1 Hour POV Macro Photography Challenge - How Many Bangers Can I Get?
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- Опубліковано 19 чер 2023
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I really enjoyed it - I watch your videos for relaxation as much as the photography, so having an hour was great! Feel free to do this format again!
Awesome, thank you!
@@MicaelWidell truly relaxing
I know the feeling of time limits in photography, this video really hits close hime. Due to my health I cannot go on photo walks longer then 30 to 45 minutes. It is a challenge, but you can make it work. Especially in areas you know well, but getting creative within those limits is a whole other challenge.
I suggest going out (if possible) at 4-5 in the morning. During the day, it's hard to find something stable for stack.There is usually no wind in the morning either, it is quiet and somehow more pleasant
macro can be crazy, can go out for an hour or 2 and ill have 3/4 great photos I'm proud of, sometimes I can go out for 30 mins and result in 10/15 photos I'm proud of - never quite know what's gonna happen when you start! But that add's to the mystery and the satisfaction is higher when you find a great subject nail the shot.
Awesome as always!! ☮️💟
Loved that format, awesome shots!
Loved this video. I hope you do more in different places
I love your Macros!
Thanks for video, interesting Challenge!
Thank you so much for this it's wonderful
Some actual bangers from that the om-1, the spider was really cool to see.
I did watch the first 10 and then start skpping though to bangers but the full length format was cool to see.
Great video Micael! The applause audio makes it 😂
You have inspired me to do macro. I started off with a microscope objective but now I have had a lot of fun with my canon 105 macro lens, manual focus. I have my best luck with it on a tripod since I don't have a flash...
As an Astro photographer I know the value of stacking so one of these days I'm going to try stacking with macro !
That is awesome! Happy to hear I inspired you :)
Your videos are always a ralaxation for me😄
With bird of flight, i have 40 escaped, 2 shots, 0 good shoot😂
Nice job, the format has good, but not many different species😢
I usually step outside into my garden or hedgerows and spend around 30 mins taking images. I usually try to find a plant that the pollinators are visiting and stand by it. I may take 60 to 200 images in bursts of 3 to 5. (I do not stack) I will reject around 90% of the images and of the 10% left maybe half would be good shots. So if I took 100 shots maybe 5 would be good but of course it varies. I am usually trying the to capture the insect pollinating or flying so they are seldom still and maybe only on the flower for less than 1 sec.. The good thing is I get outside on a nice day and spend some time looking at plants and insects and maybe get a few good shots.
I liked the format and the walk. The video footage was fine. You had good comments on how you were shooting (specs) which is helpful.
Väldigt trevlig avkoppling, glad midsommar!!
I liked the video, good job :)
I like this format, very different. Thank you.
Glad to hear it! Thanks for the ids
i enjoyed the timed video. also really good to know for a beginner that you dont get perfect shots of perfect models all the time :-)
Thank you - yeah part of the video idea is to show what an average macro photo walk can be like, including all the missed shots
Excellent production, a bit of humour always helps.
I love the shutter sound of camera
I like your videos. I like that you do not speak too fast too. Thanks!
Id love to see you make some content regarding mushroom photography techniques Micael
I dont have this in my sub box wth..
Thank god i checked your channel :D
Man im hyped!
Welcome aboard!
A damselfly- won't even try to catch that guy" I know from experience 😂 it's nerve-wracking
The spider eating the fly forms a 🤍
Thanks for this format, I really enjoyed it 🙂! We have a smal macro group which also uses OMD EM1. Could you please let us know your camera stettings like stack step wide, ISO and which f no. you use in combination with the Raynox? We usually start with stacking step wide=3 and f=4 and ISO 200-400 as a starting point for stacking. Do you use the high speed sync of your flash? Thanks for your answer and greetings from northern Germany.
I'm still experimenting, but the settings I use most of the time is: ISO 200, f/7.1, 1/100 s shutter speed and 1/16 in strength on the flash. For stacking I use a step size of 3.
