Understanding Closeup Photography - winnick

Understanding Closeup Photography

I wanted to deeply explore macro photography and jumped on this class when it was first offered. This class started on 3/6/2009 and ran for 4 weeks. Bryan Peterson was the author of this course (it's a companion course for an upcoming book) and was listed first, but he ran the Q&A board. Jon Canfield provided critiques. There were 25 students in the class, and I submitted 11 photos in all.

Week 1: "For the Love of Coffee" Shot with a 90mm Tamron Macro lens mounted to a Nikon D700. Lit by an SB-900 strobe, fired wirelessly by the built-in flash. Another drip from this shoot was featured as my "photo of the day" for March 12, 2009.
Week 1: "Skyward" Shot with a 50mm Nikkor prime lens mounted on a set of 36mm, 20mm, and 12mm extension tubes. Lit by the evening sun. This was my "photo of the day" for March 14, 2009.
Week 1: "Rust Belt." Shot with a Tamron 90mm f/2.8 macro lens mounted on a D700. Lit by the evening sun. This was my "photo of the day" for March 20, 2009.
Week 2: "Christmas Lives On." Handheld macro shot of a Christmas cactus flower, still budding here in March. Shot with a 90mm Tamron Macro lens mounted to a Nikon D700. Lit by the Phoenix RF46N ring flash. Desaturated using the Color Mixer with heavy emphasis (80%) on the blue channel. A color variation of this shot with the complete stamen was featured as my "photo of the day" for March 19, 2009.
Week 2: "Ready, Mr. DeMille." Rocky the cat loves ultra wide closeups. Shot with a Nikkor 14-24mm mounted on a D700. Ambient light only. Used wide aperture and high ISO to achieve minimum handholding shutter speed. Another shot with both paws on the lens was featured as my "photo of the day" for March 18, 2009.