{"id":23035,"date":"2012-04-11T12:52:23","date_gmt":"2012-04-11T17:52:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/?p=23035"},"modified":"2012-04-11T12:52:23","modified_gmt":"2012-04-11T17:52:23","slug":"close-up-views","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2012\/04\/11\/close-up-views\/","title":{"rendered":"Close-up views"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Close up of a freshly baked cherry pie\u2026yum! (Photo by Rex Dolby.) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By Rex Dolby<\/strong><\/p>\n

Macro will be the competition theme when the Wassenberg Camera Club meets Thursday, April 12, at 7 p.m. at the Wassenberg Art Center. Pictures of subjects\u00a0from a \u00a01:1 ratio to greater than life scale will be viewed to determine the best photos of the month in prints and slides.\u00a0 This is an open meeting, so plan to come and see some special images.<\/p>\n

Some might ask what is needed to achieve a good macro photo. I would suggest that the key is having the necessary pieces of\u00a0equipment, and the second is to learn how to use\u00a0them.<\/p>\n

Gather one of the following: a macro lens, close-up lens adapter, reversal ring, closeup lens kit, or an extension tube kit. Next you’ll need a tripod, preferably one with an elevation post\u00a0that allows you to get the lens from close to nearly touching the table top. This is where a single lens reflex (SLR) camera becomes ideal, so you can see exactly what the lens reveals. Finally, you need\u00a0a source of light that will shine into that thin space between the lens and subject. You may also want\u00a0a reflector that\u00a0can bounce the light back from the opposite side of the light source.<\/p>\n

If you plan to use sunlight to illuminate the subject, your\u00a0session will need to take place while the sun is near the horizon so it can shine below the lens.\u00a0 From 10 a.m.-2 p.m., the sun will cast a shadow\u00a0from your camera over the subject. One way to possibly shoot just before or after this\u00a0time\u00a0would be to create your own reflector.<\/p>\n

Simply cut a rectangle from the side of something like a cereal box and coat the surface with strips of double-stick tape. Cut a matching rectangle of aluminum foil and stick it to the cardboard.\u00a0 Bend the surface to suit, and hold it up with two spring clothes pins or spring clamps. With a little trial and error, you should be able to reflect the sun right where you need it.<\/p>\n

If that’s not your style, a ring flash may be the answer. This is a ring of lights that encircle the lens and list any where\u00a0from $20-$519 per unit.<\/p>\n

If you have a flash that can be used off the camera and you have thru-the-lens metering, placing the flash on a mini-tripod priced from\u00a0\u00a0$16-$45 and using your home-made reflector on the other side may\u00a0provide all the illumination you will\u00a0need.<\/p>\n

Does all this sound too___ (you fill in the blank). You might try to get as close as you can, take several exposures, enlarge the image to its maximum size and still be sharp, and print. I would equate it to fishing from the bank with a cane pole or to the bank from\u00a0a bass boat with the latest casting rod. The results sometimes can be the same,\u00a0but I don’t know about the personal satisfaction.\u00a0What’s your opinion?<\/p>\n

Don’t forget the club’s $5 Discount Cards.\u00a0 Contact the club’s secretary at 419.238.4545 or the Wassenberg Art Center at 419.238.6837 to purchase cards or\u00a0information about them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Rex Dolby Macro will be the competition theme when the Wassenberg Camera Club meets Thursday, April 12, at 7 p.m. at the Wassenberg Art Center. Pictures of subjects\u00a0from a \u00a01:1 ratio to greater than life scale will be viewed to determine the best photos of the month in prints and slides.\u00a0 This is an […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[92],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cameraclub"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-03 21:03:44","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23035\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}