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RE: What Macro Lens do you recommend?

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Posted by: chrish at Sun Nov 1 15:18:49 2009  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by chrish ]  
   

>>Do they work ok with the Canon?

They work as well with canon bodies as canon lenses do.


>>What type of 'studio' set up do you use for the macro photography of herps?

I use a variety of things. I have some black (brown) plastic cafeteria trays and some larger plastic sweaterbox lids that I use to hold substrates for my "setups". Gravel, leaves, rocks, sand, moss, etc. Whatever I have on hand or bring with me and seems appropriate.

For Sandboas, I find that they bury so quickly in loose sand that a better solution was needed. So I invented the "sandboard". I simply took a piece of flat wood (or cardboard) and covered it with spray adhesive. Then I sprinkled sand on it to give me a flat, smooth burrow proof sand base. Then let it dry and put some more loose sand on it to make it more realistic. The snakes can't burrow and it looks like sand.



You can get sandboas to cooperate on loose sand with some patience.




but you end up with a lot of photos like this -



Each of these is a fake studio shot taken on a table or tray -





(The last one in a small "photo" aquarium.
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Chris Harrison
San Antonio, Texas


   

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