All Entries in the "Macro Photography" Category
The Complete Guide to Close Up Macro Photography
Buy from Amazon Product DescriptionExplore the hidden world of pattern, texture and detail, and create stunning images with this comprehensive guide. The emphasis throughout is on techniques that work every time without breaking the bank using larger lenses, teleconverters and connecting rings to take the photographer into the realms of true macro photography. Current advances [...]
Bristish Soldier Lichen
British Soldier Lichen (Cladonia cristatella) is a very common and well known lichen found throughout the US and Canada. You do have to look closely however as the plants are very small, perhaps 2mm or 3mm wide at the top. The red caps resemble the red hats worn by invading British troops during the American [...]
Close-up Photography – Tips and Resources
Macro photography Exploring the world of miniature objects with a macro lens is a special and exciting area of photography, and once you start, you will quickly become addicted. The world of macro photography holds many delights and is an area that cannot be appreciated with the human eye. Macro photography is the name given [...]
Macro Photography – Equipment Choices and Costs
Macro photography has become a hobby (or profession) for many photographers in the past few years due to better quality equipment available at reasonable prices. This article was originally published on my Kevin Oke Photography web site and shares my thoughts about what to buy if you are interested in shooting macro photos. There are [...]
A trip to the woods – macro photography
I took the opportunity to visit the forest today with macro equipment in the bag and the expectations of lots of wildflowers, mushrooms, ferns and other foresty subjects. I wasn’t disappointed and the overcast weather was perfect for macro photography. These images were shot with the Sigma 150mm f2.8 macro lens with the exception of [...]
Digital Photography: Macro Lenses
Good photography, whether it’s using digital or conventional film, relies on a number of basic things – a camera body, a lens and you! All three of these things can be top quality or just plain average. Which would you prefer? One of the things I’ve preached to my photography students over the years, especially [...]
Macro Digital Photography And Some Concerns Associated With It
We have always found that looking at objects from another perspective is fascinating. This is because of the fact that we often discover new things just by looking at a familiar object from a different angle or focus. This might be the reason for people’s fascination with digital macro photography. Digital macro photography is an [...]
Tips For Taking Great Macro Photography
The term macro photography is a situation whereby you get up close and personal with your subject. True macro photography is working on approximately 1:1 ratios or closer. This produces an image that is true to the size or much larger than the subject being photographed. It is easy to get confused with this type [...]
