The Bible of Macro
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The Bible of Macro
Has anybody written the "Bible" of macro? You know a book that pretty much covers it, that is fairly current, and could serve as a go to reference to the burgeoning macro photographer. Any recommendations? Thanks.
Not really. Macro means different things to different people - there's the stacking crowd, the butterfly crowd, the insect crowd, the microscopy crowd, each of these are different disciplines and no one site covers everything in a biblical manner.
That said there are good sites out there that cover each of these aspects on their own; for stacking and microscopy you're here which is the best there is, but also look at Michael Erlewine's books http://spiritgrooves.net/e-books.aspx#Photography and my site http://extreme-macro.co.uk/, for insect stuff look at http://nocroppingzone.blogspot.com/ and http://orionmystery.blogspot.com/ for general I like https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/s-102-1.html and for microscopy http://www.quekett.org/ and http://www.microbehunter.com/microscopy-forum/ - there are also some good facebook groups ie https://www.facebook.com/groups/ExtremeMacro/ and https://www.facebook.com/groups/196982043770758/
But bottom line, no one bible
That said there are good sites out there that cover each of these aspects on their own; for stacking and microscopy you're here which is the best there is, but also look at Michael Erlewine's books http://spiritgrooves.net/e-books.aspx#Photography and my site http://extreme-macro.co.uk/, for insect stuff look at http://nocroppingzone.blogspot.com/ and http://orionmystery.blogspot.com/ for general I like https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/s-102-1.html and for microscopy http://www.quekett.org/ and http://www.microbehunter.com/microscopy-forum/ - there are also some good facebook groups ie https://www.facebook.com/groups/ExtremeMacro/ and https://www.facebook.com/groups/196982043770758/
But bottom line, no one bible
My extreme-macro.co.uk site, a learning site. Your comments and input there would be gratefully appreciated.
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Re: The Bible of Macro
Hello and welcome,
It is worth checking out Julian Cremona books, "Extreme macro" and "Beyond Extreme Macro"
You get them from Amazon
I have them both, well worth the money
And this one is a must: https://www.amazon.com/Micro-Life-Mirac ... 179&sr=1-1
If you want some good reading that is
As Johan said, this forum contain so many helpful and kind people. There is a lot of knowledge here
It is worth checking out Julian Cremona books, "Extreme macro" and "Beyond Extreme Macro"
You get them from Amazon
I have them both, well worth the money
And this one is a must: https://www.amazon.com/Micro-Life-Mirac ... 179&sr=1-1
If you want some good reading that is
As Johan said, this forum contain so many helpful and kind people. There is a lot of knowledge here
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Re: The Bible of Macro
It does indeed.
But once in a while it also hosts one or another spambot that gets through our defenses. The user you replied to was one of those. That account and the associated self-serving post has been deleted.
However, your reply contains useful information so I left that intact.
--Rik
Re: The Bible of Macro
I think there is an old classic "bible" of film-era macro, much of which is still applicable. It is Lefkowitz, Manual of Close-up Photography
https://www.amazon.com/Manual-Close-Up- ... 0817424563
I suspect most of us old enough to have done film-based macro work have or borrowed this book at some point.
https://www.amazon.com/Manual-Close-Up- ... 0817424563
I suspect most of us old enough to have done film-based macro work have or borrowed this book at some point.