I Thought Macro Photography Would be Easy
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- Опубликовано: 5 сен 2024
- Being stuck at home is not great for the landscape photographer, but in this video I attempt macro photography for the first time. I use a set of macro extension tubes to see what i can create with items around my house. It was not as easy as I thought, but we got there in the end. My link to the tubes is an affiliate link. I hope you enjoy the video.
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Macro photography is something one can do if they're on the brink of losing their sanity. So they can lose it quicker.
I would say macro photography is like everything: easy to start, very hard to master
Everything looks interesting because of the different perspective, but to get a really go picture, thats looks nearly like you imagine it.... damn that can become difficult...
dammit you. You are even in the photography videos
Mum, the neighbour has lost his mind. What do you see dear? I've seen him come out to the yard, on his knees, for minutes at a time only to rise up with a single fallen leaf pulled right up to his face. He's done this like 6 or 7 times over the last 3 hours!!
i actually do that
So kid, you watched him doing this for 3 hours ?
@@mohammadbabar6979 Sounds like a bright kid: Never turn your back on a crazy.
Mohammad Babar nothing else to do...kid stuck in the house too 😂
I thought my neighbors must think I've lost it. I was bent down with my face inches from a plant on my balcony trying to get pics of my praying mantis for like 10 mins. 😄
This might be the biggest tale tale sign of the impending apocalypse. Thomas Heaton recording videos in his kitchen.... The end is near
Nick Page 🤣
With his hooded dressing gown, perhaps Thomas is going through a Big Lebowski moment.
I am surprised he got any shot at all and just walked away due to conditions not being right
the day you shave your beard off is the day I know the apocalypse is coming. The Page knows when to look fresh for meeting his maker!
Hahaha
You need glycerin for the water drops and a small needle
Yep. You beat me to it
Thanks for the tip. Will keep in mind.
A man spent years trying to figure that out in the 90s. He gave up and wrote a song about Glycerin.
I was going to say the same thing. Old trick from the product studio days.
You beat me too
For part 2 you could take your macro setup into your garden when it's still cool in the morning and shoot some little critters. They move slower when they're cold. Another fun thing is looking for micro landscapes. The patterns on rocks and things can look like tiny landscapes sometimes. It takes a little while but once you get your eye in you'll see them everywhere.
You in the hooded dressing gown looks just like how I picture someone who spent 3 days in their kitchen learning macro. Great job. You're doing wely staying safe.
Ha! It has taken me literally years to understand and successfully shoot macro. Thanks for highlighting the process. Your setup is perfect, extension tubes are cheap! and the more you do it, the better it gets! You never cease to amaze me...btw, all you need is a thinner needle (micro syringe let a diabetic kind) to achieve the water drops.
As someone who loves to photograph wildflowers you have just begun to touch on the frustration. Outdoors there are many more variables to deal with. Thanks for the video.
At last, it's in focus! A slight breeze comes along. Noooooo! I not NOW wind! :-) Been there, done that, with my trusty Jesops extension tubes that I bought many years ago, before I could afford a proper macro lense :-) Not that I've ever done anything particularly 'arty' :-)
See you in a few months, if you learn patience. This one is a whole other category, and there are some others. Keep trying, sell calendars and make views... sorry , but some of you just shouldn’t earn money with your videos. Really sorry, never thought to say such naughty things, but hell what? He, they, them won’t even, never bother to reply. That’s for sure!
So true!
Yep the breeze and wind are my enemy especially when I'm trying to get that perfect shot of a honey bee before it flits off to a different flower, not to mention how much of devas those insects we love to capture digitally in macro can be. Drives me bonkers at times when they will turn their head just as I get the right focus, or the ones that love to constantly moon you as they keep their rear end pointed right at you and match your every move as you try to change angles to get that perfect shot of their face
@@peterrockell1527 In my case you can also add in the neighbors who by now you would think would remember what it is I'm doing out there in the yard (I've explained it many times now to all of them) either on my knees with the camera or near face down in the grass trying to get that perfect shot. As they freak out and think I've died on the front lawn or something ...................... Oh yea you can include the UPS & FedEx Delivery guy's too, as I've given then a few near heart attacks as they freak out seeing me out there too
2:05 When an outdoorsy guy starts wearing an animal onesie and says he's "on the edge" you'd do well to heed that warning.
Thank goodness we have blokes from the north of England. They are the salt of the earth. Thanks Tom I get my macro lens out this afternoon 😊
Lol, try handheld with insects at stupid o’clock in the summer..
those ants never seem to hold still for more than a nanosecond....
