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Lens comparison for macro work

Started Feb 20, 2022 | Questions thread
John K Veteran Member • Posts: 9,870
Re: "Macro Lens" ... "Macro" ... too broad a term

RazorSharpWO wrote:

I don't have anywhere near the experience you, or Nick, has deploying flash techniques, mainly because I try to avoid the use of flash (though I understand it's required in many contexts). However, given all of the advances and lenses, software, etc., I should perhaps rethink my own prejudices 🤔

I have had to completely re-think how I view cropping in post. When I first got into photography in the late 80s shooting color positive slide film I was taught to not only learn how the camera sees light but to also learn how to see everything like the camera. So I was taught to see how a camera sees and to not crop out anything n post. But not  cropping has caused me to lose a lot of shots, so I have started to relax my stance on it.

As you well know also, in the studio, lighting is more easily controlled.
In the field, we can attempt to achieve control, but natural light varies.
For the most part, I just try to achieve optimal natural light, live in the field.

Field lighting can drive you crazy!

Within this context, when working in the field, over time most of us can pretty much just walk out there and see whether the lighting = "a good day" ... or whether it would be better served to turn-around, and go back inside, waiting for more optimal lighting conditions 😅

Yup. Sometime you just gotta leave the camera in the bag.

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