Technique & Tutorials
Macro Techniques and Tutorials
Further Background Experiments.
Following on from my first experiment with using glitter card as a background for macro shots, I took them out
Latest News
Latest News
Canon 1dx Mk II Announced, Specs and New Technology Explained.
Canon today premiers the highly anticipated EOS-1D X Mark II, its new flagship DSLR engineered to put the ultimate combination
Videos
Latest Videos
FerroLiquid
I got some Ferroliquid as a present for Christmas. Ferroliquid is an oily magnetic liquid, that when you put it
Latest Equipment Info
Latest Equipment Info
Laowa 2:1 Macro Lens
I purchased an ex demo Laowa 2:1 Macro Lens to allow me to shoot high magnification macro images whilst my
More Minutiae
More digging around under logs and leaves on Sunday – as the supposed warm weather failed to arrive – very
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Anything mitey under the logs ?
Well yes there was. Not only a Mite from this corney title…taken at 5x Magnification on the MPE-65mm. Then there
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Litter Bugs
In the early part of the year when the bugs are not “out”, you have to go a hunting for
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Scaredy Spidy
Scaredy Spidy by Chris Atkinson on 500px
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Burnt Tips – “ReImagined”
Had a play with Topaz Restyle and Detail to “ReImagine” a couple of images of Burnt Tip Orchids that I
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Little Butterfly
Little Butterfly by Chris Atkinson on 500px
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Venus Optics Announces the Venus 60mm f/2.8 Ultra-Macro Lens, the World’s First 2:1 Magnification Lens with Infinity Focus
Venus Optics, a new Chinese manufacturer of camera lenses, has unveiled the world’s first 60mm f/2.8 2X Ultra-Macro lens, with
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Topaz Detail Remastering of 2010
When looking through to add some images to my 500px store, I found some images taken in 2010, that I
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First MPE Macro outing 2015
After shooting the Snowdrops, I moved on to hunting much smaller things. In early February, that means looking under dead
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