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Macro Photos That Focus In on the Beautiful Details of Ordinary Things
Can you tell what the translucent object is in the photograph above? It’s a single grain of sugar captured in a macro photograph by artist Pyanek, whose “Amazing Worlds Within Our World” project is a...
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A Review of the Venus 60mm f/2.8, the World’s First 2:1 Macro Lens with...
Last month, a Chinese company called Venus Optics unveiled a 60mm f/2.8 lens, the first 2:1 magnification lens with infinity focus. Thomas Shahan, the “Bob Ross of macro photography“, was sent a copy...
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Mold Becomes Strangely Beautiful When Captured in a Macro Photo Time-Lapse
Mold is something people usually don’t want to see, especially on their food, but it’s something that attracted the eye of Russian photographer Nick Lariontsev. He created the fascinating time-lapse...
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Adaptalux: How I Designed a Light for the Everyday Macro Photographer
Product design is the notion of transforming an idea into a tangible object that has a purpose. Solving problems with products is what I like to do — it’s how I try to give something back to the...
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The University of Texas to Create Thousands of Insect Macro Photos for the...
A team at the University of Texas is set to create thousands of macro photographs showing the beauty and diversity of the smallest critters in the state of Texas. Every one of the photos will be...
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Samyang Announces the Rokinon 100mm f/2.8 Macro Lens for $549
Korean camera gear company Samyang has announced a new Rokinon 100mm f/2.8 Macro lens. The manual focus lens provides life-size 1:1 magnification for macro photographs and can be used as a lens for...
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Eye-Popping Macro Shots of Ocean Life Captured with the Sony a7S in Nauticam...
The short film above is a dazzling “macro symphony” showing some of the colorful and complicated ocean creatures found off the coast of Indonesia. It was created by dive photographer Kay Burn Lim, who...
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Lensbaby Velvet 56: A 56mm f/1.6 Manual Focus Lens for Soft Portraits and...
Lensbaby has just added a new lens to its lens lineup. The Velvet 56 is a 56mm f/1.6 lens that can be used for super soft portrait shots or for macro images that highlight the details of little...
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The Venus KX800 is a Flexible Macro Twin Flash with the World’s Highest Guide...
Just months after announcing a 60mm f/2.8 macro lens that has gotten glowing reviews, Chinese gear manufacturer is back with a new product called the KX800. It’s a flexible twin light for macro...
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Abstract Macro Photos of Menstrual Blood Capture the Beauty of Life
“Beauty in Blood” is an ongoing project by Denver-based artist Jen Lewis that consists of abstract macro photographs of Lewis’ own menstrual blood. The project was born in 2012 after Lewis was...
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Achieving Black Backgrounds in Macro Photos
One of the most important aspects of fine art macro photography is capturing a non-distracting background so your subject stands out. I tend to like clean and colorful backgrounds, but there are...
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The Venus Laowa 15mm f/4 is the World’s Widest 1:1 Macro Lens
The Chinese lens manufacturer Venus Optics made quite a splash back in January by announcing the new Venus 60mm f/2.8, the world’s first 2:1 macro lens with infinity focus. The lens has gotten some...
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Review: The Venus Optics Laowa 15mm f/4 1:1 Wide Angle Macro Lens
Venus Optics recently sent me an early pre-production copy of the new Venus Optics Laowa 15mm f/4 1:1 wide angle macro, the world’s first ultra-wide angle macro lens capable of magnification up to...
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Moment Announces a New Macro Lens for Mobile Photographers
Last year, the mobile photography company Moment announced the release of two mobile lenses for smartphone devices: the 18mm wide angle and the 70mm telephoto. The company then followed up earlier...
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How I Made a DIY Concave Flash Diffuser for Macro Photography
As long as I can remember, I’ve been fascinated with the small and wondrous world of macro imaging, predominantly as a macro videographer, but also in the stills realm as of late. One thing that is a...
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A Brief Review of the Venus KX800 Macro Twin Flash
Back in April, the Chinese camera gear maker Venus announced its new KX800 macro twin flash, which looks like an external flash unit with three tentacles bursting forth from the top. Photographer...
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Macro Photos Show the Strange Beauty of Bug-Eating Sundew Plants
Finnish fine art photographer Joni Niemelä loves capturing and sharing little details in nature that often get unnoticed. One of his recent subjects has been the Drosera, also known as sundews, which...
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How to Capture Beautifully-Lit Wedding Ring Photos with a Cheap LED Light
Wedding photographer Paul Keppel created this helpful 3-minute video tutorial on how he goes about shooting consistent wedding ring photos using a cheap LED light and a macro lens. Keppel says he...
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Olloclip’s Macro Pro Lens Gives Your iPhone 6 Camera 21x Magnification
Olloclip is a company that may need no introduction for many of you after their quick change lens system for the iPhone took Kickstarter by storm in 2011. Since then, the company has been kicking out...
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A Review of the Laowa 15mm f/4 and Its Crazy Close 4.7mm Working Distance
Here’s a new video review by Thomas Shahan, the “Bob Ross of bug shots,” of the new Venus Optics Laowa 15mm f/4 1:1 wide angle macro lens. There are a number of interesting features in this...
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