Taking Macro Shots in the outside world

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When doing macro how do people do it??

I got the cam and the lens...

but do you take tripod a stuff it into the brush to get the best shot or hand held.

Do you use flash in built or big flash

Just trying to find out how is best to do this type of photography.

Many Thanks
 
For bugs and stuff, get a ring-flash and do it hand held.

It needs to be dead for a tripod.
 
HoppyUK said:
For bugs and stuff, get a ring-flash and do it hand held.

It needs to be dead for a tripod.
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my immediate reaction to that was me going, ahhhhh a bug.... stomp.... hmmm macro photography :bonk::lol:
 
snapsnap said:
When doing macro how do people do it??

I got the cam and the lens...

but do you take tripod a stuff it into the brush to get the best shot or hand held.

Do you use flash in built or big flash

Just trying to find out how is best to do this type of photography.

Many Thanks
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Manual focus all the way, learn to focus by moving the camera

Tripods are only useful in the studio, leave them at home and learn how to hold your camera rock steady (bring arms into your body, control your breathing etc).

Shutter speeds should be kept high, 1/160 - 1/200 is a good starting point and you'll either need STRONG natural light but most likely flash, either off camera or a ring flash. You can use onboard flash at a pinch but the results (without resorting to all kinds of homebrew diffusers) will look pretty poor.

Practice, practice, practice and it'll all fall into place!

Carl
 
macro on the move means not having the tripod along...takes too long and the subject can move quicker than you move the tripod
i have been lucky to get any macro shots of dragonfly, butterfly etc as they sit for a bit
you have to move up slowly and not produce shadows on them...

as someone said if they are dead it doesnt matter...my wife used to use a dead bee in some of her flower shots...bloody cheat...but she won prizes
 
i was hand-holding my canon 5d with 50mm and raynox today with the other hand also holding my 580ex flash so i could position it to whatever side i wanted.

i would definitely recommend some kind of adapter for your speed-light if you have one, makes things that bit easier ;)
 
Take a look at the sticky in the macro section at peoples gear and it will become all the more clearer. Good info has gone before my post but I would add have a practice with stationary objects to understand the focal plane and it's thinness to begin with. Get use to laying the focal plane on the object to get the most from it ;)
 
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