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Photo above was shot with the Canon EOS 60D, the Tamron SP 180mm F/3.5 Macro lens, tiny Sunpak Flash and the Demb flash diffuser pro, shot at 1/250, F/7.1, ISO 100.
I don't have any schedule for my next football match, so I'm doing some macro and hunting for bugs. It's a great day today, the sun is high up, no wind, just a perfect day to walk around and take some photos. So I grab may Tamrac 5562 Explorer 200 Camera Bag
I created a Lightrom 4 Preset for the Luminance settings I applied to the photo on yesterday's posts and I'm making it available for everyone to use. You can apply it into your photos and see what happens, adjust the sliders to tweak.
A really busy bee. Early this morning I went for a walk around our block instead of my usual 5 mile run. While passing by my neighbors garden, I saw this bee hanging on a bud and snap a couple of shots before it flew. I'm sure they won't mind. Thankfully, I got one that I can use for this post.
When I got home, I immediately imported the photos from the PEN to my catalog, the photo is fine right of camera, but, decided to try to play with the Luminance Sliders in Lightroom.
I’m not a big macro shooter, but there are times that I feel like I want to get close to nature and that’s when I shoot macro. What I love about macro photography is the fact that there are a lot of subjects to choose from, my favorites is to shoot insects/bugs and some flowers, but theres more to it and the possibilities are endless.
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When taking photos of insects, you’ll need to have lots of patience. This means waiting for hours just for the right moment.
Cropped – Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 – Macro / Close-Up Test Shot 75mm at F/4The Tamron AF 28-75mm F/4 can also be use to get some pretty amazing close-up, it is not a true macro lens since it won’t give you a 1:1 magnification. According to it’s specs it’s magnification ratio is 1:3.9 at 75mm, and minimum focus distance is 0.33m or 13″ (entire zoom range). The sample photo above was taken at around or close to 13″ and was shot in aperture priority at F/4. I was really surprised and happy when I saw the sample close-up shots in front of a monitor. Below are the sample photos all shot at 75mm at different apertures from F/2.8 to F/11.
All test was shot in Raw and exported to jpg using Lightroom, no adjustments where done. Please click on each photos to zoom.
Macro / Close-Up Actual Test Shot 75mm at F/2.8
Cropped – Macro / Close-Up 75mm at F/2.8Cropped – Macro / Close-Up 75mm at F/4
Cropped – Macro / Close-Up 75mm at F/6.3
Cropped – Macro / Close-Up 75mm at F/8
Cropped – Macro / Close-Up 75mm at F/11
Shot at 50mm at F/9 in aperture priority, iso 400, On Camera Flash with 430EX II with Demb Diffuser pro
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Snow is starting fall here in the east coast so what could be great subject for todays photo of the day. After seeing some snow that accumulated over the night, I immediately thought of bringing tow mater outside for a quick snap.
Shot at 50mm at F/8 in aperture priority, iso 400, On Camera Flash with 430EX II with Demb Diffuser pro
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Today more on Macro Patterns and Textures.
Macro photography gives us a chance to get close to our subjects and capture more of the details. This is what I love about macro, it forces us to see the world in a different way and it also gives us the opportunity to discover and see the patterns and textures within our subjects.
Look for shapes, lines and repeating elements, combining these will give you a great pattern and texture. See the close-up photo of the tree bark above, it has lines shapes and repeating elements all combine. When taking photo of a tree bark I look for the part that looks dry with a mold on the bark. This will add some dynamic range to your subject giving more detail texture.
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Nature has a lot to offer and finding simple textures and patterns in subjects like leaves, rocks, trees, fruits can be very exciting and at the same time challenging. Patterns and textures contribute a lot to composition. Like the photo of the leaf above. My intention was to really capture the patterns and the texture of the leaf to show the beauty the tactual aspect of the photograph.
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Yeap, only $5.00. That’s assuming you have all the materials needed, like the box, the garbage bag, poster boards etc. I was looking for some cheap chinese made light tents on ebay but they still cost around $30 a set, so I said to myself, why not make one, and here’s what I came up.
List of Materials:
- Box -18 x 16 x 18. The size depends on what you’ll need it for and with what you have.
- Tracing paper or White Garbage bag. I didn’t have a tracing paper so I tried a Glad WHite Garbage bag. Diffuses great.
- Poster boards, I got a 5 pack assorted color from Walmart for $2.57 and a separate black poster board only .54 . This is the only thing that I bought for the project.
- Transparent or white packaging tape.
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