eBook Recommendation: Up Close 'A Guide To Macro & Close Up Photography'

eBook Cover: Up Close

Up Close 'A Guide To Macro & Close Up Photography'
By Andrew S. Gibson 2012 (PDF eBook)

Settling into DSLR photography I quickly developed a serious interest into macro / close-up photography. After some online researched I purchased this ebook from Craft & Vision.

My main interest / learning areas

• Close-up photography with current cameras / lenses
• Required close-up lenses and accessories
• Difference between macro and close-up lenses
• Required camera / flash settings

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This 80+ page eBook assisted me finding direction in macro / close-up photography and without doubt saved me money for first experimenting macro / close-up photography with exiting Canon gear before getting a Canon EF 100mm or EF-S 60mm macro lens. 

After reading Andrew S. Gibson's highly recommended insight into macro / close-up photography I purchased a close-up lens filter (Canon 58mm Close-Up Lens 500 D) and a Canon Extension Tube (Canon Extension Tube EF25 II) to get started - and at this stage I am satisfied with the non-macro lens results).

eBook Contents

• Crop factor & magnification
• Testing your lenses
• Understanding macro lenses
• Close-up lenses
• Reverse lens macro
• Extension tubes
• How close can you get?
• Focusing
• Creating sharp images
• Depth-of-field
• Lighting
• Case Studies (with images)

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Canon Extension Tube application

Some of my own close-up photography images with Canon EOS 700D, EF-S 55-250mm lens and Canon Extension Tube EF25 II: (Click to Enlarge)

Canon EOS 700D / Canon EF-S 55-250mm IS II lens (with extension tube)

Canon EOS 700D / Canon EF-S 55-250mm IS II lens (with extension tube)

More images here and here >>