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Fun with the new Venus Laowa EF-M 65mm 2x Macro

Started Mar 5, 2021 | Discussions thread
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Re: Fun with the new Venus Laowa EF-M 65mm 2x Macro

Carl LaFong wrote:

Great photos!

Thanks.  Easy to do actually! 

I’ve long appreciated images of seemingly everyday or mundane objects (in contrast to landscapes, sunsets, flowers, etc) because of how they illustrate how beauty is around us much more than the average person realizes.

I know what you mean.  Seeing stuff that close really is an eye-opener!

I have had this Laowa lens for many months now but have not used it much (so far) because my few outings with it didn’t result in much that was interesting. I think that was mostly because I was only using ambient light, which didn’t produce anything nearly as interesting as the shots you have shown.

Absolutely.  Macro is just like everything else, it benefits greatly from good (and interesting) light.

I need to look into fixing that so I can enjoy this lens more. Thanks for the motivation.

Yeah, there are so many ways to enhance, alter, add, reduce, and modify light (esp easy for macros!).  I used a cheapo set of wireless radios to get my flash off-camera, in order to impart a bit of drama to otherwise mundane objects.

Have fun!  And thanks again for commenting,

R2

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