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rextilleon
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The Bible of Macro

Post by rextilleon »

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.

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Post by johan »

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
My extreme-macro.co.uk site, a learning site. Your comments and input there would be gratefully appreciated.

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Post by rextilleon »

Thanks so much for the links. I figured it didn't exist but I'll get started on the list you posted!!

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Post by orionmystery »

Well said, Johan! Couldn't have said it better myself :)

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Re: The Bible of Macro

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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
Kind Regards
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Re: The Bible of Macro

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Harald wrote:
Fri Feb 03, 2023 3:03 pm
Hello and welcome,
...
As Johan said, this forum contain so many helpful and kind people. There is a lot of knowledge here
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

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Re: The Bible of Macro

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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.

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