INNOVATIVE TECHNIQUES FOR OUTDOOR PHOTOGRAPHY WITH GEORGE LEPP
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An ant at 2X using the Canon EOS 5DSR 50MP camera and MPE_65mm macro lens with MT-24EX flash in the field. We cover macro field techniques in the on-line seminar!
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Here is one of the more recent posts. 9/8/2020
Gladiolas with the EOS R5
For a change of pace from swans, here are some macro/close-up images of gladiola flowers taken in the studio. They are all focus-stacked composites captured with the Canon EOS R5 and the EF 180mm f/3.5L USM macro lens. Lighting came from several small (inexpensive) LED light panels and a couple of LED Lume Cube photo lights. The focus bracketing (stacking) feature on the EOS R5 can only be used with continuous lighting; this is a technique I enjoy because I can see the effects of various lighting approaches as I stage the subjects. Focus-bracketed captures compiled in ZereneStacker software. and optimized in Photoshop.
This gives an overall view of one of the gladiola flower stalks. 29 focus-bracketed images at 1/60 sec, f/8, ISO 200.
A close-up of a flower in the above flower stalk. 180 focus-bracketed images at 1/60 sec, f/8, ISO 200. It’s good to remember that you can take too few focus- bracketed images, but seldom too many. At such high magnification and f/8, each capture covers only a fraction of an inch of depth of field, so it takes many more images to cover a complete flower than most people realize.
A flower from a different stalk. 163 focus-bracketed images at 1/45 sec, f/8, ISO 400.
162 focus-bracketed images at 1/30 sec, f/8, ISO 400.
146 focus-bracketed images at 1/30 sec, f/8, ISO 200.
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A 4K video of the Smith Rock State Park eagle nest is available below. From egg to fledgling is documented in the new 11 minute high definition video!
A six-day old bald eagle chick is kept warm and protected by its parent. This is a 4K frame grab from the video footage taken to create the 11 minute 4K video below. The video will play at the resolution that your system will allow.
The 11 minute 4K video above was captured using Canon's EOS 5D MK IV and EOS-1D X MK II cameras. Lenses to bring in close the nest from 200+ feet were the EF100-400mm Mk II, EF500mm MK II, and the EF800mm. Using tele-extenders and considering the 4K crop factor of the camera the maximum focal length used was 3889mm. 120 hours were spent at the nest site and many hours editing the 4K footage to pull frame grabs that were sent out over social media. A gallery of those frame grabs will soon be available on this site.
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