Close-Up and Macro Photography
I am not now nor never was an all-day back-packer at least when it comes to photographing. I do not like to carry much equipment ...
Cosmetics Mirror An inexpensive plastic double-sided hand mirror is a valuable assistant for reflecting light on a subject. Sand ...
exercising most of the time. You couldn’t pay me to do it but I find myself happily doing it for the sake of this or that photo. ...
came back from the drugstore and the sense that you have to pay for learning and failed shots. I very much like digital cameras ...
Remote Shutter Release A remote of one kind or another is indispensable for macro and focus-stacking work. My Focus-Stacking Rul ...
causes dew to be present which is great on plants and not always so great on critters. (3) Go Slow – I move slowly around critte ...
Anyway, by my teens I was taking nature photos that were (I am told) very good. Then somewhere around then I discovered girls an ...
out there in the wilds is simply a projection of our state of mind on the screen of whatever we are looking at. More... We might ...
discovering or satisfying some itch deep within us. Otherwise we just won’t keep at it long enough to become satisfied with what ...
day it was not raining from around May through October. That means I was out in the fields and meadows in the dark at dawn for h ...
Breathable Hat A ventilated, foldable, and very light hat is handy when it gets hot. Macro and Close-Up: The Expanding Universe ...
The descent into photography equipment is a steep and slippery slope. Many introductory books point out that you don’t need expe ...
formative days with the technique, the time when you need all the help you can get. I should know. For years I never heeded the ...
Just go out and buy a Really Right Stuff BH-40 or equivalent (or equivalent brand) and be done with it. They have good resale va ...
Best Aperture for Focus Stacking? The best aperture is whatever is the sharpest aperture for the lens you have. You are not look ...
focus throw is on many fine lenses. If you have a lens you really love for focus stacking and it has a short focus throw, you ma ...
remove if it passes through part of your subject. They are nasty, so be ready to clean your sensor if you are around dust, which ...
After ten minutes or so (this is where the patience comes in) I tend to calm down and begin to “see” the life around me. Of cour ...
learn to “die daily” as the Christian saints point out. Nature is the perfect teacher and even the Tibetan Buddhists point out t ...
Society’s laws were far less consistent and frequently just plain confusing. But it is only in recent years that I have realized ...
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