Bees and wasps here. I'm allergic - which makes it more interesting,
Zebra Jumpers and Wolfies here. Took me a couple of summers before I got the hang of it with a speed light. I'm working on improving my natural light abilities. Little buggers are *fast!*
I routinely shoot visitors to my porch light, it can be challenging to get the focus right while holding the camera above my head to get a subject on the ceiling!
Dinosaurs here. Ate me thrice.
I love that you're using this time to learn something new. You never stop inspiring Thomas! Thanks for everything over the years
I really appreciate your honesty Thomas. It can be very tiring to look at RUclips videos where people always try to impress and present themselves in the best possible way.
They often emphasize one success after another whilst "hiding" the truth that .... a lot of planning, time + energy AND failure goes into what they present.
Well done for being so truthful here Thomas, it made this video 100% more interesting than if you had simply presented best shots and left out all the hard work and fails.
Thomas in a dressing gown with ears, going mad to the sounds of acoustic music.
This is quality content.
Haha! You and me alike. 😂 “Just going to do a bit of macro. How hard can this be?” Very is the answer. 😉
Speaking as a Macro Photographer...You got some very nice results. I did like your feather shot and mix of colour and the last flower shot was gorgeous. Great job.
Many years ago I was "trapped" at home for a very bad cold and after 4 days I needed to do something to avoid getting bored, so I bought as well some cheap exentions tubes to do the same. I setted up a frame to attach flashes, lights, coloured gels, also a drippling bag to shoot drops sequentially...it took days to have a decent good image then I moved to a sliced orange thinely, litterally puttend in front of my flash and started to shoot and this was very satisfying, at the end of my 10 days of "detention" I was able to "master" macro photography but, at that time spring came out and I prefered to walk in the nature as you know well how it is powerful.
Thank you mister!
The 100ml L series lens is amazing for this stuff, sharpness, clarity, bokeh, the whole malarkey.
I have done lots of macro but dont have the 100, i rented it and went to the botanical gardens for texture, color, still life desert, rainforest plants. Most disappointing photo/rent-shoot day of my life. Great glass, but I was probably expecting it too do too much for me over finding creativity.
Thanks Thomas, I literally woke up this morning thinking I was gonna go watch RUclips videos about macro extension tubes. And like you’re some kind of wizard you come out with a video convincing to get some.
First Man Photography is the teacher.
Finally this quarantine gave us a review of your home
I think he'd be a trick doing still life and product photos in that kitchen and room walls. He usually does big landscapes so went to the oposit extreme, but I think he'have more fun with more stock product photos in the middle and b-roll shooting in the house.
if you want to go total insane try photographing the surface of soapbubbles, but if you get it the result is totaly stunning aswell
If you are talented and hard-working, it's easy 👍👏🏆
Thomas, you took the commonplace and made it exceptional. Well done!
Feels like a Thomas Heaton Cribs episode. Love it
You have my sympathy and empathy regarding macro - it's a slow learning process, but very enjoyable.
Fun! Thanks for the idea. Not sure my dear wife would be so patient with me using the (her) kitchen.
Stay healthy and happy everyone.
You can never be bored with a macro lens. I bought a Sigma 105 prime macro and I don't think I'll ever tire of it, it can be challenging depending on the subject but it opens up so much creativity.
Keep going with macro it will be worth it in the end. A lot of patience is needed to get the best results but when you start getting them and finding you have learned a new skill you will never look back.
One of your best lessons... lots of learning from mistakes, the best learning... with that dropper, you need the actual fine point syringe... looks like 3 incredible days of learning...
Well done, Tom! You're expanding your repertoire, I'm very impressed! Glad you are keeping busy during the lockdown. I'm sure you'll be raring to go once it ends. The biggest part of each of my days is taking out the trash and walking slowly back and forth to the bins in the warm sun. Stay safe and well. Bob
Love this video. I did the exact same thing, well sort of. I bought the extension tubes and jumped in. I am not a pro like you, just a newbie trying to learn something new. Set up in my garage next to a large window for natural light. Bought some cheap daisies and and use a spray bottle. I think the difference was my expectations were really low and so my pics were much better than I thought. Then I went searching for other subjects and thanks to Mr. Spider I was able to get a nice bumble bee and dragonfly that made for excellent subjects. But although I was not overthinking the composition of the shots I completely relate to the frustration. Nice pics btw, much better than mine.
