Difficultylevel:Intermediate/advanced
Timetaken:Morethan2 hours
focus-stackingand
editingshotsofbugs
fullofbeautifulplantsand
epicminibeasts.Forme,bugsarethe
coolestsubjects,buttheirsmallsizeand
unpredictablebehaviourpresentschallenges.
It’salwaysbesttocaptureinsectsinthe
wild,sothatyoucauseminimalharm.
Asidefromfindingsubjects,oneofthe
trickiestaspectsofmacrophotographyis
p
imagequality(duetodiffraction),but
moreimportantlywelosethevaluable
lightneededtoachievethecorrectshutter
speedsforsharpimages.
Toovercomethesespecificchallenges,I
usea combinationofdiffusedflashand
focus-stacking.Thissetupisa bitlike
canexploreanamazingworld
full of beautiful plants and
whileworkingathighmagnifications.Small
ushihispromethodth d ffor apertures of f/16 or more can reduce
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Handheld macro
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