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Wood Sorrell - Yellow Landscape

Wild Flowers with a Difference.

May 21, 2013July 26, 2013 Chris 0 Comments Canon 100mm F2.8 USM, Canon 650D, card, Flowers, Herb Robert, High Wood, macro, Wood Sorrell

I often like to shoot wild flowers with my macro lens, in particular the 100mm. Mostly I find that I

Small Elephant Hawk Moth (127 Shots Stacked) @ 1.5x Magnification.

Shots Technique

A play with CombineZP

May 10, 2013July 26, 2013 Chris 0 Comments Canon 650D, Canon MPE-65mm, Canon MT-24ex Macro Flash, CombineZP, macro, Small Elephant Hawk Moth, Velbon SuperMag Slider

A windy and wet evening saw me have a go at stacking a Small Elephant Hawk Moth. I used CombineZP

Stack of 4 shots of Keeled Skimmer (Female) head - Orthetrum coerulescens (2x Mag)

Equipment Technique

Macro Stacking Software

January 7, 2013January 7, 2013 Chris 0 Comments

The following software is available for the automated stacking a series of photographs to create a greater depth of field

Solitary Bee on Flower

Shots Technique

A Play with Pink Card

April 25, 2012April 29, 2012 Chris 0 Comments Canon 50D, Canon MPE-65mm, Canon MT-24ex Macro Flash, card, fly, macro, Nomanda Bee, Photo, Pink, Solitary Bee

Took another visit to White Mill on the weekend, visiting first on the Saturday (21 April). I decided to take

Front of 7dayshop DOME Lambency Flash Diffuser

Equipment Technique

MT-24ex Macro Flash Diffusion experiments for MPE-65mm

April 13, 2012December 20, 2014 Chris 5 Comments Canon MPE-65mm, Canon MT-24ex Macro Flash, diffusers, DIY Diffusion, macro

This year I have been experimenting with some diffusion setups for my Canon MT-24ex Twin Macro Flash with the Canon

Topaz Adjusted Spider on Fungi.

A play with Topaz Adjust

October 27, 2011December 20, 2014 Chris 0 Comments Canon 100mm F2.8 USM, Canon 50D, fungi, macro, spider, Topaz Adjust

I recently purchase Topaz Adjust (A photoshop plugin) after trialling the software for some landscape shots. After taking a shot

Backlit Comma - Polygonia c-album

Using Sunlight with Butterflies

August 4, 2011March 22, 2012 Chris 0 Comments Butterflies, macro, sunlight

With Butterflies we normally see shots of detail in their wings from front lighting. However you can also get some

Selection

Replacing a Background with Select Colour in Photoshop CS5

May 27, 2011October 4, 2012 Chris 0 Comments Butterfly, Canon MPE-65mm, Photoshop CS5, Select Colour, Small Pearl Bordered Fritillary, tutorial

This is a tutorial on using the Select Colour tool in Photoshop CS5 to replace a background with a single

Fungi with Grass

Checking the background.

March 28, 2011April 12, 2011 Chris 0 Comments background, distracting

One important aspect when taking macro photographs is to check what is in the background of the shot for distracting

First Milk Explosion Attempt

First Play with Sound Trigger.

January 14, 2011January 14, 2011 Chris 2 Comments Canon 100mm F2.8 USM, Dancing Liquids, macro, Sound Trigger

I have recently been building some triggers from HiViz.com for use in macro photography. I had an initial first play