Saturday’s one-on-one Macro Workshop was a great success…
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Covering:
- Reproduction Ratios – sub macro to 4:1
- Macro equipment
- Bellows and Lenses
- Working Distance, macro rails
- Product, Nature and Wildlife Macro
- Macro Flash, Remote flash
- Light tents and setups
- Focus Stacking
- Handheld in the field
An example of Focus Stacking in Macro Photography. At macro ratios, depth of field is very shallow – sometimes in the order of a millimetre – so taking multiple shots at different focus points and stacking them in Photoshop is one very useful technique. This example used macro focus rails as well as autobellows and a 90mm macro lens on a Nikon D800. Overall size of the product is around 0.75inches.
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Studio setup for training– a full range of macro equipment along with a light tent and multiple remote flashes. The camera is a Nikon D800 fitted with 90mm macro lens on bellows (for greater than 1:1 macro ranges), macro lens mounted flash, shooting tethered to a Mac for instant review of photos for checking critical focus – the monitor is fully color calibrated. Flowers were fresh from the Winter Garden Farmers Market.
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