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Close-Up and Macro Photography

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  • Dedication

  • The Cosina/Voigtlander 90mm f/3.5 APO Lens

  • Welcome e-book Readers!............................................................

  • Types of Close-Up Photography

  • Photo Types: Mini-Landscapes

  • Photo Types: Close-up or Macro

  • Photo Types: Macro (life size or larger)

  • Photo Types: Photomicroscopy or Macro

  • Photomicroscopy

  • Photo Types: Microphotography

  • Introduction to Close-up and Macro Photography

  • Minimum Equipment Requirements

  • Megapixels: How Many?

  • DX or FX Sensor?

  • More on Sensor Size

  • Mirror-Up

  • Interchangeable Lenses

  • Depth of Field Preview Button (upper button)

  • To Flash or Not Flash

  • Onboard Flash

  • External Flash (SB-400 shown above)

  • Viewfinders Are About Light

  • DK-17M Magnifying Eye Piece

  • Histograms: Our Light Meter

  • Quick Release Clamps

  • The Four Camera Modes

  • Program Mode

  • Shutter Priority Mode

  • Aperture Priority Mode

  • Manual Mode

  • How to Pick a Lens

  • Passion and Persistence

  • Sharpness (Zeiss Otus 55mm, f/1.4 APO)

  • Fast Lens (Nikkor 50mm f/1.2

  • Focus Throw (Leica 100mm 100mm Elmarit R)

  • Reproduction Ratio

  • APO (Apochromatic) Lenses

  • Minimum Focus Distance

  • Lens Summary

  • The Lens Is the Thing

  • The Quest for Depth of Field

  • Diffraction Fears

  • Sidebar: Cosina and Zeiss

  • Voigtlander 125mm, f/2.5 APO-LantherThe Three Wise Lens-men

  • Björn Rörslett

  • Thom Hogan

  • Lloyd Chambers

  • Web Sites: Fotozones.com

  • Extensions, Close-up Dipoters, and Teleconverters

  • Close-up Adaptors and Diopters

  • Extension Tubes

  • Teleconverters

  • Accessories and Other Topics

  • Lens Hoods Hoods?

  • Extra Batteries

  • Flash Cards: How Large?

  • Dust Bunnies

  • Sensor Cleaning

  • Sensor Blower

  • Hand Blowers

  • Step-down Rings

  • Polarizers

  • Hot-Shoe Bubble Level

  • LED Flashlight

  • UV-Filters

  • Lens Cloths

  • Velvet

  • Lens Resolution Tests

  • Light Box

  • Pinch Cap

  • Z-Finder

  • Screw Drivers JIS

  • Lens Caps

  • McClamp, Plamps, and Articulated Arms

  • Allen Wrenches

  • Stuck Filters

  • Super Magnets

  • Threadlocker

  • Tools That Help

  • Storing Photo Accessories

  • Focus Rails

  • The Wind is No Friend to Macro Work

  • Light Tents in the Field

  • Light Diffusers

  • Higher Apertures

  • Sharpness

  • Narrow DOF Greater DOF

  • Beginning with Focus Stacking

  • Additional Considerations:

  • Investment

  • Playing With Stacks

  • Inherently Flawed

  • An Art, Not a Science

  • Focus Stacking Problems

  • The Bad Frame

  • Too Many Frames

  • Minimal Frames

  • Run It Again

  • Don’t Forget the Traditional Photo

  • Short Stacks for Macro, Not Micro

  • Landscapes

  • Close-up, Macro, and Micro

  • Not for Micro Work

  • Looking Close

  • The Classic Nikon 70-180 Macro Zoom

  • Velcro Strips Can Rig Almost Anything

  • Far is Now Near

  • Beauty Begets Beauty

  • What Do All These Photos Mean?

  • Get Out There!

  • The Passport from ColorChecker

  • In the Field

  • What’s in the Macro Field Bag?

  • Where Are My Lenses?

  • What’s in my Car

  • Range Roving

  • Windependent

  • Flowerpod

  • Close-Up Photography

  • Peering Through a Really Fne Macro Lens.................................

  • Panoramas

  • Single and Multi-row Panos

  • Panorama Problems

  • Summary.....................................................................................

  • Tripods for Stacking and Panoramas

  • The Background in Stacked Panos

  • Combining Focus Stacking with Panoramas

  • An Approach to Macro Landscapes

  • Wide-Angle Lenses and Panoramas

  • The Classic Nikon 200mm f/4 Macro Lens..................................

  • Plastic Lens Caps

  • The Nikon D3x, 24MP Camera

  • To Stack or Not to Stack Panoramas

  • A Multi-tier Pano Rig from Really-Right-Stuff

  • The “Growling Swallet” Panorama by Fred Nirque

  • The Focus-Stacked Panoramas of Fred Nirque

  • Section “Growling Swallet” Panorama by Fred Nirque

  • Focus Stacking

  • Two Types of Focus Stacking

  • The Equipment Needed

  • The Actual Technique

  • Software to Align and Merge

  • Focus Stacking Results

  • A Possible Theory

  • Focus Stacking Apertures

  • Stacking Issues

  • Background Too Much in Focus

  • Tripods for Macro Use

  • My Experience with Tripods

  • Lightweight Tripods

  • Strength

  • Three or Four Leg Sections?

