Macro in the Forest: Tips, Tricks, Ideas and Lighting Tutorial

In this week's video tutorial, I show the ideas, tips, tricks and settings I use for taking amazing but easy macro photos on location in the forest. I show how I use flash lighting to enhance my macro photography, how I use focus bracketing and focus stacking techniques to take sharp images.

I also show how using wide angle lenses with macro extension tubes allows you to focus close up on your subject but maintain an awesome wide view that captures much more of your surroundings.

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Chapters:

00:00 - Intro
01:20 - In the forest
02:00 - Finding macro subject
02:37 - 35mm macro lens
03:10 - Macro composition
03:40 - Shallow depth of field in macro
03:55 - Setting aperture for macro
04:50 - Manual focus stack
06:00 - Auto focus bracketing for macro
08:14 - Off-camera flash for macro
08:40 - Backlight using flash
09:05 - Light flare with flash
11:00 - Wide angle macro
11:40 - Macro extension tube on Canon RF



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