One Macro Tip - a guaranteed winner

One Macro Tip - Description
Exactly as the title states. This short video is one macro photography tip. But it is one powerful tip that will surely boost the interest in your studio macro photography (specifically, bug photography). To follow up on the tip you will have one small DIY job to take care of, but it is very easy, if a little dangerous (sharp knives and explosive adhesives), and that is all I am saying.
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[@hanklevesque426]

Okay, sorry to post twice, but had to after trying your tip Allan. Cut a 2.5” x 2.5” piece of 1/4” thick cork flooring. Glued right-angle supports to bottom. Sent a 0-pin through, bent and glued to Margined Shining Leaf Chaser (beetle), pulled back, arranged feet. Composed under microscope, photographed. Dang if it didn’t make a huge improvement in presenting the subject as life like. I’ve wanted to be a Patreon supporter to one of the number of photographers I follow, but couldn’t decide which one. Happy to say you’re the one. Thanks again.

[@AllanWallsPhotography]

Thanks Hank! Great variation on the theme, and it really does make a difference!

[@MrZooBreak]

Excellent!

[@keithdowsett1352]

Cut a thin sliver of bark, make a tiny hole for the pin with a scalpel point and attach it to the foam for a more natural look.

[@AllanWallsPhotography]

See above! Yes - you are spot on and I meant to point out you can cover it with anything. The point is, use something to provide that context.

[@familiaht5718]

thank you very much for your tips, I was doing extreme macro several years ago and now I'm back to it so your videos are very helpful to remember things and learn new ones

[@hanklevesque426]

Brilliant. Will try it this weekend. Thx.

[@b.h.9490]

"a very dangerous knife" .... made my day! :D Thank you so much!

[@TheXone7]

I love your humor, it makes me laugh so many times 🙏🏻😂

[@itzmxtt]

Genius!!!! Im definitely gonna try this

[@wawanbalik]

That’s a wonderful trick Allan, thank you!

[@phila8226]

Allan, You mentioned that you have a lot of older shots that you don’t consider very good by your current standards. I think it would be a good series to go through some of them and do a self critique-what you think is wrong, what you would do to make them better. For many of us that are getting started this sort of video would be extremely valuable. It could be an on going series that could pull in more people and lead them into the more advanced topics. No sense all of making the same mistakes. Phil A

[@AllanWallsPhotography]

Yikes! That sounds like misery, but I do see your point. Of course, everything I now know was informed by all of those thousands of awful pictures, but it might be illustrative to show a few of them. I will add it to the list of pending projects and give it some serious thought. I actually have a folder that has a number of subjects that I have photographed every year - not the exact same bug of course - so I have a series of Yellowjackets going back to my first studio image, one from each year. OK. I'll do it.

[@onegreenev]

Excellent tip. I now have some ideas and will show what I have done.

[@AllanWallsPhotography]

Excellent - it will make a difference!

[@maineman152]

Great sense of humor there Allan and a wonderful DIY set up, I made a similar display / holder using a piece of close cell foam a few year back and your quite right about it really working well./ Keep on clicking Allan.

[@MrGuit12]

Thanks for the wonderful idea. I have also tried leaves on top of the foam.

[@AllanWallsPhotography]

Great point - I meant to say that - you can use anything strips of bark, leaves, anything really, and the foam will hold it stable.

[@joannewalker9282]

I wonder if sand paper would look as effective. Excellent resource Allan thank you for sharing.

[@AllanWallsPhotography]

It would certainly look different - I use all different colors of paper and card, depending on what I'm going for. Will now try sandpaper.

[@BlueLineofthesky]

I simply love your videos.

[@AllanWallsPhotography]

Thank you! I love making them!

[@BlueLineofthesky]

@@AllanWallsPhotography I know. This is why I come back every time :)

[@MarcelloBranca]

Wow nice video as per usual

[@vladrodrig]

Love your videos, I'm hoping to get into macro photography one day. Thank you for your help and work

[@AllanWallsPhotography]

You are welcome - glad to have you!

[@ericgofreed1651]

LOL... I clicked to learn something

[@a7xcss]

InsectoMori

[@SenpaiSkyy]

I’m here for the food 🍲 Lol 😂 nope! Give me the macro tips yo!!!

[@QUARTERBAT]

I was wondering, what the hells he waffling on about. The end product looked great and a great tip, but you could have got to the end a bit quicker.

[@RedmiNotepro-sm9si]

So much.

[@gustavogarza2279]

Hi Allan, I cant find the speedlite extender so the flash goes straight to the front of the lens, where did you purchase it from?

[@kennuff2]

Loved your video Alan but just wondered if you ever had the desire to be a mortician.

[@FractalFineArt]

I have just found your channel and love your videos. As a macro photographer how and were do you sell your images?

[@AllanWallsPhotography]

Hi Alan - glad you found the channel and I hope you find it helpful, entertaining, or both! I consider myself a macro photography teacher, more than a working pro, and I have resisted the push to sell my work (it is a time thing - I don't have nearly enough time to do what I do and produce work good enough to sell), I have resisted until now. I am reworking my website and plan to add a small gallery of limited edition prints for sale. I can't tell you any more for now, because I don't know. But when they arrive they will be somewhere on www.allanwallsphotography.com. Thanks for asking!

[@FractalFineArt]

@@AllanWallsPhotography Thank you for your fantastic guidance on Macro shooting it is also a love of mine too. I am happy to be a new fan. You might like of my UltraSlo and macro clips too. My channel is UltraSlo.

[@Zeno_Evil]

Made with surgical precision.

[@AllanWallsPhotography]

literally

[@eddieh5356]

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