I'm actually shooting a macro timelapse as we speak...
It's a flower opening, and I've been improving on it for days, trying new things and then hoping they turn out as planned. Each time goes differently and there's always tweaks to be made and lighting to be played with... It's such a fun but often frustrating challenge!
There's an infinitely deep world to explore right beneath us, should we choose to look!
Great video, and I appreciate you giving it a try! More people need to experience this!
Beautiful images Tom I tried Macro a while back and gave up its so hard, Good positive video that helps us all to take time out to watch our favourite landscape photographers that are keeping real and positive at this time 👍👍👍
Made the same experience. It's really and your easily get frustrated. I tried to shoot a frozen water bubble last winter. Took me uncounted triies 3 days being outside in the cold. But finally succeeded. ;)
Best dressing gown ever!
I spent my whole career shooting jewellery - the key is all in the equipment - I use Zeiss 100mm macro lense - Nikkor 120mm macro on Sinar specially modified for nIkon D850 and Phase one back when needed - for water try glycerine water mixture so the drops don’t explode on contact - love your landscapes BTW
Ferd Mels glycerine instead of water is a genius trick! Saved me from many breakdowns in the past! 😂
'The key is all in the equipment'. Now thats a quote for any aspiring photographer to live by. It should be on a t-shirt.
I kind of disagree with that. I can get the same pictures with my canon 100mm macro or my 24-105 with macro tubes attached. The 100mm just makes it a bit easier. And depending on the subject, when you start focus stacking I find the macro tubes even better because I can reduce my minimum focal distance much more.
So for moving objects like living insects I go with the 100mm because it’s faster, but when I have the time to set up the shot I prefer my tubes.
perfect therapy video after a long day at work.
This video arrived just in time! Picked up a macro and I’m SUPER excited to get going.
you make something beautiful out of the most mundane things. well done sir. I used them to photograph an old pocket watch which I disassembled and placed on a black felt back ground. Very cool.
Well I've done macro photography for years but one thing that I have learnt from this is how to get rid of all my calendars I didn't sell last year! :D Great vid Thomas and definitely not easy!
A reflector is best . Flash can overpower what you are shooting too .
I'm in the same boat . 3 months at home .
I was just getting into doing Landscape photography . Mainly been doing motorsport .
Can't do that now far too worn out .
Macro is great fun .
Great vlog Thomas .
Thanks for the macro post! I know it is not your usual post. Your work is fantastic you know how nature produces light and how to capture it.
This is so good watching you do something different and seeing how your managing with change and keeping us all inspired
Thank you. I feel so much better after watching that. I've spent the last few days trying to do a timelapse of a small flower opening. Apart from having to know the exact time when they start opening, you also learn, that from bud to flower, they move a lot. The lighting has to be absolutely consistent throughout the timelapse while allowing for any change in exposure needed when the bright petals emerge. You get just one chance per day to get it right unless you want to try shooting them closing up.
And the buds don't open at a constant rate. It seems that every variable possible is exercising its right to vary.
And none of this gets mentioned in the memoirs of the Marquis de Sade.
Still, your sufferings have encouraged me to continue.
Thanks, Thomas. That was fun. Indoor sports time! Phil
Love your frankness and humility. Thoroughly enjoyable.
I think one of your most comical videos yet. Thank you.
OMG there is nothing funnier than a landscape photographer stuck inside! You 4 are really keeping me entertained! Than you!!
Great idea Thomas. Especially in times like now.
I used to have a set of extension tubes years ago. Tried inverting my tripod center column and photographing beads of water droplets on the grass. Not exactly rain drops but water from a water sprayer bottle.
A good excuse to not cut the lawn quite so often also.
Now just watching your video have decided to give it another shot :)
So enjoyable seeing landscape and wildlife photographers trying macro for the first time!!
It's surprisingly very easy to pay attention to your Marco tips 🐻 Awesome indoor photo challenge. Next should be Macro Wildlife Photography.
I do that with my 100-400 Tamron lens, butterflies, dragonflies ... while I wait for birds and critters.
Hi Thomas, I bought a doubler for my Pentax from the AGE UK shop for £3 and discovered that with my 18-55mm kit lens attached to it I can do macro photos too. The step is to do focus stacking so that I can get all of the flower in focus. For that I bought a slide contraption thingy from Amazon for about £20. I've yet to do a set up like you've done in this video but you've added some ideas to my kitbag, so to speak. As an extra I'm going to be trying using some additives to the water, such as salt and detergent and anything else I can come up with from the kitchen cupboards. Thanks for this inspiring video. Stay safe, stay well, stay recording.
