{"id":52408,"date":"2018-10-22T14:26:32","date_gmt":"2018-10-22T19:26:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/?p=52408"},"modified":"2018-10-22T14:29:44","modified_gmt":"2018-10-22T19:29:44","slug":"getting-closer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/getting-closer\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting closer"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Epidendrum porpax<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I get tired of lugging a heavy tripod around when I want to take close-up pictures, but it’s a necessity with a heavy macro lens and long exposures. Yesterday I tried a different system on my trip to the botanical garden. Instead of the 100mm macro, I used a small, light and sharp 18-55mm zoom that is capable of near-macro work, and I added a diffuser<\/a> to a hotshoe flash. It worked pretty well, as the above picture demonstrates. There are more pictures using the system here<\/a>. I think it should be adequate for most pictures at the orchid show<\/a> at Botanica November 3-4.<\/p>\n

Flash plus diffuser works also with a true macro, as illustrated below. However, the lens I have is heavy, and it’s hard to hold the camera steady enough to keep the focus where I want it. A monopod would help, but that starts to get cumbersome.<\/p>\n

For stacked focus (which is how I would ordinarily take pictures of small, intricate things) and extreme close-ups a tripod is indispensible, of course, but such stunt photography is generally not feasible outside of a studio.<\/p>\n

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This knight is four inches tall.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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I get tired of lugging a heavy tripod around when I want to take close-up pictures, but it’s a necessity with a heavy macro lens and long exposures. Yesterday I tried a different system on my trip to the botanical garden. Instead of the 100mm macro, I used a small, light and sharp 18-55mm zoom … Continue reading “Getting closer”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photo-gallery"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4xam3-dDi","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52408"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52414,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52408\/revisions\/52414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}