macro photography

    ZY Optics launches 20mm f/2 4.5x lens: it’s Super Macro and super affordable
    Dec 20, 2016 Dunja Đuđić

    If you shoot macro, there are several options: buying extension tubes, reverse rings, or a macro lens. The first two solutions are cheap, but don’t…

    Photographing a mosquito hatching from its pupa
    Nov 29, 2016 Steve Gettle

    I suppose like most photographers I have a “photographic bucket-list”, and documenting the life-cycle of the much maligned Mosquito has always been high on that…

    Extension tubes open up a whole new world of photography!
    Nov 21, 2016 Ben Cherry

    With travel photography, one of the issues is prioritising equipment. You simply can’t carry everything you could possibly want to bring. If you do then…

    These macro photos make bees look like aliens from another world
    Nov 4, 2016 John Aldred

    With seven species of bees having been added to the US endangered species list only a month ago, photographs may soon be all we have…

    Everyday objects are barely recognisable shot through a macro lens
    Nov 4, 2016 John Aldred

    Macro lenses can be a fascinating thing. They can show us a side of our world that we didn’t even know existed. Letting us get…

    Burning wire wool through a macro lens becomes a raging firestorm
    Oct 10, 2016 John Aldred

    When the whole wire wool thing was pretty cool and new a decade or more ago, many photographers stocked up. Then the idiots discovered it. These days,…

    Sony expand their full frame macro range with a new 50mm f/2.8
    Aug 30, 2016 John Aldred

    Sony have today announced the release of the full frame Sony FE 50mm f/2.8 Macro lens. This announcement doubles the number of lenses in their…

    BLIPS turns your smartphone into a microscope and fits in your wallet
    May 24, 2016 John Aldred

    BLIPS is an ultra portable super slim pair of lenses for your smartphone.  One offers macro, letting you focus much closer than your phone’s standard…

    Canon announces a new top of the line speedlight and confirms macro lens rumours
    May 11, 2016 John Aldred

    Canon have officially announced both the EF-M 28mm f/3.5 Macro IS STM lens confirming earlier rumours, as well as a new Canon Speedlite 600EX II-RT…

    Canon’s new 28mm macro lens for mirrorless features a built in ringlight
    May 11, 2016 John Aldred

    Macro ring flashes can be expensive, but trying to shoot macro without external lighting of some kind can be extremely difficult.  Canon are hoping to do…