One of the most common mistakes among photographers is that they want to shoot or show the thing they shoot and not a composition of shapes, lines and contrasts. You clearly are not making that mistake Mike. Which is why i subscribed. Thanks.
A very inspirational video! Initially, I clicked on the video thinking, "meh, just another flower tutorial". I was wrong! This is REALLY interesting and different. Thank you for posting on RU-vid! Best wishes, David in the UK.
Nice video, Mike. I really REALLY liked that idea of removing one petal to get an entirely different view of inside the flower. What a wonderfully different take. (yes, I will be stealing that idea and trying it myself now!) Time to go watch more of your macro videos now. Thanks!
Thanks Mike for a thoughtful tutorial. Yes, it seems, we are creatures of habit, which might be a survival mode of behaviour, but you have highlighted the change needed to produce creative photographs; thanks once again. Mike in Oz
Masterclass. Thanks Mike for the inspiration stunning images my favourite was the last one, now I am heading out into the gate den to practice, it’s a beautiful day here in the UK. Well wishes to all.
Great video Mike. I love the white gerbera daisy, it looks like a painting.. did you create that effect in photo editing? I also love the Queen Anne's Lace, it's gorgeous. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge 👌💖
Thanks I will be doing a video in the next week or so on my equipment. my suggestion to you is that if you are serious about macro photography, join my Macro Photo Club, where there are over 200 instructional videos. Only one time payment of $99 for a lifetime membership. check it out at www.tinylandscapes.com
Anywhere from f/22 to f/32. If you are really interested in learning all about how to produce top quality macro images, consider joining my Macro Photo Club online. Over 230 instructional videos on how to do it right. www.tinylandscapes.com/macro-photo-club
@@mgmoats I have seen many videos that advise to avoid shooting at F22 or F32 because of diffraction caused by the small aperture. On the other hand, your pictures at these openings are quite excellent. What is your take on this?
@@cropperson5583 Yes shooting at high f/stop numbers will cause some slight softness in the details. All post processing programs have sharpening tools. Sharpening your images will correct the softness from the diffraction, as you see in my images they are all sharp. I'm sure you have heard of the most famous of all landscape photographers, Ansel Adams. Ansel and 7 other famous photographers started a camera club in California back in the 1930. That camera club was named Group f/64. All the photographers in this club owned lenses that went to f/64, and that is where they shot all their photos, as their style of shooting was to get everything in focus, so they shot at f/64 to get maximum depth of field. There is a book written about the club which was called, Group f/64, look for it on, Amazon.
Great content. I love macro photography, but especially with flowers. I'm only 14 tho and kinda suck. Any tips for beginners taking macro photography with a phone lens? Thanks
Nathan, what camera phones do really well is get everything in focus, so find interesting subjects and fill the frame with that subject and the phone will do a great job getting all of the subject in focus. I'll do a post one day about shooting macro with point and shoot cameras, and phones. But you keep working at it.
For close-up photography, a waste of time, matter of fact, I did a blog post on it. Here is the link. www.tinylandscapes.com/blog/photo-stacking-waste-of-time