Are Your Macro Flower Photography Compositions Boring, Lets Fix It.

[@Jack_Schularick]

One of the most common mistakes among photographers is that they want to shoot or show the thing they shoot and not a composition of shapes, lines and contrasts. You clearly are not making that mistake Mike. Which is why i subscribed. Thanks.

[@mgmoats]

Thank you Jack.

[@DJPixelList]

A very inspirational video! Initially, I clicked on the video thinking, "meh, just another flower tutorial". I was wrong! This is REALLY interesting and different. Thank you for posting on KZbin! Best wishes, David in the UK.

[@mgmoats]

Thanks, glad you liked it.

[@elisabethlafontaine8979]

Thank you, that is a wonderful video.

[@mgmoats]

Thank you, Elisabeth, glad you liked it.

[@jayashreeshenoy1166]

Super awesome! Thanks

[@mgmoats]

Thanks

[@waynestroud695]

Very, very nice work and ideas Mike.

[@daranikant]

Simply beautiful and wonderful

[@mgmoats]

Thank you.

[@cropperson5583]

Excellent video. I was suffering from this syndrome I guess, the single flower on a stem. I will try and look at them from different angles!

[@chrisc.7972]

Great video Mike. I love the white gerbera daisy, it looks like a painting.. did you create that effect in photo editing? I also love the Queen Anne's Lace, it's gorgeous. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge 👌💖

[@mgmoats]

Thanks Chris, i use a program called Smart Photo Editor, it has over 8,000 creative filters.

[@chrisc.7972]

@@mgmoats Thank you for letting me know, I'll check it out 😃

[@bobbowring1702]

Thanks Mike, I have never ever thought about the back end of the flower. Very inspiring so will try this out when there is some flowers about.

[@mgmoats]

You are welcome Bob, yes always check out the backside. Some are not interesting enough to shoot, but some are, so always a least take a look.

[@Alseki7]

Great video/advise, and some lovely images in there. I am impressed

[@barbderusha4527]

Thank you Mike. I'm hoping to get my macro gear back in use again. Great inspiration in your video. Thanks for sharing.

[@mgmoats]

I hope you do, it's so much fun. Good luck.

[@randyfox5317]

Nice video, Mike. I really REALLY liked that idea of removing one petal to get an entirely different view of inside the flower. What a wonderfully different take. (yes, I will be stealing that idea and trying it myself now!) Time to go watch more of your macro videos now. Thanks!

[@mgmoats]

Hey Randy, go for it, that's what I'm trying to do is give people ideas on way to shoot.

[@rlppuppets4231]

Like your out of the box thinking!

[@mgmoats]

Thanks rlp

[@declanstark]

Gorgeous compositions, although I found all the "boring" shots to actually be really elegant and beautiful!

[@mgmoats]

Thank you Declan.

[@mikekay6288]

Thanks Mike for a thoughtful tutorial. Yes, it seems, we are creatures of habit, which might be a survival mode of behaviour, but you have highlighted the change needed to produce creative photographs; thanks once again. Mike in Oz

[@mgmoats]

Thanks Mike in Oz.

[@escolaeb13a]

Thank you! Your video was inspiring. Beat regards.

[@mgmoats]

Thank you Julio, check out my website, www.tinylandscapes.com

[@Keithphotorama]

Excellent video 👍👍👍

[@bettakid]

Great ideas and inspirations. Thank you

[@mgmoats]

Thank you KY, check out my website, www.tinylandscapes.com

[@vimalneha]

It was quite a good idea to shoor back side and part of a flower. Thanks for the hint.

[@mgmoats]

You’re welcome 😊

[@a.beckwith4576]

Masterclass. Thanks Mike for the inspiration stunning images my favourite was the last one, now I am heading out into the gate den to practice, it’s a beautiful day here in the UK. Well wishes to all.

[@mgmoats]

Thanks, glad you liked it.

[@dongee6351]

Very good, thanks...I'll be out later with a different angle.

[@mgmoats]

Thanks Don.

[@manuz2700]

Thank you, great ideas

[@mgmoats]

Glad you like them.

[@grumblewoof4721]

Lighting seems important.

[@karinaport]

Thank you, Mike!! Never thought about these points of view, really!!.. you’ve opened up my mind!!

[@mgmoats]

You are welcome Carlos.

[@elke1317]

So beautiful and inspiring. Thank you.

[@mgmoats]

You are so welcome!

[@ritaophelia]

I am a novice and was wondering what setting would you use for some of these beauties. I have a canon 100mm macro lens! Thank you Love your work

[@mgmoats]

Anywhere from f/22 to f/32. If you are really interested in learning all about how to produce top quality macro images, consider joining my Macro Photo Club online. Over 230 instructional videos on how to do it right. www.tinylandscapes.com/macro-photo-club

[@ritaophelia]

@@mgmoats Thank you

[@cropperson5583]

@@mgmoats I have seen many videos that advise to avoid shooting at F22 or F32 because of diffraction caused by the small aperture. On the other hand, your pictures at these openings are quite excellent. What is your take on this?

