Category Archives: Flower Photography

Visual Expression

Visual expression has been integral to human existence for thousands of years with the earliest drawings dating back about 75,000 years.

It is estimated that some engravings on shells created by Homo Erectus go back as far as 500,000 years, although experts disagree whether these artifacts can be classified as art.

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Handheld Focus Stacked Macro

This article shares a selection of handheld focus stacked macro images captured during a recent visit to the Royal Botanical Gardens (RBG) in Burlington Ontario. I didn’t spend very much time capturing images for my personal use as my main goal was to identify macro opportunities for my RBG guest.

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Pushing Handheld Macro Photography

Pushing handheld macro photography tests the limitations of both ourselves and our camera gear. As regular readers know I’ve always loved experimenting with my camera gear to learn what can be accomplished with it. This article features a good selection of macro images of flowers captured handheld using Handheld Hi Res technology (HHHR).

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Macro Treasures

Often we can find macro treasures to photograph while exploring the flower beds in the yards around our own homes. This article features a selection of images captured using handheld in-camera focus stacking in combination with the M.Zuiko 90 mm f/3.5 PRO IS Macro lens and M.Zuiko MC-14 teleconverter.

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Hamilton Gardens with 12-100 PRO

This article shares a selection of images captured handheld at Hamilton Gardens with the M.Zuiko 12-100 PRO IS zoom lens. The city of Hamilton (New Zealand) is situated 122 kilometres south of Auckland on the North Island.

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HHFS Flowers with 100-400

This article features a selection of HHFS flowers captured with the M.Zuiko 100-400 mm f/5-6.3 IS zoom lens. Often when we think about handheld in-camera focus stacking (HHFS) when photographing flowers, using a macro lens come to mind… rather than a long telephoto zoom lens.

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