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    • Product Shots
      • Industrial Product Shots
      • Commercial/Retail Product Shots
    • Abandoned Gallery
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    • Graffiti-signs-wall art
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  • Churches
  • Museums
  • Abandoned
  • Photo Walks
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  • Photography Topics
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  • Featured Pictures
  • macro,  Macro Photography,  Table Top

    Macro Close Up of Potatoe Masher

    March 9, 2023 / No Comments

    Here’s an example of how you can create art with an everyday kitchen tool. This image began with a potatoe masher as you can see in one of the images. I backlit the object with a blue light, side lit one side with another blue light and the other side with a red light. I then came in tight on…

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  • macro,  Macro Photography

    Macro Photography – Whisk

    February 1, 2023 / No Comments

    This image was created by using a whisk I found in my kitchen cabinet. Initially photographed without colored lights and it didn’t work so I added blue and red gels. I tried different positions and found the most interesting to be a close up shot of the very end of the whisk. Photographed with a Sony A7RV, 61MP mirrorless camera…

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    Macro Photography – Potato Masher

    February 1, 2023 / No Comments

    Used a simple potato masher I got out of the kitchen cabinet. The shot didn’t work without lighting. So I added blue light coming in from the back, a red light from the left and a blue light from the right. The shot then had some depth and character. I also placed the camera in APS-C mode which gave me…

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  • Flowers,  macro,  Macro Photography,  Wildlife

    Moth resting on a flower.

    June 22, 2022 / No Comments

    Caught this moth taking a rest on a beautiful pink flower. Photogaphed with a Nikon D7100, 24.3 MP DSLR and a Nikon 40 mm MACRO lens. ISO 100, F11, 1/125th. MANUAL MODE

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