Another great video! Have you done the same shoot, but with the light coming up from the bottom? Through a glass plate or bowl, for example? Just curious.

wow - just seen the results - amazing

Very pleasant video as usual - thankyou

bonjour serais t'il possible d'avoir des sou titre en français sur toutes vos vidéo ?

Great video. Thanks for posting.

Very interesting as always.

great video. I am working on a concept that will require 1/18 scale figures. Does anyone happen to to know a company that has painted good quality figures? Thx

Brilliant. Masterfully done.

Hi Ben I know this video is some years old but I'm intrigued by the tripod head you are using. What is it? Great video by the way

These are awesome.

If someome is looking for it: I recreated the hear rest as a 3D-Printable file. Search for "Optometrist Head Rest " on printables :)

I cannot reach your products from Turkey

Half way through this video, had to pause to just say thank you for taking your time and explaining things in such a wonderful and easy to understand manner. I don't know you but I can see you are a good man and good human. Big hugs bro. I am in China at the moment, attempting to start my own watch brand. My budget is very tight and I have been let down by the people who were supposed to do the photography of the watches. I would be most grateful if I could perhaps speak to you or email you? I am happy to pay for your time if necessecary. Kindest Regards, Sunny

About 40 years ago I created a view of Earth from outer space for my film camera. My scene didn't have the option of postprocessing since I was photographing my scene with Kodachrome slide film. I used glitter and small plastic gems on a black fabric to simulate stars of different colors. For the Earth, I used a sticker of the Earth that had been photographed from a satellite. The final image was quite realistic although stars might be fainter next to the brightly lit Earth. The reason I am mentioning this project from long ago is because the use of glitter and small plastic "gems" gave good color to the stars and made for a quite realistic background.

Thank you again!!! Wonderful videos and ideas to explore especially during upcoming extreme cold days.

Using a Spray bottle with 1/2 water and 1/2 glycerin can put drops on the petals that can make an average flower really special. You might consider showing how to take photos of hospice level(dead or almost dead) flowers. Some of them age like Sophia Loren, and others more like Bridget Bardot!

Pollen like this is definitely in the category of “Oh WOW!” which is what my macro/close-up business is called.

Thankyou. very interesting. I HAVE A QUESTION i HAVE ASKED A FEW TIMES BEFORE , WITH no ANSWER. hERE IT IS wHEN IS THE NW DESIGNED fLASH eMMITER, i HAVE A FLASH UNIT THAT i CANNOT USE TILL i GET A NEW eMMITER. please help me. tHANK yOU. JOHN rEED.

Great info what is the dimensions of the black box ?

How do you determine how far to slide from left to right? Does it depend on how far you are away from the subject?

I built a little rig decades ago to slide my camera over 2.5 inches to take two images that I processed into slides. Then, I dropped it into a viewer that had two slide slots, and it worked great. After watching your video, I can use the same rig with my digital camera, great stuff. I got so excited with the process that I created a new fixture for mobile cameras that I can then produce with my 3D printer. PS can be pretty quick. I will next try to stack a couple of images. Thanks.

Ben, I’m a senior and would like a basic Adaptalux kit. What do you recommend? I can add gradually. Many thanks!

What software do you use for stacking ?

Interesting as usual - thankyou

Not the dandelion being tired from her photoshoot😂

Can you use mirrors to reflect the UV light, or would that be a mess?? I'm just starting out and cannot yet afford the proper set up... So I'm looking for beginner level tips 🤔 Any thoughts on reflecting the UV or how pure UV behaves on mirrors??

Hello 👋 I am really enjoying learnng about UV photography Ive recently fallen into fascination with all teh marvelous mushrooms 🍄 growing all around us on my daily dog wlaks. Im designing a black box to use so i can photograph them in the field and only have my phone camera 🤳 and a very low budget so What if i started out with a cheap & cheerful UV torch and perhaps place some purple/deep blue coloured gels over the light 🤔 Wold that help block out the light? I dont even know if the mushrooms will glow but I have a feeling they're hiding some real magnificent beauty ✨️ 😍 I have spare blackout material that i can use to create a mobole dark room so I'm gonna give it a try & maybe grab a hold of a few dark gels (stage lighting colour filters) and test it out at least. Thanks so much for these very informative videos 📹 I feel like ive learned enough to at least try to capture the magical mushrooms of the Irish bogland 😊

Enjoyed your video. I'm going to try this!! Thank you.