Great photo! I love doing macro, the beauty of small things..
I have the Nikon version of the extension tubes, had them a while and there great, very powerful for snow flakes or insects etc
The way this guy does his macro photography reminds me of how Thomas Heaton does his landscapes, I think even the resulting image shows the same personal touch.
I love macro photography, and yes it’s hard, but so much fun and gratifying when you finally capture that oh so sweet image. Loved your video!
I would really love to see some more macro photography from you. Especially as you learn it
Love it! Quite an entertaining sheltering in place video!! Thanks
Ha! Funny you should post this. Yesterday I cleaned out/straighten my photography gear shelves. I found a set of extension tubes collecting dust in the back. It's been years since I used them and I had honestly forgotten I had them.
So I have a set of extention tubes and haven't really used them. Time passes and I just got a Lensbaby Trio 28 a few days ago. I am so pleased with the images I get with that I now 'see differently'. Your vidoe gave me new inspiration. One step backwards : Two steps forward ! ( well, I know what I mean anyway ) Cheers !
Hi Thomas, add about two drops of liquid soap to your small bottle sprayer. It will reduce the hydrophobic behavior of the water droplets on flower petals ... actually anything. Great post
I just dug out last Saturday an old macro zoom lens (not a true macro lens, but a close focusing zoom "not bad") I'd forgotten I had. So excellent timing on this video.
Thanks Thomas, great video and something we can all try at home. My efforts were with a second hand Nikon D3200 with just the kit lens. I started taking a dandelion but just too much yellow and settled with a small blue flower. I didn't manage to get a reflection but happy with the result. Would love to see another video of something else we can try at home.
Y'know, Thomas, I've been meaning to try macro for ages, and your video reminded me and inspired me to have a go. I got some extension tubes online, and I've had a tremendous amount of fun in the last few days. Even the daisies in the lawn look fantastic at that scale! Thank you so much for your content, I always find it enjoyable.
It's great to see an amazing photographer struggle so hard to take mediocre photos outside of his normal genre. Makes me think there's still hope for me to improve. 😂 I thank you so much for sharing. Keep up the great work and stay safe.
I have the extension tubes and they work great. Mine are 13, 21 and 31mm for my Canon. I have been working on macro for a few months now and I have found it is much easier to move my tripod then to disrupt my subject that took a long time to set up. Also water and oil mix works great for spraying and landing on the subject. As well as using a syringe instead of an eye dropper to put minute droplets on. Also try soap solution in water to spray
I feel your pain, I was the same when I first started in macro, I also use Glycerine, a 50/50 mix with water works well for me and yes get a syringe with a needle, the metal repels the water so you get nice droplets. Also get a memo crocodile clip these are great for keeping subjects still that aren't in water. Look forward to seeing more of these, stay safe and well!
Thoroughly enjoyed watching that and have just ordered some cheap as chips tubes from amazon now just got to sort out my wardrobe to get into character!😄
Brilliant
I have been setting up my sons star wars lego figures in the garden
That produces some interesting and fun images
Hahahaha. The title alone made me think „now this looks like big fun“ 😂 I am almost disappointed that you eventually made a great image.
The converse of "what you think will make a good macro subject doesn't necessarily make a good macro subject" is also true. . .
That was great - definitely one of your more entertaining recent videos...
Yeh, I'm having the same 'lock down blues', I get my camera out, sit it on the desk, and find myself shooting ball point pens, the computer keyboard keys, half filled cups of tea, door handles, aaaaargh! What am I doing!!! Nice kitchen by the way, thanks again Tom, stay safe mate...
I'm a huge fan of your videos and your work!
The biggest problem with tubes is they lose a lot of light, probably two stops for the set you used. I will get you started as will +Filters, or even turning your lens around backwards but you will not regret getting a Tamron 90 True Macro lens. I now should a nice Nikor 105 Macro but the Tamron worked really well for the price. A lens will really get you moving and make it much more enjoyable, especially with insects and outdoor subjects.
I agree. I have the Tamron 90mm macro and love it!
I just got my first maco lens last week... Holy hell... This is so hard!!! However, when you get that good shot, it's beautiful!
