Close-Up and Macro Photography
Considerations for Selection a Close-up/Macro Lens What follows necessarily is somewhat of an exercise in futility as the variab ...
As mentioned earlier, my first attempts at macro photography were sometime around 1956 when armed with a Kodak Retina 2a and a c ...
There often are several such points is the series and I need to be able to see to focus in the viewfinder to do that and I want ...
ratio. How large is the image in the frame? Most macro aficionados prefer a lens that goes to 1:1. “1:1” means that the image in ...
off whatever you are photographing. The 60mm range of macro lenses are in this category. And while the 100mm to 105mm macro lens ...
My Key to Taking Good Photos The poet Gerard Manley Hopkins came up with a concept that struck me as true. He even made up his o ...
catches my interest, what I find beautiful or worthy in the world around me. These inscapes are signals that catch my attention, ...
particular beauty in me. This, to me, is “gotcha” photography, taking a photo because I can, not because I saw beauty in it or w ...
Close-Up and Macro Photography My interest in nature started when I was six-years old, just being outside, taking it in, and rec ...
Close-up and Macro Photography (techniques) Lenses for Close-up and Macro Photography Just scroll down and see what looks good. ...
The Expense of Gear [Note: A lot of this is repeat, but contains some different (and more updated information, so I include it. ...
Really Right Stuff TVS-33 (series three) Tripod Tripods Tripods are key for close-up and macro work, specially if we stack focus ...
tripods) and just not as "nice" as the RRS. My advice to you is to not cheap-out on your tripod. It will affect your work and yo ...
Camera Features You Need Viewfinders If your camera has an optical viewfinder (OVF), then try for one that shows 100%. Electroni ...
[Above: Nikon Histogram] Histograms Since most macro work requires manual focusing and many of the really good lenses don’t sync ...
With mirror lock-up the mirror (2) flips up towards (5) well before the shutter (3) opens. As a result light no longer reaches t ...
Remote Release Trigger Absolutely essential. You can’t touch the release button on the camera button without affecting the shot, ...
Tripod Heads Another important piece of equipment is the tripod head, which sits on your tripod and holds the camera. Again, I c ...
Quick Release Clamps Before I get started, let me make it clear how important (for my works) a quick-release clamp is, and the o ...
on or taken of in seconds. Without some kind of quick-release clamp you are endangering your 1/4-20 screw socket on the base of ...
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