The Lens-Artists Challenge #171 is all about the weird stuff we can find around us. I consulted the Weird NJ website and found quite a few weird things about New Jersey. But given the expected weather for the weekend, a trip out town seemed ill-advised. So I decided on doing something much much closer to home. It's almost a year since I have dabbled with macro photography. Until I purchased the Fujifilm MCEX-16 extension tube, I think the last time…
In macro and close-up photography, obtaining sharp results right across the image frame is challenging. Still, focus bracketing, followed by photo stacking and blending in post-production, can produce good results, with subject areas in focus.…
Marco photograph and wildlife photography have a few things in common; bulky heavy lenses, narrow depth of field, and the need to hold the lens very steady while photographing the subject preferably with the use of a tripod, and they are expensive. Fuji's R LM OIS WR macro and wildlife lenses are over $1000. I had fun exploring the dried leaves and insects in my backyard with the Fujinon XF80mmF2.8 R LM OIS WR macro lens that I rented for…
Each Wednesday, The Daily Prompt Photo Challenge provides a theme for creative inspiration. Participants take photographs based on their interpretation of the theme, and post them on their blog anytime before the following Wednesday.…
I've always been fascinated by macro photography, especially images of insects and amphibians. I sometimes spend hours looking at the work from some of the photographers I follow on flickr. I had done some web searching and realized that while macro was interesting, it was challenging to do it well, and I possibly needed speciality lenses and other equipment. I wasn't sure macro was something I would want to do often enough to justify the cost of a dedicated macro…
