A small toy dinosaur-lizard (~2.25 in, or ~5.72 cm long) was photographed at BoG Photo Studio.
I named the toy “Lizzie.” Clever, huh? She’s a “rescue toy” who is quite happy in her new home. (I found her on the sidewalk outside the apartment building where I live.) Lizzie enjoys working part-time as a model at BoG Photo Studio.
Tech Tips
The macro photographs in this post were taken using my Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ300 24x superzoom digital camera, Raynox DCR-250 close-up filter, Godox X2To/p wireless flash trigger for Olympus and Panasonic (New!), Godox TT685o/p Thinklite Flash for Olympus/Panasonic Cameras (manual mode), and Godox TT685F Thinklite Flash for Fujifilm Cameras. Both external flash units were fitted with Lastolite Ezybox Speed-Lite 2 flash modifiers. The Raynox close-up filter screws onto the front of the camera lens using a 52-43mm step-down ring.
1-Area Focusing and Spot Metering were used for all photos. f/4.0 to f/4.5 is the sweet spot for this zoom lens.
With Raynox DCR-250 close-up filter
300mm is 12x zoom. Some zoom is necessary when the Raynox close-up filter is attached to the camera lens since some vignetting is caused by mounting a 43mm filter on a 52mm lens.
Without Raynox DCR-250 close-up filter
300mm is 12x zoom. Notice the magnification isn’t close to what it is using the same camera settings with the close-up filter. Plus it’s worth noting the following image was cropped slightly for better composition. One external flash was used.
600mm is 24x zoom, maximum telephoto magnification. One external flash was used.
Related Resource: Panasonic Bridge Cameras – Basic Photography Part 4, Close Up & Macro, by Graham Houghton (23:35).
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October 9, 2019 at 6:24 am |
Nice. It seems like you are constantly tweaking and improving your set-up. Bring on the dragonfly exuviae.
October 9, 2019 at 7:05 pm |
Although I could use this rig to shoot studio photos of odonate exuviae, it’s more likely I would use one of my other cameras that are better suited for high resolution macro photography. The purpose of this blog post is simply to show a sample photo taken using a small, lightweight camera kit that I’m more likely to carry in the field than any of my “studio” macro camera kits. As you can see, the FZ300/Raynox DCR-250 rig is capable of taking fairly high-quality macro photos. More later in follow-up blog posts.