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macro photography

Asked by Cardinal (2931points) February 9th, 2008

I noticed that quite a few of the readers have photography as an interest or hobby. Good. I have been taking pictues of (whatever) for years. I have around 14K pictures on the hard drive. Now have an intererst is wildlife and macro pictures. I can probably handle the wilflife shots using a long lens with a flash extender. My questions concern lightling and how to keep the subject still while setting up and exposing the camera on ultra closeup shots.

I will be using a Nikon D300. I have a telephoto and macro lens. What is the best light source for very close-up pictures and what is the best way to keep the subject from moving (crawling away, such as insects) w/o killing them. Chilling them may work, but pretty inconvienient.

Anyone have any experience with light rings or lens strobe rings.
Thanks in advance.

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