[@mgmoats]

@@cropperson5583 Yes shooting at high f/stop numbers will cause some slight softness in the details. All post processing programs have sharpening tools. Sharpening your images will correct the softness from the diffraction, as you see in my images they are all sharp. I'm sure you have heard of the most famous of all landscape photographers, Ansel Adams. Ansel and 7 other famous photographers started a camera club in California back in the 1930. That camera club was named Group f/64. All the photographers in this club owned lenses that went to f/64, and that is where they shot all their photos, as their style of shooting was to get everything in focus, so they shot at f/64 to get maximum depth of field. There is a book written about the club which was called, Group f/64, look for it on, Amazon.

[@cropperson5583]

@@mgmoats If it's good enough for Ansel Adams, its good enough for me :)

[@williambaird24]

What's your opinion on photo stacking macro images for flowers? Is it necessary in some instances or is a high Fstop better?

[@mgmoats]

For close-up photography, a waste of time, matter of fact, I did a blog post on it. Here is the link. www.tinylandscapes.com/blog/photo-stacking-waste-of-time

[@iriscraftphotography]

Fantastic really very useful

[@mgmoats]

Thanks Johnson.

[@ragnarbrenden278]

Great video and good inspiration.

[@mgmoats]

Thanks Ragnar.

[@DiviPhotos]

Great video nice job thanks you for sharing

[@mgmoats]

Thanks for watching!

[@BokushingusKendoTV]

Sub’D! Thank you for your dedication!

[@mgmoats]

Thanks

[@petergulliver3225]

Thank you Mike very interesting, food for thought.

[@mgmoats]

Thanks Peter for comment.

[@drraghuvirsolanki1481]

Wonderful, what is your list of equipments and for beginners , how to start macro photography.Thanks for your wonderful video. Got inspired.

[@mgmoats]

Thanks I will be doing a video in the next week or so on my equipment. my suggestion to you is that if you are serious about macro photography, join my Macro Photo Club, where there are over 200 instructional videos. Only one time payment of $99 for a lifetime membership. check it out at www.tinylandscapes.com

[@HawaiiBine2005]

Very creative ideas 👍

[@mgmoats]

Thanks Sabine.

[@franciscocalvo1980]

Very inspiring shots. Thanks.

[@mgmoats]

Thank you Francisco.

[@lisarobertson7011]

Thank you Mike

[@mgmoats]

Thank you Lisa.

[@Pat-1000]

Enjoyed very much Mike , Thank you Sir.

[@mgmoats]

Why thank you P 71 4

[@ibukunokunoye4795]

Thanks!!!

[@mgmoats]

Welcome!

[@mohammedasifkhanp5032]

I got huge respect for you the moment you said you are doing this from 2004. Wow you are the GURU

[@mgmoats]

Thank you

[@noelritchie1295]

Thanks for your video, some great ideas for me to work on, have you done a video on artificial lighting??

[@mgmoats]

Yes it was about the Litra Torch Light.

[@kellywall3656]

I really appreciated your video. Thank you!

[@mgmoats]

You're very welcome!

[@wendykuster8412]

Beautiful work! If you are at high fstops, are you lighting the subject or using natural light and raising ISO?

[@mgmoats]

Just natural light, usually around 800 iso, never have any issue shooting outside at high f/stop numbers, plenty of natural light.

[@smkunder1]

Thanks, these are so helpful right now!

[@mgmoats]

Thanks Steve, glad it helped.

[@demibara]

Inspiring.... 😍

[@mgmoats]

Thank you

[@nathanjackson2079]

Great content. I love macro photography, but especially with flowers. I'm only 14 tho and kinda suck. Any tips for beginners taking macro photography with a phone lens? Thanks

[@mgmoats]

Nathan, what camera phones do really well is get everything in focus, so find interesting subjects and fill the frame with that subject and the phone will do a great job getting all of the subject in focus. I'll do a post one day about shooting macro with point and shoot cameras, and phones. But you keep working at it.

[@MrTanker10a]

AWESOME! 😎

[@mgmoats]

Thanks Mr Tanker.

[@joycady8325]

What lens do you use Mike.

[@mgmoats]

Tamron 90 macro lens and Tamron 18-400 lens.

[@mcddetectrespect.7467]

Fab.

[@mgmoats]

Thanks Donal

[@glennmac9116]

You can’t have a little bit unique, it’s either unique or it isn’t.

[@mgmoats]

Sure you can, it could be a little unique, or a lot of unique.

[@glennmac9116]

@@mgmoats Unique means 'one of a kind'. How can you have something that's a little bit one of a kind? or a lot of one of a kind?

[@mgmoats]

@@glennmac9116 I disagree, there can be different degrees of unique.

[@glennmac9116]

Mike Moats I don’t think so. How can something be more unique than something else?

[@joykear5380]

The info may be good but the language is not!

[@mgmoats]

Sorry Charles.