Macro photography isn’t easy as focusing can be quite difficult especially in windy conditions. I love Insect photography but don’t usually go to woodlands. On my local reserve I get Butterflies, Dragonflies, Bees, Wasps, Flies, Shieldbugs, Beetles, Spiders and basically anything that moves. I loves your photo stacked Weevil and it is just great to get out in the open and lose yourself to the world.
the raynox is great but it makes it very difficult I find, such a tiny amount of the subject is in focus so unless you're taking several images to splice together I just prefer using the standard 1:1. I was using Laowa 90mm for a while but I got a bit tired of not having AF so I'm using the Sony 90mm and its refreshing to have AF again together with the stabilisation in the lens to go with my A7C IBIS.
Yeah depends on what the subject is. But our insects in Sweden are very tiny so most of the time I need a Raynox.
There also weren't a lot of soft-bodied insects, especially aphids, which ladybugs eat so there weren't a lot of them there.
Next time try somewhere with a water puddle or pond. (A little ecosystem)
Micael, do you have any rivers? Lakes? maybe try other places. There are beautiful dragonflies, especially in places close to water. If you have flower meadows, you can always photograph butterflies. They are also beautiful, colorful, they contribute a lot to photography ;) It would be nice if you showed some different places
Yes there was a lake full of dragonflies just 100m from this location. But that video wouldn’t have been very entertaining because I would have spent 1 hour for just 1 good dragonfly shot :)
The beetle at 36:12 is a species of soldier beetle in the family Cantharidae
The larvae at 16:05 are those of either leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae) or sawflies (such as family Tenthredinidae). My money is on Chrysomelidae. Need to see a closeup of the head, especially the eyes, to be sure. They'll probably be in the adult stage in about 3-4 weeks, so a return visit is a good idea.
Thank you!
Your soldier beetle at 52:43 looks to be Cantharis paradoxa
Is the, "Waa waa waa waaaa!" a specific feature to only OM systems, or can I get it for my Nikon?
Wait, never mind, I'd get tired of it going off all day when I shoot.
😉 😂
Hi Miael
I saw your Marco UA-cam , there are amazing
I would like to ask you about the Marco lens. I have Fuji x-h2 which lens would you recommend for me. Between Laowa 65 mm and 7 artisan 60 mm mk II?
Thanks alot . somlid
Definitely get the Laowa 65mm if you can afford it. I think it is the best macro lens for APS-C.
Many thanks , can I use it directly on the x-h2 or I must to use Adapter as well?
@@somlidkhammalavong3292 You can fit it directly
Great , 100000 thankss I will get it .
I got the Laowa 65mm for X-T4 last year and really enjoy using it but was struggling with photo stacks because it is a wholly manual lens - fine for studio macro but not great in the field with insects. As a result I recently bought the Fuji 80mm F2.8 macro and am loving it. Automatic stacking works great and you can use the 1.4x teleconverter with it to give you more working room which is nice for skittish insects, especially butterflies. I will keep the Laowa for now because it is useful to have the x2 magnification. I have also heard good things about the new Fuji 30mm macro lens.
What settings where you using in the 2 bangers? Flash and Camera...Thank you
Not sure, but probably the settings in this video: ua-cam.com/video/JOZ3SRbdUiw/v-deo.html
Dear Outdoors Michael, you don't have to apologise or feel sorry for it is not an invasion of privacy when they're doing it outside in the wide open for all other bug folks (and bigger than bug ones) to see. I think they might even enjoy being little exhibitionists 😮
33:56 BANGER 1
44:46 BANGER 2
17:00 Assassin bug - _Reduviidae_ perhaps?
The true bug at 17:04 is a species of damsel bug (Nabidae).
Thank you!
I walk the Arizona 115 degree desert for 4-6 hours to find one insect......now I found a trick, and that' looking for Javalina or Coyote Feces..... and in the desert the insects attack feces for food and moisture source ......
41:37 settings
0:31 equipment
There is a saying - not thick, but not empty. I have only one question. Have you seen photos of your colleagues with Olympus?
Yes I've seen lots of photos taken with Olympus cameras?
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how does focus stacking work with flash? Surely the flash misses a lot of the photos in the stack? Say you're shooting a 40 photo stack, how many times would the flash even fire?
With the Godox v350 it never misses a shot. You can take up to 20 at a fast pace before it starts pausing. But if you lower the rate slightly it can go longer.