On 23 November we were joined by David Harris, who
presented an evening of Macro photography. He had brought with him a number of
prints. There are copies of these images on his website (http://www.davidharrisimages.co.uk/)
but to do them justice they really need to be seen in high-res!
David started the evening explaining a little about his
setup and kit. Most of his subjects are shot in situ, and for this he uses the
invaluable Wimberley Plamp (yes – it exists! See here
for details) to keep his subjects as still as possible. Apart from a macro lens
and double flash-head, the kit is refreshingly simple.
He explained that the depth of focus of macro photography is
incredibly shallow, and to get around this, he uses a method called focus
stacking. Taking a series of between 15 and 40 shots, at different focal
lengths, he uses Photoshop to build up a composite image of all the areas of
the images that are in focus. This YouTube page has a bunch of tutorials which
explain it better than I ever could.
The final part of the evening was made up of images from
some of the journeys David has been on – including a fascinating trip to
Chernobyl and Pripyat. A trip to Mount Etna was accompanied by some incredible
close-up shots of the volcanic rock which has an almost lunar quality to it. It
was, as ever, good to see a photographer making full use of a subject in a red
jacket in one of his shots…
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