How can we test your product for ?

btw... don't put infrared flashlights directly into your eyes, they may be invisible, but they definitly make something in the eye... i did for a period of time and i was left with a strange spot in my vision, luckly it disapeard lol. but it was a strong flashlight though. if you have dark eye (iris) it gets kind of white under infrared, and your pupils get highly dilated in the dark, you can do it in the dark and still see in the camera lcd, and photograph your pupils dilated

great video, thanks man!

Use lightweight cotton gloves used for handling negatives to eliminate the fingerprints

there is a lot of nice different constrast stuff that can be photographed using 850nm wavelenght light source or more. you don't necessarily need color. just go full b&w that is not an issue... i have shot the tiny veins in the palm of my hands using 850nm filters, i shone 850nm flashlight through my hand and photographed all the veins and arteries (had to do it piece by piece, and fit the photos together to make the entire hand), but it was incredible the result.I have shone IR light on my paintings, pastel pantings, and there are some pigments that are lighter and darkerd, different from visible, even in near UVA it is different... i am sure there are lots of use for IR in macro, you just need to find the right stuff, it is not just leaves and colors. And also... there is no need to channel swap in photoshop. you can do it directly in camera raw. just make a mask selecting everything, and go in the hue wheel and make a 180º turn

It seems you need to try a group of objects with different colors instead of a solid green leaf. Just like in nature.

Back in the days of film I used to shoot Kodak Infrared Ektachrome film. The foliage was always magenta color. I don't like infrared color from modern digital cameras. However, they do a good job with black-and-white infrared. I hope someday film manufacturers would bring back a film like Kodak Infrared Ektachrome. I wish I would have shot more of this film. The United States military used to use this film to pick out hidden enemy military tanks that were camouflaged to the normal eye sight, with color infrared film these military tanks were easily separated from the magenta foliage.

What specific filter were you using?

With my IR modified camera (Canon 50D) I have set a custom white balance using a photograph of a sunlit patch of grass as the calibration image. Photographs produced using the custom WB come out of the camera needing very little adjustment with a photo editor. It's a simpler approach that doesn't require adjustments with colour channels, etc. Infrared macro photography sounds intriguing with lots of possibilities, and I hope Adaptalux will do more to develop the idea.

You were relying on a subject that has one type of infrared reflectence. If you photographed a variety of materials you should have a variety of infrared reflectence. For example an oil painting - different colours and different brands of oil paint will reflect infrared differently. Some black paint will reflect little infrared and other black paint will look white because it reflects more infrared. It’s a hidden universe.

Interesting video, thanks

If you were to test taking photos out in the sun it may be interesting.

I just received my Pod Mini and hot shoe attachment , my only issue is the single light rod sways to the left and right because the very top dial won't tighten enough. I added a washer still won't tighten enough. Please let me know the remedy

Hiya - followed along with my 3D glasses and found your video really interesting and the countdown was a great idea too. I have been dabbling for quite a while now with Kula Deeper attachment for DLSR as well as two parallel cameras on a tripod as well as the standard but basic two images, one after the other. Have had some amazing results but have just invested in a Fulifilm Finepix Real 3D as I am hoping to publish a book soon with my images. Have never used focus stacking before but am definitely going to experiment now with this. Thank you

What's the wavelength of the uv light? I wonder if one can get more signal from a 260-300 nm light than 360-405 nm.

Would love to see videos on the Aurogon 10-50x if you can! I love your videos and this is a lens I've really been curious seeing more of.

This is incredible! I've never seen Pollen in true color light like this. Only ever get to see the electron microscope photos, this is SO cool!

I've just started taking my miniature photography more seriously, so I'm glad to find videos on tips for it!

Great images..

Also interesting is to place a slide photograph in front of the camera instead of a wine glass. In that case, a white light source shining through the pinhole works best.

great explanation Ben! 👍

Hi Ben, what is the studio kit you are using? Thanks Frankie