Rodger in Edmonton

Thank you Richard, black BGs are pieces of matte black paper from the dollar store leaned  or placed with the bounced angle away from the lens. Dollar store has giant sheets of colored matte paper ...

Thank you for the kind words. Sure, as seashells are translucent , I placed them on a small piece of glass set astride 2 shoe boxes, then took a hand flashlight and and bounced the appropriate ...

I do mostly urban landscape and building  have the 24 II but have a hankering for the 17 (and 45 and 90 and...) ...love tilt shifts and as others note, when I go back to regular lenses it feels ...

Please compare and contrast lighting considerations for this lens versus " standard macro set ups? It looks like an excellent defensive baton if any giant spiders or bees were to go rogue on you.

Thank you for the kind words Tusk, it is a looker and the next trip is already planned , will do some angle recon... main goals in the next shoot are  to improve the composition angles, have a ...

Greetings, a few from our new bridge over the North Saskatchewan river. I quite like the form and fit , the old one was a rail truss so it is a much better on the eyes. Hope you enjoy  - may the ...

Greetings Ladies & Gentlemen, please find the attached mollusca imagery, First try with this subject matter , shells seem pretty forgiving on hot spots, they are very interesting structures ...I ...

Thank you Steven, the idea was from the net ... originally thought a few were  TIME magazine cover winners but you know how  how late night  ratings can change  when a man wakes up in the morning. ...

No, the objects are in motion,

These are great pix IMHO just need a few tweaks - s IMHO, take the excellent techniques you used in the GF pic and apply them to the others, that is fill the frame, use leading lines, declutter ...

I like it, it has a good leading line that puts me ' right into' the scene, it has depth and simplicity so TME - it works very well, looks like it would be deadly at night or in the blue hour too. ...

I second the 2nd curtain RX for to effect the desired image.Just playing around with 2nd curtain here. 3PO on his RM 400

Thanks TC, the CD reflection offers another odd background to work with.