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Equipment for extreme macro

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c h u n k
c h u n k Senior Member • Posts: 2,042
Re: Some notes from a workshop I gave

Joseph S Wisniewski wrote:

trobinson41 wrote:

Hi. I've been doing regular macro photograpy for years using Nikon equipment. I'd like to get into extreme macro, but I'm not sure of the best way to proceed. I know about focus stacking -- it's the equipment that I'm wondering about.

Here's my current setup:
Nikon D750
AF Micro Nikkor 60mm
Tamron SP Di AF 180mm 1:3.5

I've dug up the notes from a macro photography workshop I used to teach back in the before time. It's a bit dated, and the only thing it shares in common with my WIP "The Macronomicon" is the name, but it does have some interesting notes on how coupling and bellows work.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1BxKR63NlKUrAw4epwt2AO4McLz12EX4v?usp=sharing

Let me know if you find it useful, or if you have any trouble accessing it.

And if you only manage to take one thing away from it, let it be the words "light everything like a portrait". It doesn't matter what you're shooting: an insect, a rock, a flower, a coin, a watch, a car, a building... figure out its personality and let the lighting speak to that and you've got a picture people will remember.

I LOVE that advice

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