Flashes, Continuous Lights, And Flash Triggering Modes
Introduction It has been discussed and debated by many fellow extreme macro photographers whether to use flash or continuous light for...
CLEANING UP IN POST AFTER STACKING
Why is your insect subject so clean? This question comes up very often when I post a stacked image on Facebook or Flickr. The reason for...
REVERSING EL-NIKKOR 50 F/2.8N ENLARGER LENS
Though my first extreme macro lens is not this EL-Nikkor 50 f/2.8N enlarger lens, it is the second one after searching through the...
USING RAYNOX CLOSE-UP LENS AS TUBE LENS FOR INFINITE MICROSCOPE OBJECTIVE
Overview Many people started out macro photography with close up add-on lenses, some are cheap and some are not so cheap. One set of well...
DIFFUSE YOUR LIGHT, OR ELSE!
OK, that sounds a bit harsh. Then again, almost every (extreme) macro photographer knows this and tries very hard to put as much...
ANALYSIS OF MISALIGNMENT BETWEEN OPTICAL AND MOTION AXIS FOR FOCUS STACKING.
I have been asked many times about why there are streaking patterns around border of final stacked image. Well, the most common cause of...
A NICE MICROSCOPY SETUP
Be honest to you, I have neither owned a microscope, nor have I used one extensively. However a recent quest to shoot some butterfly...
Reverse Lens Technique For Extreme Macro
When I started doing macro last year (September 2015), I was truly a novice in this, the Canon 100mm macro lens did not satisfy me as it...
How To Determine Magnification Level
When doing extreme macro photography, one of the most frequently asked question is: What Is My Magnification Level? This question arises...
Using Raynox Close-Up Filter As Tube Lens
Overview Many people started out macro photography with close up filters, some are cheap one and some are not so cheap, such as Raynox...
