The Manual of Close-Up and Macro Photography, Vol. II by Lester Lefkowitz focuses on high magnification and advanced techniques. This book is designed to provide a more detailed look at advanced close-up photography techniques and equipment for experienced photographers. It has 324 pages and over 750 images for inspiration and instruction on things like focus stacking, unconventional optics, lighting tools, and post-production.
This is a companion to Volume I by the same author, which covers the basics of magnification to 1X.
Topics Covered
- Focus stacking
- Critical focus, diffraction, and depth-of-field
- Extensive coverage of lenses, standard and unconventional, including microscope objectives for macro work to 20x
- Configurations for mounting any lens on bellows or extension tubes, including reverse-mounted lenses, coupled lenses, and finite and infinity-corrected microscope objectives
- Over 200 pages on lighting: available, indoor, and outdoor; flash; continuous, light boxes; diffusers; tents, cross-polarized, and darkfield
- Post-production suggestions for sharpening, noise reduction, retouching, and special effects filters
- Methods and equipment for precise positioning of subject and camera
- Techniques for dealing with precision focus and vibration problems
- Appendices for sources of equipment, 3 pages of online resources and a glossary of over 100 terms