I just bought a set of Kenko extension tubes ($254) and they work great. Looking forward to trying them on different lens. I have heard cheap tubes can get stuck on the lens and this can be a disaster. Caveat Emptor during lock down. Going to a flower shop to get some exotic looking flowers. That should cover the next three daze.
I have the greatest respect for landscape photographers because this seeing these compositions is not something I've ever been able to master. However, macro photography, my speciality is quite a different skill set to other forms of photography. Although it's good to see that Thomas has learned one of the most important lessons and that is often in macro photography you get serendipitous opportunities when something you are trying for doesn't work, but you get another opportunity you'd not thought of. This is what a lot of macro photography is about, and that is exploring these opportunities, which weren't what you had in mind.
Yep. Most people think macro is easy until they try it! Giving up on that was actually one of the main things that led me to get outside and eventually start making time lapse sequences.
Genius. Its been raining for 2 weeks straight and quarantined. You gave me an idea and just did this project. Effing hard. my flower kept sinking lol.. but my final image came out really good actually. Wish i can send it to you. I used a 4x macro lense
Sometimes trial and error is more inspiring than getting it right first time. Time I got my macro lens out of mothballs and have another go. Thanks Tom, always entertaining.
Yes! The photography adventure continues! Our hero (tragic hero?) triumphs once again, after many interesting trials and tribulations. And along the way, we learn some new lessons :-) Thanks again Thomas!
Nice flower. Stay safe
I had the same idea when I couldn't go out and about this past week. Macro is much trickier than I expected... especially figuring how to create an interesting composition. I also picked up three of these from Amazon to hold small items in place... Pro'sKit 900-015 Helping Hands Soldering Aid. They were helpful in locking things down, but not so much for inspiring creativity. Thanks for the video. I had not thought about shooting subjects in water... I will give that a try.
Well done!!! Loved seeing something a bit different 👏
Nice use of the new all in one survival suit for your next wild camp 🏕😁👍 hope all is well Tom
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I thought I was on Thomas Shahan's channel... good fun! Thanks!
Great job. I just bought a set of bellows and intend to do the same very soon.
You don't even need to buy extension tubes to shoot macro! Just shoot using the freelensing technique with the lens backward.
You can also buy a reverse ring adapter and it cost almost nothing a few US dollars.
Bonus tip: Wider the lens the more magnification will be.
This is where a lens that has manual aperture comes in handy but there is a trick for Canon shooters!
I have done this with no problem with my camera or lens but try this at your own risk!
Attach the lens you are planning to use to your Canon camera, Turn on the camera, set the aperture to f8 or higher, Press the depth of field button, keep it pressed down and remove the lens. This locks the aperture in the lens that you set the f stop number. Now Shoot using the freelensing technique with the lens backward.
@ Thomas Heaton Macro is not easy if you never have done it b4!
Great video
Good work there Thomas, a nice image at the end of it. An often similarly cheap way to get into macro would be a lens reversal ring which allows you to mount your lens backwards. That can give pretty good results too.
Next job, get out in the garden and start chasing flies around. If you don't have dirty knees by the end of a good macro session outdoors then you haven't been trying hard enough.
great shot! Persistence pays off👍
Get a Tamron 90mm f2.5...quality is superb. Its what I moved to after learning with extension tubes. It has the Adaptall 2 mount so you can take it to most brands of camera.
I love close-up photography, i use my 2000D with the 18-55 kitlens, but when youre just out in nature, have the sun behind or right above your subject... Even at 55mm f/5.6...
Although i want to try making scenes myself when the weather turns, or we go in lock down. I'll enjoy nature and until things change you'll find me outside!
love photographing moths like this.
Ooh interesting! Now where did I put my extension tubes... I had a ring to reverse the nifty 50, could see the makeup of a fly's eye with it. Cool things to try in these times. Thanks for the light relief Tom 👍
Thumbs down? C‘mon, who the f**k gives a thumbs down? Thank you Thomas, for sharing your experiences, thoughts and the clothing! 👍🏻😁😁
Wow! That is such an awesome photo!!
Haha looking like a frustrated scientist.
Try macro on live subjects like insects to make you go insane by the end of social distancing ;)
Instead of those tubes, you can also get "reversing" rings that mount to the front of your lens where you would attach screw on filters and attach the lens backwards on your camera.
Great minds think alike - my preparation for 'lock down' didn't involve massive piles of loo-roll, I bought myself a Raynox macro adapter and some flash kit. Glad to see I'm not the only one getting some frustration from it though - it surely takes practice and some luck! Good video, once more.