photographs: people, places & things
Macro photo’s in the garden and a first time visitor spotted With just the hint of summer on the way, I spent some time in the garden yesterday. After a tidy up I grabbed a camera and took a few insect macro photographs. There are also a few pictures of birds that were seen in […]
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Close up photography in the garden with the Sigma 105mm f2.8 The pictures in this blog post are all taken using a Canon EOS 90D and a Sigma 105mm f2.8 EX DG HSM macro lens. Additional lighting in the pictures in this post was achieved using a Neewer Macro Ring Lite NW14EXT which you can […]
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More life in the garden and more garden bugs – a short post. Some more garden bug macro shots with the Canon 90D and the Neewer ring flash. There is more information about the Neewer ring flash in the previous post (use this link to view) All pictures are taken with a Canon EOS 90D […]
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There’s life in the garden – macro photos with Sigma 105mm. It’s a while since I posted macro pictures, that because it’s been a while since I did any macro photography. I suppose macro photography is like many things, if left for a while it can take a little time to ‘re-learn’. In fact I […]
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Garden macro – insect picture post Another macro blog post from the garden. The pictures in this post are primarily insects, although the colours of some of the flowers made it irresistible for me not to take and include a few more pictures of them (similar to those in the previous blog post) Camera gear […]
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Macro photography and trying to get the light right I have said many times, that getting the light right with macro photography is one of the critical elements to getting a decent picture, and that applies whether using natural light or artificial light. Of course getting the light right is at the heart of all […]
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Macro photography in the garden with the Sigma 105mm I have continued to spend a bit of time practising my macro photography with the aim of improving my understanding of the intricacies and techniques with a view to taking decent pictures. It’s not at all easy, in the picture gallery below are my most recent […]
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I wrote a few weeks ago about getting to grips with macro photography and posted a set of pictures which you can see here. It’s certainly tricky to get used to what it takes to get a good macro picture, and making sure the light is right is quite a challenge for me at the […]
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