  • Center Columns

  • Using Tripods in the Field

  • Reflections

  • Carrying Tripods

  • Using Tripods

  • Keep It Tight

  • Tripods I Use

  • The Lester A. Dine 100mm macro f/2.8 Macro

  • Camera Body Cap

  • Fighting the Wind and the Light

  • Retouching Stacked Photos

  • THE BASIC IDEA

  • More Notes on Retouching

  • What Does Retouching Involve?

  • The Nikon 105mm f/4 Macro Lens

  • Focus Stacking Software

  • Summary.....................................................................................

  • Patience and Exercise

  • The Nikon 35mm f/1.4

  • Focus Stacking Notes

  • Time Consuming

  • Space Expensive

  • An Approach

  • Impressions

  • Outdoors

  • Equipment for Focus Stacking

  • Cosina/Voigtlander 125mm f/2.5 APO-Lanthar

  • Light

  • Light and Shadow

  • Small Kit

  • Carrying It All

  • Software You Will Need

  • Boots on the Ground for Wading

  • Focus Stacking Detractors

  • Increments

  • Tripod

  • Ball Heads

  • L-Bracket.....................................................................................

  • Gotcha!

  • Found Beauty

  • Not Art

  • Battery Checker

  • Light Uses

  • The Kinds of Light

  • Reflectors

  • Flashlights

  • Flowerpod

  • Clips

  • Knee Pads

  • Rain Protection

  • Water and Food

  • Color Spaces

  • Cosmetics Mirror

  • Macro Photography

  • As Exercise

  • Equipment: What Do We Need?

  • DSLR and Medium Format Cameras

  • The Camera Body

  • Remote Shutter Release

  • My Focus-Stacking Rules of the Road

  • More...

  • Something About Photography

  • Breathable Hat

  • Macro and Close-Up: The Expanding Universe of Equipment

  • Camera

  • Tripod

  • Ball Heads

  • L-Brackets

  • Lenses

  • Focus Stacking Notes:

  • Best Aperture for Focus Stacking?

  • Focal Length

  • A Good Tripod

  • Focus Increments

  • Watch the Light

  • Front to Back

  • Extraneous Stuff

  • Sensor Cleaning

  • Touch-up

  • Spirit and Motivation

  • Nature’s Nature

  • Permanent Impermanence..........................................................

  • The Root of Compassion

  • The DSLR Mirror

  • Battery Compartment

  • The Spiritual Side of Macro

  • From A Dream

  • Sensor Magnifier

  • Is Ultimate Sharpness Apochromatic?

  • Entrance Pupil Problems with Stacking

  • Focus Stacking in a Box

  • Summary: D800E for Close-Up/Macro Work

  • Wide-Aperture Stacking

  • Impressionism and Surrealism

  • Macro Photography: The Process vs. The Results

  • Focus Stacking: How I Got Started

  • My Key to Taking Good Photos

  • Close-Up and Macro Photography

  • The Expense of Gear

  • Tripods

  • Cameras

  • Camera Features You Need

  • Viewfinders

  • Sensors

  • Histograms

  • Mirror Lock-Up

  • Remote Release Trigger

  • Depth-of-Field Preview

  • Lens Focus-Throw

  • Tripod Heads

  • Quick Release Clamps

  • Ball Heads

  • Geared Heads

  • Video Fluid Heads

  • L-Plates and L-Brackets

  • Flash

  • Close-Up Lenses

  • Nikon 105mm f/2.8 VR Micro

  • Zeiss 135mm f/2 APO Sonnar Lens

  • Zeiss 55mm f/1.4 Otus Distigon APO Lens

  • Unsolicited Advice

  • My Standard Kit

  • Direct Sun

  • High-Haze Sky

  • Sun and Shade

  • Flash

  • UV Filters

  • Lens Hoods

  • Extra Batteries

  • Close-up Adaptors

  • Polarizing Filter

  • Memory Cards

  • Extension Tubes

  • Teleconverters

  • Neutral Density Filters

  • Gray Card

  • Focusing Rail

  • Bellows

  • Diffusers

  • Reflectors

  • Still Other Thoughts:

  • Stacking Live Critters

  • Dust Bunnies

  • Sensor Cleaning

  • Shower Cap

  • Camera Vests

  • Photo Software

  • Tripod Cleaning

  • Manual Photography

  • ISO

  • Be Ready To:

  • Get Wet

  • Get Dirty

  • Get Exercise

  • Get Cold

  • Waterproof Boots

  • Hip Boots

  • Running Shoes

  • Pants

  • Clothes

  • Hats

  • Travel Light

  • About Michael Erlewine

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