan microscope objective 6.3/0.16
Digital photography available in limited series
