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Flickr Group - SLR Macro Photography (digital) There are now quite a few interesting discussions going up over on our Flickr Group, SLR Macro Photography. 1. Penny has started a challenge for members on a theme called 'Threads' which is becoming popular. Members have posted photo's of material such as denim, cotton and woollen objects. While others have taken the theme one step further to include threads seen in spider webs, or threads of a leek while preparing dinner. To see more of this challenge and...
Flickr Group - SLR Macro Photography (digital) If you love macro photography, we've started a new Flickr group called SLR Macro Photography (digital), where members win REAL prizes! To start the group off, this month we will be giving away a free book from Amazon called, 'Close up shooting: A Guide to Closeup, Tabletop and Macro Photography'. The winner will be announced on the 27th of March to celebrate the groups first month anniversary. More details over at: SLR Macro Photography (digital) Group ...
Introduction to shooting macro's or closeups with a telephoto lens While not all photographers own a real macro lens, most do have a telephoto lens. By telephoto lens, I am referring to one has a 200 or 300mm focal lenth. Hard core macro photographers often refer to these types of shots as being closeups and not true macro's. However, it's hard to argue with the fact that telephoto lenses definately do a great job in photographing objects at close range. Quick tips for photographing macro's with a...
Find out the best time of the day for taking macro photographs of insects and why. What hours will give you the best chance of photographing them settled still and not moving around. Also find out what time of the day is best for colorful macro shots.
Post production tips for macro photographers who edit their images with Photoshop One question I'm asked on a weekly basis is: What editing or post production work do you make on your macro photographs? While most of these types of questions come from those who use the same camera and macro lens as I own, the post production tips listed below will assist all macro photographers who edit their images with Photoshop. It's also important to note, that no amount of post production...
Macro photography tips with example photographs. Shown here is a set of 10 amazing macro photographs. Each photograph includes an explanation of the camera equipment that was used and tips on how it was taken. While many of the images have been taken with a Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro lens, the settings can be reproduced with any macro lens.
What is the difference between macro, micro and closeup photography? There is often much confusion amongst new photographers over the terms macro, micro and close up photography and how they differ. For starters, macro and micro usually refers to the same thing, in that Nikon names their range of 'macro lenses' with the word 'micro'. Canon on the other hand, calls them macro lenses. For example, Nikons top macro lens is called AF-S VR Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens. Notice the term micro in that name....
